As a deity name
Name 492 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 950 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 356 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
शरभ · noun · masculine
राम को सेना का एक यूथ- पति बंदर · टिड्डा · हाथी का बच्चा — Śabdasāgara
शरभ · śarabh · s.m.
A certain fabulous animal (with eight legs, and stronger than a lion) supposed to inhabit the snowy mountains — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 724
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains; it is represented as stronger than the lion and the elephant…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śarabha" is the vocative of "śarabhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śarabha m. a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains; it is represented as stronger than the lion and the elephant; cf. aṣṭa-pad and mahā-skandhin), AV. &c. &c.
a young elephant, L.
a camel, L.
a grasshopper (= śalabha), W.
a locust, ib.
śarabhā (ā), f. a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage, GṛS.
(prob.) a kind of wooden machine. [cf. accord. to some, Gk., κίραϕος, κόραϕος.]
Alternative readings
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