As a deity name
Name 233 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having a h˚ forms
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śatarūpāya" is the dative of "śatarūpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "śatarūpa" is derived from "śata" with the rūpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
śata n. (rarely m.; ifc. f(ī). ) a hundred (used with other numerals thus, ekādhikaṃ śatam, or eka-ś˚, a h˚ + one, 101 viṃśaty-adhikaṃ śatam or viṃśaṃ ś˚, a h˚ + twenty, 120; śate or dve śate or dvi-śatam or śata-dvayam, 200; trīṇi śatāni or tri-śatāni or śata-trayam, 300; ṣaṭ-śatam, 600; or the comp. becomes an ordinal, e.g. dvi-śata, the 200th; dvikaṃ, trikaṃ śatam = 2, 3 per cent; śatātpara, ‘beyond a h˚, exceeding 100’; the counted object is added either in the gen., or in the same case as śata, or ibc., e.g. śatam pitaraḥ or śatam pitṝṇām or pitṛ-śatam ‘a h˚ ancestors’; sometimes also ifc. See comp. below; rarely śatam is used as an indecl. with an instr., e.g. śataṃ rathebhiḥ, ‘with a h˚ chariots’, RV. i, 48, 7; rarely occurs a masc. form in pl., e.g. pañca-śatān rathān, MBh. iv, 1057; and śata n. rarely in comp. of the following kind, catur-varṣa-śatam or ˚tāni, ‘400 years’), RV. &c.;
any very large number (in comp. as śata-pattra &c. below).
śata—rūpa mfn. having a h˚ forms, L.
śata—rūpa m. N. of a Muni, Cat.
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Dictionary citations
śata—rūpa mfn. having a h˚ forms, L.
śata—rūpa m. N. of a Muni, Cat.
śata n. (rarely m.; ifc. f(ī). ) a hundred (used with other numerals thus, ekādhikaṃ śatam, or eka-ś˚, a h˚ + one, 101 viṃśaty-adhikaṃ śatam or viṃśaṃ ś˚, a h˚ + twenty, 120; śate or dve śate or dvi-śatam or śata-dvayam, 200; trīṇi śatāni or tri-śatāni or śata-trayam, 300; ṣaṭ-śatam, 600; or the comp. becomes an ordinal, e.g. dvi-śata, the 200th; dvikaṃ, trikaṃ śatam = 2, 3 per cent; śatātpara, ‘beyond a h˚, exceeding 100’; the counted object is added either in the gen., or in the same case as śata, or ibc., e.g. śatam pitaraḥ or śatam pitṝṇām or pitṛ-śatam ‘a h˚ ancestors’; sometimes also ifc. See comp. below; rarely śatam is used as an indecl. with an instr., e.g. śataṃ rathebhiḥ, ‘with a h˚ chariots’, RV. i, 48, 7; rarely occurs a masc. form in pl., e.g. pañca-śatān rathān, MBh. iv, 1057; and śata n. rarely in comp. of the following kind, catur-varṣa-śatam or ˚tāni, ‘400 years’), RV. &c.;
any very large number (in comp. as śata-pattra &c. below).
Alternative readings
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