As a deity name
Name 908 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 274 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 211 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 412 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
शत्रुघ्न · noun · masculine
राम के एक भाई जो सुमित्रा के गर्भ से उत्पन्न हुए थे । इनका भरत के साथ वैसा ही प्रेम था जैसा लक्ष्मण का राम के साथ · श्वफल्क का एक पुत्र · देवश्रवा के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
शत्रुघ्न · adj
शत्रु को मारनेवाला । अरि को नष्ट करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
शत्रुघ्न · masculine
Shatrughna, younger brother of Rama.; vanquisher; a male given name, Shatrughna, from Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शत्रुघ्न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit शत्रुघ्न (śatrughna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śatru—ghna mfn. foe-killing, destroying enemies, Pañcar.
śatru—ghna m. N. of one of Rāma-candra's brothers (he was son of Sumitrā and twin brother of Lakṣmaṇa, and was the chosen companion of Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, as L˚ was of Rāma, son of Kauśalyā), R.; Ragh. &c. (cf. IW. 345; 503)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
foe-killing, destroying enemies
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
śatru—ghna mfn. foe-killing, destroying enemies, Pañcar.
śatru—ghna m. N. of one of Rāma-candra's brothers (he was son of Sumitrā and twin brother of Lakṣmaṇa, and was the chosen companion of Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, as L˚ was of Rāma, son of Kauśalyā), R.; Ragh. &c. (cf. IW. 345; 503)
of a son of Śva-phalka, Hariv.
of a son of Deva-śravas, ib.
śatru—ghna n. a weapon, L.
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