Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain, sorrowful, afflicted, lament, distress, sorrow”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 142 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 28 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 704 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 551 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain, sorrowful, afflicted, lament, distress, sorrow”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
शुचि · noun · masculine
अग्नि । आग · चित्रक या चीता नामक वृक्ष · ग्रीष्म ऋतु । गरमी — Śabdasāgara
शुचि · noun · feminine
पवित्रता । सफाई । स्वच्छता । शुद्धता · पुराणानुसार कश्यप की पत्नी ताम्रा के गर्भ से उत्पन्न एक कन्या का नाम — Śabdasāgara
शुचि · śući · adj.
Bright, resplendent, clear, clean; white, cleansed, purified, pure; exempt from passion; free from fault — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 723
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
shining, glowing, gleaming, radiant, bright, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śuci" is the locative of "śuc" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śuci" is the vocative of "śucin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
śuci mfn. (f. nom. pl. śucyas, Mn. viii, 77) shining, glowing, gleaming, radiant, bright, RV. &c. &c.
brilliantly white, white, Bhartṛ.
clear, clean, pure (lit. and fig.), holy, unsullied, undefiled, innocent, honest, virtuous, RV. &c. &c.
pure (in a ceremonial sense), ChUp.; Mn.; Bhag. &c.
(ifc.) one who has acquitted himself of or discharged (a duty See rahaḥ-ś˚)
1. śuc cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. vii, 1) śocati (Ved. and ep. also ˚te; once in ŚBr. -śucyati [cf. saṃ-√ śuc]; and in MBh. iii, 2372 śocimi; pf. śuśoca, Impv. śuśugdhi Pot. śuśucīta, p. śuśukvas and śuśucāna, aor. aśucat [p. śucat and śucamāna] RV.; aśocīt [2. sg. śocīḥ] Br.; aśociṣṭa Gr.; Prec. śucyāsam, ib.; fut. śoktā or śocitā, ib.; śuciṣyati, ˚te, MBh. &c. &c.; inf. śucadhyai, RV.; śoktum or śocitum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. śocitvā, MBh.; śucitvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 26) to shine, flame, gleam, glow, burn, RV.; Br.; ĀśvŚr.; to suffer violent heat or pain, be sorrowful or afflicted, grieve, mourn at or for (loc. or acc. with prati), TS. &c. &c.; to bewail, lament, regret (acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to be absorbed in deep meditation, MW.; (cl. 4. P. Ā. śucyati, ˚te) to be bright or pure, Dhātup. xxvi, 56 (cf. Caus. and śuci); to be wet, ib.; to decay, be putrid, stink, ib. : Pass. (only aor. aśoci) to be kindled, burn, flame, RV. vii, 67, 2 : Caus. śocayati, ˚te (p. śucayat [q.v.] RV.; aor. aśūśucat, śūśucat, AV.; Br.), to set on fire, burn, RV.; TBr.; to cause to suffer pain, afflict, distress, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh.; to feel pain or sorrow, grieve, mourn, MBh.; to lament, regret, Ragh.; Rājat.; to purify, VarYogay.; Kathās. : Pass. of Caus. śocyate, Kāv. : Desid. śuśuciṣati or śuśociṣati, Pāṇ. i, 2, 26 : Intens. śośucyate, śośokti, to shine or flame brightly Gr. (only śośucan, RV. vi, 66, 3; cf. śośucat, śośucāna, śośucyamāna).
2. śuc mfn. shining, illumining (see tri- and viśva-śuc)
śucin mfn. = śuci, clear, pure, MārkP.
Alternative readings
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