As a deity name
Name 376 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 256 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 537 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 838 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
स्थूल · adj
जिसके अंग फूले हुए या भारी हों । मोटा । पीन । जैसे,—स्थूल देह · जो यथेष्ट स्पष्ट हो । जिसकी विशेष व्याख्या करने की आवश्यकता न हो । सहज में दिखाई देने या समझ में आने योग्य । सूक्ष्म का उलटा । जैसे,—स्थूल सिद्धांत, स्थूल खंडन · मूर्ख । अज्ञ । जड़ — Śabdasāgara
स्थूल · noun · masculine
वह पदार्थ जिसका साधारणतया इंद्रियों द्वारा ग्रहण हो सके । वह जो स्पर्श, घ्राण, दृष्टि आदि की सहा- यता से जाना जा सके । गोचर पिंड · विष्णु · समूह । राशि । ढेर — Śabdasāgara
स्थूल · sthūl · adj.
Great, large, bulky, fat, corpulent, unwieldy; gross, coarse; clumsy, dull, stupid — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 640
स्थूल
bulky, large, fat; thick, dense; tangible, outwardly-visible; gross, rough, approximate
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi स्थूल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit स्थूल (sthūla). Doublet of ठुल्ला (ṭhullā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sthūla mf(ā)n. (fr. √ sthū = sthā and originally identical with sthūra) large, thick, stout, massive, bulky, big, huge, AV. &c. &c.
coarse, gross, rough (also fig. = ‘not detailed or precisely defined’; cf. yathā-sth˚), Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. √ sthū = sthā and originally identical with sthūra) large, thick, stout, massive, bulky, big, huge, &c. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "sthūla" is the vocative of "sthūlā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sthūla mf(ā)n. (fr. √ sthū = sthā and originally identical with sthūra) large, thick, stout, massive, bulky, big, huge, AV. &c. &c.
coarse, gross, rough (also fig. = ‘not detailed or precisely defined’; cf. yathā-sth˚), Mn.; MBh. &c.
dense, dull, stolid, doltish, stupid, ignorant (cf. comp.), MBh.; Pañcat.
(in phil.) gross, tangible, material (opp. to sūkṣma, ‘subtle’; cf. sthūla-śarīra)
sthūla m. Artocarpus Integrifolia, L.
sthūlā (ā), f. Scindapsus Officinalis, L.
Cucumis Utilissimus, L.
Alternative readings
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