As a deity name
Name 100 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 836 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 118 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
सुरूप · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ सुरूपा] · सुंदर रूपवाला । रूपवान् । खूबसूरत · विद्वान् । बुद्धिमान् — Śabdasāgara
सुरूप · noun · masculine
शिव का एक नाम · एक असुर का नाम · कपास । तूल — Śabdasāgara
सुरूप · su-rūp · adj.
(f. -ā), Well-formed, symmetrical, handsome, beautiful, elegant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 657
Cited formation "सुरूप" is सु- + रूप: रूप means "outward appearance, form, figure, shape, appearance, semblance, image, representation, picture", and the prefix सु- forms good, easily. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
well-formed, handsome, beautiful, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "surūpa" is the vocative of "surūpā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "surūpa" is derived from "su" with the rūpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. su cl. 1. P. Ā. savati, ˚te, to go, move, Dhātup. xxii, 42 (Vop. sru).
2. su (= √ 1. sū) cl. 1. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxii, 43 and xxiv, 32; savati, sauti, only in 3. sg. pr. sauti and 2. sg. Impv. suhi) to urge, impel, incite, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.; to possess supremacy, Dhātup.
su—rūpa mf(ā)n. well-formed, handsome, beautiful, RV. &c. &c.
wise, learned, L.
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
su—rūpa mf(ā)n. well-formed, handsome, beautiful, RV. &c. &c.
wise, learned, L.
su—rūpa m. N. of Śiva, MBh.
of an Asura, Hariv.
(pl.) a class of deities under Manu Tāmasa, Pur.
su—rūpā (ā), f. N. of various plants (Glycine Debilis; Jasminum Sambac &c.), L.
of an Apsaras, Hariv.
1. su cl. 1. P. Ā. savati, ˚te, to go, move, Dhātup. xxii, 42 (Vop. sru).
2. su (= √ 1. sū) cl. 1. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxii, 43 and xxiv, 32; savati, sauti, only in 3. sg. pr. sauti and 2. sg. Impv. suhi) to urge, impel, incite, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.; to possess supremacy, Dhātup.
Alternative readings
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