शूर्पणखा
Sanskrit
Etymology
शूर्प (śūrpa) + नख (nakha)
Proper noun
शूर्पणखा • (śūrpaṇakhā) f
- (literary) having fingernails like winnowing fans.
- (Hinduism) Name of the sister of Ravana in Ramayana.(she fell in love with राम-चन्द्र and, being rejected by him and insulted by सीता's laughter, assumed a hideous form and threatened to eat her up, but was beaten off by लक्ष्मण, who cut off her ears and nose and thus doubly disfigured her ; in revenge she incited her brother to carry off सीता)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शूर्पणखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1086.