सुश्रोणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সুশ্ৰোণী (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬸᬰ᭄ᬭᭀᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• সুশ্রোণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰲𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰺𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀭𑁄𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• သုၐြောဏီ (Burmese script)
• સુશ્રોણી (Gujarati script)
• ਸੁਸ਼੍ਰੋਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦸꦯꦿꦺꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂳𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂷𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಸುಶ್ರೋಣೀ (Kannada script)
• សុឝ្រោណី (Khmer script)
• ສຸຨ຺ໂຣຓີ (Lao script)
• സുശ്രോണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡠᡧᡵᠣᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘳𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘻𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠤᠱᠷᠣᠸᠠᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧔𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧜𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐸𑐱𑑂𑐬𑑀𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ସୁଶ୍ରୋଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢸꢯ꣄ꢬꣂꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆶𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆾𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖲𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖺𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• සුශ්‍රොණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩒𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩕𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚰𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚴𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஸுஶ்ரோணீ (Tamil script)
• సుశ్రోణీ (Telugu script)
• สุศฺโรณี (Thai script)
• སུ་ཤྲོ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒳𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒼𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨃𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨆𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सु- (su-, “nice, good”) +‎ श्रोणि (śroṇi, “hip”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪uɕˈɾoː.ɳiː/

Noun

सुश्रोणी • (suśroṇī) stem, f

1. (Classical Sanskrit) a woman with nice hips
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.22:

     सुश्रोणि परितुष्टोऽस्मि गमिष्यामि यथागतम्। एवं संगम्य तु तया निश्चक्रामोटजात्ततः॥

     suśroṇi parituṣṭoʼsmi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam. evaṃ saṃgamya tu tayā niścakrāmoṭajāttataḥ.

     [Indra said]: O woman with nice hips [Ahalyā], I'm completely satisfied and I'll go as I came.
     Thus, on his part, having copulated with her, he went out of the hut.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुश्रोणी suśroṇī	सुश्रोण्यौ suśroṇyau	सुश्रोण्यः suśroṇyaḥ
Vocative	सुश्रोणि suśroṇi	सुश्रोण्यौ suśroṇyau	सुश्रोण्यः suśroṇyaḥ
Accusative	सुश्रोणीम् suśroṇīm	सुश्रोण्यौ suśroṇyau	सुश्रोणीः suśroṇīḥ
Instrumental	सुश्रोण्या suśroṇyā	सुश्रोणीभ्याम् suśroṇībhyām	सुश्रोणीभिः suśroṇībhiḥ
Dative	सुश्रोण्यै suśroṇyai	सुश्रोणीभ्याम् suśroṇībhyām	सुश्रोणीभ्यः suśroṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	सुश्रोण्याः suśroṇyāḥ	सुश्रोणीभ्याम् suśroṇībhyām	सुश्रोणीभ्यः suśroṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	सुश्रोण्याः suśroṇyāḥ	सुश्रोण्योः suśroṇyoḥ	सुश्रोणीनाम् suśroṇīnām
Locative	सुश्रोण्याम् suśroṇyām	सुश्रोण्योः suśroṇyoḥ	सुश्रोणीषु suśroṇīṣu

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “suśroṇī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.