सुपर्ण

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-parnás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (hupar^əna, “having beautiful wings”). By surface analysis, सु- (su-, “good, beautiful”) +‎ पर्ण (parṇa, “wing, feather”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /su.pɐɾ.ɳɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪uˈpɐɾ.ɳɐ/

सुपर्ण • (suparṇá) stem

1. having beautiful wings

सुपर्ण • (suparṇá) stem, m

1. any large bird of prey:
   1. an eagle
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.104.22:

        उलूकयातुं शुशुलूकयातुं जहि श्वयातुमुत कोकयातुम्।
        सुपर्णयातुमुत गृध्रयातुं दृषदेव प्र मृण रक्ष इन्द्र॥

        ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātumuta kokayātum.
        suparṇayātumuta gṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra.

        Destroy the demon disguised as an owl or owlet, destroy him disguised as dog or cuckoo.
        Destroy him shaped as an eagle or as a vulture as with a stone, O Indra, crush the demon.

   2. a vulture
2. a mythical or supernatural bird

• Pali: supaṇṇa
  • → Tamil: சுவணம் (cuvaṇam), உவணம் (uvaṇam)

• Monier Williams (1899) “सुपर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1227, column 3.