# शार्दूली
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শাৰ্দূলী (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬵᬃᬤᬹᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
* শার্দূলী (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰟𑰳𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀽𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ၐာရ်္ဒူလီ (Burmese script)
* શાર્દૂલી (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਾਰ੍ਦੂਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍂𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦴꦂꦢꦹꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂠𑂴𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಾರ್ದೂಲೀ (Kannada script)
* ឝាទ៌ូលី (Khmer script)
* ຨາຣ຺ທູລີ (Lao script)
* ശാര്ദൂലീ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡩᡠᡠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘟𑘴𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᢗᠷᢑᠤᠤᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦿𑧕𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐡𑐹𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଶାର୍ଦୂଲୀ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢵꢬ꣄ꢣꢹꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆢𑆷𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖟𑖳𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
* ශාර්‍දූලී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩭𑩒𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚛𑚱𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
* ஶார்தூ³லீ (Tamil script)
* శార్దూలీ (Telugu script)
* ศารฺทูลี (Thai script)
* ཤཱ་རྡཱུ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒠𑒴𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Feminine of शार्दूल m (śārdūlá).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɑːɾ.duː.liː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕɑːɾˈd̪uː.l̪iː/

### Noun

शार्दूली • (śārdūlī) stem, f (masculine शार्दूल)
* a tigress
* the mythical mother of tigers and other beasts of prey
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.13:अपत्यं तु मृगाः सर्वे मृग्या नरवरोत्तम ऋक्षाश्च मृगमन्दायाः सृमराश्चमरास्तथा ततस्त्विरावतीं नाम जज्ञे भद्रमदा सुताम् तस्यास्त्वैरावतः पुत्रो लोकनाथो महागजः हर्याश्च हरयोऽपत्यं वानराश्च तरस्विनः गोलाङ्गूलांश्च शार्दूली व्याघ्रांश्चाजनयत् सुतान् मातङ्ग्यास्त्वथ मातङ्गा अपत्यं मनुजर्षभ दिशागजांश्च काकुत्स्थ श्वेताप्यजनयत् सुतान् ततो दुहितरौ राम सुरभिर्द्वे व्यजायतapatyaṃ tu mṛgāḥ sarve mṛgyā naravarottama ṛkṣāśca mṛgamandāyāḥ sṛmarāścamarāstathā tatastvirāvatīṃ nāma jajñe bhadramadā sutām tasyāstvairāvataḥ putro lokanātho mahāgajaḥ haryāśca harayoʼpatyaṃ vānarāśca tarasvinaḥ golāṅgūlāṃśca śārdūlī vyāghrāṃścājanayat sutān mātaṅgyāstvatha mātaṅgā apatyaṃ manujarṣabha diśāgajāṃśca kākutstha śvetāpyajanayat sutān tato duhitarau rāma surabhirdve vyajāyataMṛgī, O prince without a peer, Was mother of the herds of deer, The bear, the yak, the mountain roe Their birth to Mṛgamandā owe; And Bhadramadā joyed to be Mother of fair Irāvatī, Who bore Airāvat, huge of mould, Mid warders of the earth enrolled, From Harī lordly lions trace, With monkeys of the wild, their race. From the great dame Śārdūlī styled Sprung pards, langurs, and tigers wild. Mātangi, Prince, gave birth to all Mātangas, elephants strong and tall, And Śvetā bore the beasts who stand One at each wind, earth's warder band. Next Surabhī the Goddess bore Two heavenly maids, O Prince, of yore
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.60:प्रजज्ञे त्वथ शार्दूली सिंहान्व्याघ्रांश्च भारत ।prajajñe tvatha śārdūlī siṃhānvyāghrāṃśca bhārata.And Śārdūlī begot lions and tigers in numbers, and also leopards and all other strong animals, O Bhārata.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “शार्दूली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1067/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śārdūlá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press