sUrata
sūrata , adj. (also surata , q.v. , and cf. sauratya ; = Pali sūrata, oftener sorata; usually in vss , but sometimes prose, and sometimes where meter does not determine quantity of the ū; the word is no doubt orig. a cpd. of su-and rata, tho in a sense not known to Skt. , except both su° and sū° in Skt. Lex. ; Leumannʼs etym., ap. Wogihara, Lex. aus der Bbh. , from sūnṛta, whence *sūrṇta, then sūrata, as if proto- IE. , is absurd), gentle, mild , frequent as ep. of Buddha: Mvy 2360 = Tib. des pa , defined fine, brave, noble, chaste ; this word is the regular Tib. for this and sauratya , but in Śikṣ 196.2 Tib. acc. to note in ed. dul , gentle ; SP 46.3 ; LV 170.22 ; 178.19 ; 193.10 ; RP 10.14 ; 13.5 ; 37.17 ; KP 107.26 ; Gv 480.6 ; foll. by sukhasaṃvāsa , q.v. , Mv ii.357.12 ; Dbh 40.7 (prose).
Sūrata [= surata] soft, mild Ja VI 286; Mhbv 75; kindly disposed S IV 305. Cf. surata and sorata.
(adj, adj, from surata) kind; gentle; meek; mild Construction: su > sū + √ram + ta + *a surata + *a