Etymology

Sugriva

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Today it means: The younger brother of Vali, whom he succeeded as ruler of the Kishkindha in Ramayana. Full definition →

Sanskrit सुग्रीव
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromसुग्रीव“handsome-necked”
  2. English todaySugriva

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुग्रीव (sugrīva, “handsome-necked”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.