Andh: 5 definitions
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Andh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAndh (अन्ध्).—1 U.
1) To make blind, blind; अन्धयन् भृङ्गमालाः (andhayan bhṛṅgamālāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 11.19; तिमिरे जनस्य दृशमन्धयति (timire janasya dṛśamandhayati) 9.21.
2) To be or become blind.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAndh (अन्ध्).—i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] (rather [denominative.] of andha) 1. † To be blind. 2. To make blind, to obstruct the sight, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAndh (अन्ध्):—[class] 10. [Parasmaipada] andhayati, to make blind, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAndh (अन्ध्):—[andha-curādi-parasmaipadin] r. 10th cl. par. (andhayati— Desid. andidhayiṣati)
1) To be blind.
2) To make blind. (This radical is more likely in these meanings a denomin. of andha, instead of andha ‘blind’ q. v. being a derivative of andh.)
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAndh in Hindi refers in English to:——an allomorph of [amdha] used as the first or subsequent member in a compound word (as [amdhavishvasi]; [kamamdha]); see [amdha]..—andh (अंध) is alternatively transliterated as Aṃdha.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+241): Amdhabhimana, Amdhabhimani, Amdhabimdu, Amdhadarbaru, Amdhadumdi, Amdhakamardaka, Amdhakarayuga, Amdhakavyapara, Amdhalarilli, Amdhalavukanyaya, Amdhamtamassu, Amdhamtra, Amdhanukarane, Amdhapamgunyaya, Amdhapashana, Amdharaa, Amdhariya, Amdhashraddhe, Amdhasura, Amdhasurabhedi.
Ends with (+40): Abandh, Abhisabandh, Abhisambandh, Anubandh, Apibandh, Apratibandh, Asagandh, Asgandh, Ashgandh, Avabandh, Bandh, Chirayandh, Dharmandh, Divandh, Durgandh, Gandh, Handh, Janmandh, Kabandh, Kamandh.
Full-text (+28): Andha, Andhikritatman, Andhakara, Andhatva, Andhata, Andhakantaka, Andhibhu, Andhikrita, Andhika, Andhamushika, Andharatri, Andhadhi, Andhibhuta, Andhakaramaya, Andhakala, Andhavyuha, Andhigu, Andhikarana, Andhakarin, Andhatamasa.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
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