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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Durodara (दुरोदर):—

1) m. Würfeler, Würfelspieler [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 173.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 257.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 269.] [Mahābhārata 2, 2000. 3, 609. 5, 36.] —

2) Würfelbecher: adyāsau saubalaḥ kṛṣṇa glahān jānātu vai śarān . durodaraṃ ca gāṇḍīvaṃ maṇḍalaṃ ca rathaṃ mama .. [Mahābhārata 8, 3763.] —

3) m. Einsatz beim Würfelspiel [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

4) n. Würfelspiel [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 486.] (nach dem Schol. auch m.) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [?(Manu’s Gesetzbuch). Medinīkoṣa Raghuvaṃśa 9, 7. Daśakumāracarita in Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 186, 6.] durodaraṃ pāṇḍavaistvaṃ kuruṣva [Mahābhārata 2, 1978.] gṛhṇannakṣāndurodare [7, 4870.] eine Schlacht mit einem Würfelspiele verglichen: prāṇādāne mahāghore vartamāne durodare . saṃgrāme ghorarūpe tu yamarāṣṭravivardhane .. [9, 533.] kathaṃ ca yuddhaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ tayoḥ prāṇadurodare im Spiel um’s Leben [7, 5458.] tatastayoryuddhamatīva dāruṇaṃ pradīvyatoḥ prāṇadurodaraṃ dvayoḥ [8, 4210.] — durodara zerlegt sich viell. nur scheinbar in duro (acc. pl. von 1. dur) + dara die Thüren sprengend; vgl. duradabhna .

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Durodara (दुरोदर):—

4) [Spr. 225.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 300. 121, 94. 96.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Durodara (दुरोदर):——

1) m. Würfeler , Würfelspieler. —

2) Würfel [Mahābhārata 8,74,15.] —

3) (*m.) n. Würfelspiel. Oft wird eine Schlacht mit dem Würfelspiel verglichen , —

4) *m. Einsatz beim Würfelspiel.

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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.

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Partial matches: Dara, Tara.

Ends with: Pranadurodara.

Full-text (+16): Darodara, Pranadurodara, Duroara, Darduraka, Abhirati, Durdara, Angulita, Kuputra, Pamsana, Pattasutra, Nagadanta, Tripata, Anguli, Shalabhanjika, Aputratva, Mrigaya, Bhringa, Kulapamsana, Nagadantamaya, Paishunya.

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 362 - Words having many meanings (nānārtha-varga)

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