Gridhra, Gṛdhra, Gṛdhrā: 26 definitions
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Gridhra has 25 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Gṛdhra and Gṛdhrā can be transliterated into English as Grdhra or Gridhra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Gradhra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGṛdhra (गृध्र):—
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Gṛdhra (गृध्र):—
1) a) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 12, 23.] —
2) dṛṣṭi adj. [Mahābhārata 12, 5309. Z. 9] richtig gṛdhrā ni ed. Bomb. —
3) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 61, 16.] — b) eines Rākṣasa [Oxforder Handschriften 78,b,41.]
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Gṛdhra (गृध्र):—
2) [Z. 9] gṛdhrā nilīyante, wie wir vermuthet hatten, ed. Bomb.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGṛdhra (गृध्र):——
1) Adj. gierig , heftig verlangend — , lechzend nach (im Comp. vorangehend). —
2) m. — a) Geier. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa. — β) eines Ṛṣi im 14ten Manvantara [VP.².,3,28.] — γ) eines Rakṣas. —
3) f. gṛdhrī — a) das Weibchen des Geiers. — b) die Urmutter der Geier , eine Tochter Kaśyapa’s und der Tāmrā.
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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Starts with (+11): Gridhracakra, Gridhrachaya, Gridhradrishti, Gridhragandha, Gridhrajambhuka, Gridhrajambuka, Gridhrakuta, Gridhrakutaparvata, Gridhramojantaka, Gridhrana, Gridhranakhi, Gridhrani, Gridhrapati, Gridhrapatra, Gridhrapattra, Gridhraputrika, Gridhraraj, Gridhraraja, Gridhrarudita, Gridhrasa.
Ends with: Agridhra, Saptagridhra, Sarasagridhra.
Full-text (+61): Gridhraraja, Giddha, Gridhravaja, Gridhranakhi, Gridhrakuta, Gridhravata, Gridhrapati, Gridhramojantaka, Gridhrana, Gridhrasi, Gridhrasad, Griddha, Gridhraraj, Gridhrajambuka, Gridhravajita, Gardhra, Vajita, Parivimshat, Gridhrapattra, Gridhradrishti.
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