Sphara, Sphāra: 14 definitions
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Sphara has 13 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Safar.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSphara (स्फर):—m. Schild, scutum [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 783] (v. l. sphuṭa). auch ka m. [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 467.]
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Sphāra (स्फार):—(von sphar) [Uṇādisūtra 2, 13.]
1) adj. (f. ā) ausgedehnt, weit, gross [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1430.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 467.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 97.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 13.] sthalī [Oxforder Handschriften 355,a,3.] payodhayaḥ Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 504,] [Śloka 13.] sphārasphārairapāṅgavilokitaiḥ [Sāhityadarpana 42, 16.] phulla voll aufgeblüht [MĀLATĪM. 81, 14.] jyotsnā [Spr. (II) 7254.] ratna [Kathāsaritsāgara 103, 208.] puṣpa [Oxforder Handschriften 130,a,15.] nīhāra dicht [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 168.] heftig, stark: ārava [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 57.] utkaṇṭhā 45. saṃskāra [Kathāsaritsāgara 7, 19.] —
2) m. = sphoraṇa [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 174.] Prall, Patsch (vgl. sphal): so (jaḍadhīrbhṛtyaḥ) jānannapi tasyāṅge jānāmītyabhimānataḥ . sphāraṃ dadau maurkhyabalātprabhostvacamapāṭayat .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 170.] —
3) eine Blase im Golde oder in einem Schilde u.s.w.; m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] — Als n. ohne Angabe der Bed. auch [Siddhāntakaumudī.249,b,1.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Spharabahula, Spharaka, Spharana, Spharaphulla, Spharasphara, Spharate, Spharati, Spharormi.
Ends with: Asphara, Avasphara, Nijavisphara, Nishphara, Prasphara, Spharasphara, Vishphara.
Full-text (+6): Sphorana, Vishphara, Sphura, Spharasphara, Spharaphulla, Spharaka, Prasphara, Vispharana, Asphura, Sphira, Spharibhu, Spharika, Vispharaka, Safar, Asphara, Wide, Phara, Vispharita, Devicakra, Phalima.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.20.4 < [Chapter 20 - The Liberation of Ṛbhu Muni During the Rāsa-dance Festival]
Verse 2.19.40 < [Chapter 19 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 6.61.14 < [Sukta 61]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.41 [snake diagram] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 7.162 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 4.42 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.270 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 4.8.85 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Appendix 3.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]