Vaidhurya: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaidhurya (वैधुर्य):—(von vidhura) n.
1) das Alleinstehen, Verwaistsein: rāmapravāsavaidhuryaduḥkhaṃ puryāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 103, 121.] —
2) das Fehlen, Mangeln, Nichtdasein: śakti [Oxforder Handschriften 109,b, No. 170] (fehlerhaft vaidhūrya). padārthānvaya [Sāhityadarpana 120, 12] [?= KUSUM. 32, 4.] —
3) eine verzweifelte Lage [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 198.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 671.]
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