Vanara, Vānara: 34 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVanara (वनर):—m. = vānara [Bharata im Dvirūpakoṣa] nach [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Vānara (वानर):—
1) m. Affe [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1292.] [Halāyudha 2, 76.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 39. 11, 135.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 277.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2571. 3, 12244. 9, 202.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 57. 16, 18. 2, 54, 28. 55, 33.] [Suśruta 1, 202, 17. 333, 18.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 104. 86, 28. 42.] [Spr. (II) 107.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 13, 17. 14, 30.] [Pañcatantra 203, 3.] Śākyamuni als Affe in einer früheren Geburt [VĀḌI] beim Schol. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 233.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 19, 53]; vgl. nirvānara . —
2) f. ī a) Aeffin [Mahābhārata 3, 15935.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 16, 6.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 20, 13. 4, 19, 4. 20, 1.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 123, 60.] [Pañcatantra 206, 15.] — b) Carpopogon pruriens Roxb. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Śārṅgadhara’s Paddiiati 3, 2, 17.] —
3) (von vānara [1.]) adj. (f. ī) den Affen gehörig, ihnen eigen u. s. w.: vapus [Mahābhārata 3, 11168. 12, 1067.] yoni [13, 411.] senā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 1, 14. 46, 7. 6, 1, 6. 2, 26.]
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Starts with (+41): Vanara acarya, Vanara Jataka, Vanarabhojana, Vanaraceshta, Vanaradarshana, Vanaradhvaja, Vanaradrishti, Vanaraduhkha, Vanaradvipa, Vanaragama, Vanaraghata, Vanaraja, Vanarajan, Vanaraji, Vanarajya, Vanarakara, Vanarakati, Vanaraketana, Vanaraketu, Vanarakhada.
Ends with: Bhima-vanara, Duluvaishvanara, Dushtavanara, Hastivanara, Jevanara, Krishnavanara, Malavanara, Naravanara, Nilavanara, Nirvanara, Sarpaprasavanara, Sarvanara, Sauryavaishvanara, Shvanara, Suryavaishvanara, Vaishavanara, Vaishvanara, Vishvanara.
Full-text (+257): Vanarendra, Krishnavanara, Vanarapriya, Vanaraghata, Nirvanara, Vanaraksha, Malavanara, Vanaraketana, Vanaraketu, Hastivanara, Vanaram, Vanaravamsha, Dushtavanara, Vanarappakai, Vanaradhvaja, Vanararaja, Bhima-vanara, Vanara acarya, Utpatin, Nilavanara.
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The Forces in the Ramayana < [April - June 1972]
The Concept of Greatness in the Ramayana < [April – June, 1982]
The Efficacy of Ramanama < [April – June, 1998]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
IX.1. Back to Ayodhya < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
6. Anaryas (or Mlecchas) and other tribes or clans < [Chapter 10 - Geographical Places, Peoples and Tribes]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.135 < [Section XV - Expiation for the killing of Cats and other Animals]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Chapter I - Origin of the Rākṣasavaṃśa and Vānaravaṃśa < [Book VII - Jain Ramayana (Rāmāyaṇa)]
Part 5: Search for Sītā < [Chapter VI - Bringing news of Sītā]
Part 3: War between the Rākṣasas and Vānaras < [Chapter VII - The killing of Rāvaṇa]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 37b < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 43 - Sita is enamoured of the Fawn < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Chapter 34 - Bali hangs Ravana on his Girdle < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Bhasa (critical and historical study) (by A. D. Pusalker)