Varshadhara, Varṣadhara, Varsha-dhara: 11 definitions
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Varshadhara has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Varṣadhara can be transliterated into English as Varsadhara or Varshadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVarṣadhara (वर्षधर):—
1) adj. Regen enthaltend; m. Wolke [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 571.] —
2) adj. einen Welttheil (varṣa) enthaltend, einschliessend; m. ein solcher Berg [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 947] [?(vgl. Comm.). Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 1, 292. 294.] —
3) m. der Gebieter über ein Varṣa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 3, 16.] —
4) m. = varṣavara Eunuch (die Samenergiessung zurückhaltend) [Halāyudha 2, 275.] [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON,] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 65, 7] (varṣavara ed. Bomb.). [BHĀR. NĀṬYAŚ. 34, 52. 55. 57.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 41] (varṣavara Comm.). [Mālavikāgnimitra 47, 15.] [Pañcatantra 43, 5. 53, 2.]
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Varṣadhāra (वर्षधार):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 87.]
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Partial matches: Varsha, Dhara.
Starts with: Varshadharadhara.
Ends with: Mahavarshadhara.
Full-text: Varshavara, Dharshavara, Jambudvipa, Shikharin.
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