Yamadamshtra, Yamadamṣṭra, Yama-damshtra: 7 definitions
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Yamadamshtra has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Yamadamṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Yamadamstra or Yamadamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYamadaṃṣṭra (यमदंष्ट्र):—(2. yama + daṃṣṭrā) m. Nomen proprium eines Asura [Kathāsaritsāgara 9, 16.] eines Rākṣasa [18, 336. 42, 125.] eines Kriegers auf Seiten der Götter [48, 17.]
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Yamadaṃṣṭrā (यमदंष्ट्रा):—(wie eben) f. Yama's Spitzzahn: yamadaṃṣṭrāntaraṃ gataḥ so v. a. dem Tode verfallen [Mahābhārata 7, 4152.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungYamadaṃṣṭra (यमदंष्ट्र):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Asura. —
2) eines Rākṣasa. —
3) eines Kriegers auf Seiten der Götter.
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Yamadaṃṣṭrā (यमदंष्ट्रा):—f. —
1) Yama’s Spitzzahn [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha] (hier wohl so v.a. Dolchstich). daṃṣṭrāntaraṃ gataḥ so v.a. dem Tode verfallen. —
2) ein best. Gift [Rasendracintāmaṇi 43.]
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Partial matches: Damshtra, Yama.
Starts with: Yamadamshtraka, Yamadamshtrakala.
Full-text: Damshtra, Antarasthita, Yamadamshtraka, Shailapura.
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