Yodha: 15 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Yodha (योध):—(wie eben) m. n. (!) gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.]

1) m. Krieger, Streiter, Kriegsmann, Soldat [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 763.] [Ṛgveda 1, 143, 5. 3, 39, 4.] na tvā yo.ho manyamāno yuyodha [6, 25, 5.] varmaṇvanto.na yo.hāḥ [10, 78, 3.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 97. fg.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6687. 3, 15753. 4, 1161. 8, 2557] (wo mit der ed. Bomb. yodhavratasa zu lesen ist). [Rāmāyaṇa.1,5,20.6,20.2,41,18. 81,12. 82,24. fg.] [?(89,6 fg. Gorresio). Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio.2,100,56.5,48,15.6,107,7. Spr. 2120. 4527. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15,19. 39,2. 51,21. Kathāsaritsāgara 12,22. Rājataraṅgiṇī.6,250. Prabodhacandrodaja 87,9. Pañcatantra 175,7. Oxforder Handschriften 190,b,16.] saṃrāva [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 76.] ratha zu Wagen [Mahābhārata 6, 5506.] rathāśvayodhāḥ zu Wagen, zu Ross [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 20.] vasanta der Frühling als Kriegsmann [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 1.] yodha vom Wagen [Ṛgveda 6, 26, 4.] vṛṣo yodhaḥ ein zum Kampf abgerichteter oder geeigneter Stier [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 48, 44.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Mahābhārata 3, 11279. 9, 1795.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 91, 16. 5, 15, 20. 6, 1, 46.] Vgl. puro, bāhu. —

2) m. Kampf in duryodha und mithoyodha. —

3) ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ [Colebrooke II, 159 (I, 6).]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Yodha (योध):—m.

1) Krieger , Streiter , Kriegsmann , Soldat. vṛṣa m. ein zum Kampf abgerichteter oder geeigneter Stier. n. [Gaṇaratnamahodadhi 2,66.] Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā

2) Kampf in duryodha und mithoyodha. —

3) ein best. Metrum.

4) Pl. das dritte astrol. Haus [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 4.1.]

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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.

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