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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

abhimarda (अभिमर्द).—m S Violent or excessive rubbing or treading; great trampling down and devastating or destroying.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhimarda (अभिमर्द).—

1) Rubbing, friction.

2) Crushing down, trampling down; कृतोऽभिमर्दः कुरुभिः प्रसह्य (kṛto'bhimardaḥ kurubhiḥ prasahya) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.269.8.

3) Ravage, devastation of a country (by an enemy).

4) War, battle. कथं शक्ष्यामहे ब्रह्मन् दानवैरभिमर्दनम् (kathaṃ śakṣyāmahe brahman dānavairabhimardanam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.29.12.

5) Spirituous liquor.

Derivable forms: abhimardaḥ (अभिमर्दः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhimarda (अभिमर्द).—i. e. abhi-mṛd + a, m. Oppression, invasion, [Draupadīpramātha] 6, 8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abhimarda (अभिमर्द):—[=abhi-marda] a See abhi-√mṛd.

2) [=abhi-marda] [from abhi-mṛd] b m. devastation (of a country etc. by an enemy), [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] battle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] spirituous liquor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhimarda (अभिमर्द):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-rdaḥ) 1) Rubbing, friction.

2) Devastation of a country &c. by an enemy, invasion.

3) War, battle.

4) Spirituous liquor (? Hemach.: madya). E. mṛd with abhi, kṛt aff. ac or ghañ.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhimarda in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Marda, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhimardana.

Full-text: Abhimardana, Abhyamarda, Avamarda, Mard.

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