Alternative spellings of this word include Dhurandhar.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर) or Dhurandhara or Dhuraṃdharācala is the name of a mountain into whose house was born Naraṅgama: a great warrior (mahāratha) who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side but was slain by Prabhāsa, who participated in the war against Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 48. Accordingly: “... then Śrutaśarman, beside himself with grief, anger and shame, sent two more Vidyādharas, captains of hosts of warriors and distinguished warriors:... and the second was his own minister, named Naraṅgama, of great splendour, born in the house of the lord of the mountain Dhuraṃdhara”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dhuraṃdhara, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर).—See धूर्धर (dhūrdhara) above.

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

Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर).—i. e. dhur + am-dhara, 1. adj. 1. Able to bear a burthen, Mahābhārata 3, 12724. 2. Bearing patiently a burthen, Mahābhārata 5, 1077. 3. Helping, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 181. Ii. m. 1. A beast of burthen, [Pañcatantra] ed. orn. i. [distich] 17. 2. A chief, Mahābhārata 13, 6275. 3. pl. The name of a people, Mahābhārata 6, 349. 4. The name of a Rākṣasa or demon, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 32, 15.

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

Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर).—[adjective] bearing the yoke or burden (l.&[feminine]), patient; [masculine] foreman, leader.

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

1) Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर):—[=dhuraṃ-dhara] [from dhur] mfn. bearing a yoke or a burden ([literally] and [figuratively]), fit to be harnessed, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] helping another ([genitive case]) out of need, [Hitopadeśa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a beast of burden, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] chief, leader, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]

5) [v.s. ...] a man of business, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] of a Rakṣas, [Rāmāyaṇa]

8) [v.s. ...] Grislea Tomentosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhuramdhara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dhuraṃdhara (धुरंधर) [Also spelled dhurandhar]:—(a) pre-eminent (as a scholar), leading, par-excellence, of the top-most grade; (nm) a pastmaster.

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Partial matches: Dhara, Turam, Tara.

Starts with: Dhuramdharacala, Dhuramdharachala, Dhuramdharadarga, Dhuramdharate, Dhurandhara.

Ends with: Dhurandhara, Karyadhuramdhara, Pratiharadhuramdhara.

Full-text: Dhurandhara, Dhurdhara, Dhuradhara, Dhurandhar, Dhuramdharacala.

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