Kharadhvamsin, Kharadhvaṃsin, Khara-dhvamsin: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kharadhvaṃsin (खरध्वंसिन्).—m. an epithet of Rāma, who killed the demon खर (khara); मध्यं पातु खरध्वंसी (madhyaṃ pātu kharadhvaṃsī) Rāma-rakṣā.

Kharadhvaṃsin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms khara and dhvaṃsin (ध्वंसिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kharadhvaṃsin (खरध्वंसिन्).—m. (-sī) A name of Rama. E. khara an imp or goblin so called, and dhvaṃsin the destroyer.

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

Kharadhvaṃsin (खरध्वंसिन्):—[=khara-dhvaṃsin] [from khara] m. ‘destroyer of the demon Khara’, Name of Rāma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kharadhvaṃsin (खरध्वंसिन्):—[khara-dhvaṃsin] (sī) 5. m. A name of Rāma.

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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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