In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

One of the gates of, Pulatthipura (Cv.lxxiii.160). It was probably to the south of the City. Cv. Trs. ii.39, n.4.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Rāja-dvāra.—(EI 32), king's court. Note: rāja-dvāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rājadvāra (राजद्वार).—n (S) The royal mansion considered as a court of justice. 2 A gate or door of a palace.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

rājadvāra (राजद्वार).—n The royal mansion; a gate of a palace.

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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

Rājadvāra (राजद्वार).—the gate of royal palace; राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः (rājadvāre śmaśāne ca yastiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ) Subhāṣ.

Derivable forms: rājadvāram (राजद्वारम्).

Rājadvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and dvāra (द्वार).

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

Rājadvāra (राजद्वार).—n.

(-raṃ) The gate of the palace. E. rāja for rājā king, dvāra gate.

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

Rājadvāra (राजद्वार):—[=rāja-dvāra] [from rāja > rāj] n. ([Harivaṃśa] etc.) the k°’s gate, gate of a royal palace

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

Rājadvāra (राजद्वार):—[rāja-dvāra] (raṃ) 1. n. Palace gate.

[Sanskrit to 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rājadvāra (ರಾಜದ್ವಾರ):—[noun] the main entrance of a palace and a palatial building.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Dvara, Rajan, Raja.

Ends with: Prajadvara.

Full-text: Rajadvarika, Upastha.

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