Adambara, Āḍambara, Aḍambara: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Adambara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Adambar.
Images (photo gallery)
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—One of the five Pārṣadas whom Brahmā gave to Skandadeva. Brahmā gave Kunda, Kusuma, Kumuda, Damba and Āḍambara.
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—Instrument of war music.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 137. 29; 138. 3.
Aḍambara (अडम्बर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.35) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Aḍambara) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Āḍambara (आडम्बर) refers to the “clatter (of material emanation)”, according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “The (god) is five-fold because he is the cause of the clatter of (material) emanation (sṛṣṭi-āḍambara). (He is) Śrīkaṇṭha, Śaṃkara, Ananta, Sādākhya and Piṅgala. Śrīkaṇṭha is in the principle of Earth, Śaṃkara resides in Water. Ananta is said to be Fire and Sādākhya is said to be Air. Space should be known to be Piṅgala. These five are the authors of emanation. In this way, the god who is (these) five resides in Earth and the others. This is the god Ciñciṇīnātha, Bhairava, the Siddha of the Command. The Lord has five forms and can grace and punish”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
āḍambara (आडंबर).—n (S) Arrogation and ostentatious display (as of sanctity, learning, opulence); mighty and imposing plans, preparations, measures, movements, but vain and abortive; empty noise and stir, bustle and show. v ghāla, māṇḍa.
āḍambara (आडंबर).—n Arrogation and ostentatious display, empty show.
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
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—[ā-ḍamb-kṣepe, aran]
1) Pride, arrogance.
2) Show; means, external appendage; विरचितनारसिंह- रूपाडम्बरम् (viracitanārasiṃha- rūpāḍambaram) K.5,39; निर्गुणः शोभते नैव विपुलाडम्बरोऽपि ना (nirguṇaḥ śobhate naiva vipulāḍambaro'pi nā) Bv.1.115.
3) The sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack.
4) Commencement.
5) Fury, anger, passion; दन्तिनामाडम्बररवेण (dantināmāḍambararaveṇa) K.114.
6) Happiness, pleasure.
7) The roaring of clouds and of elephants; धातः किन्नु विधौ विधातुमुचितो धाराधराडम्बरः (dhātaḥ kinnu vidhau vidhātumucito dhārādharāḍambaraḥ) Bv.1.4. cf... आडम्बरोऽस्त्रियाम् । तुर्यशब्दे च संरम्भे गजेन्द्राणां च गर्जिते (āḍambaro'striyām | turyaśabde ca saṃrambhe gajendrāṇāṃ ca garjite) | Nm.
8) The eyelid.
9) A drum used in a battle; काचिदाडम्बरं नारीभुजसंभोगपीढितम् (kācidāḍambaraṃ nārībhujasaṃbhogapīḍhitam) Rām.5.1.45.
1) (Hence) A charge sounded by musical instruments; the din or uproar of the battle; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.72.11.
-ram Rubbing and kneading the body.
Derivable forms: āḍambaraḥ (आडम्बरः).
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Charge sounded by musical instruments. 2. The roaring of elephants. 3. A drum used in battle. 4. Commencement. 5. The eyelid. 6. Pride, arrogance. 7. Anger, passion. 8. Happiness, pleasure. n.
(-raṃ) Rubbing and moulding the body. E. āṅ before dama to tame or subdue, varac affix; da is changed to ḍa.
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—m. A drum, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 13, 51 (where erroneously is read āḍampara).
Āḍambara (आडम्बर).—[masculine] a kind of drum, noise, sound, bombast; the non-plus-ultra of (—°).
1) Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—m. a kind of drum, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) a great noise, [Śārṅgadhara]
3) noisy behaviour, speaking loud or much, bombast, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
4) the roaring of elephants, [Kādambarī]
5) the sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) ifc. immensity, sublimity, the highest degree of [Uttararāma-carita; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bālarāmāyaṇa]
7) pleasure, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) the eyelid
9) (the war-drum personified) Name of a being in the retinue of Skanda, [Mahābhārata ix, 2541.]
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—[ā-ḍambara] (raḥ) 1. m. Charge sounded by musical instruments; roar of elephants; pride; anger; pleasure; eyelid. n. Rubbing the body.
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—m.
1) Trommel [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 76.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 799.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 249.] kācidāḍamparaṃ (sic) nārī bhujasaṃyogapīḍitam . kṛtvā prasuptā kāmamohitā .. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 51.] Vgl. den folg. Artikel. —
2) ein Trompetenstoss, als Zeichen zum Angriff [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 170.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 239.] —
3) Elephantengebrüll [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
4) Stolz (saṃrambha) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
5) Beginn [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 18.] Diese und die vorangehende Bedeutung sind ursprünglich wohl nur eine gewesen, da saṃrambha und ārambha leicht verwechselt werden konnten. —
6) Zorn [SVĀMIN im Śabdakalpadruma] —
7) Freude [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
8) Augenwimpern [Medinīkoṣa]
--- OR ---
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—, nach Andern āḍambara [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 131] und [AUFRECHT] im Index.
1) eine Art Trommel: mṛdaṅgā jharjharā bheryaḥ paṇavānakagomukhāḥ . āḍambarāśca (= kṣudrapaṭahāḥ Schol.) śaṅkhāśca dundubhyaśca mahāsvanāḥ .. [Mahābhārata 7, 2914.] miśrā dundubhinirghoṣaiḥ śaṅkhāścāḍambaraiḥ (= tūryaravaiḥ Schol.) saha [2487.] ya.hāḍa.barasya kha. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 8, 12, 1.] [Sāyaṇa] hat yathā ḍa getrennt, da er ḍambara durch vādyaviśeṣa erklärt; lambara an der entsprechenden Stelle [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] —
9) Lärm: niḥsārasya padārthasya prāyeṇāḍambaro mahān [Spr. 1624.] Vgl. meghāḍambara . —
10) Lärm so v. a. lärmvolles Benehmen, das Posaunen (in übertr. Bed.), vieles Reden, Wortschwall: vyartho yamasmākamāḍambaraḥ [Scholiast] zu [Naiṣadhacarita 5, 61.] [Sāhityadarpana 627.] nirāḍambarasundara [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 125.] —
11) Gewirre: kīcakastambāḍambara (= vistāra [Scholiast]) [UTTARARĀMAC. 36, 12.] aho kimetadāścaryamāyāḍambara jṛmbhitam [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 89.] vāgāḍambara Wortschwall als Erkl. von vāgjāla [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha 2, 27.] vākyāḍambara dass. [PRATĀPAR. 19,b,4.] śabdāḍambara dass. [VĪR. 20,a,1.] [Sāhityadarpana 243,2.] āḍambara = prapañca [Halāyudha 5, 55.] —
12) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's (neben ḍambara) [Mahābhārata 9, 2541.]
--- OR ---
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—
1) [Mahābhārata 9, 2676.]
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—m. —
1) eine Art Trommel [R.ed.Bomb.5,10,45.] —
2) Lärm , Getöse [Indische sprüche 3785.] —
3) lärmvolles Benehmen , das Posaunen , vieles Reden , Wortschwall. —
4) *Trompetenstoss. —
5) Elephantengebrüll [Kād. (1872) 128,16.] —
6) Am Ende eines Comp. Riesenmässigkeit , das Non plus ultra — , die Krone von [Uttararāmacaritra 36,12.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 26,89.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 271,6.307,21.] [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 23,7.145,22.] —
7) *Freude. —
8) *die Augenwimpern. —
9) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's.
Āḍambara (आडम्बर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āḍaṃbara.
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
Āḍaṃbara (आडंबर) [Also spelled adambar]:—(nm) ostentation, affectation; showing off; tinsel, hypocrisy; ~[rī] ostentatious, showy; hypocrite, tinsel.
...
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Āḍaṃbara (आडंबर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āḍambara.
2) Āḍaṃbara (आडंबर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āḍambara.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Āḍaṃbara (ಆಡಂಬರ):—
1) [noun] an ostentatious display; an empty show to draw attention; vanity; ostentation.
2) [noun] a war-drum.
3) [noun] the sound of a war-drum as a sign of attack.
4) [noun] a young elephant.
5) [noun] the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge; thunder.
6) [noun] the extent; broadness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Āḍambara (आडम्बर):—n. 1. pride; arrogance; 2. show; means; external; appendage; 3. blowing a trumpet to signal attack; 4. pretension;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Adambaraghata, Adambaravant, Adambaravat, Atamparam.
Full-text (+42): Meghadambara, Shabdadambara, Niradambara, Adambaraghata, Vagadambara, Vakyadambara, Adambaravat, Alambara, Dambara, Atamparam, Adambarin, Adambar, Tulapi, Niradambarasundara, Itampam, Srishtyadambara, Avadambara, Lambara, Adampara, Murujadambara.
Relevant text
Search found 16 books and stories containing Adambara, A-dambara, Ā-ḍambara, Āḍambara, Aḍambara, Āḍaṃbara; (plurals include: Adambaras, dambaras, ḍambaras, Āḍambaras, Aḍambaras, Āḍaṃbaras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 804 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 1]
Page 49 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 108 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Appendix 5.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 3.3b - Gauḍī Rīti < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study) (by Manisha Misra)
2. The Riti and Guna < [Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda]