Adholamba, Adhas-lamba: 6 definitions
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Adholamba means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Adholamba (अधोलम्ब).—
1) a plummet.
2) a perpendicular.
3) the lower world.
Derivable forms: adholambaḥ (अधोलम्बः).
Adholamba is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhas and lamba (लम्ब).
Adholamba (अधोलम्ब).—m. (-mba) A perpendicular. E. adhas below, lamba a straight line.
1) Adholamba (अधोलम्ब):—[=adho-lamba] [from adhas] m. a plummet
2) [v.s. ...] the perpendicular.
Adholamba (अधोलम्ब):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-mbaḥ) The perpendicular. Also avalamba, valamba and lamba. E. adhas and lamba.
Adholamba (अधोलम्ब):—[adho+lamba] (mbaḥ) 1. m. A perpendicular.
Adholamba (अधोलम्ब):—m. Senkrechte [Colebrooke 68.]
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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Partial matches: Adho, Adhas, Lamba, Ato.
Starts with: Atolampam.
Full-text: Atolampam.
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