Adhriti, Adhṛti: 13 definitions
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Adhriti 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.
The Sanskrit term Adhṛti can be transliterated into English as Adhrti or Adhriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAdhṛti (अधृति).—A god of Ābhūtarayas group.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 55.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAdhṛti (अधृति):—Lack of retaining capacity, Cowardness
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति).—f.
1) Want of firmness or control, looseness.
2) Incontinence.
3) Unhappiness.
Derivable forms: adhṛtiḥ (अधृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Laxity, want of firm hold. 2. Want of steadiness or firmness. E. a neg. dhṛti holding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति).—f. 1. uneasiness. 2. discontent, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 33.
Adhṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and dhṛti (धृति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति).—[feminine] unsteadiness, inconstancy, restlessness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Adhṛti (अधृति):—[=a-dhṛti] [from a-dhṛta] f. want of firmness or fortitude
2) [v.s. ...] laxity, absence of control or restraint
3) [v.s. ...] incontinence
4) [v.s. ...] mfn. unsteady.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति):—I. [tatpurusha compound] f.
(-tiḥ) 1) Laxity, want of firm hold.
2) Want of steadiness or firmness. (In rhetoric described as one of the conditions connected with the Rasa Śṛṅgāra q. v.) E. a neg. and dhṛti. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-tiḥ-tiḥ-ti) Having no steadiness or firmness. E. a priv. and dhṛti.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhṛti (अधृति):—[a-dhṛti] (tiḥ) 1. f. Laxity.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Adhṛti (अधृति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Adihi, Addhii.
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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 corpusAdhṛti (ಅಧೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] want of courage or self-confidence.
2) [noun] the state of not being firmly fastened down; want of tightness or compactness; want of firmness.
3) [noun] the quality of having no self-restraint; want of temperance; incontinence.
4) [noun] the state of being in distress, grief; absence of comfort; unhappiness.
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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Ends with: Acaladhriti, Achaladhriti, Avadhriti, Dridhadhriti, Gamdhakadhriti, Garbhadhriti, Gatadhriti, Krishnadhriti, Kshatradhriti, Kshmadhriti, Mahadhriti, Medhadhriti, Nijadhriti, Sahyadhriti, Satatadhriti, Satyadhriti, Sendradhriti, Shatadhriti, Svadhriti, Upadhriti.
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