Adri, Ādṛ, Ādṝ: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Adri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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 terms Ādṛ and Ādṝ can be transliterated into English as Adr or Adri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Adri (अद्रि) was a King, the son of Viṣvagaśvā and father of Yuvanāśvā. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 202, Verse 3).
Adri (अद्रि) refers to a “mountain”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.21 (“Description of the Special War”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “[...] Defying the great demon Kālanemi the heroic Nandīśvara hit him in the chest with his spear. With his horses and charioteer killed and himself wounded in the chest, he broke the top of a mountain (adri) [adreḥ śikharamutpāṭya] and hit Nandin. Then Śumbha and Gaṇeśa seated respectively in a chariot and on a mouse fought each other with volleys of arrows. Gaṇeśa hit Śumbha in his chest with an arrow and felled his charioteer with three arrows on the ground. [...]”.
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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Adri (अद्रि) is synonymous with Mountain (śaila) and is mentioned in a list of 24 such synonyms according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., Adri], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Adri (अद्रि) refers to “mountains”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 23. Thus eight elephants were born from the (cosmic) eggshell held in his right hand. And from that in his left in turn eight cows were born, their consorts. And in the course of time those elephants, their many sons and grandsons, etc., endowed with spirit and might, ranged at will over the forests, rivers, and mountains (adri) of the whole world”.
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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Adri (अद्रि) represents the number 7 (seven) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 7—adri] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Adri (अद्रि) refers to a “stone” (e.g., sphaṭika-adri—‘quartz stone’), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 3.17-23, while describing a meditation on Amṛteśa in his form as Mṛtyujit]—“And so now, having constructed the amṛtāmudrā or the padmamudrā, [the mantrin] should meditate on the Ātman. The deity is equal in splendor [to that] of ten million moons, as bright as pellucid pearls, and as magnificent as quartz stone (sphaṭika-adri-samaprabha), he resembles drop of cow's milk or jasmine, mountain snow, and is everywhere. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
India history and geography
Adri.—(IE 7-1-2; EI 25), ‘seven’. Note: adri is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Adri [ಆದರಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Stereospermum chelonoides (L.f.) DC. from the Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda) family having the following synonyms: Bignonia chelonoides, Bignonia suaveolens, Stereospermum suaveolens. For the possible medicinal usage of adri, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Adri in India is the name of a plant defined with Stereospermum chelonoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.) (Bignonia L., named in honor of Abbé Jean Paul Bignon, 1662–1743, librarian to King Louis XIV. See Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 622–625. 1753 and Genera Plantarum Ed. 5. 273. 1754, Genera Plantarum 137. 1789, Henry C. Andrews, The Botanist’s Repository. 2: t. 86. London 1800. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève (1838)
· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Linnaea (1833)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Adri, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
adri (अद्रि).—m S A mountain or hill.
adri (अद्रि).—m A mountain or hill.
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
Adri (अद्रि).—[ad-krin Uṇādi-sūtra 4.65; according to Nir.fr. dṛ to tear or ad to eat.]
1) A mountain.
2) A stone, especially one for pounding Soma with or grinding it on.
3) A thunderbolt (ādṛṇāti yena Nir.).
4) A tree.
5) The sun. cf. अद्रिः शैलेऽर्कवृक्षयोः (adriḥ śaile'rkavṛkṣayoḥ) | Nm.
6) A mass of clouds (probably so called from its resemblance to a mountain); a cloud (ādarayitavyo bhavati hyasau udakārthaṃ Nir.) mostly Ved.
7) A kind of measure.
8) The number
Derivable forms: adriḥ (अद्रिः).
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Ādṛ (आदृ).—6 A. (driyate)
1) To respect, honour, reverence; सीतां रघूत्तम भवत्स्थितिमाद्रियस्व (sītāṃ raghūttama bhavatsthitimādriyasva) Mv.7.3 receive respectfully; take or receive respectfully; द्वितीयाद्रियते सदा (dvitīyādriyate sadā) H. Pr.7; सर्वे तस्यादृता धर्मा यस्यैते त्रय आदृताः (sarve tasyādṛtā dharmā yasyaite traya ādṛtāḥ) Manusmṛti 2.234; Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.55.
2) To heed or care for, mind, take notice of; usually with न (na); न त्यागमाद्रियते (na tyāgamādriyate) K.14,167; वाक्यं नाद्रियते च बान्धवजनः (vākyaṃ nādriyate ca bāndhavajanaḥ) Bhartṛhari 3.111; अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) disregarding; मम वचनमनादृत्य (mama vacanamanādṛtya) in spite of or notwithstanding my words.
3) to feel timid from a feeling of respect, be awed.
4) To apply or devote oneself closely to, have regard for; भूरि श्रुतं शाश्वतमाद्रियन्ते (bhūri śrutaṃ śāśvatamādriyante) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.5.
5) To desire, be eager for; यत्किंचिद् दुर्मदाः स्वैरमाद्रियन्ते निरर्गलम् (yatkiṃcid durmadāḥ svairamādriyante nirargalam) Mv.6.3.
6) To enjoy honour, be honoured.
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Ādṝ (आदॄ).—9 U. Ved.
1) To crush, split open.
2) To make accessible, bring to light, manifest.
Adri (अद्रि).—m.
(-driḥ) 1. A tree. 2. A mountain. 3. The sun. 4. A measure. E. ada to eat, and krin Unadi aff.
Adri (अद्रि).—m. 1. A stone,
Adri (अद्रि).—[masculine] rock, stone, [especially] bruising or hurling stone; mountain, cloud.
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Ādṛ (आदृ).—split, go asunder; also = [Intensive] rend, break, open, make accessible.
Ādṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and dṛ (दृ).
1) Adri (अद्रि):—m. (√ad, [Uṇādi-sūtra]), a stone, a rock, a mountain
2) a stone for pounding Soma with or grinding it on
3) a stone for a sling, a thunderbolt
4) a mountain-shaped mass of clouds
5) a cloud (the mountains are the clouds personified, and regarded as the enemies of Indra)
6) a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Name of a measure
9) the number seven
10) Name of a grandson of Pṛthu.
11) Ādṛ (आदृ):—[=ā-√dṛ] ([Pāṇini 7-4, 28]) [Ātmanepada] -driyate, rarely [poetry or poetic] [Parasmaipada] ([ādriyat, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 4, 7]]) to regard with attention, attend to, be careful about ([accusative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā] etc.;
—to respect, honour, reverence, [Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Raghuvaṃśa]
12) Ādṝ (आदॄ):—[=ā-√dṝ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] (2. sg. [subjunctive] ā-darṣi, [Ṛg-veda viii, 6, 23, etc.]; 3. sg. [subjunctive] [Aorist] ā-darṣate, [Ṛg-veda x, 120, 6]; 2. sg. [subjunctive] [Intensive] ā-dardarṣi, [Ṛg-veda ii, 12, 15])
—to crush, force or split open;
—to make accessible, bring to light:
—[Intensive] (2. sg. [imperative] ā-dardṛhi, [Ṛg-veda iii, 20, 24]) to crack, split open.
Adri (अद्रि):—m.
(-driḥ) 1) A stone.
2) The thunderbolt.
3) A mountain.
4) A cloud.
5) A tree.
6) The sun.
7) The name of a measure.
8) A proper name of the son of Viśvagaśva and father of Yuvanāśva.
9) (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the numeral 7. E. ad, uṇ. aff. krin; but more probably, a [tatpurusha compound] composed of a and dri (from dṝ or drā?). Compare aga. The meanings 1. 2. 4. belong exclusively to the Vedas.
Adri (अद्रि):—(driḥ) 1. m. A tree; a mountain; the sun.
Adri (अद्रि):—m. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 66.]
1) Stein, insbesondere a) die zum Soma schlagen gebrauchten Steine [Ṛgveda 1, 109, 3. 118, 3. 137, 1. 165, 4. 10, 94.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 9, 1, 5. 4, 5. 21. 5, 14. 10, 1, 4. 11, 5, 9.] [?(im The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa] stets grāvan). — b) der Schleuderstein: ā.āvadriṃ vāvasā.asya na.tayan [Ṛgveda 1, 151, 3.] —
2) Gestein, Gebirge: di.i sūryamadadhā.soma.adrau [Ṛgveda 5, 85, 2. 1, 73, 6.] Berg [Amarakoṣa 2, 3, 1. 3, 4, 165.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1027.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 392.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 6.] [Hiḍimbavadha 4, 11.] [Meghadūta 2. 14. 45. 60.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 27. 3, 63.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 20.] —
3) Wolke, Gewölk (wegen der Aehnlichkeit der am Horizonte liegenden Wolkenmassen mit Gebirgen) [das 1, 10.] Häufig können 2. und 3. kaum von einander geschieden werden, da das Erbrechen der Festen durch die Götter zur Wiedergewinnung der Rinder sowohl auf die Wolken als auch auf die Gebirge bezogen werden kann: bṛha.patirbhi.adadriṃ vi.adgāḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 62, 3.] asūdayatsu.ṛte.garbhama.riḥ [3, 31, 7.] bhā.umadreḥ [7, 6, 2. 1, 7, 3. 61, 7. 70, 4. 71, 3. 85, 5. 10, 45, 6.] u. s. w. Die adrayaḥ (Berge, Wolken personificirt) werden unter den [7] Feinden Indra's aufgeführt [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 174]; vgl. adridviṣ und adribhid . —
4) Baum [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 165.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1114.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 393.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 6.] —
5) Sonne [Amarakoṣa] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 99.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 11]; vgl. aga, das auch Berg, Baum und Sonne bedeutet. —
6) Name eines Maasses [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
7) Nomen proprium ein Sohn Viśvagaśva’s und Grossohn Pṛthu’s [Mahābhārata 3, 13517]; vgl. ārdra . — [Yāska’s Nirukta 9, 9.] wird adrayaḥ = parvatāḥ etym. durch adaraṇīyāḥ erklärt.
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Adri (अद्रि):—
2) Bez. der Zahl sieben (vgl. kulaparvata) [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 101, 2.]
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Adri (अद्रि):—
2) als Bez. der Zahl sieben (vgl. Nachträge) [Sūryasiddhānta 1, 24. 31. 34. 2, 20.]
Adri (अद्रि):—m. —
1) Fels , Berg [7,13.10,4.99,19.] Gebirge. —
2) Schleuderstein. —
3) Stein zum Schlagen des Soma. —
4) Wolke. —
5) Bez. der Zahl sieben (wegen der sieben Hauptgebirge ). —
6) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Viṣvagaśva [Mahābhārata 3,202,3.] —
7) *Baum. —
8) *die Sonne.
Adri (अद्रि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Addi.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Adṛ (अदृ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ārdra.
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
Adri (ಅದ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] a natural raised part of the earth’s surface, usu. rising more or less abruptly; a mountain.
2) [noun] a large mass of stone; a rock.
3) [noun] a tall plant which has a thick trunk and branches that grow from its upper part; a tree.
4) [noun] the central star of the solar system; the sun.
5) [noun] the number seven and the symbol that represents it.
6) [noun] a kind of measure (?).
7) [noun] a flash of lightning and the sound of thunder together; a thunderbolt.
8) [noun] a visible mass of tiny, condensed water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere; a cloud.
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Ādri (ಆದ್ರಿ):—[noun] name of a plant.
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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Starts with (+21): ADR, Adria, Adribarhas, Adribhedana, Adribhid, Adribhu, Adribudhna, Adridroni, Adridugdha, Adridvish, Adriguha, Adrihan, Adrihu, Adrija, Adrijata, Adrijuta, Adrikanya, Adrikarni, Adrikataka, Adrikila.
Full-text (+157): Adrikarni, Adrija, Adrisara, Himadri, Sitadri, Tusharadri, Purvadri, Adribhu, Adrisha, Adriraj, Adrikila, Adrinandini, Amaradri, Adritanaya, Adribhid, Praleyadri, Hemadri, Tuhinadri, Rajatadri, Udagadri.
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