Arbuda: 33 definitions

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Arbuda means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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 Arbud.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Arbuda (अर्बुद).—An Asura. Indra killed this Asura. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 10, Sūkta 51).

2) Arbuda (अर्बुद).—A nāga (serpent) living in mountains. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 21, Stanza 9).

3) Arbuda (अर्बुद).—The mountain Ābu. (Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 82, Stanza 55).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Arbuda (अर्बुद).—The dvijas of: became vrātyas after Puramjaya's days:1 a western kingdom sacred to Lalitā.2

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 1. 38.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 62; IV. 44. 94.

1b) A tribe, of the south, fought with their kinsmen and ended themselves.1 Country of.2

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 30. 18; Matsya-purāṇa 114. 51; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 131.
  • 2) Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 3. 16.

1c) 10,00,00,000 (10 crores).*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 95.
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to the name of a Mountain mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. ). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Arbuda) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is another name for Arvudeya, a country pertaining to the Āvantī local usage (pravṛtti) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 14. These pravṛttis provide information regarding costumes, languages, and manners in different countries of the world. It is mentioned that this local usage (adopted by these countries) depends on the grand style (sāttvatī) and the graceful style (kaiśikī).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara

Arbudā (अर्बुदा) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—Mount Ābu in the Ārāvallī range, now included in the Sirohi state of Rājputana (Rajasthan). In the Kāvyamīmāṃsā this part of the country surrounding Mount Abu is also called Arbuda, because Rājaśekhara makes Arbuda both a mountain and a Janapada.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to “tumor” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning arbuda] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Arbuda (अर्बुद):—Tumor

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the name of a sacred mountain presided over by the Goddess Koṅkaṇā, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—The subsidiary seats (upapīṭha) the goddess created by her gaze (avalokana) are four sacred mountains, of which one is Arbuda. A goddess resides on each mountain and exerts her authority there at Kubjikā’s behest, granting success (siddhi) to her devotees. They are: 1) Śrīśaila—Barbarā 2) Māhendra—Mahātārikā 3) Kailāśa—Kamalā 4) Arbuda—Koṅkaṇā.

Note: The Ciñcinīmatasārasamuccaya substitutes Arbuda with the Island of the Moon (Candradvīpa) and calls them Śivapīthas. Moreover, it locates the residences of the six disciples of Matsyandra who founded Kaula lineages in relation to Śrīśaila.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to “those inhabiting the Arbuda hills”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If Mars should be eclipsed by Rāhu [—the eclipsed or eclipsing lunar or solar disc as the case may be], the people of Āvanti, those living on the banks of the Kāverī and the Narmada and haughty princes will be afflicted with miseries. [...] If Saturn should be so eclipsed, the people of Marubhava, of Puṣkara and of Saurāṣṭra, the minerals, the low classes inhabiting the Arbuda hills [i.e., arbuda-antyaja], and the hillmen of Gomanta and Pāriyātrā will perish immediately”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

1) Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to “ten million” (10,000,000) in various lists of numeral denominations, according to gaṇita (“science of calculation”) and Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—We can definitely say that from the very earliest known times, ten has formed the basis of numeration in India. While the Greeks had no terminology for denominations above the myriad (104), and the Romans above the milk (103), the ancient Hindus dealt freely with no less than eighteen denominations [e.g., arbuda]. Cf. Yajurveda-saṃhitā (Vājasanyī) XVII.2;  Taittirīya-saṃhitā IV.40.11, VII.2.20.1; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā II.8.14; Kāṭhaka-saṃhitā XVII.10, XXXIX.6; Anuyogadvāra-sūtra 142; Triśatikā R.2-3.

2) Arbuda (अर्बुद) also refers to a “hundred million” (100,000,000), according to Āryabhaṭa I (499) in the Āryabhaṭīya II.2.

3) Arbuda (अर्बुद) also refers to “ten billion” (10,000,000,000) according to Mahāvīra in the Gaṇitasārasaṃgraha (I.63-68).

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) 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.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to the “swelling (moon)”, 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 18.63-68, while describing the iconography of Mṛtyujit and the consort Amṛtalakṣmī]—“After [the Mantrin] has meditated on the beautiful form as indicated earlier, he should worship Mṛtyujit and Śrī Devī [Amṛtalakṣmī], seated on his lap in the middle [of the somamaṇḍala. She is] as clear as pure crystal, she possesses the same luster as mountain snow or a drop of jasmine. [She] resembles the swelling moon (candra-arbuda-pratīkāśā) [and] shines forth like cow’s milk. [...]”.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

1) Arbuda can mean 'tumour', 'swelling' or a 'billion'.

2) Arbuda, a holy pilgrimage site (or mountain) mentioned in the Skanda Purana. Arbuda is “free from sins, destroyer of all sins and exempted from the touch of vices of the Age of Kali through the influence of Sage Vasiṣṭha.” (Skanda Purāṇa, VII. 3. I. v5-7)

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdomlib Libary: Vajrayogini

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the name of a sacred site (pīṭha) presided over by Mahānāsā, according to the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala. Mahānāsā is a deity situated in one of the six petals of the eastern lotus, of which the presiding deity is kuleśvarī (presiding lady) named Māmakī. The central deity of the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala is the twelve-armed Vajravarāhī.

Arbuda is one of the twenty-four pīṭhas, or ‘sacred-site’ (six lotuses each having six petals), each corresponding with a part of the human body. Arbuda is to be contemplated as situated on the back of the neck. Besides being associated with a bodily spot, each pīṭha represents an actual place of ancient India frequented particularly by advanced tantric practitioners

Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is one of the four Pīṭhas (‘sacred spot’) present within the Cittacakra (‘circle of mid’) which is associated with the Ḍākinī named Khecarī (‘a woman going in the sky’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. Cittacakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts (viz., Arbuda) resided over by twenty-four ‘sacred girls’ (ḍākinīs) whose husbands abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.

Arbuda has the presiding Ḍākinī named Mahānāsā whose husband, or hero (vīra) is named Vikaṭadaṃṣṭrin. The associated internal location is ‘back of the head’ and the bodily ingredient (dhātu) is ‘flesh’. According to the Vajraḍākavivṛti, the districts Pañcāla, Gṛhadevatā, Godāvarī and Arbuda are associated with the family deity of Saṃtrāsinī; while in the Abhidhānottarottaratantra there is the Ḍāka deity named Vajrasattva standing in the center of the districts named Pullīramalaya (Pūrṇagiri), Jālandhara, Oḍyāna (Oḍyāyana) and Arbuda.

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the pīṭha associated with Mahānāśā and Vikaṭadaṃṣṭriṇa, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".

Associated elements of Mahānāśā and Vikaṭadaṃṣṭriṇa:

Circle: kāyacakra (mind-wheel) (blue);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Mahānāśā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vikaṭadaṃṣṭriṇa;
Bīja: aṃ;
Body-part: occiput;
Pīṭha: Arbuda;
Bodily constituent: māṃsa (muscle);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): citta-ṛddhipāda (power of thought).

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the name of Pīṭha (category of holy sites), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the pīṭha and upapīṭha in sequence. (1) The pīṭha [sites] are Pūrṇagiri, Jālandhara, and Oḍyāyana. Arbuda is likewise the pīṭha. (2) With Godāvarī, the upapīṭha [sites] are Rāmeśvara and Devikoṭa (for Devīkoṭa). Mālava is also the upapīṭha . [...] Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

1) Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to one of the five embryonic stages according to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VII).—“According to some, at the moment of reincarnation (pratisaṃdhi), all beings have a disturbed mind; but since the Bodhisattva has no loss of mindfulness, it is said that he enters his mother’s womb with an undisturbed mind. When he is in the stage of the Ngo feou t’o (arbuda), he knows that he is in the stage of arbuda, i.e., two weeks after conception, he resembles an ulcer”.

2) Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the name of a hell according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXII).—Accordingly, “If there were sixty measures (droṇa) of sesame seeds and a man came every hundred years and removed one sesame seed (tīla), these measures would be exhausted before the stay in the A feou t’o (Arbuda) hell would be ended. – Twenty stays in the Arbuda equal one stay in the Ni lo feou t’o (Nirarbuda) hell.”.

3) Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to one of the “eight hells of cold water” forming part of the sixteen utsadas (secondary hells) sitauted outside of the eight great hells, according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—Accordingly, “in the Arbuda hell, people are plunged into a body of water where a pernicious wind blows so that their skin is torn off, their hair falls out, their tendons broken, the flesh torn, the bones broken and the marrow runs out. When they recover their wholeness, the damned undergo the same punishment again from the beginning. In their previous lives, these unfortunates had stripped human beings during the winter months, or stolen fuel and fire from people in the grip of the cold; or else they had been wicked Nāgas, angry and full of hate, who had caused a rain of hail and ice to fall to annoy humans; or else they had scorned and slandered the Buddha, his disciples or people who were observing morality; or else they had committed grave sins by their four actions of speech. For all these reasons they fall into the Arbuda hell”.

Note: Other etymologies are found in the texts. This hell is called arbuda because those who are there are like bubbles (arbuda) or like thick clouds (ambuda), or because the cold wind produces blisters on their bodies. Cf. Hôbôgirin, Abuda, p. 8.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Arbuda (अर्बुद) refers to the “tumourous hell” and represents one of the “eight cold hells” (śīta-naraka) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 122). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., arbuda). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Sum Jaina Canonical Sutras (vividhatirthakalpa)

Arbuda (अर्बुद), Arbudādri or Arbuda mountain is the Mountain Abu in the Aravalli Range in the Sirohi State of Rajputana. It contains the hermitage of Ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha and the famous shrine of Ambā Bhavānī. According to Megasthenes and Arrian the sacred Arbuda or Mount Abu is identical with Capitalia which ataining an elevation of 6,500 ft. rises far above any other summit of the Aravalli range.

Śrīpuñja (adopted son of king Ratnaśekhara) had built a temple on the top of the Arbuda mountain. A nāga, named Arbuda, used to live at the bottom of this mountain. Formerly this mountain was called Nandivardhana. Later, it was named Arbuda, being the habitat of the serpent Arbuda. Here are twelve villages around. Here flows a river, Mandākinī by name. Here are many kuṇḍas, mines and springs. Here are also such sacred places as Śrīmātā, Acaleśvara, Vasiṣṭhāśrama and Mandākinī.

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Arbuda (अर्बुद) is the name of an ancient kingdom, according to chapter 4.2 [vāsupūjya-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly, as Vasupūjya and Jayā spoke to Vāsupūjya:—“All the existing kings, among men and the Vidyādharas, who are of good family, capable, heroic, wealthy, famous, possessing the fourfold army, known for guarding their subjects, free from blemish, faithful to engagements, always devoted to dharma, in Madhyadeśa, Vatsadeśa, [...] and in other realms, [... the Arbudas, ...] these now, son, beg us constantly through messengers, who are sent bearing valuable gifts, to give their daughters to you. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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India history and geography

Source: academia.edu: The Cakrasamvara Tantra (h)

Arbuda (अर्बुद) has been identified with Mount Abu in modern Rajasthan since it was mentioned in the Mahābhārata , but it is identified with Takṣaśilā by Nāropāda (11th century).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

arbuda (अर्बुद).—n S A hundred millions.

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

arbuda (अर्बुद).—n A hundred millions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Arbuda (अर्बुद).—1 A swelling, tumour, (of various kind); मांस°, नासा°, शोणित° (māṃsa°, nāsā°, śoṇita°) &c.

2) One hundred millions. बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च । अशक्यान्येव संख्यातुं पन्नगानां तपोधन (bahūnīha sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca | aśakyānyeva saṃkhyātuṃ pannagānāṃ tapodhana) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.35.19.

3) Name of a mountain in the West of India (Abu).

4) A serpent-like demon killed by Indra; Ṛgveda 1.51.6.

5) A serpent.

6) A cloud.

7) A place of pilgrimage (of the Jainas).

8) A long round mass, lump of flesh; यदि पिण्डः पुमान् स्त्री चेत् पेशी नपुंसकं चेदर्बुदम् (yadi piṇḍaḥ pumān strī cet peśī napuṃsakaṃ cedarbudam) Suśr; Y.3.75.89 (māṃsapiṇḍa).

9) Name of a people.

1) Name of a hell.

-ākāraḥ Name of the plant Cordis myxa (Mar. goṃdaṇī, bhoṃkara).

Derivable forms: arbudaḥ (अर्बुदः), arbudam (अर्बुदम्).

See also (synonyms): arvada.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Arbuda (अर्बुद).—m. (nt. in Udānavarga? = Pali Abbuda), name of a hell, according to Mahāvyutpatti and Dharmasaṃgraha a cold one (so in Pali, Critical Pali Dictionary): Mahāvyutpatti 4929; Dharmasaṃgraha 122; Divyāvadāna 67.22; 138.7; Avadāna-śataka i.4.9 etc.; Udānavarga viii.5 arbudāni, gender app. influenced by sahasrāṇi of prec. line, which as Chakravarti assumes may be understood here, i.e. arbudāni short for °da-sahasrāṇi?

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

Arbuda (अर्बुद).—. I. m., n. 1. The shape of the fœtus in the second month after the conception, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 75. 2. A hundred millions, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 29, 3. Ii. m. The name of a mountain, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 2, 27.

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

Arbuda (अर्बुद).—[masculine] a snake, a serpent-demon (arbuda); [Name] of a mountain, [plural] of a people; [neuter] a hundred millions, cartilage of the ribs.

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

1) Arbuda (अर्बुद):—m. [Vedic or Veda] a serpent-like demon (conquered by Indra, a descendant of Kadrū therefore called Kādraveya, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]; said to be the author of [Ṛg-veda x, 94; Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]), [Ṛg-veda] etc.

2) m. idem, [Ṛg-veda i, 51, 6 and x, 67, 12]

3) n. Name of the above-named hymn, [Ṛg-veda x, 94; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

4) mn. a long round mass (said especially of the shape of the foetus in the second half of the first month [Nirukta, by Yāska xiv, 6] or in the second month [Yājñavalkya iii, 75 and 89])

5) a swelling, tumour, polypus, [Suśruta] etc.

6) the cartilage of a rib, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]

7) n. (arbuda), (also m., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) ten millions, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvii, 2, etc.] (or 100 millions, See mahārbuda)

8) m. Name of a mountain in the west of India (commonly called Abū, a place of pilgrimage of the Jainas, and celebrated for its Jaina temples)

9) m. [plural] Name of a people, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa etc.]

10) (with Buddhists) Name of one of the 8 cold hells, [Dharmasaṃgraha 122]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Arbuda (अर्बुद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abbuya.

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Arbuda in 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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Arbuda (अर्बुद) [Also spelled arbud]:—(nm) the number thousand million.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Arbuda (ಅರ್ಬುದ):—[noun] = ಅರ್ಬುತ [arbuta].

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Arbuda (ಅರ್ಬುದ):—

1) [noun] a serpent; a snake.

2) [noun] (myth.) a serpent-demon slain by Indra.

3) [noun] cancer a) a malignant new growth anywhere in the body of a person or animal; properly, a carcinoma or disorderly growth of epithelial cells which invade adjacent tissue and spread by the lymphatics and blood vessels to other parts of the body; b) any of various diseases characterised by the uncontrolled growth of cells that disrupt body tissue, metabolism, etc.

4) [noun] a malignant growth in the gums or inside the eyelid.

5) [noun] (fig.) anything bad or harmful that spreads and destroys the system esp. in public life.

6) [noun] a huge number, one hundred million.

7) [noun] a long spoon to take out the lump of flesh.

8) [noun] a long round mass of flesh.

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