Ardhagarbha, Ardha-garbha: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ardhagarbha (अर्धगर्भ).—a. Ved.

1) in the middle of the womb; सप्तार्धगर्भा भुवनस्य रेतो (saptārdhagarbhā bhuvanasya reto) Ṛgveda 1.164.36.

2) Name of the rays of the Sun.

Ardhagarbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ardha and garbha (गर्भ).

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

Ardhagarbha (अर्धगर्भ):—[=ardha-garbha] m. half a descendant (?), [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 36.]

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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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