Dahara, Ḍahara: 14 definitions

Introduction
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
4. Nepali
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Introduction:

Dahara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dahara [দাহারা] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Caesalpinia bonduc (L.)Roxb. from the Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar) family having the following synonyms: Caesalpinia crista, Caesalpinia bonducella, Guilandina bonduc. For the possible medicinal usage of dahara, 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.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dahara : (adj.) young in years. (m.) a boy.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dahara, (adj.) (Sk. dahara & dahra for dabhra to dabhnoti to be or make short or deficient, to deceive) small, little, delicate, young; a young boy, youth, lad D.I, 80, 115; S.I, 131; II, 279 (daharo ce pi paññavā); M.I, 82; II, 19, 66; A.V, 300; Sn.216, 420 (yuvā+), 578 (d. ca mahantā ye bālā ye ca paṇḍitā sabbe maccuvasaṃ yanti); J.I, 88 (daharadahare dārake ca dārikāyo), 291 (°itthī a young wife); II, 160, 353; III, 393; Dh.382; Pv IV.1⁵⁰ (yuvā); DhA.I, 397 (sāmaṇera); DA.I, 197 (bhikkhū), 223 (=taruṇa), 284 (id.); PvA.148; VvA.76; ThA.239, 251. Opposed to mahallaka J.IV, 482; to vuḍḍha Vism.100. ‹-› f. daharā Vv 31⁵ (young wife) (+yuvā VvA.129) & daharī J.IV, 35; V, 521; Miln.48 (dārikā). (Page 318)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dahara (दहर).—a. [dah-ar] Small, subtle, fine, thin; अस्मिन् ब्रह्मपुरे दहरं पुण्डरीकं वेश्म (asmin brahmapure daharaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ veśma) Ch. Up.8.1.1.

2) Young in age.

3) Unintelligible.

-raḥ 1 A child, an infant.

2) Any young animal.

3) A younger brother.

4) The cavity of the heart, or the heart itself; परिसरपद्धतिं हृदयमारुणयो दहरम् (parisarapaddhatiṃ hṛdayamāruṇayo daharam) Bhāgavata 1.87.18; दहरकुहरवर्ती देवता चक्रवर्ती (daharakuharavartī devatā cakravartī) Viś. Guṇā.459.

5) A mouse or rat.

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

Dahara (दहर).—(1) adj. (= Pali id.; Sanskrit not in this sense; compare next, and dahra, which is far less common), young; common in prose and verses alike, in Udānavarga xvi.7, 8 even where meter demands dahra! (in corresp. Pali verse, Dhammapada (Pali) 382, daharo metrically correct, with other different readings): ahaṃ ca vṛddhas tvaṃ ca daharo Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 106.14 (prose); (śākyaiḥ) vṛddha-dahara-madhyamaiḥ Lalitavistara 82.4 (prose); daharā (mss. °ro) ca madhyā ca mahallakā ca Mahāvastu i.262.18 (verse; dahrā would be as good metrical(ly)); dahara-manohara(ḥ) Sukhāvatīvyūha 25.14 (prose), youthfully charming; as v.l. along with dahra Mahāvyutpatti 4081; 8734 (Mironov dahra); others, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 293.4; 311.11; 318.2; Lalitavistara 241.17; Mahāvastu ii.41.2; 63.7; 78.18, 19; 79.4 ff.; iii.48.16; 294.20; 457.9; Divyāvadāna 116.16; Avadāna-śataka ii.71.6; Gaṇḍavyūha 127.19; 129.3; 136.24 etc.; (2) Dahara-Sūtra (= Pali D° Sutta, viz. SN i.68 ff.), name of a sūtra by which Buddha converted King Prasenajit, as in Pali King Pasenadi: Avadāna-śataka i.36.7; also called Daharopama Sūtra, Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.62.3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dahara (दहर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Thin, small, fine. m.

(-raḥ) 1. A rat, a mouse. 2. A young animal. 3. A younger brother. 4. A child, an infant. E. dah to burn, affix ara .

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

Dahara (दहर).—and dahra dahra (forms of dabhra), I. adj. 1. Small, subtile. Ii. The cavity of the heart, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 12, 44.

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

Dahara (दहर).—[adjective] small, fine.

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

1) Dahara (दहर):—mfn. ([from] dobhra) small, fine, thin, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad viii, 1, l; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xiv; Kena-upaniṣad] ([varia lectio] dabhra), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x]

2) young in age, [Lalita-vistara vii, 72; Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

3) m. a younger brother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) a child, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) a young animal, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) a mouse, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Yājñavalkya iii, 279/271]

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

Dahara (दहर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A rat or mouse, young child or animal. a. Thin.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dahara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ḍāhara (ಡಾಹರ):—[noun] = ಡಾವರ [davara].

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Dahara (ದಹರ):—[adjective] very small and delicate; subtle.

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Dahara (ದಹರ):—[noun] the space within oneself, often identified as the heart, treated in yoga as the replica of the universal cosmic space (ಆಕಾಶ [akasha]).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Ḍahara (डहर):—n. a narrow path;

2) Dahara (दहर):—n. the ten (at cards);

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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