Dharavarsha, Dhārāvarṣa, Dhara-varsha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dhārāvarṣa can be transliterated into English as Dharavarsa or Dharavarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhārāvarṣa (धारावर्ष).—a hard, sharp-driving or incessant shower; न प्रसेहे स रुद्धार्कमधारावर्षदुर्दिनम् (na prasehe sa ruddhārkamadhārāvarṣadurdinam) R.4.82.
Derivable forms: dhārāvarṣaḥ (धारावर्षः), dhārāvarṣam (धारावर्षम्).
Dhārāvarṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhārā and varṣa (वर्ष). See also (synonyms): dhārāsaṃpāta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhārāvarṣa (धारावर्ष).—[masculine] [neuter] torrent of rain.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhārāvarṣa (धारावर्ष):—[=dhārā-varṣa] [from dhārā > dhāra] m. n. a torrent of rain, [Kāvya literature]
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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 corpusDhārāvarṣa (ಧಾರಾವರ್ಷ):—[noun] an incessantly pouring rain.
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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Partial matches: Varsha, Dhara.
Starts with: Dharavarshakam, Dharavarshana.
Ends with: Adharavarsha.
Full-text: Dharasampata, Dharavarta, Dharasara, Dharavarusha, Prahladana, Yuvaraja prahladana.
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