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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dhūrdhara (धूर्धर) is another name for Ṛṣabhaka, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Microstylis muscifera Ridley which is a synonym of Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) or “fly bearing malaxis” from the Orchidaceae or “orchid” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.14-16 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Dhūrdhara and Ṛṣabhaka, there are a total of twenty Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhurdhara (धुर्धर).—(dhūrdhara also dhuraṃdhara) a.

1) bearing the yoke.

2) fit to be harnessed.

3) laden with good qualities or important duties.

4) chief, head, foremost, pre-eminent; कुलधुरंधरो भव (kuladhuraṃdharo bhava) V.5; गजानां पङ्कमग्नानां गजा एव धुरंधराः (gajānāṃ paṅkamagnānāṃ gajā eva dhuraṃdharāḥ) H. (-raḥ) 1 a beast of burden.

2) a man of business.

3) a chief, head, leader.

4) an epithet of Śiva.

Dhurdhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhur and dhara (धर).

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

Dhūrdhara (धूर्धर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Bearing a load or burthen. 2. Managing affairs. m.

(-raḥ) A beast of burthen. E. dhūr a burthen, and dhara bearing.

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

1) Dhūrdhara (धूर्धर):—[=dhūr-dhara] [from dhūr] mfn. bearing a burden, managing affairs, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. beast of burden, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] leader, chief, [Kādambarī]

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

Dhūrdhara (धूर्धर):—[dhūr-dhara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Bearing, managing. m. A beast of burthen.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhurdhara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dhur, Dhara.

Full-text: Dhuramdhara, Rishabhaka.

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