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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhuvitra (धुवित्र).—A sort of fan (made of deer-skin) used in kindling the sacred fire; cf. धवित्र (dhavitra).

Derivable forms: dhuvitram (धुवित्रम्).

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

Dhuvitra (धुवित्र).—n.

(-traṃ) A sort of fan made of deer skin, and used especially to excite a sacrificial fire. E. dhū to agitate, itra affix also dhavitra.

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

Dhuvitra (धुवित्र):—[from dhu] n. = dhavitra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dhuvitra (धुवित्र):—(traṃ) 1. n. A sort of fan made of deer skin used at sacrifices.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhuvitra in German

context information

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

Dhuvitra (ಧುವಿತ್ರ):—

1) [noun] a hand-fan made of a deeṛs hide, used for rousing sacrificial fire.

2) [noun] a hand fan for stirring air to cool oneself or to blow and excite fire.

context information

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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Full-text: Dhavitra, Rac.

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