Dohadalakshana, Dohadalakṣaṇa, Dohada-lakshana: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Dohadalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Dohadalaksana or Dohadalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dohadalakṣaṇa (दोहदलक्षण).—

1) the fœtus, the embryo (= daurhṛdalakṣaṇa q. v.).

2) the period of passing from one stage of life to another.

Derivable forms: dohadalakṣaṇam (दोहदलक्षणम्).

Dohadalakṣaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dohada and lakṣaṇa (लक्षण).

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

Dohadalakṣaṇa (दोहदलक्षण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. The fœtus, the embryo, sometimes confounded with womb. 1. The period of passing from one season of life to another, as from childhood to youth from youth to manhood. E. dohada longing, and lakṣaṇa a sign.

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

1) Dohadalakṣaṇa (दोहदलक्षण):—[=dohada-lakṣaṇa] [from dohada] n. ‘having morbid longing as its mark’, a fetus or embryo, [Raghuvaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] the period of passing from one season of life to another, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dohadalakṣaṇa (दोहदलक्षण):—[dohada-lakṣaṇa] (ṇa) 1. n. The foetus; period between the stages of life.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dohadalakshana in German

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