Drumamaya, Drumāmaya, Druma-amaya: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDrumāmaya (द्रुमामय).—lac, gum.
Derivable forms: drumāmayaḥ (द्रुमामयः).
Drumāmaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms druma and āmaya (आमय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrumāmaya (द्रुमामय).—m.
(-yaḥ) Lac, the animal dye. E. druma a tree, and āmaya sickness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrumāmaya (द्रुमामय).—[masculine] lac, resin (lit. tree-disease).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Drumamaya (द्रुममय):—[=druma-maya] [from druma > dru] mf(ī)n. made of wood, wooden, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
2) Drumāmaya (द्रुमामय):—[from druma > dru] m. = ma-vyādhi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrumāmaya (द्रुमामय):—[drumā+maya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Lac.
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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.
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Partial matches: Druma, Maya, Amaya.
Ends with: Ratnadrumamaya, Vidrumamaya.
Full-text: Ratnadrumamaya, Vidrumamaya, Drumavyadhi.
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