In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

1) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—One of the seven sons of Dyutimān, who was a son of Priyavrata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74.

2) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—One of the seven regions situated in Krauñcadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 88. It is also known by the name Anartha. Krauñcadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Jyotiṣmān, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata.

Priyavrata is the son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.

The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.

Source: Google Books: Cultural History from the Vāyu Purāna

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि): a Musical Instrument.—In the early Vedic times it was used both in war and peace. The Jātakas are silent about it, but in the epics we find it very commonly used on the battle-field. In Kauṭilya it is the same. The Vāyu-purāṇa also seems to hint that it was used in war, for the noise of th edrums of Suras is described as being as terrible as death.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—A terrible asura, son of Maya and brother of Māyāvī. Birth. Dānavas were the offsprings of Kaśyapa, grandson of Brahmā and son of Marīci by his wife Danu, daughter of Dakṣaprajāpati. Maya, chief among the Dānavas earned great reputation as a unique archi tect. Once Maya attended a dance programme in devaloka where he fell in love with Hemā dancing with the deva-women. When the dance was over Maya told Hemā about his love for her. Hemā too had fallen in love with Maya. And they left the place in secret and reached the southern slope of the Himālayas where they built a beautiful city called Hemapura and they lived there. Ere long they-had two sons, Dundubhi and Māyāvī, both of them equally distinguished in prowess. Uttararāmāyaṇa). (See full article at Story of Dundubhi from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

2) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—See under Mantharā.

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to a type of “battle-drum”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.36. Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“on hearing these words of Dakṣa. the gods including Indra set off immediately in their readiness to fight. [...] Conchs were blown. Drums were beaten in that great war festival. Battle drums were sounded both big and small [viz., dundubhi]. Being encouraged by that sound, the devas in the company of the guardians of the quarters hit and thrashed the attendants of Śiva”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—The son of Andhaka and father of Daridyota (Aridyota, Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa).^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 20.

1b) A son of Dyutimān; a Janapada in Krauñcadvīpa called after him; Dundubhideśa.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 23, 26; Vāyu-purāṇa 33. 21, 23. Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 4. 48.

1c) Mountain a hill of Krauñcadvīpa; also a region, a varṣa of the dvīpam.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 26; 19. 69, 73; Vāyu-purāṇa 49. 63, 68; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 4. 51.

1d) Mountain one of the seven hills of Plakṣadvīpa where Dundubhi and the Asura Candramṛtyu were beaten by the Devas.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 18. 75; 19. 10; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 4. 7; Vāyu-purāṇa 47. 72; 49. 9; 96. 145; Matsya-purāṇa 122. 13.

1e) One of the Danu's sons; a Dānava.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 6. 4; Vāyu-purāṇa 68. 4.

1f) A son of Maya and Rambhā.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 6. 29; Vāyu-purāṇa 68. 28.

1g) A musical instrument whose sound causes death; used in the Tārakāmaya.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 177. 26.

1h) Mountain in Śākadvīpa; here the Devas once beat the drum, the sound of which caused death to Dundubhi and from thence took this name.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 122. 13-14.

1i) A son of Sutāra, the Lord of the sacred Dvāpara.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 121.

1j) (Sata Dundubhi?) a son of Jambha.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 67. 78.

Source: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal (rāmāyaṇa)

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि), the brother of Mandodarī. He became too arrogant owing to the extraordinary boons that he received earlier from gods. That led him to challenge gods like Varuṇa and others. The latter sent him to the king of mountains, Himālaya. Himālaya told him that, as he is an abode for sages and others, he cannot fight. And he added also that the only person who would be equal to him in energy is Vālin, king of Kiṣkindhā. So Dundubhi went to Kiṣkindhā to provoke him.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “hornbill”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Dundubhi is part of the sub-group named Pratuda, refering to animals “who eat while striking”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.

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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.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to a type of temple (prāsāda) classified under the group named Kailāśa, according to Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra chapter 49. The Kailāśa group contains ten out of a sixty-four total prāsādas (temples) classified under five prime vimānas (aerial car/palace), which were created by Brahmā for as many gods (including himself). This group represents temples (e.g. Dundubhi) that are to be globular shaped. The prāsādas, or ‘temples’, represent the dwelling place of God and are to be built in towns. The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.

Dundubhi is also listed in the Agnipurāṇa which features a list of 45 temple types. It is listed under the group named Kailāśa, featuring circular-shaped temples. This list represents a classification of temples in Nort-India.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Dundubhi(दुन्दुभि) is a Sanskrit word referring to a musical instrument (a kind of drum), to be sounded during the ceremony of “laying the foundation” of the playhouse (nāṭyamaṇḍapa), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra 2.35-37.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to the fifty-sixth of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “In the twelvth yuga sacred to god Bhāga (Sun), the first year is known as Dundubhi; the crops will thrive well. The next year is known as Udgāri; in it the ruling sovereigns will perish and there will not be good rain. The third year is known as Raktākṣa; in it there will be fear from the attack of tusked animals and mankind will suffer from disease. The fourth year is known as Krodha; in it there will be anger in the land and countries will be ruined in consequence of internal strife. [...]”.

Source: The effect of Samvatsaras: Satvargas

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to the fifty-sixth saṃvatsara (“jovian year)” in Vedic astrology.—If there is the ‘samvatsara’ of ‘dundubhi’ at the time of birth, the native is always a recipient of honour from the King, is endowed with elephant, horse, lands and gold and is the lover of dance and songs.

According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year dundubhi (2042-2043 AD) will have a bodily frame distinguished by big thighs, belly, arms, and head, and will be happy.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to one of the “eight lords of divisions” (vigraheśvara) associated with the so-called eight divisions (vigraha) according to the Mataṅgapārameśvara (1.8.83–5). These “eight lords of divisions” are also mentioned in a copper-plate inscription found in Malhar, Chhattisgarh, written around 650 CE. The eight divisions (vigraha) represent the uppermost part of the Lākulas’ impure universe.

All these manifestations of Śiva (e.g., Dundubhi) appear at the borders of various divisions of the universe according to the Lākula system.

Source: archive.org: Indian Historical Quarterly Vol. 7 (shaivism)

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to one of the twenty-four names of the Lāmās, according to the 8th-centry Jayadratha-yāmala.—While describing the special practices of the Lāmās mentions the special language to be used with them. This language is described as monosyllabic (ekākṣara-samullāpa) and may thus be considered to have belonged to the Sino-Tibetan family as the Lamas themselves belonged to the Tibetan group of mystics. The Lāmās [viz., Dundubhi], according to this language, had 24 different names.

Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the Mālinīvijayottaratantra

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) or Dundubhisvana refers to the “sounds of a kettle-drum” and represents one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to Jayaratha (author of the 13th century commentary Tantrālokaviveka on Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka). Jayaratha cites the Brahmayāmala passage giving this order of the ten sounds (e.g., Dundubhi).

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

1) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is the name of a Daitya, as mentionedin the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 107. Accordingly, as Prabhāvatī said to prince Naravāhanadatta: “... here [in the forest near the Pampā lake] the Daitya Dundubhi was slain in a cave by Bāli, which was the original cause of the enmity between Bāli and Sugrīva. For Sugrīva, wrongly supposing that the Daitya had slain Bāli, blocked up the entrance of the cave with mountains, and went away terrified”.

2) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is the name of an ancient king of the Yakṣas, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 121. Accordingly, as Mahendrāditya asked his messenger Anaṅgadeva: “...  I am Madanamañjarī, the daughter of Dundubhi, the King of the Yakṣas, and the wife of Maṇibhadra, the brother of Kuvera. I used always to roam about happily with my husband on the banks of rivers, on hills, and in charming groves...”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dundubhi, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is the fifty-sixth of sixty years (saṃvatsara) in the Vedic lunar calendar according to the Arcana-dīpikā by Vāmana Mahārāja (cf. Appendix).—Accordingl, There are sixty different names for each year in the Vedic lunar calendar, which begins on the new moon day (Amāvasyā) after the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Gaura-pūrṇimā), in February or March. The Vedic year [viz., Dundubhi], therefore, does not correspond exactly with the Christian solar calendar year.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Gitashastra (science of music)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (gita)

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to a musical instrument classified as Avanaddha (“those instrument whose mouths are covered with leather (known as avanaddha)”) which represents one of the four kinds of Instrumental Music, produced by an instrument (ātodya), according to the Saṃgītaratnākara.—In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa and the Saṃgītaratnākara, some examples of avanaddha type of instruments are given, e.g., Dundubhi.

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Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to the “drums” (used to lure the birds out of their waters), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “Those birds that have confidence in each other should be cast off together. This has such a charm that poets get bewildered. Drums (dundubhi) are to be sounded to make the waterfowl leave the water, so that the hawks may take them out of their element”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि), apparently an onomatopoetic word, means ‘drum’, as used in both war and peace. It is often mentioned from the Rigveda onwards. A special sort of drum was the ‘earth drum’, made by digging a hole in the ground and covering it with a hide. This was employed in the Mahāvrata, a rite performed at the winter solstice, for the purpose of driving away influences hostile to the return of the sun.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

1) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is the name of a Tathāgata (Buddha) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Dundubhi).

2) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) is also the name of a Pratyekabuddha mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: The Jaina Iconography

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) refers to a set of five musical instruments.—The Heavenly Dundubhis consist of five musical instruments.

These are the Pañcamahāśabda: viz.

1. Śṛṅga, the horn.
2. Tammata, the drum.
3. Śaṃkha, the conch-shell.
4. Bherī, the trumpet.
5. Jayaghāta, the cymbal.

(Cf. Prof. Bhandarkar’s “Jaina Iconography” Ind. Ant., 1911, June.)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

1) Dundubhī (दुन्दुभी) refers to a particular (lucky) throw of dice, according to chapter 1.2 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly,  “[...] then the wedding of Sāgaracandra with Priyadarśanā was celebrated by the parents at an auspicious conjunction of the stars on an auspicious day. Then the bride and groom rejoiced at the desired marriage just as at the fall of the thought-about dundubhī. [...]”.

2) Dundubhī (दुन्दुभी) refers to “heavenly-drums”, according to chapter 1.2.—Accordingly, “[...] Then some gods beat loudly drums that made the mountains of the gods reverberate with loud echoes from caves. Others, full of devotion, sounded heavenly-drums (dundubhi) whose sounds stole the beauty of the murmur of the great ocean stirred by the churning-stick. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Dundubhi.—(ASLV), a musical instrument. Note: dundubhi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Dundubhi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum tenuiflorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus monachorum Spreng. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Biblioth. Bot. (1928)
· Anales Hist. Nat. (1890)
· Alphabetische und synonymische Aufzählung (1840)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1992)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dundubhi, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dundubhi : (nt.) drum.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dundubhi, (m. & f.) (Sk. dundubhi, onomat.; cp. other forms under daddabha, dudrabhi) a kettle-drum, the noise of a drum, a heavy thud, thunder (usually as deva° in the latter meaning) Pv III, 3⁴; J.VI, 465; PvA.40, 189 (v. l. dudrabhi).—Amata° the drum of Nibbāna M.I, 171=Vin.I, 8 (: dudrabhi); deva° thunder D.II, 156; A.IV, 311. (Page 327)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dundubhi (दुंदुभि).—m S A sort of kettle-drum.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dundubhi (दुंदुभि).—m A sort of kettle-drum.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—m. f.

1) A sort of large kettle-drum, drum; विजयदुन्दुभितां ययुरर्णवाः (vijayadundubhitāṃ yayurarṇavāḥ) R.9.11. -m.

1) An epithet of Viṣṇu.

2) Of Kṛṣṇa.

3) a kind of poison.

4) Name of a demon slain by Vāli. (When Sugrīva showed to Rāma the skeleton of this demon to show him how powerful Vāli was, Rāma kicked it with but a gentle force, and threw it many miles away).

5) Name of Varuṇa.

6) Name of the 56th year in the cycle of संवत्सर (saṃvatsara)s.

7) (f.) A pair of three spots on a die. दुन्दुभिर्दैत्यभेदे च वाद्ये वर्षे त्रिकद्वये (dundubhirdaityabhede ca vādye varṣe trikadvaye) Nm.

Derivable forms: dundubhiḥ (दुन्दुभिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—(1) f., name of a ‘gandharva maid’: Kāraṇḍavvūha 4.21; (2) m., name of a nāga king: Mahā-Māyūrī 247.16.

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

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—m.

(-bhiḥ) 1. A sort of large kettle drum. 2. A name of Varuna, regent of the ocean. 3. The name of a Daitya or demon. 4. A pair or couple. f. (-bhiḥ-bhī) 1. A die or dice. 2. Twice three spots on a dice, or a pair of dice, with three spots on each. E. dundu imitative sound, and bhā to utter, affix ki or dyau heave, ubh to fill, and deriv, irr.

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

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—perhaps dundubh, a dialectical form of a frequentat. of tubh, + i, I. m. and f. bhī, A kettle-drum, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 91, 25; Mahābhārata 3, 786. Ii. m. A name of Kriṣṇa, Mahābhārata 12, 1511.

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

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि).—[masculine] [feminine] drum ([feminine] also ī); [masculine] also [Epithet] of Kṛṣṇa & [Name] of [several] men, [feminine] ī [Name] of a Rākṣasī.

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

1) Duṇḍubhi (दुण्डुभि):—m. a kind of lizard, [Mahābhārata vii, 6905; Suśruta; Varāha-mihira] (= duṇḍubha; cf. also dundubha and bhika).

2) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि):—mf. a sort of large kettledrum, [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

3) a sort of poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Name of the 56th year in the Jupiter cycle of 60 years, [Varāha-mihira; Sūryasiddhānta]

5) of Kṛṣṇa, [Mahābhārata xii, 1511]

6) of Varuṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) of Asuras, a Rakṣas, a Yakṣa etc., [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara]

8) of a son of Andhaka and grandson of Anu etc., [Purāṇa]

9) f. a drum, [Atharva-veda vi, 38, 4] (also bhī, [Mahābhārata iii, 786])

10) Dundubhī (दुन्दुभी):—[from dundubhi] f. a [particular] throw of the dice in gambling, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] Name of a Gandharvī, [Mahābhārata]

12) Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि):—n. Name of a [particular] Varṣa in Krauñca-dvīpa, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

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

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि):—(bhiḥ) 2. m. A sort of large kettle-drum; Varuna; a demon; a pair. f. (bhiḥ-bhī) A dice having twice three spots on it, or a pair with three spots on each.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dundubhi (दुन्दुभि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duṃduhi.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Dundubhi [also Duṃdubhi] in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a (huge) kettle-drum, drum..—dundubhi (दुंदुभि) is alternatively transliterated as Duṃdubhi.

2) Dundubhi in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) see [dumdubhi]..—dundubhi (दुंदुभि) is alternatively transliterated as Duṃdubhi.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Duṃdubhi (ದುಂದುಭಿ):—[noun] = ದುಂದುಮೆ [dumdume].

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Duṃdubhi (ದುಂದುಭಿ):—

1) [noun] a percussion instrument consisting of big hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched tightly over one end, the other being closed, played by beating with sticks; a huge drum.

2) [noun] name of a year in the cycle of sixty-years.

3) [noun] a score of two on the dice in the game of chance.

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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Starts with: Dumdubhipada, Dundubhidarpahan, Dundubhidhvani, Dundubhigriva, Dundubhika, Dundubhinihrada, Dundubhinirghosha, Dundubhinirhrada, Dundubhirvana, Dundubhishevana, Dundubhissara, Dundubhisvana, Dundubhisvaniya, Dundubhisvara, Dundubhisvaranirghosha, Dundubhisvararaja, Dundubhivadha, Dundubhivimocaniya.

Ends with (+4): Amatadundubhi, Anakadundubhi, Bhumidundubhi, Candanodakadundubhi, Chandanodakadundubhi, Danodakadundubhi, Devadundubhi, Dhvanitadundubhi, Jayadundubhi, Karnadundubhi, Laghudundubhi, Mahadharmadundubhi, Mahadundubhi, Meghadundubhi, Nandanodaradundubhi, Pathavidundubhi, Prasthanadundubhi, Ranadundubhi, Shatadundubhi, Suradundubhi.

Full-text (+158): Anakadundubhi, Karnadundubhi, Dundubhya, Suradundubhi, Laghudundubhi, Devadundubhi, Dundama, Dundubhika, Dundubhisvana, Prasthanadundubhi, Ranadundubhi, Bhumidundubhi, Yamadundubhi, Dundubhisvararaja, Dundubhisvaranirghosha, Dundubhigriva, Trisaman, Dundubhinirhrada, Meghadundubhisvararaja, Vijayadundubhita.

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