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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Dundu (दुन्दु).—The Asura who insulted the sage Udaka and met with death at the hands of Kuvalayāśva.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 2. 40.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dundu in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. from the Alliaceae (Onion) family having the following synonyms: Allium roxburghii, Allium sulvia. For the possible medicinal usage of dundu, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Dundu in Niger is the name of a plant defined with Dichrostachys cinerea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.) J.F. Macbr. (among others).

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

· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1832)
· Revista Sudamericana de Botánica (1940)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Florae Fluminensis (1835)
· Species Plantarum.
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dundu, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dundu (दुन्दु).—

1) A kind of drum.

2) Name of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa's father.

Derivable forms: dunduḥ (दुन्दुः).

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

Ḍuṇḍu (डुण्डु).—m.

(-ṇḍuḥ) A kind of snake, (Amphisbæna)

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Dundu (दुन्दु).—m.

(-nduḥ) 1. A name of Vasudeva, the father of Krishna. 2. A kind of drum. E. du difficult, das to tame, affix ḍu, and num inserted.

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

1) Ḍuṇḍu (डुण्डु):—[from ḍuḍubha] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Dundu (दुन्दु):—m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Name of Vasu-deva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Ḍuṇḍu (डुण्डु):—(ṇḍuḥ) 2. m. Amphisbæna snake.

2) Dundu (दुन्दु):—(nduḥ) 2. m. Vasudeva, the father of Krishna; a kind of drum.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dundu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Duṃḍu (ದುಂಡು):—

1) [noun] a thing that is spherical.

2) [noun] a plane figure bounded by a single curved line, every point of which is equally distant from the point at the centre of the figure; a circle;) a kind of hollow metal bangle or ring worn around the wrist.

3) [noun] that which is plump, stout or fleshy.

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Duṃḍu (ದುಂಡು):—[noun] a lawless man; a rowdy; a hoodlum; a hooligan.

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Duṃdu (ದುಂದು):—

1) [noun] a spending more than is reasonable or necessary; excessive expenditure; extravagance.

2) [noun] a man who spends so.

3) [noun] showy display.

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Duṃdu (ದುಂದು):—[noun] a kind of percussion instrument.

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Duṃdu (ದುಂದು):—[noun] an instance of being intoxicated; the intoxicating effect of an alcoholic liquor on the brain.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+66): Dumduba, Dumdubhipada, Dumdubilu, Dumduci, Dumdugalli, Dumdugara, Dumdugaratana, Dumdugarike, Dumdugarti, Dumdugedisu, Dumduha, Dumduhi, Dumdukadaga, Dumdukalli, Dumdukara, Dumduke, Dumdulla, Dumdulu, Dumdumallige, Dumdume.

Ends with: Edundu, Indundu, Kanittuntu, Karadumdu, Kodundu, Mahadundu, Mndundu, Mudundu, Ndundu, Otukkuttuntu, Tumtu, Varattuntu, Vilaittuntu.

Full-text: Mahadundu, Dundunabha, Dumdukadaga, Dudubha, Dundumara, Dundum, Dundu mallige, Dundu thangadi, Nagabhrit, Dundubha, Dundubhi, Majjhima.

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