Duradhara, Durādhara, Dur-adhara, Durādhāra: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaDurādhāra (दुराधार).—See under Durādha.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDurādhara (दुराधर).—a. difficult to be withstood or overpowered, irresistible.
Durādhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and ādhara (आधर).
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Durādhāra (दुराधार).—an epithet of Śiva.
Derivable forms: durādhāraḥ (दुराधारः).
Durādhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and ādhāra (आधार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādhara (दुराधर).—i. e. dus-ā-dhṛ + a, adj. 1. Difficult to be attained, Mahābhārata 1, 7302. 2. Irresistible, Mahābhārata 8, 1523.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādhara (दुराधर).—[adjective] difficult to be restrained, obtained, or kept.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Durādhara (दुराधर):—[=dur-ādhara] [from dur] mfn. d° to be withstood, irresistible, invincible, inaccessible, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata i, 4549] (cf. the [preceding])
3) Durādhāra (दुराधार):—[=dur-ādhāra] [from dur] mfn. d° to be conceived, [Nīlakaṇṭha on Mahābhārata xiii, 724.]
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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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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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