Duradharsha, Durādharṣa, Dur-adharsha: 10 definitions
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Duradharsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Durādharṣa can be transliterated into English as Duradharsa or Duradharsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuDurādharṣā (दुराधर्षा) is another name for Kuṭumbinī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.78-80 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Durādharṣā and Kuṭumbinī, there are a total of twelve Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष).—a S Difficult of subduing or mastering, indomitable.
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 dictionaryDurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष).—a. hard to be approached or assailed, unassailable जगन्नाथो दुराधर्षो गङ्गां भागीरथीं प्रति (jagannātho durādharṣo gaṅgāṃ bhāgīrathīṃ prati) Mb.
2) not to be attacked with impunity.
3) haughty.
-rṣaḥ white mustard.
Durādharṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and ādharṣa (आधर्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष).—mfn.
(-rṣaḥ-rṣā-rṣaṃ) Haughty, intractable. m.
(-rṣaḥ) White mustard. E. dur, and ā + dhṛṣa ac .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष).—i. e. dus-ā -dhṛṣ + a, adj., f. ṣā. 1. Difficult to be attacked, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 30, 2. 2. Dangerous, Mahābhārata 1, 3381.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष).—[adjective] difficult to be attacked, untractable, dangerous.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Durādharṣa (दुराधर्ष):—[=dur-ādharṣa] [from dur] mfn. d° to be attacked or approached, dangerous, invincible, irresistible, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] haughty, arrogant, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] m. white mustard, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Durādharṣā (दुराधर्षा):—[=dur-ādharṣā] [from dur-ādharṣa > dur] f. a kind of shrub (= kuṭumbinī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurādharṣa (दुराधर्ष):—[durā+dharṣa] (rṣaḥ-rṣā-rṣaṃ) a. Haughty, intractable. m. White mustard.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Adharsha, Dur.
Ends with: Suduradharsha.
Full-text: Adharsha, Suduradharsha, Svadharshaka, Karishini, Kacaku, Pushpeshu, Pushpayudha, Karanantara, Dushpradharsha, Kutumbini, Pracanda, Durdharsha, Agasti.
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