Durat, Dūrāt: 1 definition
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Durat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dūrāt (दूरात्):—[from dūra] ind. ([Pāṇini; ib.]) from a distance, from afar, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] far from ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti iv, 151]
3) [v.s. ...] a long way back or from a remote period, [iii, 130]
4) [v.s. ...] in [compound] with a pp. e.g. dūrād-āgata, come from afar, [Pāṇini 2-1, 39; vi, 1, 2; 2, 144; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
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)
Starts with (+16): Durata, Duratare, Duratarena, Duratas, Duratikkama, Duratikrama, Duratikramaniya, Duratissa, Duratissakavapi, Duratmaka, Duratman, Duratmata, Duratmatva, Duratmavant, Duratmavat, Duratme, Duratmike, Durato, Duratobhu, Duratopasta.
Ends with: Adurat, Avidurat, Udurat.
Full-text: Adurat, Dura, Sudura, Asvadhina, Padavasecana, Samacar, Sambuddhi, Didhiti, Sambodhana, Vidura, Kavya, Tyaj, Car.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.13.23 < [Chapter 13 - The Arrival of Sri Uddhava]
Verse 5.14.28 < [Chapter 14 - The Meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava]
Verse 1.12.21 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.370 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 1.104 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.130 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Verse 2.186 < [Section XXX - Rules to be observed by the Religious Student]
Verse 4.151 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.181 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.4.59 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Verse 2.4.251 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.1.129 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]