Durmila, Durmīla, Durmilā: 8 definitions
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Durmila 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.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureDurmilā (दुर्मिला) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., durmilā) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydurmīla (दुर्मील) [or ळ, ḷa].—a (dur & miḷaṇēṃ To obtain.) Difficult of obtainment.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdurmīla (दुर्मील) [or ḷa, or ळ].—a Difficult of obtainment.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDurmilā (दुर्मिला):—[=dur-milā] [from dur] f. Name of sub voce forms of metre.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Durmila (दुर्मिल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dummila.
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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 corpusDurmila (ದುರ್ಮಿಲ):—[adjective] difficult to get; rare.
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Durmila (ದುರ್ಮಿಲ):—[noun] that which is difficult to get.
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Durmiḷa (ದುರ್ಮಿಳ):—[adjective] = ದುರ್ಮಿಲ [durmila]1.
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Durmiḷa (ದುರ್ಮಿಳ):—[noun] = ದುರ್ಮಿಲ [durmila]2.
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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