Dushpradharsha, Dus-pradharsha, Duṣpradharṣa, Dutpradharsha: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Duṣpradharṣa can be transliterated into English as Duspradharsa or Dushpradharsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Duṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा) is another name for Dhanvayāsa, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.53-55 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Duṣpradharṣā and Dhanvayāsa, there are a total of fourteen 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.
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Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—
1) un assailable; see दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa); सा दुष्प्रधर्षा मनसापि हिंस्रैः (sā duṣpradharṣā manasāpi hiṃsraiḥ) R.2.27.
2) secure from assault, intangible.
Duṣpradharṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and pradharṣa (प्रधर्ष). See also (synonyms): duṣpradhṛṣya.
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—name of a Tathāgata: Śikṣāsamuccaya 9.5; of a Tathāgata in the northern quarter: Sukhāvatīvyūha 98.1.
Duṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा).—f.
(-rṣā) A plant, (Hedysarum alhaji.) 2. The date tree. E. dur, and pra before, dhṛṣ to guide, affixes aṅ and ṭāp.
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).— and duṣpra- dharṣaṇa duṣpradharṣaṇa, i. e. dus-pra -dhṛṣ + a or ana, adj., f. ṣā, ṇā, Difficult to be attacked, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 95, 12; 5, 72, 11.
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—[adjective] unassailable, untouchable.
1) Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):—[=duṣ-pradharṣa] [from duṣ > dur] mfn. not to be assailed or touched, intangible, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata vi]
3) Duṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा):—[=duṣ-pradharṣā] [from duṣ-pradharṣa > duṣ > dur] f. Alhagi Maurorum or Phoenix Sylvestris, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):—[=duṣ-pradharṣa] [from duṣ > dur] m. (also) Name of a Tathāgata, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i].
Duṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा):—[du-ṣpradharṣā] (rṣā) 1. f. A plant; date tree.
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):—(2. duṣ + pra)
1) adj. f. ā dem man nichts anhaben kann, vor Angriffen sicher, unantastbar [Mahābhārata 13, 5845.] bala [5, 5145.] laṅkāṃ duṣpradharṣāṃ surairapi [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 95, 12.] sā (gauḥ) duṣpradharṣā manasāpi hiṃsraiḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 27.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines der 100 Söhne des Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Mahābhārata 6, 2838. 2447. 9, 1405.] —
3) f. ā Name zweier wegen ihrer Stacheln schwer zugänglicher Gewächse: = kharjūrī Phoenix sylvestris und = durālabhā Alhagi Maurorum Dec. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. durādharṣa, durdharṣa .
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) dem man Nichts anhaben kann , vor Angriffen sicher , dem man sich nicht nahen darf , unantastbar. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāṣṭra. —
3) *f. ā — a) Alhagi Maurorum [Rājan 4,54.] — b) Phoenix sylvestris [Rājan 11,56]
Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duppadhaṃsa.
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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Partial matches: Pradharsha, Du, Dou, Tu.
Starts with: Dushpradharshana, Dushpradharshani.
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