Dushtavrisha, Duṣṭavṛṣa, Dushta-vrisha: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Duṣṭavṛṣa can be transliterated into English as Dustavrsa or Dushtavrisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Dushtavrisha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Duṣṭavṛṣa (दुष्टवृष).—a strong but stubborn ox which refuses to draw, a vicious ox.

Derivable forms: duṣṭavṛṣaḥ (दुष्टवृषः).

Duṣṭavṛṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms duṣṭa and vṛṣa (वृष).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Duṣṭavṛṣa (दुष्टवृष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) A lazy ox. E. daṣṭa as above, and vṛṣa an ox.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Duṣṭavṛṣa (दुष्टवृष):—[=duṣṭa-vṛṣa] [from duṣṭa > duṣ] m. a vicious or stubborn ox, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Duṣṭavṛṣa (दुष्टवृष):—[duṣṭa-vṛṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A lazy ox.

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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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