Dvaidha: 12 definitions

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Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Dvaidha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Dwaidh.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dvaidha (द्वैध).—n S dvaividhya n S Diversity (of opinions, doctrines, accounts); variance, discrepancy, difformity.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dvaidha (द्वैध).—n Diversity (of opinion; doctrines, accounts); variance.

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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 dictionary

Dvaidha (द्वैध).—a. (-dhī f.) Two-fold, double.

-dham 1 Duality, two-fold nature or state.

2) Separation into two parts.

3) Double resource, secondary reserve; कार्यं वीक्ष्य प्रयुञ्जीत द्वैधं संश्रयमेव च (kāryaṃ vīkṣya prayuñjīta dvaidhaṃ saṃśrayameva ca) Manusmṛti 7.161.

4) Diversity, difference, conflict, contest, variance; श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात् तत्र धर्माबुभौ स्मृतौ (śrutidvaidhaṃ tu yatra syāt tatra dharmābubhau smṛtau) Manusmṛti 2.14;9.32; Y.2.78.

5) Doubt, uncertainty; छिन्नद्वैधाः (chinnadvaidhāḥ) (ṛṣayaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 5.25; Ve.6.44.

6) Double-dealing, duplicity, one of the six modes of foreign policy; see द्वैधीभाव (dvaidhībhāva) below and गुण (guṇa).

7) Contradiction.

-dham ind.

1) In two parts.

2) In two ways, doubly.

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

Dvaidha (द्वैध).—mfn.

(-dhaḥ-dhī-dhaṃ) Two-fold, of two sorts. n.

(-dhaṃ) 1. A double resource, a stratagem, a secondary arrangement or array, a reserve. 2. Contest, dispute, difference. 3. A two-fold form or state. E. dvaidham and ḍa added.

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

Dvaidha (द्वैध).—i. e. dvidhā + a, n. 1. Duality, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 14 (two texts) 2. Difference, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 32. 3. Contradiction, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 73. 4. A contest, a personal conflict, Mahābhārata 5, 5828. 5. Duplicity, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 62. 6. Division of an army, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 167.

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

Dvaidha (द्वैध).—[adjective] twofold, double; [neuter] [adverb], as subst. duality, difference, division ([especially] of the forces), contest, strife.

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

1) Dvaidha (द्वैध):—[=dvai-dha] [from dvai] a See dvaidha.

2) [from dvai] b mf(ī)n. ([from] dvi-dhā) twofold, double, [Pāṇini 5-3, 45], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali] (cf. a-)

3) [v.s. ...] n. a twofold form or state, duality, duplicity, division, separation into two parts, contest, dispute, doubt, uncertainty, [Lāṭyāyana; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] double resource, secondary array or reserve, [Manu-smṛti vii, 161, 167]

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

Dvaidha (द्वैध):—(dhaṃ) 1. n. A double resource; a contest; two-fold state.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dvaidha in German

context information

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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dvaidha (द्वैध) [Also spelled dwaidh]:—(a) of two types; discriminatory; hence ~[tā] (nf); —[śāsana-praṇālī] diarchical system of government.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dvaidha (ದ್ವೈಧ):—

1) [noun] the fact or quality of being dual; duality.

2) [noun] (pl.) the two different ways, manners.

3) [noun] hatred; antagonism; dislike.

4) [noun] condition, quality, fact or instance of being different; difference.

5) [noun] lack of certainty; doubt; uncertainty.

6) [noun] creation of divisions among confederates or seduction or enticement of an ally to one’s own party by sowing dissensions, used as an expedient in politics.

context information

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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