Dvaimatura, Dvaimātura: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDvaimātura (द्वैमातुर).—a. Having two mothers, i. e. a natural mother and a stepmother.
-raḥ 1 Name of Gaṇeśa.
2) Name of Jarāsandha; हते हिडिम्बरिपुणा राज्ञि द्वैमातुरे युधि (hate hiḍimbaripuṇā rājñi dvaimāture yudhi) Śiśupālavadha 2.6.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvaimātura (द्वैमातुर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Having two mothers, or the natural mother and a step-mother. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A name of Ganesa. 2. An epithet of Jarasand'Ha: see jarāsandha. E. dvi two, mātṛ a mother, aṇ affix, u substituted for the penultimate: see dvimātṛja.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvaimātura (द्वैमातुर).—i. e. dvi-mātṛ + a, adj. 1. Having different mothers, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 355. 2. Having another mother, 5, 22.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvaimātura (द्वैमातुर).—[adjective] having two mothers (a natural [masculine] and a stepmother).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dvaimātura (द्वैमातुर):—[=dvai-mātura] [from dvai] mf(ī)n. ([from] dvi-mātṛ, [Pāṇini 4-1, 115]) having 2 mothers (with bhrātṛ m. step-brother), [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] of Tara-saṃdha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvaimātura (द्वैमातुर):—[dvai-mātura] (raḥ) 1. m. A name of Ganesha and of Jarāsandha. a. Having a natural and a step-mother.
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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 corpusDvaimātura (ದ್ವೈಮಾತುರ):—[noun] myth.) Gaṇeśa, who has two mothers.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dvai, Matura.
Full-text: Dvimatrija, Dvimatar, Shanmatura.
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