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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—

1) A single combat in chariots; एकः सुभद्रामारोप्य द्वैरथे कृष्णमाह्वयत् (ekaḥ subhadrāmāropya dvairathe kṛṣṇamāhvayat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.49.6.

2) A single combat in general.

-thaḥ An adversary; अलक्षितद्वैरथमत्यमर्षणं प्रचण्ड- वक्त्रं न बभाज कश्चन (alakṣitadvairathamatyamarṣaṇaṃ pracaṇḍa- vaktraṃ na babhāja kaścana) Bhāgavata 7.8.34.

Derivable forms: dvairatham (द्वैरथम्).

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

Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—m.

(-thaḥ) Single combat in chariots. E. dviratha two cars, aṇ aff.

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

Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—i. e. dvi-ratha + a, I. adj. combined with yuddha, and subst. n. without yuddha, A single fight in chariots, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 86, 27; Mahābhārata 4, 1061. Ii. m. An adversary, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 7, 8, 34.

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

Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—[neuter] (±yuddha) a duel with chariots, duel or fight i.[grammar]; [masculine] adversary.

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

1) Dvairatha (द्वैरथ):—[=dvai-ratha] [from dvai] n. (yuddha) ‘chariot-duel’, a single combat in chariots, any s° c°, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] mf(ī)n. relating to any s° c° in chariots, [chapter] of [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. an adversary, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Dvairatha (द्वैरथ):—(thaḥ) 1. m. Combat in cars.

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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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Partial matches: Dvai, Ratha.

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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 119 - Description of different continents (mahā-dvīpa)

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