Dvairatha: 8 definitions
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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).
Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—m.
(-thaḥ) Single combat in chariots. E. dviratha two cars, aṇ aff.
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.
Dvairatha (द्वैरथ).—[neuter] (±yuddha) a duel with chariots, duel or fight i.[grammar]; [masculine] adversary.
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]
Dvairatha (द्वैरथ):—(thaḥ) 1. m. Combat in cars.
Dvairatha (द्वैरथ):—(von dvi + ratha)
1) adj. (in Vern. mit yuddha) und n. (mit Ergänzung von yuddha) ein Zweikampf zu Wagen, Zweikampf überh. [Mahābhārata 1, 545. 4, 1564.] [Harivaṃśa 6667.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 86, 27.] drauṇinā dvairathasthaṃ mādrīsutam [Mahābhārata 1, 200. 3, 3037.] samīyādrājānaṃ dvairathena [4, 1061. 5, 4772. 6, 1984. 3639. 7, 5379.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 4, 122. 6, 90, 15.] Davon adj. über einen Zweikampf handelnd: sarga [6, 86] in der Unterschr. — b) m. Gegner [Mahābhārata 8, 146.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 34.]
Dvairatha (द्वैरथ):——
1) Adj. — a) in Verbindung mit yuddha oder n. mit Ergänzung von yuddha ein Zweikampf zu Wagen , Zweikampf überh. — b) über einen Zweikampf handelnd. —
2) m. der Gegner in einem Kampfe.
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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 46 - Dvīpas and their Lords < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 133 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)