Dvara, Dvāra: 37 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dvāra (द्वार, “gate”) refers to one of the fifty-six vināyakas located at Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), and forms part of a sacred pilgrimage (yātrā), described in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Skanda-purāṇa 4.2.57). He is also known as Dvāravināyaka, Dvāragaṇeśa and Dvāravighneśa. These fifty-six vināyakas are positioned at the eight cardinal points in seven concentric circles (8x7). They center around a deity named Ḍhuṇḍhirāja (or Ḍhuṇḍhi-vināyaka) positioned near the Viśvanātha temple, which lies at the heart of Kāśī, near the Gaṅges. This arrangement symbolises the interconnecting relationship of the macrocosmos, the mesocosmos and the microcosmos.
Dvāra is positioned in the North-eastern corner of the seventh circle of the kāśī-maṇḍala. According to Rana Singh (source), his shrine is located at “Saptavarana Vinayaka’s gate, CK 28 / 10”. Worshippers of Dvāra will benefit from his quality, which is defined as “the giver to the inner sanctum of Kāśī”. His coordinates are: Lat. 25.18662, Lon. 83.00830 (or, 25°11'11.8"N, 83°00'29.9"E) (Google maps)
Dvāra, and the other vināyakas, are described in the Skandapurāṇa (the largest of the eighteen mahāpurāṇas). This book narrates the details and legends surrounding numerous holy pilgrimages (tīrtha-māhātmya) throughout India. It is composed of over 81,000 metrical verses with the core text dating from the before the 4th-century CE.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to “door §§ 3.37; 4.26; 4.33.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to the “doorways” (at each of the peripheral padas of the 9 by 9 deity map), according to the Devyāmata (chapter 105).—Accordingly, [while describing the consequences of a doorway]—“Thus, in due sequence, the consequences (dvāra—dvārāṇāṃ phalam) of doorways are given. [...] After learning the features of doorways (dvāralakṣaṇa) as described, specifically, the wise man should carefully establish a doorway with ample good qualities”.
Note: While these are the consequences for doorway positions in a residence for ascetics, the consequences do not fall on the ascetic residents themselves, but on the patron who commissions and funds the building of the residence, and who gains the benefit from it. So, the consequences are not in any way to be connected to the lives of the residents. None-the-less, it is worth noting that these are the same consequences that we see repeated over and again for domestic buildings of all sorts. The model that is being used is that for normal housing.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to the “door” (of a house), according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “The man of knowledge should mark the sacred fields located in the towns. Thus (this) category has been explained externally; now listen (to how it is) in the home. Prayāga is in the middle (of the house). Varuṇā is present in the door [i.e., dvāra]. Kollāpura is in the scissors. The stove is Aṭṭahāsaka. One should know that the threshing floor is Jayantī and Caritra is the mortar (in which grain is cleaned or threshed). The winnowing fan is said to be Ekāmraka and Devikoṭa is the grinding stone. (Thus there are) the dish (used to cover water jars), the bedstead, mortar (muśala), threshold, stove, winnowing fan and grinding stone. [...]”.
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to the “entrance (of a temple)”, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] I approach the great temple of goddess Mṛḍānī that opens to the west (paścima-dvāra). It is guarded outside by Indra and the other [gods who guard the directions], and shines beautifully with utmost richness. I venerate the young elephant-faced master of Śiva’s gaṇas, the destroyer of obstacles. His lotus-hands are decorated with a noose, goad, fruit, and lotus. [...]
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
Dvāra (द्वार) [=Dvāratā?] refers to a “door (to beatitude)”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.88-90.—Accordingly: “The wise say that death is the natural state of embodied creatures and life is a change in that state. If a being remains breathing even for a moment it is surely fortunate. The foolish man regards the loss of his dear one as a dart shot into his heart. Another man looks on the same as a dart that has been pulled out, for it is a door to beatitude (kuśala-dvāratā). When we are taught that our own body and soul unite and then separate, tell me which wise person should be tormented by separation from the external objects of the senses?”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Dvāra (द्वार) represents the number 9 (nine) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 9—dvāra] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Dvāra (द्वार) or Dvāralakṣaṇa is the name of chapter 20 of the Saura-Kāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra: an ancient Pāñcarātra consisting of four sections (kāṇḍas), deriving its name from the fact that according to its frame-story (ādikāṇḍa) it was revealed by God in the form of Hayaśiras, the Horse-Headed One. The Agnipurāṇa chapters 62-69 have parallels with the Saṃkarṣaṇakāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra.
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to a “gate” and represents one of the various parts of a temple-compound, as mentioned in the fourteenth chapter of the Nāradīyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra document comprising over 3000 verses in 30 chapters presenting in a narrative framework the teachings of Nārada to Gautama, dealing primarily with modes of worship and festivals.—Description of the chapter [prāsādalakṣaṇa-vidhi]: [...] Nārada describes the various parts of a temple-compound [e.g., the dvāra-gates] [...] Nārada then takes up in somewhat more detail matters pertaining to the various gates (dvāra) throughout the temple compound, how to construct them, their measurements, the procedure for installing them, and the guardian deities that are to be invoked in various particular entrances.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to the “entrance” (of the elephant-trap), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “2. The trap pen is celebrated as having a length and breadth of approximately a kos (ca. one and one-half miles). Making a fence round about it with stout trees, etc., dug into the ground, and a ditch hard to cross on the outside, he shall construct with bamboos, etc., a lane openingoutward, (beginning) between two fences arranged on either side of the entrance(dvāra), and gradually becoming wider (as it leads out). [...]”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
N (Opening). Sensory door.
Dvara means door.
dvara means door.
Doorway; The dvara is the means through which citta experiences an object, and the vatthu is the physical base for the citta
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to the “gate (of sin)”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “The miser, even for his personal needs, stints and spends nothing. He becomes nervous and turns red in front of beggars. In the present lifetime, his voice and his color are ugly. Having planted bad actions for the future, he will be left with physical ugliness; not having previously planted the seeds of generosity, he is presently miserable. The miser is attached to wealth and his greed does not cease. He opens the gate of sin (āpatti-dvāra) and does especially bad things; this is why he falls into the bad destinies. [...]”..
Dvāra (द्वार) is the name of a Gandharva appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Ujjayinī, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudvīpa [e.g., the Gandharvas Dvāra in Ujjayinī], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to “gates”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, [while describing the Merit Circle (guṇacakra)]: “[...] He should make [mantras of all Yoginīs] on all circles [in this manner]. Outside that, he should give a circle, [on which there are] two lines [colored] black and dark blue. Gates (dvāra), arched doorways, and altars are [on the circle], adorned with garlands of pearls and half-garlands of pearls. [...] Two colors should be evenly assigned [to them] in accordance with the [directions they] face, respectively. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Dvāra (द्वार) refers to “(nine) orifices” (of the human body), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Where is the body, which is filled with blood, flesh and fat, has a skeleton of slender bones, is bound with tendons and is of bad odour, praised? Continually pouring forth putrid smells through [its] nine orifices (navan-dvāra—navabhir dvāraiḥ), the human body is ever perishable [and] dependent on other [things]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Dvāra.—(CII 1), a way or means. (IE 7-1-2), ‘nine’. (EI 4), the mouth of a river. (IE 8-3), cf. ‘the lord of the dvāra’ which was the desig- nation of a commander of forces in Kashmir; possibly, a pass [leading into the Kashmir valley]. Cf. Tamil vāśal-paṇam, ‘door-tax’; periodical payment due to the palace. Cf. dvāra-adeya. Cf. dvāra-koṣṭḥaka. Note: dvāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
Dvara refers to: “Literally hole, threshold, door, doorway, a passage; dvarapalaka “doorkeeper””.—It is included in the glossary section of the study dealing with the Temples and Cult of Shri Rama in Tamil-Nadu, with reference to the traditional lore, embodied in, for example the Nalayirativvaiyappirapantam (i.e., Nalayira Divyaprabandham).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
dvāra : (nt.) door; entrance; gate.
Dvāra, (nt.) (Ved. dvār (f.) & dvāra (nt.), base *dhvār, cp. Av. dvar∂m; Gr. quρa_, qurw/n; Lat. fores (gate), forum; Goth. daúr, Ohg. turi=Ger. tür, Ags. dor=E. door.) 1. lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.I, 15; S.I, 58, 138, 211; J.I, 346; II, 63; VI, 330; Vbh.71 sq.; PvA.4, 67 (village gate), 79; Sdhp.54, 356.—That d. cannot be used for an inner door see Vin.II, 215; on knocking at a d. see DA.I, 252; cp. DhA.I, 145 (dvāraṃ ākoṭeti); to open a door: āvarati; to shut: pidahati; to lock: thaketi. dvāraṃ alabhamāna unable to get out Vin.II, 220.—mahā° the main or city gate J.I, 63; culla° J.II, 114; catu° (adj.) having 4 doors (of niraya) Pv.I, 1013; cha° with 6d. (nagaraṃ, w. ref. to the 6 doors of the senses, see below) S.IV, 194; pure° the front d. J.II, 153; pacchima° the back d. J.VI, 364; uttara° the E. gate (PvA.74); nagara° the city gate (J.I, 263; deva° DhA.I, 280); gāma° the village g. (Vin.III, 52; J.II, 110); ghara° (J.IV, 142; PvA.38) & geha° (PvA.61) the house door; antepura° the door of the inner chamber M.II, 100; kula° the doors of the clan-people Sn.288.—metaph. of the door leading to Nibbāna: amata° S.I, 137; A.V, 346. ‹-› 2. (fig.) the doors=in- & outlets of the mind, viz. the sense organs; in phrase indriyesu gutta-dvāra (adj.) guarding the doors with respect to the senses or faculties (of the mind): see gutta (e.g. S.II, 218; IV, 103 & cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 175).—S.IV, 117, 194 (with simile of the 6 gates of a city); VvA.72 (kāya-vacī°). The nine gates of the body at Vism.346. Thus also in f. abstr. guttadvāratā the condition of well protected doors (see gutta).
—kavāṭa a door post J.I, 63; II, 334; VI, 444; PvA.280, —koṭṭhaka (cp. Sk. dvārakoṣṭhaka Sp. AvŚ I.24, 31) gateway; also room over the gate Ud.52, 65; J.I, 290; III, 2; IV, 63, 229; VvA.6, 160; DhA.I, 50; II, 27, 46; IV, 204; Vism.22; Miln.10.—bahidvārakoṭṭhake or °ā outside the gate M.I, 382; II, 92; A.III, 31; IV, 206;—gāma a village outside the city gates, i.e. a suburb (cp. bahidvāragāma J.I, 361) J.III, 126 (°gāmaka), 188; IV, 225; DhA.II, 25 (°ka);—toraṇa a gateway J.III, 431.—pānantara at J.VI, 349 should be read °vātapānantara;—pidahana shutting the door Vism.78.—bāhā a door post S.I, 146; Pv.I, 51; DhA.III, 273;—bhatta food scattered before the door Sn.286;—vātapāna a door-window Vin.II, 211; J.VI, 349;—sālā a hall with doors M.I, 382; II, 61. (Page 332)
1) dvāra (ဒွါရ) [(na) (န)]—
[dvāra+bandhana．kye.]
[ဒွါရ+ဗန္ဓန။ နောက်ပုဒ် ကျေ။]
2) dvāra (ဒွါရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
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[ဒွရ+ဏ။ ဒွရတိ ပဝတ္တတိ ဖလံ အနေန ကာရဏေနာတိ ဒွါရံ၊ ဒွရဓာတု၊ ဏ-ပစ္စယော။ စိန္တာ၊ မဟာဋီ။၆၂။ ဒွရ သံဝရဏေ၊ သံဝရဏံ၊ ရက္ခဏာ၊ ဒွရတိ၊ဒွါရံ။...ဒွရန္တိ သံဝရန္တိ ရက္ခန္တိ ဧတေနာတိ ဒွါရံ။ နီတိ၊ဓာ။၁၅ဝ။ ဒွိ+အရ+ဏ။ ဒွိ-သဒ္ဒူပပဒအရဓာတုဝသေနာပိ ဣဒံ ရူပံ သိဇ္ဈတိ။ ဒွေ ကဝါဋာ အရန္တိ ဂစ္ဆန္တိ ပဝတ္တန္တိ ဧတ္ထာတိပိ ဒွါရန္တိ၊ ဂေဟဒွါရမ္ပိ ကာယဒွါရာဒီနိပိ ဥပါယောပိ ဒွါရန္တိ ဝုစ္စတိ၊ ပါဠိယံ တု ＂ဒွါရံ ဒွါရာ＂တိ စ ဣတ္ထိနပုံသကဝသေန ဒွါရ-သဒ္ဒေါ ဝုတ္တော။ နီတိ၊ဓာ။၁၅ဝ။ ဒွေ အရန္တျ' တြာတိ ဒွါရံ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၂ဝ။ မဏိမဉ္ဇူ၊၁။၃၉၁-လည်းကြည့်။ ဒု+ဝရ+ကွိ။ ဒုဇ္ဇနေ ဝါရယန္တျသ္မာ ရက္ခကာတိ ဝါ ဒွါရံ၊ ဥလောပေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၂ဝ။ ဒွါရ+ကရဏ။ ဒွါရ-ပုဒ်မှ 'ဒွါ',ကရဏပုဒ်မှ 'ရ'ကို ယူ၍ ＂ဒွါရ＂ဟု ပြီးသည်။ အထ ဝါ ဒွါရဿ ကာရဏဿ ကရဏံ ဒွါရံ၊ နိရုတ္တိနယေန။ စိန္တာ၊မဟာဋီ။၆၂။ ဒွါရသဒ္ဒေါ ပုံနပုံသကဝသေန ဒွိလိင်္ဂိကောတိ ဒဋ္ဌဗ္ဗော။ ဇာ၊ဋီ၊၁။၉၂။ (ဒွါရ-သံ၊ ဒုအာရ-ပြာ,အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ၊ ဒေါရ-သီဟိုဠ်)]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dvāra—
(Burmese text): (၁) တံခါး,တံခါးပေါက်,တံခါးရွက်။ (၂) တံခါးမုခ်။ (၃) ဒွါရ၊ အပေါက်၊ အဝ။ (က) စက္ခုစသော ၆-ပါးသော-ဒွါရ-အပေါက်-အဝ။ (ခ) မျက်စိ,နား,နှာခေါင်း,ခံတွင်း,ဝစ္စမဂ်,ပဿာဝမဂ်အားဖြင့် ၉-ပါးသော-ဒွါရ-အပေါက်-အဝ။ (ဂ) ခံတွင်း-ပါးစပ်-ပေါက်-ဝ။ (ဃ) ကာယ,ဝစီ,မနောအားဖြင့် ၃-ပါးသော ဒွါရ။ (င) အရိယာမဂ်။ (၄) အခွင့်။ (၅) အကြောင်း၊ အကြောင်းပြုခြင်း။ (၆) ဒွါရပုဒ်ဖြင့် မှတ်အပ်သော ယာဝဒွါရကောသသိက္ခာပုဒ်။ (၇) မုခဒွါရသိက္ခာပုဒ်။ (ဂ) မုခဒွါရ-ကြည့်။ (၅) ဒေါင့်ကွင်းလည်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Door, doorway, door leaf. (2) Door frame. (3) Types, outlets, openings. (a) A type with 6 parts - outlet - opening - entry. (b) 9 types of outlet - opening - entry based on eyes, ears, nose, mouth, digestive system, and urinary system. (c) Openings of mouth and throat. (d) 3 types of outlets based on body, mind, and spirit. (e) Exterior openings. (4) Opportunities. (5) Reasons, the act of causing. (6) Known by the phrase of outlet according to the learned discourse. (7) The discourse of the frame. (h) Pay attention to the frame as well.
2) dvāra—
(Burmese text): တံခါးဖွဲ့၊ တံခါးပေါင်၊ ကျည်းပေါင်၊ ကျည်းခွေ။
(Auto-Translation): Door frame, door panel, keystone, keystone joint.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
dvāra (द्वार).—n (S) A door or a gate: also a door-way or gate-way; an entrance, a passage, an avenue; a means of access or approach. 2 Any of the orifices or vents of the human body: esp. understood of the orifices of the pudenda. 3 A ground; an occasion; a sufficient reason. Ex. mājhī sarva vipatti tyānēṃ dūra kēlī ātāṃ raḍa gāyāsa malā dvāra rāhilēṃ nāhīṃ. 4 A medium or channel through or in which anything takes place; a means, an expedient, a vehicle.
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dvārā (द्वारा).—prep (S dvāra Door.) By the means, medium, or instrumentality of; through. Ex. patra- putra-mitra-strī-śiṣya-ācārya-dravya-śarīra-śāstra-dharma-karma- mantra-jñāna-nīti-puṇya-pāpa-japa-tapō-manō-vicāra-vivēka- yukti-lēkhana-nirōpa-śabda-dvārā. The word is neat and serviceable and of constant occurrence.
dvāra (द्वार).—n A door; a vent; a ground; a means.
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dvārā (द्वारा).—prep By the means of; through.
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
Dvāra (द्वार).—[dvṛ-ṇic-ac Tv.]
1) A door, gateway, gate.
2) A passage, entrance, ingress, opening; अथवा कृतवाग्- द्वारे वंशेऽस्मिन् (athavā kṛtavāg- dvāre vaṃśe'smin) R.1.4;11.8.
3) An aperture of the human body (they are nine); see खम् (kham) and Kumārasambhava 3.5; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.12; and Manusmṛti 6.48 also; द्वारि द्वाराणि शेषाणि (dvāri dvārāṇi śeṣāṇi) Sāṃkhyakārikā 35.
4) Way, medium, means (dvāreṇa 'through', 'by means of'; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.).
-rī A door.
Derivable forms: dvāram (द्वारम्).
Dvāra (द्वार).—n.
(-raṃ) 1. A door, a gate, or rather the door or gateway, a passage, an entrance. 2. A way, a means, a medium or vehicle. E. dvṛ to cover, affix ac .
Dvāra (द्वार).—i. e. dvṛ + a, n. 1. A door, a gate, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 289. 2. A way, Mahābhārata 7, 1526. 3. A means, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 20, 1; instr. dvāreṇa, as latter part of comp. words, 1. By, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 52. 2. By means of, [Pañcatantra] 166, 17.
Dvara (द्वर).—[adjective] obstructing.
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Dvāra (द्वार).—[neuter] ([masculine]) = [preceding], also —° occasioned by; dvāreṇa (—°) = dvārā (cf. [preceding]); [feminine] dvārī door.
1) Dvara (द्वर):—mfn. ([from] √dvṛ) obstructing, [Ṛg-veda i, 52, 3] ([Sāyaṇa])
2) Dvāra (द्वार):—[from dvāḥ] n. door, gate, passage, entrance, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] opening, aperture ([especially] of the human body cf. nava-), [Upaniṣad; Suśruta] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] a way, means, medium ([instrumental case] reṇa ifc. by means of. with regard or according to), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra] etc. (the Māheśvaras hold that there are 6 Dvāras or means of obtaining religious ecstasy, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha])
5) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Gandharva, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Dvāra (द्वार):—(raṃ) 1. n. A door, a gateway.
Dvara (द्वर):—adj. hemmend (nach [Sāyaṇa]): sa hi dva.o dva.iṣu va.ra ūdhani [Ṛgveda 1, 52, 3.]
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Dvāra (द्वार):—
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Dvāra (द्वार):—
1) sarvadvārairasṛgvaman aus allen Oeffnungen [Kathāsaritsāgara 74, 53.] [Sp. 825, Z. 4] [Bhartṛhari 3, 34] [?(Spr. 349)] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): vivṛtadvārā iva vyāpadaḥ . [Sp. 825, Z. 16. fg.] vgl. [SARVADARŚANAS. 77, 18. 78, 8.]
Dvara (द्वर):—Adj. hemmend (nach [Sāyaṇa. ]).
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Dvāra (द्वार):——
1) n. (einmal m. ; adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) Thor , Thür , Eingang , Ausgang , Oeffnung , (insbes. die verschiedenen des Körpers). — b) Zugang — , Weg zu , Mittel zur Erreichung von (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend , ausnahmsweise auch Dat.) dvārairetaiḥ dadurch , dvāreṇa vermittelst , durch , zufolge. Am Ende eines. adj. Comp. vermittelt durch. —
2) f. dvārī Thür
Dvāra (द्वार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dāra, Duāra, Bāra, Vāra, Vera.
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
1) Dvāra (द्वार) [Also spelled dwar]:—(nm) a door; doorway; gate; exit; —[kapāṭa] leaves of the door; ~[cāra] one of the ceremonies held at the bride’s door during the marriage; ~[pāla/pālaka] a doorkeeper, watchman; ~[pūjā] a ceremony wherein the adoration of the bridegroom is performed at the doorstep of the bride’s house and forms part of the marriage proceedings; —[khulanā] the door to open; an avenue to open up; —[khulā rakhanā] to keep the door open (for negotiation, etc.); —[para dastaka denā] to knock at the door; to be imminent; —[para honā] to be on the threshold of; —[baṃda karanā] to shut the door (for negotiation, etc.).
2) Dvārā (द्वारा) [Also spelled dwara]:—(ind) by, through, through the medium/agency of.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Dvāra (ದ್ವಾರ):—
1) [noun] a place for entering through; an entrance.
2) [noun] any of the nine openings or aperture in the human body.
3) [noun] that by which something is done or obtained; a means.
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Dvārā (ದ್ವಾರಾ):—[adverb] by way of; through; by means of.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Dvāra (द्वार):—n. 1. door; gate; 2. entrance; doorway; gateway; passage; 3. an aperture of the human body (the mouth, two ears, two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation); 4. means; expedient; 5. outlet; 6. (yoga) opening (of the body); 7. a measure in sculpture;
2) Dvārā (द्वारा):—pp. 1. by; by means of; by the agency of; 2. (usu. in the address lf letter) care of;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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