Giridhatu, Giridhātu, Giri-dhatu: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGiridhātu (गिरिधातु).—red chalk; बालार्कसमवर्णेन तेजसा गिरिधातुना (bālārkasamavarṇena tejasā giridhātunā) Rām.2.95.19. (v. l.)
Derivable forms: giridhātuḥ (गिरिधातुः).
Giridhātu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and dhātu (धातु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiridhātu (गिरिधातु).—m.
(-tuḥ) Red chalk. E. giri, and dhātu a mineral.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiridhātu (गिरिधातु).—m. the constituent parts of a mountain, as minerals, etc., [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 63, 18.
Giridhātu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and dhātu (धातु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiridhātu (गिरिधातु).—[masculine] [plural] the minerals in a mountain; red chalk.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Giridhātu (गिरिधातु):—[=giri-dhātu] [from giri > gir] m. (= -ja) red chalk, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 96, 19]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] mountain-minerals, 63, 18.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiridhātu (गिरिधातु):—[giri-dhātu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Red chalk.
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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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