Manarandhra, Mānarandhrā, Mana-randhra: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mānarandhrā (मानरन्ध्रा).—a sort of clepsydra, a perforated water-vessel, which, placed in water and gradually filling, serves to measure time.

Mānarandhrā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māna and randhrā (रन्ध्रा).

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

Mānarandhrā (मानरन्ध्रा).—f.

(-ndhrā) A perforated copper vessel filled with water, to mark the time, &c.: see tāmrī. E. māna a measure, and randhra a hole.

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

Mānarandhrā (मानरन्ध्रा):—[=māna-randhrā] [from māna] f. a kind of water-clock or clepsydra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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