Mantrada, Mantra-da: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMantrada (मन्त्रद).—m. a spiritual preceptor or teacher; पिता भवति मन्त्रदः (pitā bhavati mantradaḥ) Ms. 2.153.
Derivable forms: mantradaḥ (मन्त्रदः).
Mantrada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mantra and da (द). See also (synonyms): mantradātṛ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMantrada (मन्त्रद).—m.
(-daḥ) A spiritual guide or teacher. E. mantra initiatory text, and da who gives.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMantrada (मन्त्रद).—[adjective] teaching the sacred texts or giving advice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mantrada (मन्त्रद):—[=mantra-da] [from mantra > man] mfn. teaching s° t°, [Manu-smṛti ii, 153]
2) [v.s. ...] giving advice, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMantrada (मन्त्रद):—[mantra-da] (daḥ) 1. m. A teacher, guide.
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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: Da, Mantra, Ta.
Starts with: Mamtradamda, Mamtradata, Mantradaan, Mantradana, Mantradarpana, Mantradarshana, Mantradarshin, Mantradatar, Mantradatri.
Full-text: Mantradatar, Mantradatri, Bala, Da.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.153 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācārya’]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]