Alternative spellings of this word include Meghadambar.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

1) Meghaḍambara (मेघडम्बर) or Meghaḍambararasa refers to one of the topics discussed in the Rasakaumudī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rasakaumudī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Meghaḍambara-rasa in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: hikkāśvāsādhikāre,—meghaḍambararasaḥ.

2) Meghaḍambara (मेघडम्बर) also refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The complete entry reads: meghaḍambararasaḥ .

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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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Meghāḍambara.—(SII 3), Hindusthānī; a covered howdā. Note: meghāḍambara is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mēghaḍambara (मेघडंबर) [or मेघाडंबर, mēghāḍambara].—n (S) The lowering or threatening of the clouds. 2 Empty menaces and intimidations; vain bluster; appalling but abortive display. 3 or mēghaḍambarī f The canopy over an idol.

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mēghāḍambara (मेघाडंबर).—n See under mēghaḍambara.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

mēghaḍambara (मेघडंबर).—n The lowering of the clouds. Empty menaces and intimidations.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Meghāḍambara (मेघाडम्बर).—thunder.

Derivable forms: meghāḍambaraḥ (मेघाडम्बरः).

Meghāḍambara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms megha and āḍambara (आडम्बर).

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Meghaḍambara (मेघडम्बर).—thunder.

Derivable forms: meghaḍambaraḥ (मेघडम्बरः).

Meghaḍambara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms megha and ḍambara (डम्बर).

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

Meghaḍambara (मेघडम्बर).—m.

(-raḥ) Thunder.

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

1) Meghaḍambara (मेघडम्बर):—[=megha-ḍambara] [from megha] m. thunder, [Kāvya literature] (cf. meghāḍ).

2) Meghāḍambara (मेघाडम्बर):—[from megha] m. ‘cl°-drum’, thunder, [Catalogue(s)] (cf. megha-ḍamb).

[Sanskrit to German]

Meghadambara in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Meghāḍaṃbara (मेघाडंबर) [Also spelled meghadambar]:—(nm) thunder of the clouds.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mēghaḍaṃbara (ಮೇಘಡಂಬರ):—

1) [noun] = ಮೇಘನಾದ - [meghanada -] 1.

2) [noun] a multitude of clouds.

3) [noun] a light screen of fabric, stretched on a folding frame of radiating ribs on a stick, for holding above the head as a protection against rain or sun; an umbrella.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Meghāḍambara (मेघाडम्बर):—n. thunder;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dambara, Megha, Adambara.

Starts with: Meghadambararasa, Meghadambararasa.

Full-text: Meghadambar, Meghadambararasa, Dambara, Adambara.

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