Mrigadhara, Mṛgadhara, Mriga-dhara: 7 definitions
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Mrigadhara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Mṛgadhara can be transliterated into English as Mrgadhara or Mrigadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛgadhara (मृगधर).—the moon.
Derivable forms: mṛgadharaḥ (मृगधरः).
Mṛgadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and dhara (धर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛgadhara (मृगधर).—m.
(-raḥ) The moon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛgadhara (मृगधर).—[mṛga-dhara], m. The moon, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 34.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mṛgadhara (मृगधर):—[=mṛga-dhara] [from mṛga > mṛg] m. ‘having deer-like marks’, the moon, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a minister of Prasena-jit, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMṛgadhara (ಮೃಗಧರ):—
1) [noun] the moon, the spots on whose disc are supposed to resemble an antelope.
2) [noun] Śiva, who is holding a symbol of an antelope in his hand.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mriga, Dhara.
Ends with: Chayamrigadhara, Chhayamrigadhara.
Full-text: Chayamrigadhara, Mirukataran, Mrigara.
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