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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद) refers to “sounds” (of the chariots), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] At the same time, several phenomena of evil portent forboding misery and distress happened, when the son of Varāṅgī was born making the gods miserable. [...] O great Brahmin, the misty haloes around the sun and the moon in the grip of Rāhu became the harbingers of great fear and unhappiness. At that time terrifying sounds that resembled those of the chariot [i.e., ratha-nirhrāda-tulya] issued forth from cracks and crevices in the mountains. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद).—A sound in general; निर्घाता रथनिर्ह्रादा विवरेभ्यः प्रजज्ञिरे (nirghātā rathanirhrādā vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire) Bhāgavata 3.17.8; R.1.41.

Derivable forms: nirhrādaḥ (निर्ह्रादः).

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

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद).—m.

(-daḥ) A sound in general. E. nir before, hṛd to sound, affix ghañ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद).—i. e. nis-hrad + a, m. Sound, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 17, 8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद).—[masculine] sound, noise; [adjective] din.

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

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद):—[=nir-hrāda] [from nir-hrād] m. sound, noise, humming, murmuring, roaring etc. (ifc. f(ā). ), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirhrāda (निर्ह्राद):—[nir-hrāda] (daḥ) 1. m. Sound in general.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nirhrada 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nihrrāda (ನಿಹ್ರ್ರಾದ):—[noun] a loud sound; noise.

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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.

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Partial matches: Hrada, Nir.

Starts with: Nirhradana.

Ends with: Dundubhinirhrada, Meghanirhrada, Rathanirhrada, Shatanirhrada.

Full-text: Nihrada, Nirhradin, Nirhada, Shatanirhrada, Dundubhinirhrada, Rathanirhrada, Tulya, Hrad, Ratha, Tumula.

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