Phenadharman, Pheṇadharman, Phena-dharman: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pheṇadharman (फेणधर्मन्) or Phenadharman (फेनधर्मन्).—a. transient; प्रत्यक्षं मन्यसे कालं मर्त्यः सन् कालबन्धनः । फेनधर्मा महाराज फलधर्मा तथैव च (pratyakṣaṃ manyase kālaṃ martyaḥ san kālabandhanaḥ | phenadharmā mahārāja phaladharmā tathaiva ca) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.35.2.

Pheṇadharman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pheṇa and dharman (धर्मन्).

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

Phenadharman (फेनधर्मन्):—[=phena-dharman] [from phena] mfn. ‘having the nature of foam’, transient, [Mahābhārata]

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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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