Pittadhara, Pitta-dhara, Pittadharā: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPittadhara (पित्तधर).—a. bilious.
Pittadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitta and dhara (धर).
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Pittadharā (पित्तधरा).—f. A kind of Kalā (one of the substrata of the humours) in the body; षष्ठी पित्तधरा नाम या कला परिकीर्तिता । पक्वामाशयमध्यस्था ग्रहणी सा प्रकीर्तिता (ṣaṣṭhī pittadharā nāma yā kalā parikīrtitā | pakvāmāśayamadhyasthā grahaṇī sā prakīrtitā); Susruta.
Pittadharā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitta and dharā (धरा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPittadhara (पित्तधर):—[=pitta-dhara] [from pitta] mfn. containing b°, bilious, [Suśruta]
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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: Dhara, Pitta.
Starts with: Pittadharakala.
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