Puramdhri, Puraṃdhri, Puraṃdhrī: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Purandhri (पुरन्ध्रि) refers to “women after marriage”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.50 (“Description of fun and frolic”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Then the sixteen celestial ladies arrived there and saw the couple [i.e., Śiva and Pārvatī] with great respect. [...] The celestial ladies made these sweet witty remarks to Him one by one. [...] Svāhā said:—‘Now, O great lord, be steady in the words of women. There is a duty for women after marriage (purandhri), maturity and loftiness of demeanour’”.
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
Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि) or Puraṃdhrī (पुरंध्री).—f. [puraṃ gehasthajanaṃ dhārayati dhṛ-khac ṅīp pṛṣo° vā hrasvaḥ Tv.]
1) An elderly married woman, a respectable matron; पुरंध्रीणां चित्तं कुसुमसुकुमारं हि भवति (puraṃdhrīṇāṃ cittaṃ kusumasukumāraṃ hi bhavati) Uttararāmacarita 4.12; Mu.2.7; Kumārasambhava 6.32;7.2.
2) A woman whose husband and children are living.
Derivable forms: puraṃdhriḥ (पुरंध्रिः).
Purandhri (पुरन्ध्रि).—f. (-ndhriḥ-ndhrī) A woman, whose husband and children are living. E. pura the body, dhṛ to uphold, aff. khac, fem. aff. ṅīp, or the final is optionally short.
Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि).—puraṃdhrī, i. e. pura + m-dhṛ + ī, and the final shortened, f. A respectable matron, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 25.
Puraṃdhri can also be spelled as Puraṃdhrī (पुरंध्री).
Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि).—[feminine] wife, woman.
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Puraṃdhrī (पुरंध्री).—[feminine] wife, woman.
1) Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि):—[from puraṃdhi] f. (perhaps at first identical with [preceding] and later connected with √dhṛ) a wife, woman ([especially] a married woman having or able to bear children), [Kālidāsa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) Puraṃdhrī (पुरंध्री):—[from puraṃdhi] f. (perhaps at first identical with [preceding] and later connected with √dhṛ) a wife, woman ([especially] a married woman having or able to bear children), [Kālidāsa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Purandhri (पुरन्ध्रि):—[pura-ndhri] (ndhriḥ) 2. f. A woman whose husband and children are living.
Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि):—( [Siddhāntakaumudī 236,b,1]) und dhrī f. eine ältere verheirathete Frau, eine ehrbare Matrone; dhrī = kuṭumbinī [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 513.] dhri [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 25.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 38, 160.] dhrīṇām [33, 24.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 32.] Weib überh. [Halāyudha 2, 326.] dyupuraṃdhrīṇām [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 68.] Das Wort ist ursprünglich wohl identisch mit puraṃdhi; vgl. das ähnlich gebildete sairaṃdhri, dhrī .
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Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि):—Weib überh. [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 100. 91, 7] (lies purapu). [103, 68. 110, 126.]
Puraṃdhri (पुरंध्रि):—und dhrī f. eine ältere verheirathete Frau , ehrbare Matrone , Weib überh. [Rājan 18,3.] [Indische sprüche 7697.Kād.79,23.]
Purandhrī (पुरन्ध्री) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Puraṃdhi, Puraṃdhī.
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
Puraṃdhri (ಪುರಂಧ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] an elderly woman having her husband and having children (being alive).
2) [noun] a woman in gen.
3) [noun] one’s wife.
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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