Shuladhara, Śūladhara, Shula-dhara: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śūladhara can be transliterated into English as Suladhara or Shuladhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚūladhara (शूलधर).—m. epithets of Śiva; अधिगतधवलिम्नः शूलपाणेरभिख्याम् (adhigatadhavalimnaḥ śūlapāṇerabhikhyām) Śiśupālavadha 4.65; R.2.38.
Śūladhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śūla and dhara (धर). See also (synonyms): śūladhanvan, śūladhārin, śūladhruk, śūlapāṇi, śūlabhṛt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūladhara (शूलधर).—m.
(-raḥ) Siva. f.
(-rā) Durga. E. śūla a pike or trident, dhara who holds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūladharā (शूलधरा).—[adjective] holding a spear (Śiva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śūladhara (शूलधर):—[=śūla-dhara] [from śūla > śūl] mfn. bearing a spear (applied to Rudra-Siva), [Rāmāyaṇa; Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
2) Śūladharā (शूलधरा):—[=śūla-dharā] [from śūla-dhara > śūla > śūl] f. Name of Durgā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūladhara (शूलधर):—[śūla-dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. Shiva. 1. f. Durgā.
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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 corpusŚūladhara (ಶೂಲಧರ):—
1) [noun] = ಶೂಲಪಾಣಿ [shulapani].
2) [noun] (pros.) a metre having four letters the firstone being long followed by two short ones and a long one ( -uu- ).
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: Shula, Dhara.
Ends with: Trishuladhara.
Full-text: Shulabhrit, Shulapani, Shuladhruk, Shuladhanvan, Shuladharin.
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