Somadhara, Somadhārā, Soma-dhara: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySomadhārā (सोमधारा).—
1) the sky, heaven.
2) the milky way.
Somadhārā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms soma and dhārā (धारा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySomadhārā (सोमधारा).—f.
(-rā) Sky, heaven. E. soma the moon, dhārā having.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Somadhārā (सोमधारा):—[=soma-dhārā] [from soma] f. the milky way, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the sky, heaven, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Somādhāra (सोमाधार):—[from soma] m. [plural] Name of [particular] Pitṛs, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySomadhārā (सोमधारा):—[soma-dhārā] (rā) 1. f. Sky.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusSōmadhara (ಸೋಮಧರ):—[noun] Śiva, who wears the crescent moon on his head.
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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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 108 - Greatness of Pratyūṣeśvara (Pratyūṣa-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 21 - Advice to Propitiate Śiva < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 31 - Description of Creation (2) < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
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