Somodbhava, Somodbhavā, Soma-udbhava: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySomodbhavā (सोमोद्भवा).—Name of the river Narmadā तथेत्युपस्पृश्य पयः पवित्रं सोमोद्भवायाः सरितो नृसोमः (tathetyupaspṛśya payaḥ pavitraṃ somodbhavāyāḥ sarito nṛsomaḥ) R.5.59 (where Malli. quotes Ak. 'revā tu narmadā somodbhavā mekalakanyakā').
Somodbhavā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms soma and udbhavā (उद्भवा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySomodbhavā (सोमोद्भवा).—f.
(-vā) The river Narmada. E. soma the moon, (for the lunar race,) and udbhava born; or soma nectar, udbhava production, (from it,) by conferring paradise on those who bathe in it.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySomodbhava (सोमोद्भव).—f. vā, the Narmadā river.
Somodbhava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms soma and udbhava (उद्भव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Somodbhava (सोमोद्भव):—[from soma] mfn. moon-produced, sprung from the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘moon-producer’, Name of Kṛṣṇa, [Kṛṣṇaj.]
3) Somodbhavā (सोमोद्भवा):—[from somodbhava > soma] f. the river Narma-dā (or Nerbudda, supposed to be descended from the moon as the source of celestial nectar), [Raghuvaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySomodbhavā (सोमोद्भवा):—[somo+dbhavā] (vā) 1. f. The Nerbudda.
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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: Soma, Udbhava.
Full-text: Somasuta.
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