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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर).—An ant-hill, a mole-hill; वामलूरान्तरोद्गच्छद्दंदशूकजिघांसया (vāmalūrāntarodgacchaddaṃdaśūkajighāṃsayā) Śiva B.26.76.

Derivable forms: vāmalūraḥ (वामलूरः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर).—m.

(-raḥ) An ant or mole hill, especially the hillocks of ground thrown up by the white ant. E. vāma inverted, reversed, lū to cut, aff. rak .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर).— (cf. vamra, valmī), m. An ant-hill.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर):—m. au ant-hill, [Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर):—[vāma-lūra] (raḥ) 1. m. An ant hill.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vāmalūra (वामलूर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāmalūra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vamalura in German

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Vāmalūra (वामलूर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vāmalūra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāmalūra (ವಾಮಲೂರ):—[noun] a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest; an ant-hill.

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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: Vama, Lura.

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