Vamshidhara, Vaṃśīdhara, Vamshi-dhara: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaṃśīdhara can be transliterated into English as Vamsidhara or Vamshidhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)Vaṃsīdhara (वंसीधर) refers to one of the authors of the Alaṃkāraratnākara (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Alaṃkāraratnākara illustrates the later phase of the Rīti school, is a collaborative work on poetics by two inhabitants of Ahmedabad, Vaṃsīdhara and Dalapatirāya, who introduce themselves as such at the beginning. The former was a Śrīmālī Brahman and the latter a Mahājan. They composed their treatise in VS 1798 (= 1741 CE, vs. 20 above) under the patronage of Mahārāja Jagatsingh of Udaipur.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर).—m.
1) an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.
2) any flute-player or piper.
Derivable forms: vaṃśīdharaḥ (वंशीधरः).
Vaṃśīdhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaṃśī and dhara (धर). See also (synonyms): vaṃśīdhārin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A piper. 2. A name of Krishna. E. vaṃśī, dhara who holds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Vidyāpati (Vaidyarahasyapaddhati 1682). L. 1450.
2) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Kuśakaṇḍikā. Homavidhi.
3) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Chandomañjarīṭīkā. Piṅgalaprakāśa.
4) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—
—[commentary] on the Tattvakaumudī of Vācaspati. Śabdaprāmāṇyakhaṇḍana.
5) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Vaidyakutūhala. Vaidyamanotsava.
6) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Karmamañjarī jy.
7) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Rādheyasiddhānta bhakti.
8) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—Durjanamukhacapeṭikā (Rāmānuja school).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—[=vaṃśī-dhara] [from vaṃśī > vaṃśa] mfn. holding a flute (said of Kṛṣṇa), [Pañcarātra]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (also with daiva-jña and śarman) Name of various authors and other men, [Catalogue(s)]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—[vaṃśī-dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. A piper; Krishna.
[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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVaṃśīdhara (वंशीधर):—adj. holding a flute;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vamshi, Dhara, Tara.
Starts with: Vamshidhara daivajna, Vamshidhara sharman.
Full-text (+6): Vamshidhara daivajna, Vamshidhara sharman, Lacchana, Daivajnakalanidhi, Lakshana, Vanshidhar, Alamkararatnakara, Radheyasiddhanta, Vaidyakutuhala, Shabdapramanyakhandana, Lakshminatha sharman, Bhashabhushana, Karmamanjari, Arjunavilasa, Vaidyarahasya, Vamshidharin, Kushakandika, Vaidyarahasyapaddhati, Homavidhi, Narayana sharman.
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