Virada, Viraḍa: 7 definitions

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Virada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

viraḍa (विरड).—See under इ.

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viraḍa (विरड).—f C A common term for the two halves of the day,--the forenoon and the afternoon.

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viraḍā (विरडा).—m C viraḍhā m R A young tree, a sapling, a plantlet.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

viraḍa (विरड).—f A term for the two halves of the day.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Viraḍa (विरड).—adj. (= Sanskrit virala), scarce, rare, sparse: (māra-sena…) viraḍīkṛta Lalitavistara 342.2 (verse).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Virada (विरद):—See viruda.

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

Virada (विरद):—(nm) see [viruda ~dāvalī] see [virūdāvalī].

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Prakrit-English dictionary

Virāḍa (विराड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Virāṭa.

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

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Kannada-English dictionary

Viraḍa (ವಿರಡ):—[adjective] very big; huge; colossal; enormous; immense; gigantic.

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Viraḍa (ವಿರಡ):—[noun] that which is very huge, colossal; a gigantic thing.

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Virāḍa (ವಿರಾಡ):—

1) [noun] the place of one’s living.

2) [noun] a building or a part of a building occupied by a person or family; a dwelling place; a house.

3) [noun] a house for the temporary stay of a guest; a guest-house.

4) [noun] a military camp.

5) [noun] a brief or temporary stay.

6) [noun] (hist.) a kind of tax levied on houses.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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