Yuthanatha, Yūthanātha, Yutha-natha: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ).—
1) the leader of a troop or band.
2) the head of a flock or herd (usually of elephants), a lordly elephant; मृगेन्द्रविक्रीडितयूथपा इव (mṛgendravikrīḍitayūthapā iva) Bhāgavata 4.1.2; गजयूथप यूथिकाशबलकेशी (gajayūthapa yūthikāśabalakeśī) V.4.46.
Derivable forms: yūthanāthaḥ (यूथनाथः).
Yūthanātha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yūtha and nātha (नाथ). See also (synonyms): yūthapa, yūthapati.
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ).—m.
(-thaḥ) A large elephant, the leader of a wild herd. E. yūtha a multitude, (of elephants,) and nātha lord.
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ).—[masculine] protector or leader of a herd or troop.
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ):—[=yūtha-nātha] [from yūtha] m. the lord or leader of a herd or band or troop ([especially] the chief elephant of a herd), [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Hitopadeśa]
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ):—[yūtha-nātha] (thaḥ) 1. m. The leader of a wild herd of elephants.
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ):—(yūtha + nātha) m. Beschützer —, Haupt einer Schaar, einer Heerde [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1220.] [Hitopadeśa 83, 1.] hari [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 22, 38.] ripu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 3, 1.] asura [8, 17, 16.]
Yūthanātha (यूथनाथ):—m. Beschützer — , Haupt einer Schaar , — Heerde.
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
Yūthanātha (ಯೂಥನಾಥ):—[noun] that which leads a herd; an animal which other animals in the herd follow.
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: Natha, Yutha.
Starts with: Yutanatan.
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