Dushpradharsha, Dus-pradharsha, Duṣpradharṣa, Dutpradharsha: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Duṣpradharṣa can be transliterated into English as Duspradharsa or Dushpradharsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuDuṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा) is another name for Dhanvayāsa, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.53-55 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Duṣpradharṣā and Dhanvayāsa, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDuṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—
1) un assailable; see दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa); सा दुष्प्रधर्षा मनसापि हिंस्रैः (sā duṣpradharṣā manasāpi hiṃsraiḥ) R.2.27.
2) secure from assault, intangible.
Duṣpradharṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and pradharṣa (प्रधर्ष). See also (synonyms): duṣpradhṛṣya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDuṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—name of a Tathāgata: Śikṣāsamuccaya 9.5; of a Tathāgata in the northern quarter: Sukhāvatīvyūha 98.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा).—f.
(-rṣā) A plant, (Hedysarum alhaji.) 2. The date tree. E. dur, and pra before, dhṛṣ to guide, affixes aṅ and ṭāp.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).— and duṣpra- dharṣaṇa duṣpradharṣaṇa, i. e. dus-pra -dhṛṣ + a or ana, adj., f. ṣā, ṇā, Difficult to be attacked, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 95, 12; 5, 72, 11.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष).—[adjective] unassailable, untouchable.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):—[=duṣ-pradharṣa] [from duṣ > dur] mfn. not to be assailed or touched, intangible, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata vi]
3) Duṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा):—[=duṣ-pradharṣā] [from duṣ-pradharṣa > duṣ > dur] f. Alhagi Maurorum or Phoenix Sylvestris, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष):—[=duṣ-pradharṣa] [from duṣ > dur] m. (also) Name of a Tathāgata, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣpradharṣā (दुष्प्रधर्षा):—[du-ṣpradharṣā] (rṣā) 1. f. A plant; date tree.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Duṣpradharṣa (दुष्प्रधर्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duppadhaṃsa.
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Partial matches: Dush, Pradharsha, Du, Tu.
Starts with: Dushpradharshana, Dushpradharshani.
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