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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry दम्भ

  1. दम्भdambhaDeceit, fraud, trickery; Ms.4.163.

    [दम्भ्-घञ्]

    1. Deceit, fraud, trickery; Ms.4.163.
    2. Religious hypocrisy; Bg.16.4.
    3. Arrogance. pride, ostentation.
    4. Sin, wickedness.
    5. The thunderbolt of Indra.
    6. An epithet of Śiva.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चर्या deceit, hypocrisy.

    In the Gita16·416·1717·1817·12

    दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।

    dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca, — Pride, arrogance, excessive self-esteem, wrath, harshness, ignorance, these, O Partha, are the wealth of the man born into the Asuric nature. 16·4
    • दम्भःdambhaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun dambha (pride, vanity, ostentation).
    • दम्भेनdambhenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun dambha (pride, vanity, ostentation).
    • दम्भार्थम्dambhārthamthe masculine noun dambha (pride, vanity, ostentation) with the suffix artham having the sense of the Dative case-termination (for ostentation).

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Headwords under द

Part 1 of 8 द – दरितAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल