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Results for अनाथ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनाथanāthaa.Helpless, poor, forlorn, parentless, orphan (as a child); widowed (as a wife); having no master or natural…

    [न. ब.]

    Helpless, poor, forlorn, parentless, orphan (as a child); widowed (as a wife); having no master or natural protector, without a protector in general; नाथवन्तस्त्वया लोकास्त्वमनाथा विपत्स्यसे Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.43; R. 12.12.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -थम् Vedic Helplessness. किं भ्रातासद्यदनाथं भवाति । Rv.1.1.11.

    • -पिण्डदः, -पिण्डिकः 'giver of food to the poor', Name of a merchant in whose garden Buddha Gautama used to instruct his pupils.

    • -सभा a poor-house.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनाथanātha[a-nâtha] a. unprotected, helpless; -vat, ad. like one helpless.
    1. [a-nâtha] adjective unprotected, helpless; -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like one helpless.
    2. [a-nâthá] neuter unprotectedness, help lessness.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनाथanāthamf(आ)n. having no master or protector
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender having no master or protector
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender widowed
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender fatherless
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender helpless, poor
    5. neuter gender want of a protector, helplessness fg-veda x, 10, 11.
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  2. अनाथपिण्डदanāthapiṇḍadam. "giver of cakes or food to the poor", N. of a merchant (in whose garden S3a1kyamuni शाक्यमुनि used to…

    masculine gender "giver of cakes or food to the poor", Name of a merchant (in whose garden S3a1kyamuni शाक्यमुनि used to instruct his disciples).

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  3. अनाथपिण्डिकanāthapiṇḍikam. "giver of cakes or food to the poor", N. of a merchant (in whose garden S3a1kyamuni शाक्यमुनि used to…

    masculine gender "giver of cakes or food to the poor", Name of a merchant (in whose garden S3a1kyamuni शाक्यमुनि used to instruct his disciples).

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  4. अनाथसभाanāthasabhāf. a poor-house.

    feminine a poor-house.

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