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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ऐरावतairāvataN. of the elephant of Indra. ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणाम् Bg. 1.27.

    [इरा आपः तद्वान् इरावान् समुद्रः तस्मादुत्पन्नः अण्]

    1. Name of the elephant of Indra. ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणाम् Bg. 1.27.
    2. An excellent elephant; a species of elephant; ऐरावतानैन्द्रशिरान्नागान्वै प्रियदर्शनान् Rām.2.7.23.
    3. One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race (inhabiting Pātāla); अहमैरावत ज्येष्ठभ्रातृभ्योऽकरवं नमः Mb.1.3.139.
    4. The elephant presiding over the east.
    5. A kind of rainbow.
    6. A kind of lightning; (said to be Neuter also in these two senses).
    7. The orange tree.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तम्

      1. A vast and waterless region.
      2. (Plural) Name of a Varṣa.
      3. Name of the northern path of the moon.
      4. A kind of cloud; 'मेघस्योपरि मेघो यः स ऐरावत उच्यते' इति दक्षिणावर्तः (Commentator of मेघदूत).

    • -ती

      1. The female of Indra's elephant.
      2. Lightning.
      3. Name of a plant (वटपत्री)
      4. Name of river Rāvi in the Panjab (Equivalent to इरावती).
      5. Name of a particular portion of the moon's path.

    In the Gita10·27

    ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥

    airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam. — Uchchaisravas among horses know me, nectar-born; Airavata among lordly elephants; and among men the king of men. 10·27
    • ऐरावतम्airāvatamaccusative singular of the masculine noun airāvata (Airavata, the elephant of Indra).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ऐरावतairāvata[airâvatá] m. id. (î); N. of a serpent demon; m. n. kind of rainbow.

    [airâvatá] masculine the same (î); noun of a serpent demon; masculine neuter kind of rainbow.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ऐरावतairāvatam. (fr. इरा-वत्), a descendant of Ira1-vat इरा-वत्
    1. masculine gender (from इरा-वत्), a descendant of Ira1-vat इरा-वत्
    2. masculine gender Name of a Na1ga नाग or mythical serpent AV. viii, 10, 29 Ta1n2d2yaBr. MBh. Hariv. etc.
    3. masculine gender "produced from the ocean", Name of Indra इन्द्र 's elephant (considered as the prototype of the elephant race and the supporter of the east quarter; confer, compare नाग, which means also elephant and serpent) MBh. Ragh. Megh. etc.
    4. masculine gender a species of elephant R. ii, 70, 23
    5. masculine gender the tree Artocarpus Lacucha
    6. masculine gender the orange tree Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of a particular portion of the moon's path
    8. masculine gender of a form of the sun VP. MBh.
    9. mn. a kind of rainbow MBh. Ragh. etc.
    10. mn. Name of a river MBh.
    11. mn. lightning Lexicographers
    12. mn. a species of fern Sus3r.
    13. f(ई, आ). a particular portion of the moon's path (including the lunar mansions Punarvasu पुनर्वसु, Pushya पुष्य, and A1s3lesha आश्लेष) VarBr2S.
    14. neuter gender the fruit of Artocarpus Lacucha Sus3r.
    15. neuter gender Name of a Varsha वर्ष MBh.
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  2. ऐरावतकairāvatakam. N. of a mountain
    1. masculine gender Name of a mountain
    2. neuter gender the fruit of Artocarpus Lacucha Car.
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  3. ऐरावतीairāvatīf. the female of Indra इन्द्र 's elephant

    feminine the female of Indra इन्द्र 's elephant

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