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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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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  2. अदम्भadambhaa.Honest, undeceitful.

    Honest, undeceitful.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भः

      1. Honesty, absence of deceit.
      2. Name of Śiva.
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  3. उदम्भस्udambhasa.Full of water; R.4.31.

    Full of water; R.4.31.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. दम्भdambha[dambh-a] m. fraud, dissimulation, hy pocrisy, deceit; -aka, a. deceiving, deluding (--˚); -ana, a. injuring…

    [dambh-a] masculine fraud, dissimulation, hy pocrisy, deceit; -aka, adjective deceiving, deluding (--˚); -ana, adjective injuring (--˚); neuter deceiving, deceit.

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  2. अदम्भadambha[a-dambha] m. sincerity.

    [a-dambha] masculine sincerity.

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  3. अदम्भिन्adambhin[a-dambhin] a. upright, honest: (i)-tva, n. uprightness, veracity.

    [a-dambhin] adjective upright, honest: (i)-tva, neuter uprightness, veracity.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दम्भdambham. deceit, fraud, feigning, hypocrisy Mn. iv, 163 MBh. &c.
    1. masculine gender deceit, fraud, feigning, hypocrisy Mn. iv, 163 MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender Deceit (son of A-dharma अ-धर्म and Mr2isha1 मृषा BhP. iv, 8, 2) Prab. ii
    3. masculine gender Indra इन्द्र 's thunder bolt Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender S3iva शिव
    5. masculine gender Name of a prince (दर्भ AgP.; रम्भ VP.) PadmaP.
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  2. अदम्भadambhamfn. free from deceit, straightforward
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective free from deceit, straightforward
    2. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव
    3. masculine gender absence of deceit
    4. masculine gender straightforwardness.
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  3. अदम्भित्वadambhitvan. sincerity.

    neuter gender sincerity.

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  4. अमित्रदम्भनamitradambhanamfn. hurting enemies RV. ii, 23, 3 and iv, 15, 4.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective hurting enemies fg-veda ii, 23, 3 and iv, 15, 4.

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