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Results for धीवर

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धीवरdhīvaraA fisherman; मृगमीनसज्जनानां तृणजलसंतोषविहित- वृत्तीनाम् । लुब्धकधीवरपिशुना निष्कारणवैरिणो जगति ॥ Bh.2.61…
A fisherman; मृगमीनसज्जनानां तृणजलसंतोषविहित- वृत्तीनाम् । लुब्धकधीवरपिशुना निष्कारणवैरिणो जगति ॥ Bh.2.61; 1.85.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रम् Iron.
- -री
  
  A fisherman's wife. A kind of harpoon for catching fish.
  
  A fish-basket.
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धीवरकdhīvarakaA fisherman.

A fisherman.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

धीवरdhīvara[dhî-vara] m. very clever man; fisher man (also -ka, m.); î, f. fisherwoman.

[dhî-vara] masculine very clever man; fisher man (also -ka, masculine); î, feminine; also equal for fisherwoman.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धीवरdhīvaram. a very clever man Subh.
1. masculine gender a very clever man Subh.
2. masculine gender (also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedरक) a fisherman MBh. Ka1v. etc. (as a mixed caste Gaut. iv, 19)
3. neuter gender iron Lexicographers
4. see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page).
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धीवरीdhīvarīf. (cf. prec.) a fisherman's wife Katha1s.
1. feminine (confer, compare preceding) a fisherman's wife Katha1s.
2. feminine a sort of harpoon for catching fish Un2. Scholiast or Commentator
3. feminine a fish-basket ibidem
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