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Apte Dictionary

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

वधूvadhūf.A bride; वरः स वध्वा सह राजमार्गं प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितो- ष्णम् R.7.4,19; समानयंस्तुल्यगुणं वधूवरं चिरस्य…
[उह्यते पितृगेहात् पतिगृहं वह्-ऊधुक् च; Compare Uṇ.1.83]
1. A bride; वरः स वध्वा सह राजमार्गं प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितो- ष्णम् R.7.4,19; समानयंस्तुल्यगुणं वधूवरं चिरस्य वाच्यं न गतः प्रजापतिः Ś.5.15; Ku.6.82.
2. A wife, spouse; इथ नमति वः सर्वांस्त्रिलोचनवधूरिति Ku.6.89; R.1.9.
3. A daughter-in-law; एषा च रघुकुलमहत्तराणां वधूः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4;4. 16; तेषां वधूस्त्वमसि नन्दिनि पार्थिवानाम् 1.9.
4. A female, maiden, woman in general; हरिरिह मुग्धवधूनिकरे विलासिनि विलसति केलिपरे Gīt.1; स्वयशांसि विक्रमवतामवतां न वधूष्वघानि विमृशन्ति धियः Ki.6.45; Name22.47; Me.16,49,67.
5. The wife of a younger relation, a younger female relation.
6. The female of any animal; मृगवधूः a doe; व्याघ्रवधूः, गजवधूः etc.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कालः The time during which a woman is held to be a bride.
- -गृहप्रवेशः, -प्रवेशः the ceremony of a bride's entrance into her husband's house.
- -जनः a wife; female, woman.
- -पक्षः the party of the bride (at a wedding).
- -वरम् a newly married couple.
- -वस्त्रम् bridal apparel, nuptial attire.
- -वासस् Neuter a bride's undergarment.
- वधू vadhū
  
  धु dhu टी ṭī, (धु) टी 1 A young woman or female; रथं वधूटी- मारोप्य पापः क्वाप्येष गच्छति Mv.5.17; गोपवधूटीदुकूलचौराय (कृष्णाय) Bhāṣā Parasmaipada1.
  
  A daughter-in-law.
- -शयनम् a lattice, window.
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अवधूavadhū5 U.
1. 5 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)
2. To shake, move, wave, cause to tremble; रेणुः पवनावधूतः R.7.43; लीलावधूतैः चामरैः Me. 37; Rs.6.15; Ki.6.3; Śi.13.36.
3. To shake off or out, shake, toss (Literal and Figurative), remove (Figurative also); overcome, get the better of; राजसत्वमवधूय मातृकम् R.11. 9; सुरवधूरवधूतभयाः शरैः 9.19 removing the fears of; अवधूय तद्वयथाम् 3.61; व्रजन्ति शत्रूनवधूय निःस्पृहाः शमेन सिद्धिं मुनयो न भूभृतः Ki.1.42; रुषावधूय रक्षांसि Rām.
4. To discard, spurn, reject or treat with contempt, disregard; चण्डी मामवधूय पादपतितम् V.4.67; Ku.3.8; अवधूत- प्रणिपाताः V.3.5; अवधूतदुहितृप्रार्थनस्य Dk.13. -Causal (-धूनयति) To shake.
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अवधूकavadhūkaOne having no wife.

One having no wife.

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अवधूतavadhūtap. p.Shaken, waved. Māl.9.18.
1. Shaken, waved. Māl.9.18.
2. Discarded, rejected, despised; R.19.43.
3. Insulted, humiliated. हृतदारोऽवधूतश्च नाहं जीवितमुत्सहे Mb.3.282.36.
4. Excelled, surpassed; लीलावधूतपद्मा कथयन्ती पक्षपातमधिकं नः Ratn.2.8.
5. Attacked, overcome.
6. Separated from worldly attachments.
Derived forms and compounds
- -तः
  
  An ascetic who has renounced all worldly attachments and connections; यो विलङ्घ्याश्रमान्वर्णानात्मन्येव स्थितः पुमान् । अतिवर्णाश्रमी योगी अवधूतः स उच्यते ॥ or अक्षरत्वात् वरेण्यत्वात् धूतसंसारबन्ध- नात् । तत्त्वमस्यर्थसिद्धत्वादवधूतोऽभिधीयते ॥ सदाप्लुतोऽधःशयनोऽवधूतः Bhāg.3.1.19. अवधूतोपेक्षिते च कम्पिते चाश्रमान्तरे । Nm.
  
  Smelling sense, nose, नलिनी नालिनी च प्राग्द्वारावेकत्र निर्मिते । अवधूतसखस्ताभ्यां विषयं याति सौरभम् ॥ Bhāg.4.25.48.
- -वेश Adjective undressed, naked.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वधूvadhū[vadh-û́] f. [√vadh=√vah: (to be) taken home], bride, young married woman, wife; woman; female of an animal…

[vadh-û́] feminine; also equal for [√vadh=√vah: (to be) taken home], bride, young married woman, wife; woman; female of an animal; daugh ter-in-law, wife of a younger relative.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वधूvadhūf. (fr. √वध् = वह्; cf. ऊढा) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife spouse any wife or woman RV. &c.
1. feminine (from √वध् Equivalent to वह्; confer, compare ऊढा) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife spouse any wife or woman fg-veda etc.
2. feminine a daughter-in-law HParis3.
3. feminine any younger female relation MBh. R. etc.
4. feminine the female of any animal, (especially) a cow or mare fg-veda v, 47, 6
5. feminine viii 19, 36 (confer, compare वध्/ऊ-मत्)
6. feminine Name of various plants (Trigonella Corniculata; Echites Frutescens; Curcuma Zerumbet) Lexicographers
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अमरवधूamaravadhū(Hcat.), an Apsaras अप्सरस्

(Hcat.), an Apsaras अप्सरस्

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अवधूavadhūVed. P. (Imper. 2. sg. -धूनुहि, 2. pl. -धूनुता) to shake off or out or down RV. x, 66, 14 & 134, 3 Ka1tyS3r.…

Vedic or Veda Parasmaipada (Imper. 2. sg. -धूनुहि, 2. plural -धूनुता) to shake off or out or down fg-veda x, 66, 14 & 134, 3 Ka1tyS3r. etc.: Atmane-pada (2. sg. -धूनुष्/ए; imperfect tense 2. sg. -धूनुथास्; Aorist -अधूषत; perf. Potential -दुधुवीत; page and participle -धून्वान्/अ) to shake off (as enemies or evil spirits or anything disagreeable), frighten away fg-veda AV. S3Br. : Causal (Potential -धूनयेत्) to shake Mn. iii, 229.

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अवधूकavadhūkamfn. having no wife, L.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no wife, Lexicographers

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अवधूतavadhūtamfn. shaken off (as evil spirits) VS. i, 14
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective shaken off (as evil spirits) VS. i, 14
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective removed, shaken away BhP. etc.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective discarded, expelled, excluded MBh. etc.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective disregarded, neglected, rejected Das3. etc.
5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective touched R. vi, 82, 62
6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective shaken, agitated (especially as plants or the dust by the wind), fanned MBh. etc.
7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective that upon which anything unclean has been shaken out or off (confer, compare अवक्षुत) Mn. v, 125 MBh. xiii, 1577
8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unclean BhP.
9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has shaken, off from himself worldly feeling and obligation, a philosopher (ब्रह्म-विद्) BhP. Ra1jat.
10. masculine gender Name of a S3aiva शैव philosopher
11. neuter gender rejecting, repudiating MBh. iv, 352 (Equivalent to Hariv. 4717) .
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