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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्बरśambaraa.Best, excellent.

    [शम्ब् अरच्]

    Best, excellent.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -राः

      1. Name of a demon slain by Pradyumna, quod vide, which see
      2. A mountain.
      3. A kind of deer.
      4. A Jina.
      5. Name of the trees चित्रक, लोध्र and अर्जुन.
      6. A kind of fish.
      7. War.

    • -रम्

      1. Water; किं विलम्बसे ... शम्बरानयने Cholachampū p. 26.
      2. A cloud.
      3. Wealth.
      4. A rite or religious observance.

    • -अरिः सूदनः epithets of Pradyumna or the god of love.

    • -असुरः the demon Śambara.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शम्बरśambara[sámbara] m. N. of a demon vanquished by Indra (V., C.); N. of a foe of the god of love (E., C.); kind of…

    [sámbara] masculine noun of a demon vanquished by Indra (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); noun of a foe of the god of love (Epic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); kind of deer; noun of a king (vide, see r. sambarana and samvarana); noun of a juggler (for -siddhi; Prâkrit (Sanskrit equivalent of Prâkrit word), Prâkritic); neuter magic (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्बरśambaram. N. of a demon (in RV. often mentioned with S3ushn2a शुष्ण, Arbuda अर्बुद, Pipru पिप्रु &c.; he is the chief…
    1. masculine gender Name of a demon (in fg-veda often mentioned with S3ushn2a शुष्ण, Arbuda अर्बुद, Pipru पिप्रु etc.; he is the chief enemy of Divo-da1sa दिवो-दास Atithigva अतिथिग्व, for whose deliverance he was thrown down a mountain and slain by Indra इन्द्र; in epic and later poetry he is also a foe of the god of love) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender a cloud Naigh. i, 10
    3. masculine gender a weapon Sa1y. on fg-veda i, 112, 14
    4. masculine gender war, fight Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a kind of deer Va1s. Bhpr.
    6. masculine gender a fish or a kind of fish Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Terminalia Arunja Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Symplocos Racemosa Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender a mountain in general or a particular mountain Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender best, excellent Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Equivalent to चित्रक Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender Name of of a Jina जिन Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender of a king Va1s. (varia lectio for शम्बरण and सं-वरण)
    14. masculine gender of a juggler (also called शम्बरसिद्धि) Ratna7v.
    15. feminine Equivalent to माया, sorcery, magic (probably wrong reading for शाम्बरी) Lexicographers
    16. neuter gender water Naigh. i, 12 (but Sa1h. censures the use of शम्बर in this sense)
    17. neuter gender power, might Naigh. ii, 9
    18. neuter gender sorcery, magic Katha1s. (printed सं-वर)
    19. neuter gender any vow or a particular vow (with Buddhists Buddhists) Lexicographers
    20. neuter gender wealth Lexicographers
    21. neuter gender Equivalent to चित्र Lexicographers
    22. neuter gender (plural) the fastnesses of S3ambara शम्बर fg-veda
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  2. कालशम्बरkālaśambaram. N. of a Da1nava दानव Hariv. 9210.

    masculine gender Name of a Da1nava दानव Hariv. 9210.

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  3. तत्त्वशम्बरtattvaśambaran. N. of a Tantra तन्त्र A1nand. 31 Sch.

    neuter gender Name of a Tantra तन्त्र A1nand. 31 Scholiast or Commentator

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  4. तत्त्वशम्बरकtattvaśambarakan. (A1ryav.)

    neuter gender (A1ryav.)

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  5. महामायाशम्बरmahāmāyāśambaran. (or ˚र-तन्त्र) N. of a Tantra तन्त्र .

    neuter gender (or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedर-तन्त्र) Name of a Tantra तन्त्र .

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  6. योगिनीजालशम्बरyoginījālaśambaran. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  7. शम्बरकन्दśambarakandam. a kind of bulbous plant L.

    masculine gender a kind of bulbous plant Lexicographers

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  8. शम्बरघ्नśambaraghnam. "Sambara सम्बर -slayer", N. of the god of love Hariv.

    masculine gender "Sambara सम्बर -slayer", Name of the god of love Hariv.

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