Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[आ-डम्ब्-क्षेपे, अरन्]

1. Pride, arrogance.
2. Show; means, external appendage; विरचितनारसिंह- रूपाडम्बरम् K.5,39; निर्गुणः शोभते नैव विपुलाडम्बरोऽपि ना Bv.1.115.
3. The sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack.
4. Commencement.
5. Fury, anger, passion; दन्तिनामाडम्बररवेण K.114.
6. Happiness, pleasure.
7. The roaring of clouds and of elephants; धातः किन्नु विधौ विधातुमुचितो धाराधराडम्बरः Bv.1.4. Compare.. आडम्बरोऽस्त्रियाम् । तुर्यशब्दे च संरम्भे गजेन्द्राणां च गर्जिते । Nm.
8. The eyelid.
9. A drum used in a battle; काचिदाडम्बरं नारीभुजसंभोगपीढितम् Rām.5.1.45.
10. (Hence) A charge sounded by musical instruments; the din or uproar of the battle; Mb.7.72.11.

1. masculine gender a kind of drum S3Br. xiv MBh. R.
2. masculine gender a great noise, S3a1rn3g.
3. masculine gender noisy behaviour, speaking loud or much, bombast Katha1s. Sa1h. etc.
4. masculine gender the roaring of elephants Ka1d.
5. masculine gender the sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack Lexicographers
6. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' immensity, sublimity, the highest degree of Uttarar. Katha1s. Ba1lar.
7. masculine gender pleasure Lexicographers
8. masculine gender the eyelid
9. masculine gender (the war-drum personified) Name of a being in the retinue of Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2541.