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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for चामर

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चामरcāmaraरम् [ram], रम् [चमर्याः विकारः तत्पुच्छनिर्मितत्वात्] also -रा -री sometimes.
    1. रम् ram, रम् चमर्याः विकारः तत्पुच्छनिर्मितत्वात् also -रा -री sometimes.
    2. A chowrie or bushy tail of the Chamara (Bos Grunniens) used as a fly-flap or fan, and reckoned as one of the insignia of royalty (and sometimes used as a sort of streamer on the heads of horses); व्याधूयन्ते निचुलतरुभिर्मञ्जरीचामराणि V.4.4; अदेय- मासीत् त्रयमेव भूपतेः शशिप्रभं छत्रमुभे च चामरे R.3.16; Ku.7.42; H.2.29; Me.35; चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं हयशिर- स्यायामवच्चामरम् V.1.4; Ś.1.8.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ग्राहः, -ग्राहिन् Masculine a person who carries a chowrie.

    • -ग्राहिणी

      1. a waiting girl who carries in her hand a chowrie and waves it over the head of a king etc.; पृष्ठे लीलावलयरणितं चामर- ग्राहिणीनाम् Bh.3.61. पुष्पः, पुष्पकः the betel-nut tree.
      2. the Ketaka plant.
      3. the mango tree.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चामरcāmaramfn. coming from the Yak (चम्˚) BhP. viii, 10, 13
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective coming from the Yak (चम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) BhP. viii, 10, 13
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to a chowrie Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender Equivalent to चम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied (quod vide), a chowrie Bhoj.
    4. neuter gender the same (a kind of plume on the heads of horses etc. S3ak. Vikr. Ka1d.) MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Kum. vii, 42)
    5. neuter gender a metre of 4 x 15 syllables
    6. neuter gender Equivalent to दण्ड (a stick) Lexicographers
    7. nf(आ, ई). a chowrie Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चामरcāmara[kâmara] a. relating to the yak (bos grunniens); n. tail of the yak, used as a fly-whisk, also as an ornament…

    [kâmara] adjective relating to the yak (bos grunniens); neuter tail of the yak, used as a fly-whisk, also as an ornament on the heads of horses and elephants; one of the insignia of royalty: -grâhinî, feminine; also equal for female whisk-bearer.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · चामर

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