Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 डमरु

2 dictionaries · exact headword

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

डमरुḍamaruA sort of small drum shaped like an hourglass and generally used by Kāpālikas; (sometime regarded as n. also)…
A sort of small drum shaped like an hourglass and generally used by Kāpālikas; (sometime regarded as Neuter also); चण्डैर्डमरुनिर्घोषैर्घर्घरं श्रुतवान् ध्वनिम् Rāj. T.2.99.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यन्त्रम् a kind of pan; Bhāva. Parasmaipada
Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

डमरुḍamarum. (L.) id. Ra1jat. ii, 99 Prab. iii, 14
1. masculine gender (Lexicographers) the same Ra1jat. ii, 99 Prab. iii, 14
2. masculine gender surprise Lexicographers
3. masculine gender (add "a sacred drum, shaped like an hour, glass, used by the god S3iva शिव and by Buddhist mendicant monks for a musical accompaniment in chanting", confer, compare MWB. 384, 385).
Source: Monier-Williams

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