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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 भगीरथ

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भगीरथbhagīrathaN. of an ancient king of the solar dynasty, the great-grandson of Sagara, who brought down, by practising the…

    Name of an ancient king of the solar dynasty, the great-grandson of Sagara, who brought down, by practising the most austere penance, the celestial river Gaṅgā from heaven to the earth and from earth to the lower regions to purify the ashes of his 6, ancestors, the sons of Sagara.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पथः, -प्रयत्नः the path or effort of Bhagīratha, used figuratively to denote any great or Herculean effort.

    • -सुता an epithet of the Ganges.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भगीरथbhagīratham. (prob. fr. भगिन् + रथ, "having a glorious chariot"), N. of an ancient king (son of Dili1pa दिलीप and…
    1. masculine gender (probably from भगिन् plus रथ, "having a glorious chariot"), Name of an ancient king (son of Dili1pa दिलीप and great-grandfather of Sagara सगर, king of Ayodhya1 अयोध्या Page744,2; he brought down the sacred Gan3ga1 गङ्गा from heaven to earth and then conducted this river to the ocean in order to purify the ashes of his ancestors, the 60,000 sons of Sagara सगर; confer, compare IW. 322) MBh. R. Pur. etc.
    2. masculine gender Name of several authors (also with ठक्कुर and मेघ; confer, compare भगिन्) catalogue or catalogues
    3. masculine gender of an architect of recent date Inscriptions
    4. masculine gender of a mountain S3atr.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · भगीरथ

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