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Results for मन्थर

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मन्थरmantharaa.Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमन्थरा Ś.4; प्रत्यभिज्ञानमन्थरोऽभवत् ibid; स्थाने खल्वयं…

    [मन्थ्-अरच्]

    1. Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमन्थरा Ś.4; प्रत्यभिज्ञानमन्थरोऽभवत् Tbe same; स्थाने खल्वयं प्रसवमन्थरोऽभूत् M.5; दरमन्थरचरणविहारम् Gīt.11; Śi.6.4;7.18;5.62; R.19.21.
    2. Stupid, foolish, silly; मन्थरकौलिकः.
    3. Low, deep, hollow, having a low tone.
    4. Large, broad, wide, big.
    5. Bent, crooked, curved.
    6. Indicating, showing (सूचक).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. A store, treasure.
      2. The hair of the head.
      3. Wrath, anger.
      4. Fresh butter.
      5. A churning-stick.
      6. Hindrance, an obstacle.
      7. A stronghold.
      8. Fruit.
      9. A spy, an informer.
      10. The month Vaiśākha.
      11. The mountain Mandara.
      12. An antelope.

    • -रा Name of a humpbacked nurse or slave of Kaikeyī who instigated her mistress, on the eve of Rāma's coronation as heir-apparent, to beg of her husband by the two boons formerly promised to her by him, the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years and the installation of Bharata on the throne; मन्थरां प्रविशस्वादौ कैकेयीं च ततः परम् Atmanepada Rām.

    • -रम् Safflower.

    • -विवेक Adjective slow in judgment, void of discrimination; उन्मथ्य मन्थरविवेकमकाण्ड एव Māl.1.18.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मन्थरmantharamf(आ)n. (allied to √2. मन्द् and मन्द, but in some meanings rather fr. √मथ्) slow (lit. and fig.; often ifc.…
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (allied to √2. मन्द् and मन्द, but in some meanings rather from √मथ्) slow (literally and figuratively; often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "slow in"), lazy, tardy, indolent, dull, stupid, silly Ka1v. Ra1jat. Sa1h. etc. (657612 अम् indeclinable)
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender low, hollow, deep (as sound) W.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked (confer, compare आ feminine and मन्थरक)
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender broad, wide, large, bulky Lexicographers
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender tale-bearing Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender a treasure or hair or anger (Equivalent to कोश, केश, or कोप) Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender fruit Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a spy Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender an antelope Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender of the month Vais3a1kha वैशाख Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender a fortress, stronghold Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender an obstacle, hindrance Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender whirling Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender a churning-stick Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender the mountain Mandara मन्दर W. (confer, compare मन्थपर्वत)
    16. masculine gender Name of a tortoise Hit.
    17. neuter gender safflower.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मन्थरmanthara[manth-ara] a. slow, tardy, indolent; dull, stupid, foolish; bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked; --˚, slow to…

    [manth-ara] adjective slow, tardy, indolent; dull, stupid, foolish; bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked; --˚, slow to or in: -m or ˚--, adverb, -ial, -ially slowly; masculine noun of a tortoise: -ka, masculine noun; noun of a tortoise; noun of a foolish weaver; noun of a humpback; -tâ, feminine; also equal for slowness; - ͜ abhidhâ na, adjective named Manthara.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · मन्थर

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