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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 मरु

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मरुmaruA desert, sandy desert, a wilderness, any region destitute of water.

    [म्रियन्तेऽस्मिन् भूतानीति मरुः निर्जलदेशः, मृ-उ Uṇ.1.7]

    1. A desert, sandy desert, a wilderness, any region destitute of water.
    2. A mountain or rock.
    3. A kind of plant (कुरबक).
    4. Abstinence from drinking; मरुं साधयतो राजन् नाकपृष्ठमताशके Mb.13.57.14;142.44.-Masculine Plural Name of a country or its inhabitants.
    5. Compound उद्भवा the cotton shrub.
    6. a cucumber.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कच्छः Name of a district.

    • -जः a kind of perfume.

    • -जुष्, -भवः the inhabitant of a desert.

    • -देशः

      1. Name of a district.
      2. any region destitute of water.

    • -देश्यः bdellium.

    • -द्विपः, -प्रियः a camel.

    • -धन्वः, -धन्वन् Masculine a wilderness, desert.

    • -पथः, -पृष्ठम् a sandy desert, wilderness; मरु- पृष्ठान्युदम्भांसि (चकार) R.4.31.

    • -प्रपतनम् the act of throwing one's self from a rock; Mark. Parasmaipada4.3.

    • -भू (Plural) the country called Mārwār.

    • -भूमिः Feminine a desert, sandy desert.

    • -भूरुह, -हः a tree in the desert; सत्पुंसो मरुभूरुह इव जीवनमात्रमाशास्यम् Aryā. S.

    • -संभवः a kind of horse-radish.

    • -स्थलम्, -स्थली a wilderness, desert, waste; तत् प्राप्नोति मरुस्थलेऽपि नितरां मेरौ ततो नाधिकम् Bh.2. 49; मरुस्थल्यां यथा वृष्टिः क्षुधार्ते भोजनं तथा H.1.11.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मरुmarum. (prob. fr. √मृ) a wilderness, sandy waste, desert (often pl.) MBh. Ka1v. &c.
    1. masculine gender (probably from √मृ) a wilderness, sandy waste, desert (often plural) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    2. masculine gender a mountain, rock MBh. Ma1rkP.
    3. masculine gender "the desert-like penance" id est abstinence from drinking MBh. Hariv.
    4. masculine gender a species of plant Bhpr.
    5. masculine gender a deer, antelope Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य (usually associated with Naraka नरक) MBh.
    7. masculine gender of a Vasu वसु Hariv.
    8. masculine gender of a prince (the son of S3i1ghra शीघ्र) ibidem R. Pur.
    9. masculine gender of a king belonging to the Ikshva1ku इक्ष्वाकु family BhP.
    10. masculine gender of a son of Hary-as3va हर्य्-अश्व R. Pur.
    11. masculine gender plural Name of a country (Marwar) and its inhabitants TA1r. R. Var. etc. [confer, compare Latin mare (?); Anglo-Saxon mo7r; German and English moor .]
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मरुmaru[mar-ú] m. arid tract, sandy waste, desert; mountain, rock; N. of a people (pl.).

    [mar-ú] masculine arid tract, sandy waste, desert; mountain, rock; noun of a people (plural).

    Source: Macdonell

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