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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 वधू

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वधूvadhūf.A bride; वरः स वध्वा सह राजमार्गं प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितो- ष्णम् R.7.4,19; समानयंस्तुल्यगुणं वधूवरं चिरस्य…

    [उह्यते पितृगेहात् पतिगृहं वह्-ऊधुक् च; Compare Uṇ.1.83]

    1. A bride; वरः स वध्वा सह राजमार्गं प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितो- ष्णम् R.7.4,19; समानयंस्तुल्यगुणं वधूवरं चिरस्य वाच्यं न गतः प्रजापतिः Ś.5.15; Ku.6.82.
    2. A wife, spouse; इथ नमति वः सर्वांस्त्रिलोचनवधूरिति Ku.6.89; R.1.9.
    3. A daughter-in-law; एषा च रघुकुलमहत्तराणां वधूः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4;4. 16; तेषां वधूस्त्वमसि नन्दिनि पार्थिवानाम् 1.9.
    4. A female, maiden, woman in general; हरिरिह मुग्धवधूनिकरे विलासिनि विलसति केलिपरे Gīt.1; स्वयशांसि विक्रमवतामवतां न वधूष्वघानि विमृशन्ति धियः Ki.6.45; Name22.47; Me.16,49,67.
    5. The wife of a younger relation, a younger female relation.
    6. The female of any animal; मृगवधूः a doe; व्याघ्रवधूः, गजवधूः etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कालः The time during which a woman is held to be a bride.

    • -गृहप्रवेशः, -प्रवेशः the ceremony of a bride's entrance into her husband's house.

    • -जनः a wife; female, woman.

    • -पक्षः the party of the bride (at a wedding).

    • -वरम् a newly married couple.

    • -वस्त्रम् bridal apparel, nuptial attire.

    • -वासस् Neuter a bride's undergarment.

    • वधू vadhū

      1. धु dhu टी ṭī, (धु) टी 1 A young woman or female; रथं वधूटी- मारोप्य पापः क्वाप्येष गच्छति Mv.5.17; गोपवधूटीदुकूलचौराय (कृष्णाय) Bhāṣā Parasmaipada1.
      2. A daughter-in-law.

    • -शयनम् a lattice, window.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वधूvadhūf. (fr. √वध् = वह्; cf. ऊढा) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife spouse any wife or woman RV. &c.
    1. feminine (from √वध् Equivalent to वह्; confer, compare ऊढा) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife spouse any wife or woman fg-veda etc.
    2. feminine a daughter-in-law HParis3.
    3. feminine any younger female relation MBh. R. etc.
    4. feminine the female of any animal, (especially) a cow or mare fg-veda v, 47, 6
    5. feminine viii 19, 36 (confer, compare वध्/ऊ-मत्)
    6. feminine Name of various plants (Trigonella Corniculata; Echites Frutescens; Curcuma Zerumbet) Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वधूvadhū[vadh-û́] f. [√vadh=√vah: (to be) taken home], bride, young married woman, wife; woman; female of an animal…

    [vadh-û́] feminine; also equal for [√vadh=√vah: (to be) taken home], bride, young married woman, wife; woman; female of an animal; daugh ter-in-law, wife of a younger relative.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · वधू

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