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randhra: neuter vocative singular stem: randhra

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

bhrātṛvyaḥ	3.3.154	Masculine	Singular	śapathaḥ, jñānam, viśvāsaḥ, hetuḥ, randhraḥ, adhīnaḥ, śabdaḥ

kuharam	1.8.1	Neuter	Singular	śvabhram, nirvyathanam, vivaram, śuṣiḥ, randhram, chidram, śuṣiram, vapā, rokam, bilam	the infernal region

Monier-Williams Search

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randhra

n. rarely m. (prob. fr. rad-) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity

etc. etc. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body see under kha-;and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)

n. the vulva

n. a particular part of a horse's head

(see upa-r-)

n. a defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weak part

etc. (see chidra-)

n. Name of the 8th astrological mansion

n. of the number"nine" (see above)

m. Name of a son of manu- bhautya-

(varia lectio bradhna-)

m. the off spring of a Brahman and a maitrī-

Macdonell Search

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randhra	n. opening, fissure, chasm, hole; cavity; aperture of the body (of which ten are assumed, including a supposed one in the skull); defect, imperfection; weak or vulnerable point: -prahârin, a.striking at the vulnerable points (of an enemy); -½anvesh in, -½anusârin, a. watching for weak points.

Vedic Index of
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randhra	Seems, in the phrase Ukṣṇo Randhra occurring in One passage of the Rigveda, to be the name of a place, but the sense is very doubtful. In the Pañcaviinśa Brāhmaṇa (xiii. 9, 13) Ukṣηo randhra is the name of a man.

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randhra	noun (masculine neuter) a defect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a particular part of a horse's head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a slit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) aperture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cavity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) chasm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) fault (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) fissure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) flaw (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) hole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) imperfection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the 8th astrological mansion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the number "nine" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) opening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) split (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the vulva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) weak part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a defect in a gem Frequency rank 3185/72933