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Grammar Search

"mandara" has 2 results

mandara: masculine vocative singular stem: mandara

mandara: neuter vocative singular stem: mandara

Monier-Williams Search

23 results for mandara

mandara

mfn. slow, tardy, sluggish (equals manda-)

mandara

mfn. large, thick, firm (equals bahala-)

mandara

m. a pearl chain consisting of 8 or 16 strings

mandara

m. Name of a sacred mountain (the residence of various deities;it served the gods and asura-s for a churning-stick at the churning of the ocean for the recovery of the amṛta- and thirteen other precious things lost during the deluge)

etc.

mandara

m. heaven (equals svarga-; see meru-)

mandara

m. a mirror

mandara

m. a kind of metre

mandara

m. Name of a Brahman

mandara

m. of a vidyā-dhara-

mandara

m. of a son of hiraṇya-kaśipu- (Bombay edition mandāra-)

mandara

m. of a tree of paradise or one of the 5 trees in indra-'s heaven (= mandāra-)

mandara

See column 2.

mandaradeva

m. Name of a king of the vidyā-dhara-s

mandaradevī

f. a sister of mandara-- dhara-s

mandaradevīya

mfn. coming from or belonging to mandara-- dhara-s

mandaradroṇī

f. a valley in the mountain mandara-

mandarahariṇa

m. Name of one of the 8 upadvīpa-s in jambu-dvīpa-

mandarakantha

varia lectio for maḍara-k-

mandaramaṇi

m. Name of śiva-

(wrong reading for mandira-m-?) .

mandaraśmi

mfn. equals -kiraṇa-

mandaravāsinī

f. "dwelling on mandara-", Name of durgā-

mānamandara

m. Name of rāvaṇa-

merumandara

m. Name of a mountain

Apte Search

1 result

mandara

मन्दर a. 1 Slow, tardy, dull. -2 Thick, dense; firm. -3 Large, bulky. -रः 1 N. of a mountain (used by the gods and demons as a churning stick when they churned the ocean for nectar); पृषतैर्मन्दरोद्धूतैः क्षीरोर्मय इवाच्युतम् R.4.27; अभिनवजलसुन्दर धृतमन्दर ए Gīt.1; शोभैव मन्दरक्षुब्धक्षुभिताम्भोधिवर्णना Śi.2.17; Ki.5.3. -2 A necklace of pearls (of 8 or 16 strings). -3 Heaven. -4 A mirror. -5 One of the five trees in Indra's paradise; see मन्दार. -रम् ind. Slowly, sluggishly. -Comp. -आवासा, -वासिनी Durgā.

Macdonell Search

2 results


mandara	m. paradise-tree (one of the five in Indra's heaven); N. of a sacred moun tain with which the ocean was churned; N. of a fairy: -deva, m. N. of a prince of the fairies: î, f. N. of his sister; -devîya, a. relating to Mandara-deva.

mandaraśmi	a. weak-rayed, dim.

Vedabase Search

30 results


mandara	of Mandara Hill	SB 4.23.24

mandara	of Mandara Mountain	SB 10.40.17-18

mandara	the Mandara Hill	CC Adi 11.28

mandara-acalam	the hill known as Mandarācala	SB 7.7.2

mandara-acalam	the hill known as Mandarācala	SB 7.7.2

mandara-droṇyām	in a valley of Mandara Hill	SB 7.3.2

mandara-droṇyām	in a valley of Mandara Hill	SB 7.3.2

mandara-gireḥ	of Mount Mandara	SB 3.28.27

mandara-gireḥ	of Mount Mandara	SB 3.28.27

mandara-giri	of Mandara Mountain	SB 12.13.2

mandara-giri	of Mandara Mountain	SB 12.13.2

mandara-giri-śikharāt	from the top of Mandara Mountain	SB 5.16.17

mandara-giri-śikharāt	from the top of Mandara Mountain	SB 5.16.17

mandara-giri-śikharāt	from the top of Mandara Mountain	SB 5.16.17

mandara-girim	Mandara Mountain	SB 8.6.33

mandara-girim	Mandara Mountain	SB 8.6.33

mandara-hariṇaḥ	Mandara-hariṇa	SB 5.19.29-30

mandara-hariṇaḥ	Mandara-hariṇa	SB 5.19.29-30

mandara-utsańge	on the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain	SB 5.16.16

mandara-utsańge	on the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain	SB 5.16.16

mandaraḥ	the mountain known as Mandara	SB 8.5.10

mandaraḥ	the mountain named Mandara	SB 5.16.11

mandaram	Mandara Mountain	SB 8.6.22-23

meru-mandara-śikharāt	from the top of Merumandara Mountain	SB 5.16.19

meru-mandara	Sumeru and Mandara	CC Madhya 14.86

meru-mandaraḥ	the mountain named Merumandara	SB 5.16.11

meru-mandaraḥ	the mountain named Merumandara	SB 5.16.11

meru-mandara-śikharāt	from the top of Merumandara Mountain	SB 5.16.19

meru-mandara	Sumeru and Mandara	CC Madhya 14.86

meru-mandara-śikharāt	from the top of Merumandara Mountain	SB 5.16.19

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mandara	noun (masculine) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a mirror (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a pearl chain consisting of 8 or 16 strings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a people name of a sacred mountain (the residence of various deities) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a son of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a tree of paradise or one of the 5 trees in Indra's heaven (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Vidyādhara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a valley (?) near Avimukta (?) [medic.] name of an antidote Frequency rank 2748/72933

mandara	adjective firm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) large (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) slow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) sluggish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) tardy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) thick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 61485/72933

merumandara	noun (masculine) name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 62587/72933

Wordnet Search

"mandara" has 3 results.


mandara	nirudyogin, nirudyoga, anudyoga, alasa, ālasya, ālasyaśīla, manda, manthara, mandara, anudyogaśīla, udyogadveṣin, udyogavimukha, manākkara, kuṇṭha, jaḍa, śīta, tandrālu, mandagati yaḥ karmaśīlaḥ nāsti। nirudyoginaḥ vyakteḥ jīvanaṃ kāṭhinyena paripūrṇam।
mandara	mandarācalaḥ, mandaraḥ manthanārthe upayojitaḥ śailaḥ। viṣṇunā kūrmāvatāre mandarācalaḥ svasya pṛṣṭhe dhāritaḥ।
mandara	svargaḥ, suralokaḥ, nākaḥ, tridivaḥ, tridaśālayaḥ, suralokaḥ, dyoḥ, dyau, triviṣṭapam, mandaraḥ, avarohaḥ, gauḥ, ramatiḥ, phalīdayaḥ, svaḥ, aparalokaḥ, amaralokaḥ, indralokaḥ, devalokaḥ, devanikāyaḥ, paruḥ, puruḥ, ṣaḥ, sukhādhāraḥ, saurikaḥ, haḥ hindumatānusāreṇa saptalokeṣu tat sthānaṃ yatra puṇyātmā nivasati। satkarmaṇā manuṣyaḥ svarge gacchati।

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