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4 results for valabhi
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valabhior (more usual) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
valabhif. (perhaps abbreviated fr. vala-bhid-,"cloud-splitting") the ridge of a roof. top or pinnacle of a house etc. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
valabhif. a turret or temporary building on the roof of a house, upper room View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
valabhif. Name of a town in saurāṣṭra- (also bhi-pura-). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
Apte Search
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valabhiḥ वलभिः भी f. [वल्यते आच्छाद्यते वल्-अभि वा ङीप्] (Also frequently written वडभिः -भी) 1 The sloping roof, the wooden frame of a thatch; धूपैर्जालविनिःसृतैर्वलभयः संदिग्ध- पारावताः V.3.2; सौधान्यत्यर्थतापाद्वलभिपरिचयद्वेषिपारावतानि M.2.12; Bhāg.9.1.17. -2 The topmost part (of a house); a turret; दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा भवनवलभीतुङ्गवातायनस्था Māl. 1.15; वास्तोष्पतीनां च गृहैर्वलभीभिश्च निर्मितम् Bhāg.1.5. 54; Me.4; Śi.3.53. -3 N. of a town in Saurāṣṭra; अस्ति सौराष्ट्रेषु वलभी नाम नगरी Dk.; Bk.22.35. -Comp. -निवेशः an upper room.
Macdonell Search
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valabhid m. smiter of Vala, Indra.
DCS with thanks
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valabhi noun (feminine) a kind of alchemical apparatus a turret or temporary building on the roof of a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a town in Saurāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ridge of a roof (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
top or pinnacle of a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upper room (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

Frequency rank 13745/72933
valabhika noun (masculine) a kind of poisonous animal
Frequency rank 64803/72933
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