adhara

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [na dhriyate; dhṛ-ac, na. ta.] 1 Lower (opp. uttara), (lit. not held up); tending downwards; under, nether, downward; ºvāsaḥ under garment Ki. 4. 38; cf. ºaṃbara Śi. 1. 6; ºoṣṭha lower or nether lip, see below. (In this sense adhara partakes of the character of a pro- noun). --2 Low, mean, vile; ºuttaraṃ See below; lower in quality, in- ferior. --3 Silenced, worsted, not able to speak; See hīna, hīnavādin. --4...

[mw] mfn. (connected with adh/as), lower, inferior, tending downwards 19,3 3971 mfn. low, vile 19,3 3972 mfn. worsted, silenced 19,3 3973 m. the lower lip, the lip 19,3 3974

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a. [na dhriyate; dhṛ-ac, na. ta.] 1 Lower (opp. uttara), (lit. not held up); tending downwards; under, nether, downward; ºvāsaḥ under garment Ki. 4. 38; cf. ºaṃbara Śi. 1. 6;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

229

Texts Appeared In

54

DCS: a Diospyros | Monier-Williams: A-DAra &c. See under A-√ Df .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Viṣṇupurāṇa 31 13.5%
2. Garuḍapurāṇa 18 7.9%
3. Tantrāloka 18 7.9%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 15 6.6%
5. Āyurvedadīpikā 13 5.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ādhāraiḥ

  nādhunā te 'khilādhāra devakāryāvaśeṣitam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ādhāraḥ

  eka evādvitīyo 'bhūd ātmādhāro 'khilāśrayaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: ādhāraṃ

  paraṃ kavīnām ādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam