amara

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[apte] a. [mṛ-pacādyac na. ta.] Undy- ing, immortal, imperishable; ajarāmara- vat prājño vidyāmarthaṃ ca sādhayet H. Pr. 3, Ms. 2. 148. --raḥ 1 A god, deity. --2 N. of a Marut. --3 N. of a plant (snuhīvṛkṣa). --4 Quicksilver. --5 Gold. --6 A species of pine. --7 The number 33 (that being the number of Gods). [Page0149-c+ 58] --8 N. of Amarasiṃha, see below; of of a mountain. --9 Mystical significa- tion of the syllable u....

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a. [mṛ-pacādyac na. ta.] Undy- ing, immortal, imperishable; ajarāmara- vat prājño vidyāmarthaṃ ca sādhayet H. Pr. 3, Ms. 2. 148. --raḥ 1 A god, deity. --2 N. of a Marut. --3 N. of...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

514

Texts Appeared In

51

DCS: sucking the breast of (comp.)

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 176 34.2%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 59 11.5%
3. Matsyapurāṇa 45 8.8%
4. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 28 5.4%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 23 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Pāśupatasūtra surface: amaraḥ

  amaraḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: amara

  gṛhodyānaṃ kusumitai ramyaṃ bahvamaradrumaiḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: amara

  na bhajet sarvatomṛtyur upāsyam amarottamaiḥ