barbara

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] mfn. (also written varvara) stammering (See -tā) 722,1 142920 mfn. curly Ka1t2h. 722,1 142921 m. (pl.) the non- A1ryan Aryan s, barbarians MBh.; R. &c 722,1 142922 m. the country of the barbarians W. 722,1 142923

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mfn. (also written varvara) stammering (See -tā) 722,1 142920 mfn. curly Ka1t2h. 722,1 142921 m. (pl.) the non- A1ryan Aryan s, barbarians MBh.; R. &c 722,1 142922 m. the country...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

26

Texts Appeared In

11

DCS: name of a teacher | Monier-Williams: = barbarI f. and ˚rIka n.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 11 42.3%
2. Rājanighaṇṭu 6 23.1%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 1 3.8%
4. Ānandakanda 1 3.8%
5. Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu 1 3.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: barbaraṃ

  hiṅgulaṃ barbaraṃ raktaṃ suraṅgaṃ sugaraṃ smṛtam

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: barbara

  triśaṅkur barbaradrāvavītadraviḍakoṅkaṇān

• Mahābhārata surface: barbarān

  siṃhalān barbarān mlecchān ye ca jāṅgalavāsinaḥ