dāru

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [dīryate dṝ-uṇ] 1 Tearing, rending. --2 Liberal. --3 Kind. --ruḥ 1 A liberal or munificent man. --2 A do- nor. --3 An artist. --ru n. (said to be m. also) 1 Wood, a piece of wood, timber. --2 A block. --3 A lever. --4 A bolt. --5 The pine or Devadāru tree. --6 Ore. --7 Brass. --Comp. --aṃḍaḥ the peacock. --āghāṭaḥ the wood-pecker. --kṛtyaṃ wood-work; Pt. 1. 90. --garbhā a wooden puppet. --jaḥ a kind of drum....

[mw] m. n. (g. ardharcādi) a piece of wood, wood, timber RV.; AV.; TS.; Br.; Up.; MBh.; R. &c (usually n., m. only Hariv. 15522) 476,1 91700 n. Pinus Devada1ru devadāru Sus3r. 476,1 91701 n. ore L. [ connected with 4. dru and taru; cf. also Zd. dauru; Gk. δόρυ, δρῦς; Goth. triu; Germ. treṭo; Eng. tree ]. 059141 476,1 91702 m. or n. N. of a district 476,1 91703

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a. [dīryate dṝ-uṇ] 1 Tearing, rending. --2 Liberal. --3 Kind. --ruḥ 1 A liberal or munificent man. --2 A do- nor. --3 An artist. --ru n. (said to be m. also) 1 Wood, a piece of...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

221

Texts Appeared In

59

DCS: connection; union | Monier-Williams: dAru [connected with 4. dru and taru ; cf. also Zd. dauru ; Gk.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 32 14.5%
2. Mahābhārata 31 14.0%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 19 8.6%
4. Suśrutasaṃhitā 16 7.2%
5. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 10 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: dāru

  alābudāruvastrādīnām anyatamaṃ yat prāpyate tat khalu hiṃsāsteyādirahitena krame

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: dāruṇi

  kārdamaṃ vīryam āpanno jajñe 'gnir iva dāruṇi

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: dāruṇy

  yathānalaḥ khe 'nilabandhur uṣmā balena dāruṇy adhimathyamānaḥ