dhurya

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [dhuraṃ vahati, yat] 1 Fit for a burden, able to bear a burden &c. --2 Fit to be entrusted with import- ant duties. --3 Standing at the head, chief, foremost; see below. --ryaḥ 1 A beast of burden. --2 A horse or bul- lock yoked to the pole of a carriage; nāvinītairvrajed dhuryaiḥ Ms. 4. 67; yenedaṃ dhriyate viśvaṃ dhuryairyānamivādhvani Ku. 6. 76; dhuryān viśrāmayeti R. 1. 54, 6. 78; 17. 19. --3 One who carries...

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a. [dhuraṃ vahati, yat] 1 Fit for a burden, able to bear a burden &c. --2 Fit to be entrusted with import- ant duties. --3 Standing at the head, chief, foremost; see below. --ryaḥ...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

54

Texts Appeared In

23

DCS: being at the top

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 21 38.9%
2. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 5 9.3%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2 3.7%
4. Buddhacarita 2 3.7%
5. Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra 2 3.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: dhuryo

  sa dhuryo vai parispandan yugacakrāntaraṃ yathā

• Mahābhārata surface: dhurya

  vīryam āsthāya kaunteya dhuram udvaha dhuryavat

• Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) surface: dhuryaṃ

  dhuryaṃ vā dāpayet tasmin sarvāṅgaruciraṃ nṛpa