sādhvasa

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[mw] n. (ifc. f (A).; fr. sa + dhvasa = dhvaṃsa) consternation, perturbation, alarm, terror, fear of (gen. or comp.; saṃ-gam, to become terrified) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1202,3 241877 n. (in dram.) false alarm, sudden fright, panic (one of the 7 divisions of the Bhan2ika1 bhaṇikā q.v.) Sa1h. 151892 1202,3 241878 mfn. overwhelmed with consternation MW. 151893 1202,3 241879

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n. (ifc. f (A).; fr. sa + dhvasa = dhvaṃsa) consternation, perturbation, alarm, terror, fear of (gen. or comp.; saṃ-gam, to become terrified) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1202,3 241877 n. (in...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

55

Texts Appeared In

13

Monier-Williams: (in dram. ) false alarm, sudden fright, panic (one of the 7 divisions of the B

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 12 21.8%
2. Daśakumāracarita 9 16.4%
3. Kāmasūtra 6 10.9%
4. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5 9.1%
5. Kumārasaṃbhava 5 9.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: sādhvasā

  prāptakālaṃ tu te manye rājānaṃ vītasādhvasā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: sādhvasaḥ

  tadā nirvāsayāmāsa vālī vigatasādhvasaḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: sādhvasaḥ

  prabodhya mahatā cainaṃ yatnenāgatasādhvasaḥ