Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dāra दार – wife; spouse

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

wife; spouse

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāra1 ·m. ī f. rent, cleft.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāra2 ·m. sgl. & pl. (f. ā & n. pl.) wife; dārān kṛ or pra--kṛ take a wife, marry.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāra dāra, as, m. (fr. rt. dṝ), a rent, cleft, gap, hole; a ploughed field; a wife, (usually occurring in the m. pl. ās or in comp.: an exceptional form dārā, f. sing., occurs in one or two passages; and in Pañca- tantra I. 450, the neut. pl. dārāṇi); dārān kṛ, to take a wife, marry; [cf. kṛta-d˚.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Dāra; the meaning ‘a ploughed field’ to be erased; the words printed ekake dāre in Manu IX. 38. should be eka-kedāre, (see kedāra.)

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

1. dāra auch adj. aufwühlend; s. bhūdāra. — Die Bed. a ploughed field bei BENFEY beruht auf einem Druckfehler M. 9,38 ed. LOIS. DESL. dārī KATHĀS. 74,196 fehlerhaft für darī.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. dāra (von 1. dar) m. Riss, Spalte, Loch; s. udara˚, karbu˚. adārasṛt (nicht in eine Spalte gerathend; so zu verbessern u. d. W.) vindate gātuṃ na dāre dhāvati PAÑCAV. BR. 15,3,7.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. dārá gew. m. pl. Eheweib (Eheweiber) P. 3,3,20, Vārtt. (vgl. P. 6,1,159). P. 1,2,53, Sch. SIDDH. K. 249,b,11. AK. 2,6,1,6. AK. 3,4,31,240. TRIK. 3,5,6. H. 513. dārānkurvīta er nehme sich ein Weib GOBH. 2,1,1. GOBH. 3,4,1. MBH. 1,1045. dārāṃśca kuru MBH. 1,4156. gurudāreṣu M. 2,217. M. 7,213. M. 8,359. INDR. 5,37. MBH. 3,2630. MBH. 3,3019. ŚĀK. 92. ŚĀK. 122. HIT. 10,20. ṛtau svadāragāmī ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,11. dārādhigamana M. 1,112. svadāranirata M. 3,45. paradāropasevana M. 4,134. M. 8,352. R. 1,6,12. ˚lakṣaṇa GṚHYASAṂGR. 2,35. M. 8,227. dārādhīna M. 9,28. putradāra n. sg. Sohn und Weib, Kind und Weib M. 4,239. M. 8,114. BRĀHMAṆ. 1,19. dārasuta n. sg. dass. YĀJÑ. 2,175. dāragavá n. sg. Weib und Kühe P. 5,4,77. gaṇa rājadantādi zu P. 2,2,31. VOP. 6,8. sadāra adj. RAGH. 2,23. m. sg.: śrotriyasya dāreṇa nopahāsamicchet PĀR. GṚHY. 1,11. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6,4,12 (dvāreṇa st. dāreṇa). gurudāre M. 2,247. MBH. 4,414. MBH. 12,748. MBH. 12,6100. HARIV. 14687. BHĀG. P. 6,14,38. dārā f. sg.: ekāmātmano dārām BHĀG. P. 7,14,11. paradārāsmi MBH. 4,413. n. pl.: paradārāṇi PAÑCAT. I, 450. — Vgl. kṛtadāra.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

1. dāra — 1〉 Adj. aufwühlend in bhū˚. — 2〉 m. Riss, Spalte, Loch. — 3〉 f. dārī Riss, Schrunde.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. dāra — 1〉 m. Sg. (ĀPAST. 1,14,24. 26,11) und Pl., f. ā (BHĀG. P.) und n. Pl. (nur Spr. 4805, v. l.) Eheweib. dārān kar oder pra-kar (Chr. 67,13) ein Weib nehmen. — 2〉 das 7te astrol. Haus UTPALA zu VARĀH. BṚH. 1,20.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāraḥ 1 A rent, gap, cleft, hole. 2 A ploughed field. — rāḥ [dārayaṃti bhrātṝn) iti dārāḥ. cf. P. III. 3. 20 Vārt.] (m. pl.) A wife; ete vayamamī dārāḥ katyeyaṃ kulajīvitaṃ Ku. 6. 63; daśarathadārānadhiṣṭhāya vasiṣṭhaḥ prāptaḥ U. 4; Pt. 1. 100; Ms. 1. 112; Ms. 2. 217; Ś. 4. 16, Ś. 5. 29. Comp. — adhīna a. dependent on a wife. — upasaṃgrahaḥ, -grahaḥ, — parigrahaḥ, -grahaṇaṃ marriage; nave dāraparigrahe U. 1. 19. — karman n., — kriyā marriage; R. 5. 40. — valibhuj m. a crane.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. dāra m., ī f. Riss, Spalte.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. dāra m. Sg. u. Pl. (f. ā, n. Pl.) Weib, Gattin. dārān (pra-) kar ein Weib nehmen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

dāra dāra m. Au pl. épouse. Femelle d'un couple d'animaux. dāraka m. enfant, fils. Petit d'un animal. dārakarman n. mariage.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.3-5.5: Bhoga-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.253-5.260: Haushalter-Abschluss 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 156–162: Secret and Closure 1 occurrence

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