Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dhvaṃsa ध्वंस – falling down, perishing, destruction, demolition

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsá ·m. decay, ruin, fall.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Dhvaṃsa, as, m. falling down, perishing, destruc- tion, demolition; vanishing, ceasing to exist, loss, ruin; (ī), f. a mote in a sun-beam.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsa (von dhvaṃs) 1〉 m. das Zerfallen, Verfall, das zu-Grunde-Gehen, zu-Nichte-Werden, Verschwinden, Aufhören, Untergang; = atyaya Schol. zu P. 2,1,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,59. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,71. yāti dhvaṃsaṃ sarvalokaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,10 (11). dhruvaṃ dhvaṃso bhāvī jalanidhimahīśailasaritām PRAB. 82,14. udayadhvaṃsādiyuktaṃ jagat PRAB. 112,4. tantūnāṃ pakṣmaṇāṃ lomnāṃ syāddhvaṃsaśca viṣāśrayāt KĀM. NĪTIS. 7,23. ripu˚ ŚATR. 14,163. bandha˚ KAP. 1,87. dhairya˚ BHARTṚ. Suppl. 17. PAÑCAT. l, 117. kalmaṣadhvaṃsakārin ad HIT. I, 17. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 166,b, Śl. 21. kārya˚ Vereitelung einer Angelegenheit GHAṬ. NĪTIS. 16_in_HAEB. Anth. 506. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 288. — 2〉 f. ī = trasareṇu 1: jālāntaragate sūryakare dhvaṃsī (von dhvaṃsin?) vilokyate VAIDYAKAPAR._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dhvaṃsá 1〉 TBR. 3,12,7,2. antaḥpuradhvaṃsakārin so v. a. schändend KATHĀS. 106,166. KATHĀS. 113,10.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dhvaṃsa 2〉 vielleicht fehlerhaft für vaṃśī, wie BHĀVAPR. und ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,11. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,14 lesen.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsá m. das Zerfallen, Verfall, das zu Grunde Gehen, zu Nichte Werden, Verschwinden, Aufhören, Untergang. Pl. TBR.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsaḥ [dhvaṃs-bhāve ghañ] 1 Falling down, sinking, falling to pieces. 2 Vanishing, disappearance. 3 Loss, destruction, ruin. — sī A mote in the sun-beam.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsá m. Zerfall, Verfall, Schwund, Untergang.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

dhvaṃsa dhvaṃsa m. chute; destruction. dhvaṃsana n. (sfx. ana) chute; destruction. Action de faire tomber, de détruire.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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