Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kandara कन्दर – cavity; opening

substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

cavity; opening

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

kandara ·n. cave, glen.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kandara kandara, as, ā or ī, am, m. f. n. (perhaps fr. kam-dara), an artificial or natural cave; a glen, a defile, a valley; (as), m. a hook for driving an elephant; (am), n. dry ginger (in this sense fr. kanda, ‘consisting of bulbs’?).

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kandará gaṇa aśmādi zu P. 4,2,80 (caturṣvartheṣu von kanda; vgl. kandara P. 4,2,3.) m.f.n. TRIK. 3,5,22. n. SIDDH. K. 249,b,1. 1〉 m. f. (kandarī́ gaṇa gaurādi zu P. 4,1,41) n. Höhle, Schlucht AK. 2,3,6. TRIK. 3,3,339. H. 1033. H. an. 3,528 (kandure st. kandaro). MED. r. 133. siṃhaḥ — kandarasthaḥ R. 5,11,6. siddhādhyāsitakandare BHARTṚ. 1,67. kiṃ kandāḥ kandarebhyaḥ pralayamupagatāḥ BHARTṚ. 3,26. tadanviṣyatāṃ kaścinnirvāto vanapradeśaḥ . guhā vā girikandaraṃ vā PAÑCAT. 93,8. girīṇāṃ kandarāṇi R. 3,75,72. R. 4,48,3. R. 4,9,42. R. 4,49,19. R. 6,19,30. DRAUP. 5,7. MEGH. 57. VID. 35. BHĀG. P. 4,6,11. BHĀG. P. 7,12,20. vasudhādharakandarā VIKR. 16. MEGH. 57, v. l. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 3,8865. Viell. zusammeng. aus kam + dara. — 2〉 m. ein Haken zum Antreiben des Elephanten (aṅkuśa) TRIK. 3,3,339. MED. H. an. (aṅkura!). — 3〉 Ingwer (aus Knoten — Knollen [kanda] bestehend) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kandára UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 3,131. 1〉 m. f. (ā) HALĀY. 2,12. giri MBH. 12,4285. Spr. 2183. BHĀG. P. 10,21,18. astādrikandarā KATHĀS. 72,364. — 4〉 f. ā zur Erklärung von caṇḍālikā die Laute der Caṇḍāla H. an. 4,13. kiṃnarā st. kandarā MED. — 5〉 f. ā N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs MBH. 9,2627. — Vgl. surabhi˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kandara — 1〉 (*m.) f. (ā) n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Höhle, Schlucht. — 2〉 *m. ein Haken zum Antreiben des Elephanten. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 *die Laute der Cāṇḍāla. — b〉 N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs. — 4〉 *n. Ingwer.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kandara 2〉 GĪT. 12,24. [Nachtrag, Band 4]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kandara II. 4. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

kandara n. Höhle, Schlucht.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kandara kandara m. (ka eau; dṛ) trou; fosse, mare; caverne (?). — kandarā et kandarī f. mms.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kandara kandara m. (kand) aiguillon de cornac.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.79-3.86*1: Vajrolī 1 occurrence

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