mayūra मयूर – peacock-like; pertaining to a peacock

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mayū́ra ·m. ī f. peacock or hen; abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

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mayūra mayūra, as, m. (probably fr. rt. 2. mā, but according to Uṇādi-s. 1. 68. fr. rt. 1. mī), a peacock; a species of flower, cock's comb, Celosia Cristata; Achyranthes Aspera; a kind of instrument for measuring time; N. of an Asura; of a poet; of a mountain; (ī), f. a peahen; a pot-herb, Basella Rubra; (am), n. a particular posture in sitting; N. of a city; [cf. māyūra.]

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mayū́ra (von mā, mimāti) UṆĀDIS. 1,68 (proparox.; vgl. jedoch P. 4,2,44, Sch.). gaṇa pṛṣodarādi zu P. 6,3,109. 1〉 m. a〉 Pfau AK. 2,5,30. TRIK. 2,5,26. H. 1319. H. an. 3,593. MED. r. 200. HALĀY. 2,86. VS. 24,23. VS. 24,27. LĀṬY. 8,12,6. Ind. St. 4,108. Ind. St. 8,267. HARIV. 10775. fg. R. 3,79,15. R. 3,79,16. SUŚR. 1,74,18. SUŚR. 1,114,10. SUŚR. 1,201,1. SUŚR. 1,228,13. RAGH. 3,56. ṚT. 1,13. ŚĀK. 105,1. ad ŚĀK. 78. Spr. 2504. WEBER, JYOT. 21. Verz. d. B. H. No. 897. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 86,b,38. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 92,b,40. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 123,a,18. varamadya kapoto na śvo mayūraḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 216,a,41. ˚piccha ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,9,10. ˚dhvaja Verz. d. B. H. No. 434 (LXI). ˚citraka n. Titel des 47ten Adhyāya in VARĀH. BṚH. S.; vgl. barhicitraka VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,2. ˚rāja HIOUEN-THSANG I, 138. mayū́rī f. Pfauhenne ṚV. 1,191,14. AV. 7,56,7. R. 3,79,15. KATHĀS. 29,180. UTTARARĀMAC. 41,8. P. 1,2,67, Sch. mayūratva n. nom. abstr. KATHĀS. 71,277. KATHĀS. 71,301. mayūrībhū KATHĀS. 284. — b〉 Hahnenkamm, Celosia cristata AK. 2,4,3,30. H. an. MED. Achyranthes aspera (s. apāmārga) H. an. MED. — SUŚR. 2,134,21. — c〉 ein best. zur Bestimmung der Zeit dienendes Instrument SŪRYAS. 13,21. — d〉 N. pr. eines Asura MBH. 1,2671. eines Dichters HALL in der Einl. zu VĀSAVAD. S. 7. VĀSAVAD. S. 8. VĀSAVAD. S. 21. VĀSAVAD. S. 49. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 124,a,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 124,a,50. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 142,a,13. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 150,b,32. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 258,b,15. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 348,b, No. 819. Vaters eines Śaṅku Verz. d. Oxf. H. 125,a,4. — e〉 N. pr. eines Berges MĀRK. P. 55,13. — 2〉 f. ī a〉 Pfauhenne; s. u. 1,a. — b〉 ein best. Gemüse, Basella rubra u. s. w. WILSON nach ŚABDĀRTHAK. — 3〉 n. (sc. āsana) a〉 eine best. Art zu sitzen Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,a,19. — b〉 N. pr. einer Stadt HIOUEN-THSANG I, 230. — Vgl. mattamūyara fg., mahāmayūrī, māyūra, māyūrika.

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mayū́ra — 1〉 m. — a〉 Pfau. Nom. abstr. mayūratā f. (KĀD. 104,19) und ˚mayūratva n. — b〉 eine best. Pflanze. Nach den Lexicographen Hahnenkamm, Celosia cristata und Achyranthes aspera. — c〉 ein best. zur Bestimmung der Zeit dienendes Instrument. — d〉 ein best. Gangart S. S. S. 253. — e〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Asura. — β〉 eines Dichters (PRASANNAR. 8,2) und eines andern Mannes. — γ〉 eines Berges. — 2〉 f. mayū́rī — a〉 Pfauhenne. — b〉 *eine best. Gemüsepflanze. — 3〉 n. — a〉 eine best. Art zu sitzen. — b〉 N. pr. einer Stadt EITEL, Chin. B.

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mayūraḥ [mī-ūran Uṇ. 1. 67] 1 A peacock; smarati girimayūra eṣa devyāḥ U. 3. 20; phaṇī mayūrasya tale niṣīdati Rs. 1. 13. 2 A kind of flower. 3 N. of a poet (author of the sūryaśataka); yasyāścoraścikuranikaraḥ karṇapūro mayūraḥ P. R. 1. 22. 4 A kind of instrument for measuring time. — rī A pea-hen; (Proverb: — varaṃ tatkālopanatā tittirī na punardivasāṃtaritā mayūrī Vb. 1., or varamadya kapoto na śvo mayūraḥ ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’.) Comp. — ariḥ a lizard. — ketuḥ an epithet of Kārtikeya. — grīvakaṃ blue vitriol. — caṭakaḥ the domestic cock. — cūḍā a peacock's crest. — tutthaṃ blue vitriol. — patrin a. feathered with peacock's feathers (as an arrow); R. 3. 56. — padakaṃ a scratch in the form of a peacock's foot (made with the fingernails.) — rathaḥ an epithet of Kārtikeya. — vyaṃsakaḥ a cunning peacock. — śikhā 1 a peacock's crest. 2 a cock's comb.

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mayūra Father-in-law of Bāṇa and author of the SūryaŚataka composed by him to be freed from leprosy. A contemporary of Bāṇa q. v.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

mayūra m., ī f. Pfau, Pfauhenne. Abstr. mayūratā f., ˚tva n.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

mayūra mayūra m. [f. ī] paon. Célosie crête-de-coq; achyranthes; baselle; bot. mayūraka m. paon. Cé'osie; achyranthes; bot. — N. sulfate de cuivre. mayūracaṭaka m. coq domestique. mayūracūḍā f. célosie crête-de-coq. mayūrapadaka n. sorte d'égratignure d'ongle. mayūrāri m. (ari) caméléon, lézard.