Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

randhra रन्ध्र – opening; hole

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

opening; hole

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

rándhra ·n. (m.) opening, cleft, hole, pit; defect, flaw, weak part.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

randhra randhra, am, n. (rarely also as, m.; said to be fr. rt. radh, probably connected with rt. rad), a slit, split, opening, fissure, aperture, hole, chasm, vent, cavity, (nine openings are usually reckoned in the human body, viz. two in the nose, eyes, and ears respectively, one in the mouth, urethra, and anus, and there is an imaginary tenth opening in the skull); a symbolical expression for the number nine; N. of a particular part of a horse's head; a defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weak part, assailable point; N. of the eighth astrological mansion.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

rándhra (wohl von rad) n. SIDDH. K. 249,b,1. im BHĀG. P. bisweilen auch m. 1〉 Oeffnung, Spalte, Höhlung AK. 1,2,1,2. AK. 3,4,24,150. H. 1363. H. an. 2,422. MED. r. 79. HALĀY. 3,2. HALĀY. 5,49. u̱śanā̱ yatpàrā̱vatà u̱kṣṇo randhra̱mayā̀tana . dyaurna càkradadbhi̱yā etwa Ohrhöhle oder Luftröhre des Ochsen, auf einen Mythus oder eine Oertlichkeit bezüglich, ṚV. 8,7,26 (= madhya SĀY.). ukṣṇorandhra PAÑCAV. BR. 13,9,13 ist N. pr. — vṛkṣasya MBH. 3,15995. bhuvaḥ RAGH. 15,82. śaila˚ RAGH. 10,36. KATHĀS. 19,112. KATHĀS. 53,110. MEGH. 58. nābhi˚ RAGH. 18,19. aṅguli˚ RAGH. 6,19. mṛtkumbhavālukārandhrapidhāna SĀH. D. 64,11. nakharandhramuktairmuktāphalaiḥ kesariṇām KUMĀRAS. 1,5. valmīka˚ BHĀG. P. 9,3,3. jālāmukha˚ BHĀG. P. 10,41,22. jāla˚ BHĀG. P. 60,4. BHĀG. P. 60,5. suṣumṇā˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 104,b,33. śroto˚ MEGH. 43. vaktra˚ RAGH. 9,63. netra˚ BHĀG. P. 10,32,8. śirobhistimayaḥ sarandhrairūrdhvaṃ vitanvanti jalapravāhān RAGH. 13,10. RĀJA-TAR. 2,86. tvaksārarandhraparipūraṇalabdhagīti ŚIŚ. 4,61. veṇu˚ PAÑCAR. 3,5,16. randhrānveṇoḥ BHĀG. P. 10,21,5. viveśa tenaiva pathā labdharandhro hṛdi smaraḥ KATHĀS. 3,59. susūkṣmeṇāpi randhreṇa praviśatyantaraṃ ripuḥ Spr. 3285. Es werden zehn Oeffnungen am menschlichen Leibe angenommen: je zwei an Nase, Augen und Ohren, dann Harnröhre, After, Mund und eine vermeintliche am Schädel (s. brahmarandhra) ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,5,20. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,8,7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 311,a,3 v. u. galarandhra Luftröhre NĪLAK._zu_MBH. 12,10262. Wohl = yoni in der Stelle vyasanamanekarandhram (nānāgarbhavāsarūpam Comm.) BHĀG. P. 3,31,21. — 2〉 Bez. eines best. Theils am Kopfe des Pferdes (vgl. uparandhra) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 66,4. — 3〉 Fehler, Mangel H. an. MED. prakāśarandhrāṇi ratnāni śāstrāṇi ca VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,1. Blösse, Schwäche: svarandhragoptar YĀJÑ. 1,310. MBH. 1,4573. MBH. 6,4949. MBH. 13,132. MBH. 15,210. praharanti ca randhreṣu R. 5,90,11. Spr. 1751. Spr. 4391. Spr. 4818. BHAR. NĀṬYAŚ. 34,67. fg. MṚCCH. 125,18. KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,95. KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,15. ˚gupti KĀM. NĪTIS. 29. KĀM. NĪTIS. 19,29. RAGH. 12,11. RAGH. 15,17. RAGH. 17,61. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,39. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,21. ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 84. RĀJA-TAR. 4,519. taṃ hantuṃ randhraṃ pratīkṣate BHĀG. P. 10,61,20. PAÑCAT. 182,2. randhropanipātino 'narthāḥ (vgl. chidreṣvanarthā bahulībhavanti Spr. 533. Spr. 2334) das Unglück trifft immer die schwache Stelle, das Unglück kommt nie allein ŚĀK. 81,8. — 4〉 Bez. des 8ten astrologischen Hauses VARĀH. BṚH. 6,7. VARĀH. BṚH. 6,11. VARĀH. BṚH. 9,6. VARĀH. BṚH. 25,6. — Vgl. karṇa˚ (auch KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,45. KATHĀS. 29,146), nagarandhrakara, nī˚ (adv. ununterbrochen UTTARAR. 105,10 = UTTARAR. 143,2 der neueren Ausg.), prāṇa˚, bahurandhrikrā, brahmarandhra (auch PRAB. 1,10), bhīru˚, mahī˚, mānarandhrā und chidra.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

randhra vgl. noch śiti˚, sa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

rándhra — 1〉 n. (im BHĀG. P. bisweilen auch m.) — a〉 Oeffnung, Spalte, Höhlung. Am menschlichen Leibe werden 10 Oeffnungen angenommen; je zwei an Nase, Augen und Ohren, dann Harnröhre, After, Mund und eine vermeintliche am Schädel. — b〉 so v. a. vulva. — c〉 eine best. Theil am Körper des Pferdes. — d〉 Fehler, Mangel. — e〉 Blösse, Schwäche, schwache Stelle. — f〉 das achte astrologische Haus. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Manu Bhautya VP. 23,29. v. l. bradhna.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

rándhra n. (m.) Öffnung, Spalte, Loch; Blöße, Schwäche, Mangel.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

randhra randhra n. fente, fissure, trou, ca verne, antre. Défaut, vice. randhrababhru m. rat.

Occurrences in source texts (23)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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HP 4 occurrences
HP 2.57-2.59: Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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HP 4.56-4.66: The Middle Path 1 occurrence

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.21*2–23*1: Utkarṣa and Apakarṣa 1 occurrence

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SiSa 16 occurrences
SiSa 2.13-2.20: Suṣumṇā und Citrā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.21-4.25: Zehn Mudrās 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.31-4.36: Mahāmudrā-Wirkung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.36-5.37: Inneres Licht 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.132-5.143: Innere Vārāṇasī 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 10 occurrences

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