Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vardhana वर्धन – growing; increasing; promoting

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

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AYI dictionary adjective

growing; increasing; promoting

Derived from

  1. vṛdh वृध् verbal root — grow; increase; augment
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive feminine

várdhana1 ·f. increasing, growing, thriving; strengthening, furthering, promoting, animating, exhilarating, delighting (mostly --°). -- m. increaser, a man's name. n. increase, growth, prosperity; rearing, educating, strengthening, enlargement, refreshment.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vardhana2 ·n. the cutting (cf. nābhi°).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective

2. vardhana, as, ī, am, increasing, augmenting, growing, thriving; enlarging, causing to increase, magnifying, strengthening; exhilarating, making joy- ful, animating; bestowing prosperity; (as), m. a granter of increase, bestower of prosperity; N. of Śiva; a tooth growing over another tooth; N. of one of Skanda's attendants; of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Mitra-vindā; (ī), f. a broom, brush; a water-jar of a particular shape; (am), n. the act of increasing, growing, thriving; increase, growth, prosperity, suc- cess; the act of making larger, enlargement, making great, magnifying; elevation; a means of strength- ening, restorative; animation, exhilaration; rearing, educating.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

1. vardhana, am, n. the act of cutting or cutting off; [cf. nābhi-v˚.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. várdhana (von 1. vardh) oxyt. P. 3,2,149, Schol. proparox. (saṃjñāyām) gaṇa nandyādi zu P. 3,1,134. 1〉 adj. (f. ī) a〉 wachsend, zunehmend; = vardhiṣṇu AK. 3,1,28. MED. n. 121. (hariḥ) karmāṇyārabhate kartuṃ kīnāśa iva vardhanaḥ wie ein Geizhals, der immer reicher und reicher wird, MBH. 5,2536. — b〉 mehrend, stärkend; ergötzend, begeisternd; Wachsthumgeber, Mehrer u. s. w.: i̱yaṃ te̱ gīḥ sada̱midvardhànī bhūt ṚV. 10,4,7. ya̱jño hi tà indra̱ vardhàno̱ bhūt ṚV. 3,32,12. ṚV. 5,73,10. ṚV. 7,22,7. ṚV. 8,51,4. ha̱viṣā̱ vardhànena trā̱tāra̱mindràmakṛṇorava̱dhyam VS. 8,46. yo vàrdhana̱ oṣàdhīnām ṚV. 7,101,2. stomàsya ṚV. 8,8,5. ˚nī rāṣṭrasya AIT. BR. 8,7. ojasaḥ SUŚR. 1,175,10. als Beiw. Śivaʼs Wachsthumgeber MBH. 13,1232. In comp. mit dem obj.: pittāgni˚ SUŚR. 1,217,21. viṣa˚ Spr. 489. vitta˚ M. 10,85. rāśi˚ Spr. 4859. varṣa˚ UTTARAR. 66,8 (85,8). saṃtāna˚ YĀJÑ. 1,90. māna˚ M. 9,115. kīrti˚ MBH. 1,121. hṛcchaya˚ MBH. 3,2154. harṣa˚ HARIV. 6369. HARIV. 14554. R. 1,1,17. R. 2,45,7. R. 3,79,24. R. 5,80,30. R. 5,86,13. Spr. 4250 (fem.). RĀJA-TAR. 3,137. BHĀG. P. 3,4,34. BHĀG. P. 3,19,38. BHĀG. P. 5,1,23. BHĀG. P. 7,1,4. BHĀG. P. 8,22,28. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 20,b,7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 68,a, No. 119, Z. 10. sattra˚ fördernd BHĀG. P. 1,7,2. apavarga˚ BHĀG. P. 3,25,12. pura˚ Wohlfahrt verleihend HARIV. 8187. kuru˚ erfreuend MBH. 1,1739. MBH. 14,403. kekaya˚ R. 7,38,13. manonayana˚ ergötzend BHĀG. P. 3,28,16. BHĀG. P. 4,8,49. — 2〉 m. a〉 Ueberzahn SUŚR. 1,303,10. SUŚR. 1,304,13. — b〉 N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge Skandaʼs MBH. 9,2540. eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa von der Mitravindā BHĀG. P. 10,61,16. — 3〉 f. ī a〉 Besen H. 1016. HALĀY. 2,147. — b〉 ein Wasserkrug von best. Form H. 1021, v. l. H. an. 3,411. MED. HALĀY. 2,162. PAÑCAR. 3,6,7. GĀRUḌA-P. 48_im_ŚKDR.; vgl. vārdhanī. — 4〉 n. a〉 Wachsthum, Zunahme; = vṛddhi TRIK. 3,3,249. H. an. MED. īhante māṃsaśoṇitavardhanam MBH. 12,12053. kulasya R. 1,13,55. yaśasaḥ R. 2,74,26. das Gedeihen, Mächtigwerden Spr. 1828. Spr. 2755. svapakṣa˚ R. 6,11,11. — b〉 Vergrösserung: vedi˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 8,8,22. āśānām Spr. 651. — c〉 Stärkungsmittel; Ergötzung, Begeisterung ṚV. 1,10,10. ṚV. 1,52,7. ṚV. 1,80,1. yasya̱ brahma̱ vardhàna̱ṃ yasya̱ somàḥ ṚV. 2,12,4. ṚV. 2,39,8. ṚV. 8,81,5. ṚV. 10,49,1. yo bhojànaṃ ca dayàse ca̱ vardhànam ṚV. 2,13,6. ṚV. 3,36,1. ṚV. 8,1,3. i̱damùcyate̱ vacàḥ svā̱doḥ svādī̀yo ru̱drāya̱ vardhànam ṚV. 1,114,6. ṚV. 1,140,3. NIR. 4,19. — d〉 das Aufziehen, Grossziehen: bālayoḥ KATHĀS. 21,119. — Vgl. aṇḍa˚, aśoka˚, uktha˚, kanda˚, kapha˚, kamala˚, kula˚, keśa˚, krodha˚, kṣatra˚, go˚, cāruvardhanā, devavardhana, dyumna˚, dravya˚, dharma˚, dhānya˚, nanda˚, nandi˚, nṛmṇa˚, paśu˚, puṇḍra˚, puṇya˚ (als adj. Verdienst mehrend HARIV. 14554), puṣṭi˚, prabhākara˚, bala˚, brahma˚, bhūmi˚, bhoga˚, mati˚, mitra˚, meru˚, yajña˚, rakta˚, rati˚, ratna˚, rāja˚, rājya˚, rāma˚, rājya˚, rāṣṭra˚, lakṣmi˚ (unter lakṣmi), liṅga˚, vaṃśa˚, śaṃkara˚, śaṃbhu˚, stoma˚.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. vardhana (von 2. vardh) n. das Abschneiden AK. 3,3,7. TRIK. 3,3,249. H. 372. H. an. 3,411. MED. n. 121. HALĀY. 4,44. — Vgl. nābhi˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. vardhana 4〉a〉 Z. 3 Spr. 2755 in caus. Bed. das Erheben, Befördern: khalānām; vgl. Spr. (II) 5991.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

1. várdhana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 wachsend, zunehmend, reicher werdend. — b〉 mehrend, stärkend, fördernd, Wohlfahrt verleihend, Mehrer, Wachsthumgeber u. s. w. Häufig in Comp. mit seinem Object. — c〉 ergötzend, begeisternd, erfreuend. Häufig in Comp. mit seinem Object. — 2〉 — a〉 Ueberzahn. — b〉 ein best. Tact S. S. S. 213. — c〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines Wesens im Gefolge Skandaʼs. — b〉 eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa. — 3〉 f. vardhanī — a〉 *Besen. — b〉 ein Wasserkrug von bestimmter Form HEMĀDRI 2,b,137,9. 10. 14. AGNI-P. 34,14. fgg. 40,23. Aus vārdhanī entstanden. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Wachsthum, Zunahme, [Page6-036-b] das Gedeihen, Mächtigwerden. — b〉 Vergrösserung, Verstärkung, das Erheben, Befördern. — c〉 das Aufziehen, Grossziehen. — d〉 Stärkungsmittel, Labungsmittel.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. vardhana — 1〉 das Abschneiden. Vgl. nābhi˚. — 2〉 am Ende von Städtenamen (z. B. puṇḍra˚) wohl so v. a. Stadt. nagare kāśivardhane MAHĀVĪRAC.184,19. Vgl. altpersisch vardana, 2. varth Caus. und vardhaki, vardhakin.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

vardhana a. [vṛdh-ṇic lyu lyud vā] 1 Increasing, growing. 2 Causing to increase, enlarging, magnifying. — naḥ 1 A bestower of prosperity. 2 A tooth growing over another tooth. 3 N. of Śiva. — nī 1 A broom. 2 A bier. 3 A water-jar of a particular shape. — naṃ 1 Growing, thriving. 2 Growth, increase, prosperity, magnifying, enlargement. 3 Elevation. 4 Exhilaration (of spirits), animation. 5 Educating, rearing. 6 Cutting, dividing; as in nābhirvadhanaṃ 7 A means of strengthening, restorative. 8 Filling.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. vardhana n. das Abschneiden.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. várdhana, f. ī wachsend, gedeilhend; mehrend, stärkend, fördernd (oft —˚). n. Wachstum, Zunahme; das Großziehen, Stärkung, Mehrung, Labung.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

vardhana a. (sfx. ana) qui augmente. — S. n. augmentation, accroissement. Action de couper, de tailler, de fendre. — F. [ī] petite cruche. Balai, brosse. [Page568-2]

Occurrences in source texts (1)

MAN 1 occurrence
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya-Mantra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN TB 1.1 Segment 6

    Attested form: vardhanam Grammar of the segment: accusative singular masculine

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