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खर
खर
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- khara (Latin script)
- ඛර (Sinhalese script)
- ခရ (Burmese script)
- ខរ (Khmer script)
- ขร (Thai script)
Noun
खर ?
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰaras.
Adjective
खर • (khara)
- hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid (opposed to मृदु and श्लक्ष्ण).
- solid (opposed to द्रव, fluid).
- dense (clouds).
- sharp, hot (wind).
- hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word).
- sharp-edged.
- cruel.
Noun
खर • (khara) m
- donkey (so called from his cry).
- mule
- osprey
- heron
- crow
- thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade or perhaps Alhagi maurorum) L.
- name of a fragrant substance.
- quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (compare ἐσχάρα).
- a place arranged for building a house upon.
- name of the 25th year of the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle.
- दैत्य or demon
- name of the असुर धेनुक.
- name of a रक्षस् slain by राम (younger brother of रावण).
- name of an attendant [of the Sun (= धर्म).
- name of a रुद्र
- ‘a she-mule’ » खरी-वात्सल्य.
- name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue.
Descendants
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899