daṃṣṭrā

Dictionary meanings for daṃṣṭrā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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daṃṣṭrā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[daṃś ṣṭran ṭāp] A large tooth, tusk, fang; prasahya maṇimuddharenmakarava- ktradaṃṣṭrāṃkurāt Bh. 2. 4; R. 2. 46; daṃṣṭrābhaṃgaṃ mṛgāṇāmadhipataya iva vyaktamānā- valepā nājñābhaṃgaṃ sahaṃte nṛvara nṛpatayastvā- dṛśāḥ sārvabhaumāḥ.. Mu. 3. 22. Comp. astraḥ, āyudhaḥ a wild boar. ka- rāla a. having terrible tusks. viṣaḥ a kind of snake.

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