droṇaḥ

Dictionary meanings for droṇaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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droṇaḥ

Normalized lookup: dronah

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[cf. Uṇ. 3. 10] 1 A lake 400 poles long.

2 A cloud (or a particular kind of cloud) abound- ing in water (from which rain streams forth as from a bucket); koyamevaṃvidhe kāle kālapāśasthite mayi. anāvṛṣṭihate śasye droṇamegha ivoditaḥ.. Mk. 10. 26.

3 A raven or a car- rion crow.

4 A scorpion.

5 A tree (in general).

6 A tree bearing (white) flowers.

7 N. of the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas....

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