pāṃḍu

Dictionary meanings for pāṃḍu from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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pāṃḍu

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Pale-white, whitish, pale, yellowish; vikalakaraṇaḥ pāṃḍucchāyaḥ śu- cā paridurbalaḥ U. 3. 22. ḍuḥ 1 The pale-white or yellowish-white colour.

2 Jaundice.

3 A white elephant.

4 N. of the father of the Pāṇḍavas. [He was begotten by Vyāsa on Am- bālikā, one of the widows of Vichi- travīrya. He was called Pāṇḍu, be- cause he was born pale (pāṃḍu) by rea- [Page0692-a+ 58] son of his mother having become quite...

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