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अनुराध (anurAdha)

 
Apte
English
अनुराध [anurādha],
a.
Causing welfare
also written as अनूराध
इन्द्रं वयमनूराधं हवामहे Av.
Born under the asterism अनुराधा
P.
 IV.* 3.34. -धः
N.
 of a Buddhist. -धा [अनुगता राधां विशाखाम् ।]
N.
 of the 17th of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms (so called because it follows राधा or विशाखा). It consists of four stars.
Comp.
 -ग्रामः, -पुरम् the ancient capital of Laṅkā or Ceylon
founded by अनुराध. Also called अनुरोधपुर, described by Rājaśekhara as full of curiosities. It is a large town in the north of Ceylon "with 16 square granite pillars which supported the floor of an enormous monastery called 'The Great Brazen Palace' said to have been built in 161 B. C."
Apte 1890
English
अनुराध a. 1 Causing welfare
also written as अनूराध
इंद्रं वयमनूराधं हवामहे Av.
2 Born under the asterism अनुराधा P. IV. 3. 34.
धा [अनुगता राधां विशाखां] N. of the 17th of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms (so called because it follows राधा or विशाखा). It consists of four stars.
Comp.
ग्रामः,
पुरं the ancient capital of Laṅkā or Ceylon
also called अनुरोधपुर, described by Rājaśekhara as full of curiosities. It is a large town in the north of Ceylon “with 1600 square granite pillars which supported the floor of an enormous monastery called ‘The Great Brazen Palace’ said to have been built in 161 B. C.”
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अनु-राध
mfn.
 See अनूराध॑
born under the asterism Anurādhā,
Pāṇ.
 iv, 3, 34
अनु-राध
m.
N.
 of a Buddhist
अनु-राध
m.
pl.
 the seventeenth of the twenty-eight Nakṣatras or lunar mansions (a constellation described as a line of oblations).
Monier Williams 1872
English
अनु-राध, अस्, आ, अम्, causing welfare
see अनू-
राध
born under the asterism Anurādhā
(आ), f.
the seventeenth of the twenty-eight Nakṣatras or
lunar mansion, a constellation described as a row
of oblation.
—अनुराध-ग्राम, अस्, m. or अनु-
राध-पुर, अम्, n. the ancient capital of Ceylon
founded by a man named Anurādha.
Goldstucker
English
अनुराध I. Tatpur. 1. Compare अनूराध. E. राध् with अनु,
kṛt aff. अच्.
2. f. (-धा) The seventeenth Nakshatra (q. v.) or lunar
mansion, described as a row of oblations
it consists of
four, or according to a different reading, of three stars
its
chief and middlemost star is placed by the authorities in
3° or 2° or 1° 45'S. and in 224° or 224° 5'E., and must in-
tend the star near the head of the Scorpion (δ Scorpionis)
and the asterism probably comprises βδπ and ρ Scorpionis.
Also written अनूराधा. See राधानुराधा and विशाखानुराधा.
E. अनु and राधा, the name of the sixteenth Nakshatra.
II. 1. m. f. n. (-धः-धा-धम्) Born under the constellation
Anurādhā.
2. m. (-धः) A proper name, the son of Pāṇḍu-Śākya
and founder of the village or town Anurādha (see अनुराध-
ग्राम and अनुराधपुर), the ancient capital of Ceylon. E.
अनुराधा with लुक् of the taddh. aff. अण्.