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मरुधन्व (marudhanva)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
मरुधन्व marudhanva
m.
sandy desert
मरुधन्व marudhanva
m.
wilderness
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मरु—धन्व
m.
a wilderness, sandy desert,
BhP.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
मरुधन्वः
पुं*
मरु-धन्वः -
"वीराना, उजाड़"
L R Vaidya
English
maru-Danva {% m. %} a wilderness.
पुराणम्
English
मरुभूमि / MARUBHŪMI (marudhanva). The ancient name of the present Rājasthān. In mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 5 we see that nakula had won a victory over marudhanva during his triumphal march over the western country. kāmyakavana in which is included tṛṇabindu sarovara, is in marudhanva. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 258, Verse 13). marudhanva was also known as “Mārvāṭa”. The sage uttaṅka lived in Mārvāṭa. In mahābhārata, aśvamedha Parva, Chapters 53, 54 and 55 it is stated that once śrī kṛṣṇa showed his viśvarūpa to this sage at Mārvāṭa.