अद्रिका (adrikA)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अद्रिका f.
  N.
  of an Apsaras.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 अद्रिका,  f.,  N. of an Apsaras.

Goldstucker

English

 अद्रिका f. (-का) An Apsaras or heavenly nymph,  the wife
of Amāvasu and mother of Satyavatī. E. अद्रि,  taddh. aff.
कन् and fem. aff. टाप्.

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Wordnet

Sanskrit

Synonyms:
  अद्रिका
noun
 
एका अप्सराः।
 "अद्रिकायाः वर्णनं पुराणेषु अस्ति।"

Mahabharata

English

Adrikā,  an Apsaras,  cursed by Brahmán to become a fish
 when dwelling in the Yamunā river she drank the semen of Uparicara,  was caught by a flsherman,  and gave birth to Matsya and Satyavatī. § 76: I,  63,  2388--9.--§ 191 (Arjuna): 123,  4817 (with other Apsarases she sings and dances at the birth of Arjuna).

पुराणम्

English

अद्रिका / ADRIKĀ. A nymph (devastrī). There is a story in devībhāgavata about her being cursed by a Brahmin and turned into a fish.

Stchoupak

French

 अद्रिका-
 f.
  n.
  d'une Apsaras.

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