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धौर (dhaura)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
धौर
m.
 Grislea Tomentosa,
Bhpr.
Monier Williams 1872
English
धौर धौर, अस्, m. Grislea Tomentosa.
—धौरादित्य-तीर्थ (°र-आद्°), अम्, n., N. of
a Tīrtha.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? dhaura = (or error for?) Skt. dhaureya, in (puruṣasiṃhena puruṣarṣabheṇa) puruṣa-dhaureṇa (puruṣajāneyena, see -jāneya) Mv 〔ii.133.8〕 (prose)
in essentially the same passage in which other texts read puruṣa-dhaureyeṇa, but in Mv with v.l. °dhaureṇa, LV 〔350.12〕
Mv 〔i.229.8〕
〔ii.284.18〕. The word dhaureya, = Pali dhoreyya and (purisa-)dhorayha, occurs occasionally in Skt., and seems to mean primarily stout animal, capable of bearing burdens, but then secondarily best of his kind (= mukhya, Schmidt, Nachträge). In the cliché passage just mentioned, it refers to superior men, esp. Buddhas (used in reference to Śākyamuni at the moment of enlightenment). In … dhīrā dhaureyā dhṛtimanto …, in the midst of a long description of the inhabitants of Sukhāvatī, Sukh 〔61.6〕 (prose)
in Mv 〔ii.364.16〕 (vs), of a man who worships at stūpas, dṛḍhavīryo dṛḍhasthāmo dhaureyo (replaced by vīraś ca in citation Śikṣ 〔299.3〕) dṛḍhavikramo. In all these it is not entirely clear how definite the lit. mg., stout animal, remained. In any case (puruṣa-)dhaureya seems pretty well established as standard Skt.
and I suspect that dhaura is a mere error.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
धौरः,
पुं,
 धववृक्षः । इति भावप्रकाशः ॥