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मंदरा (maMdarA)

 
L R Vaidya
English
maMdara {% (I) a. (f. रा) %} 1. Slow, tardy
2. thick, dense
3. bulky.
maMdara {% (II) m. %} 1. Name of a mountain
(this mountain was used as a churning-stick by the gods and Asuras when they churned the ocean for nectar), शोभैव मंदरक्षुब्धक्षुभितांभोधिवर्णना Sis.ii.107, अभिनवजलधरसुंदरं धृतमंदर Git.G.i., Kir.v.30, R.iv.27
2. heaven
3. a necklace of sixteen strings
4. a mirror
5. one of the five trees in Indra’s paradise.