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मन्दोदरी (mandodarI)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
मन्दोदरी
f.
 (-री) A proper name, the wife of RĀVAṆA.
E.
 मन्द slow,
heavy, उदर the belly,
aff.
 ङीष्.
Capeller Eng
English
मन्दोदरी
f.
N.
 of a wife of Ravana.
Yates
English
मन्दो_दरी (री) 3.
f.
 Rāvana's wife.
Wilson
English
मन्दोदरी
f.
 (-री) A proper name, the wife of RĀVAṆA.
E.
 मन्द slow, heavy, उदर the belly,
aff.
 ङीष्.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मन्दोदरी
f.
N.
 of Rāvaṇa's favourite wife (daughter of Maya and mother of Indra-jit
she advised her husband to deliver Sītā to Rāma, but he did not heed her
she is regarded as one of the five very chaste women, the other four being Ahalyā, Draupadī, Sītā, and Tārā),
MBh.
R.
&c.
of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda,
MBh.
of the mother of the lexicographer Jaṭā-dhara,
Cat.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
मन्दोदरी
स्त्री*
 मन्द-उदरी -
"रावण की पत्नी का नाम, पाँच सती स्त्रियों में से एक"
L R Vaidya
English
maMda-udarI {% f. %} name of Rāvaṇa’s wife.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
मन्दोदरी , N. einer °Amme, S II, 351, 13.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 मन्दोदरी, मयतनया
noun
रावणस्य भार्या तथा च मयस्य कन्या।
"मन्दोदरी रावणं वारंवारं असङ्केतयत् यद् सीता रामाय प्रत्यर्प्य सन्धिं करोतु इति।"
Mahabharata
English
Mandodarī^1, wife of Rāvaṇa. § 533 (Sītā-Rāvaṇasaṃv.): III, 281, 16181 (bhāryā me bhava…yathā Mºī, says Rāvaṇa to Sītā).
Mandodarī^2, a mātṛ. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 46, 2635.
पुराणम्
English
मन्दोदरी २ / MANDODARĪ II. A virtuous princess of the kingdom of siṁhala. She determined to live an unmarried life but was forced by destiny to marry a cruel and uncharitable husband. The story of this mandodarī as related to devī by Mahiṣāsura is given below.
candrasena, King of siṁhala, got of his wife guṇavatī a very beautiful daughter named mandodarī. Even when she was ten years old the King started searching for a suitable husband for her He found out kambugrīva son of sudhanvā, King of Madradeśa and informed his daughter about his desire to make him his son-in-law. But mandodarī replied that she never intended to marry and desired to spend her life worshipping God. candrasena felt miserable at her reply.
Years went by and mandodarī became a blooming lady and yet she remained firm in her determination. One day she was playing in the royal gardens with her companions when the prince of kosala, vīrasena came that way by mistake. The extraordinary beauty of the princess attracted him and he māde a request to her through her companions to marry him. But mandodarī refused.
Time rolled on and soon the marriage of her younger sister indumatī came. candrasena invited all the neighbouring Kings for that. The King of madra cārudeṣṇa was also present for the marriage. The King was very charming to look at but was very bad in character. mandodarī was attracted by his external beauty and she expressed her willingness to marry him. Her father was immensely pleased and on the nearest auspicious day she was given in marriage to cārudeṣṇa.
mandodarī went to the palace of cārudeṣṇa and they lived happily for some time. One day she saw her husband having sexual acts with the wife of one of the palace servants. She reproached her husband and yet two days later she saw her husband with another servant girl. She was greatly disappointed and she left the palace for the forests where she started performing penance.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
मन्दोदरी,
स्त्री,
 (मन्दं उदरं यस्याः । स्त्रियांङीष् ।) रावणमहिषी । सा तु मयदानवकन्या ।इति रामायणम् ॥
(यथा, महाभारते । ३ ।२८० । १६ ।“भार्य्या मे भव सुश्रोणि ! यथा मन्दोदरीतथा ॥
”कुमारानुचरमातृगणभेदः । यथा, महा-भारते । ९ । ४६ । १७ ।“मन्दोदरी तुहुण्डी च कोटरा मेघवाहिनी ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
मन्दोदरी स्त्री मयदानवकन्यायां रावणमहिष्याम् ।
Capeller
German
मन्दोदरी
f.
 Frauenname.
Burnouf
French
मन्दोदरी मन्दोदरी
f.
 np. de la femme de Rāvaṇa.