सेतु

{ sētuḥ, setu }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

SETU   A King of the family of Bharata. He was the son of Babhru and the father of Anārabdha. [Bhāgavata, Skandha 9] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : पुल, बाँध

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

सेतु n.  (सो. द्रुह्यु.) एक राजा, जो मत्स्य एवं वायु के अनुसार द्रह्यु राजा का पुत्र, एवं अरुद्ध राजा का पिता था [मत्स्य. ४८.६] ; [वायु. ९९.७] । भागवत में इसे बभ्रु राजा का पुत्र कहा गया है, एवं इसके पुत्र का नाम ‘आरब्ध’ बताया गया है [भा. ९.२३.१४] । विष्णु में इसे ‘सेतुपुत्र’ अथवा ‘आरद्वत’ कहा गया है । महाभारत में निर्दिष्ट अंगारसेतु अथवा अंगार राजा संभवतः यही होगा (अंगार देखिये) ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A bridge.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  A bridge.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. पूल ; बांध ; धरण . [ सं . ]
०बंध  पु. 
   वानरसैन्य लंकेत नेण्यासाठी रामाच्या आज्ञेवरुन नलाने समुद्रावर बांधलेला पूल .
   ( सामा . ) पूल .

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : पुल

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सेतु  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. √ 1. सि) binding, who or what binds or fetters, [RV.]
सेतु  m.  m. a bond, fetter, ib.
   a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations), [RV.] &c. &c.
सेतुबन्ध    राम's bridge (See ), [BhP.]
   a landmark, boundary, limit (also fig. = ‘barrier, bounds’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also N. of various commentaries), [Cat.]
   an established institution, fixed rule, [MW.]
मन्त्राणां सेतुः   the प्रणव or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be ), [KālP.]
वरण    Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (= , वरुण), [L.]
    N. of a son of द्रुह्यु and brother of बभ्रु, [Hariv.]
   of a son of बभ्रु, [Pur.]
   of a place, [MW.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सेतुः [sētuḥ]   [सि-तुन् [Uṇ.1.69] ]
   A ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dam; नलिनीं क्षतसेतुबन्धनो जलसंघात इवासि विद्रुतः [Ku.4.6;] [R.16.2.]
   A bridge in general; वैदेहि पश्या मलयाद्विभक्तं मत्सेतुना फेनिलमम्बुराशिम् [R.13.2;] सैन्यैर्बद्धद्विरदसेतुभिः 4.38;12.7; [Ku.7.53.]
   A landmark; ज्येष्ठे मासि नयेत् सीमां सुप्रकाशेषु सेतुषु [Ms.8.245.]
   A defile, pass, a narrow mountain-road.
   A boundary, limit.
   A barrier, limitation, obstruction of any kind; दुष्येयुः सर्ववर्णाश्च भिद्येरन् सर्वसेतवः Subhāṣ.
   A fixed rule or law, an established institution; सूचकाः सेतुभेत्तारः ...... ते वै निरयगामिनः [Mb.13.23.66.]
   The sacred syllable om; मन्त्राणां प्रणवः सेतुस्तत्सेतुः प्रणवः स्मृतः । स्रवत्यनोङ्कृतं पूर्वं परस्ताच्च विदीर्यते ॥ [Kālikā P.]
   A reservoir or a lake; सहोदकं आहार्योदकं वा सेतुं बन्धयेत् [Kau.A.2.1.]
   A bond, fetter.
   An explanatory commentary.
   Comp. बन्धः the forming or construction of a bridge, cause-way &c.; [Kau.A.2.1;] वयोगते किं वनिता- विलासो जले गते किं खलु सेतुबन्धः Subhāṣ.; [Ku.4.6.]
   the ridge of rocks extending from the southern extremity of the Coromandel coast towards Ceylon (said to have been built for Rāma's passage to Laṅkā by Nala and the other monkeys); [Bhāg.7.14.31.]
   any bridge or cause-way.
-भेदिन्   a.
   breaking down barriers.
   removing obstructions. (-m.) N. of a tree (दन्ती).

Shabda-Sagara

सेतु  m.  ( -तुः)
   1. A mound, a bank, a causeway, dyke, an elevated piece of ground separating fields, and serving, during their inundation in the rains, for the passage of travellers, &c.
   2. A bridge.
   3. A pass, a defile, a road practised in mountainous countries, and places of difficult access.
   4. A land-mark.
   5. A boundary.
   6. A barrier, an obstruction of any kind.
   7. A fixed rule or law.
   8. An epithet of the sacred syllable “Om.”
   9. A tree, (Tapia cratæva.)
    E. षि to bind, तुन् Unādi aff.

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षि तुन्