धुन्धुमार

{ dhundhumārḥ, dhundhumāra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

DHUNDHUMĀRA   A king of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. (See under Kuvalāśva). He was also called Kuvalayāśva

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : कुवलयाश्व, धुंधुमार

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

धुन्धु—मार  n.  m. ‘slayer of Dh°’, N. of कुवलाश्व, [MBh.] &c. ( -त्व n., [Hariv. 672])

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धुन्धु मार

   a son of त्रि-शङ्कु and father of युवनाश्व, [R.]; [Daś.]
   the cochineal insect, [L.]
गृह-धूम   a kind of plant (= ), [L.]

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गृह धूम

   a house-lizard (?), [W.]
   the smoke of a house (?), ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

धुन्धुमारः [dhundhumārḥ]   1 A kind of insect (इन्द्रगोप).
   The smoke of a house.

Shabda-Sagara

धुन्धुमार  m.  ( -रः)
   1. The name of a sovereign; also named Kuvalayāswa. 2. An insect, (Coccinella.)
   3. The smoke of a house.
   4. A house. A house lizard
    E. धूम smoke reiterated, ऋ to go, affix अण्, deriv. irr. or धुन्धुं मारयति-मारि-अण्-उप-स० .

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धूम ऋ अण् धुन्धुं मारयति-मारि-अण्-उप-स० .