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Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

dohadam	1.7.27	Neuter	Singular	abhilāṣaḥ, lipsā, īhā, icchā, kāmaḥ, vāñchā, spṛhā, tarpaḥ, manorathaḥ, tṛṭ, kāṅkṣā	desire or longing

śraddhāluḥ	2.6.21	Feminine	Singular	dohadavatī

Monier-Williams Search

18 results for dohada

दोहद

m. (also n.

;probably Prakrit for. daurhṛda- literally sickness of heart, nausea) the longing of a pregnant woman for particular objects (figuratively said of plants which at budding time long to be touched by the foot or by the mouth[

] of a lovely woman)

दोहद

m. any morbid desire or wish for (locative case or compound f(ā-).)

etc.

दोहद

m. pregnancy

दोहद

according to to Luders from duhalī- = dvihṛd-,"pregnant".

दोहद

m. a kind of fragrant substance used as manure

दोहददुःखशीलता

f. "tendency to morbid desires", pregnancy

दोहदलक्षण

n. "having morbid longing as its mark", a fetus or embryo

दोहदलक्षण

n. the period of passing from one season of life to another

दोहदप्रकार

m. Name of work on pregnancy.

दोहदवती

f. having a pregnant woman's longing for anything

दिव्यदोहद

n. divine desire, the object of a deity's desire

दिव्यदोहद

mfn. fit for an offering or oblation

कान्ताचरणदोहद

m. "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman"(to hasten its blossoms), the tree Jonesia Asoka

कान्ताङ्घ्रिदोहद

m. "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman"(to hasten its blossoms), the tree Jonesia Asoka

नक्षत्रदोहदशान्तिक

n. Name of work

पलालदोहद

m. "longing for straw", the mango tree (the fruit of which is sometimes ripened in straw)

स्त्रीमुखमधुदोहद

m. drinking or desiring the nectar of a women's mouth, Mimusops Elengi (according to to some also "the aśoka-")

वृक्षदोहद

(prob.) n. Name of work

Apte Search

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dohadaḥ	दोहदः दम् [दोहमाकर्ष ददाति दा-क] 1 (a) The longing of a pregnant woman; प्रजावती दोहदशंसिनी ते R.14. 45; उपेत्य सा दोहददुःखशीलतां यदेव वव्रे तदपश्यदाहृतम् 3.6,7. (b) The desired object itself. -2 Pregnancy. -3 The desire of plants at budding time (as, for instance, of the Aśoka to be kicked by young ladies, of the Bakula to be sprinkled by mouthfuls of liquor &c.); महीरुहा दोहदसेकशक्तेराकालिकं कोरकमुद्गिरन्ति N.3.21;R.8.63; Me.78; see अशोक. -4 Vehement desire; प्रवर्तितमहासमर- दोहदा नरपतयः Ve.4. -5 Wish or desire in general. -Comp. -दुःखशीलता pregnancy; उपेत्य सा दोहददुःख- शीलताम् R.3.6. -धूपः a kind of fragrant substance used as manure; दाडिमे दोहदधूपिनि द्रुमे N.1.82. -लक्षणम् 1 the fœtus, the embryo (= दौर्हृदलक्षण q. v.). -2 the period of passing from one stage of life to another.

dohadavatī	दोहदवती A pregnant woman longing for anything.

Macdonell Search

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dohada	m. [corruption of dau(r) hrida] longing of pregnant women; violent desire, for (lc., --°ree;); longing of plants for the touch of a beautiful maiden which elicits their blossoms: -duhkha-sîla, a.suffering from mor bid longing during pregnancy: -tâ, f. morbid condition of longing during pregnancy; -lak shana, n. sign of pregnancy.

DCS with thanks

3 results


dohada	noun (masculine) a kind of fragrant substance used as manure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) any morbid desire or wish for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) pregnancy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the longing of a pregnant woman for particular objects (fig. said of plants which at budding time long to be touched by the foot or by the mouth of a lovely woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 11291/72933

dohadaka	noun (neuter) dohada Frequency rank 55053/72933

kāntāṅghridohada	noun (masculine) the tree Jonesia Asoka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 49101/72933

Wordnet Search

"dohada" has 6 results.


dohada	icchā, ākāṅkṣā, vāñchā, dohadaḥ, spṛhā, īhā, tṛṭ, lipsā, manorathaḥ, kāmaḥ, abhilāṣaḥ, tarṣaḥ, ruk, iṣā, śraddhā, tṛṣṇā, ruciḥ, matiḥ, dohalam, chandaḥ, iṭ manodharmaviśeṣaḥ। nirduḥkhatve sukhe cecchā tajjñānādeva jāyate। icchā tu tadupāye syādiṣṭopāyatvadhīryadi।।
dohada	garbhavatī, garbhiṇī, antarvatnī, gurviṇī, dohadavatī, sasatvā, āpannasatvā, udariṇī, gurvī yasyāḥ udare garbhaḥ asti। garbhavatyāḥ suśruṣā samyak kartavyā।
dohada	bakūlaḥ, agastyaḥ, vakavṛkṣaḥ, kesaraḥ, keśaraḥ, siṃhakesaraḥ, varalabdhaḥ, sīdhugandhaḥ, mukūlaḥ, mukulaḥ, strīmukhamadhuḥ, dohalaḥ, madhupuṣpaḥ, surabhiḥ, bhramarānandaḥ, sthirakusumaḥ, śāradikaḥ, karakaḥ, sīsaṃjñaḥ, viśāradaḥ, gūḍhapuṣyakaḥ, dhanvī, madanaḥ, madyāmodaḥ, cirapuṣpaḥ, karahāṭakaḥ, karahāṭaḥ, strīmukhamadhudohadaḥ, strīmukhamadhudohalaḥ, strīmukhapaḥ, śītagandhā, dhanvaḥ, sīdhugandhaḥ, karakaḥ, kesaraḥ, cirapuṣpaḥ, mukuraḥ, dantadhāvanaḥ vṛkṣaviśeṣaḥ, puṣpaṣpavṛkṣaviśeṣaḥ āyurvede asya guṇāḥ śītalatvahṛdyatvaviṣadoṣanāśitvam। bakūlasya phalam dantasthairyakaram asti।
dohada	bakulaḥ, sindhupuṣpaḥ, śāradikā, gūḍhapuṣpakaḥ, cirapuṣpaḥ, dhūkaḥ, bhramarānandaḥ, madhupuṣpaḥ, maghagandhaḥ, madyalālasaḥ, madyāmodaḥ, makulaḥ, makuraḥ, viśāradaḥ, śakradrumaḥ, śivakesaraḥ, sarvakesaraḥ, siṃhakesaraḥ, sthirapuṣpaḥ, strīmukhamadhudohadaḥ, strīmukhamadhudohalaḥ, strīmukhapaḥ, śītagandhā, dhanvaḥ, sīdhugandhaḥ, karakaḥ, kesaraḥ, cirapuṣpaḥ, dhanvī, mukuraḥ, dantadhāvanaḥ, strīmukhamadhuḥ ekasya ciraharitasya vṛkṣasya puṣpam। bakulasya sugandhaḥ tīvraḥ bhavati।
dohada	dohadavatī, śraddhāluḥ, dohadānvitā, daurhṛdinī annapānādidravyaviśeṣābhilāṣavatī garbhavatī। dohadavatyai viśeṣā śraddhā deyā।
dohada	garbhavatī, antaḥsattvā, āpannasattvā, āptagarbhā, udariṇī, gurviṇī, daurhṛdinī, sagarbhā, sasattvā, dohadavatī, gurvī garbhayuktā strī। garbhavatīnāṃ viśeṣaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ karaṇīyam।

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