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अहल्याahalyā

अहल्या (ahalyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the wife of Gautama or Sharadvat, the name of an Apsaras, of a lake, unploughed, gautama's wife, the wife of the Rishi Gautama. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Wife of Gautama/Śaradvat, Detailed mythological accounts, A lake.

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13
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Meanings by context

Wife of Gautama/Śaradvat

7 definitions
the wife of Gautama or Sharadvat

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Gautama or Sharadvat

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An Apsara. 2. The wife of Gautama.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Gautama

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Gautama

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the wife of Gautama

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gautama's wife

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Detailed mythological accounts

3 definitions
The wife of the Rishi Gautama.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. The daughter of Mudgala, wife of Gautama, and mother of Shatananda. 2. A holy place named in her honor where she performed penance and attained release.

— The Purana Index

1. Daughter of Vindhyashva and Menaka, sister of Divodasa, wife of Sharadvat, and mother of Shadananda. 2. Redeemed of her sins by Rama.

— The Purana Index

A lake

1 definition
of a lake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Adjective: unploughed

1 definition
Unploughed

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Apsaras

1 definition
the name of an Apsaras

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.