आर्द्राārdrā

आर्द्रा (ārdrā) is a Sanskrit word meaning wet, moist, or damp, fresh, succulent, and living, fresh, new, soft, tender, warm, loose, flaccid, name of a grandson of Prithu. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them The Nakshatra/Constellation Ārdrā, Wet, Moist, or Fresh (due to moisture), Specific Entities (Ginger, Person, Festival).

Root
अर्द् (ard)
Definitions
14
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Meanings by context

The Nakshatra/Constellation Ārdrā

5 definitions
the fourth or sixth lunar mansion

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a constellation consisting of one star

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a lunar mansion

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the name of a constellation

The Purana Index

the star Alpha Orionis

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Wet, Moist, or Fresh (due to moisture)

3 definitions
wet, moist, or damp

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fresh, succulent, and living

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Wet or moist. 2. Fresh or new. 3. Soft or tender. 4. Loose or flaccid.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Entities (Ginger, Person, Festival)

2 definitions
Name of a grandson of Prithu

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

fresh ginger

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fresh or New (general sense)

1 definition
fresh, new

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Loose, Flaccid

1 definition
loose, flaccid

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Moisture, Dampness (as a noun)

1 definition
dampness or moisture

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Soft, Tender, Emotionally Warm

1 definition
soft, tender, warm

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.