दमयन्तीdamayantī

दमयन्ती (damayantī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the wife of Nala, a kind of jasmine, a kind of cucumber, a cucumber, victoria, a proper name. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Damayantī, the epic heroine (wife of Nala), A type of Jasmine plant, Textual emendation note.

Root: दम् (dam)
Definitions: 10

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Meanings by context

Damayantī, the epic heroine (wife of Nala)

8 definitions

the wife of Nala

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Victoria. 2. The wife of Nala.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wife of Nala. 2. A cucumber.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A proper name

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The name of the wife of Nala.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the daughter of Bhima

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. The daughter of Bhima and wife of Nala, famous from the Mahabharata. 2. A kind of cucumber.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

daughter of the Vidarbha king Bhima, wife of Nala, and mother of Indrasena and Indrasena

दमयन्ती (damayantī) [Printed book page 230-1]
Damayantī¹, daughter of the Vidarbha king Bhīma, wife

of Nala and mother of Indrasena and Indrasenā. § 11

(Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 436.—§ 240 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 199,

7351 (°ī yathā Nale).—§ 344 (Nalop.): III, 53, 2080 (her

birth according to a boon granted by Damana), 2081, 2087,

2092, 2094, 2097, 2098, 2102.—§ 345 (do.): III, 54, 2104,

2105, 2108, 2109, 2111, 2113, 2124 (Vidarbharājño duhitā),

2130; 55, 2137, 2139, 2145, 2153; 56, 2172, 2177, 2183,

2184; 57, 2192, 2198, 2212, 2220, 2223, 2230, 2231,

2236, 2237 (married to Nala, and mother of Indrasena and

Indrasenā).—§ 346 (do.): III, 58, 2241, 2245; 59, 2265;

60, 2272, 2279, 2282, 2292.—§ 347 (do.): III, 61, 2299,

2303, 2307, 2313, 2320, 2321, 2326, (2328); 62, 2335,

2338, 2339, 2340, 2345, 2347, 2352; 63, 2362, 2392, 2396,

2398; 64, (2413), 2425, 2433 (Vidarbharājatanayāṃ), 2443,

2460, 2467, 2484, 2491, 2497 (Vīrasenanṛpasnuṣā), 2499

(Bhīmasutā), 2504, 2510, 2521; 65, 2550, 2560, 2574,

2583, 2598, 2606, 2607.—§ 348 (do.): III, 66, 2608.—

§ 349 (do.): III, 67, 2652.—§ 350 (do.). III, 68, 2655,

2657, 2684, 2693; 69, 2694, 2696, 2697, 2704, 2709, 2710,

2719, (2722), 2725, 2728, 2743.—§ 351 (do.): III, 70,

2745, 2757, 2765, 2767; 71, 2772, 2774.—§ 353 (do.):

III, 73, 2855, (2859), 2885, 2889; 74, 2894, 2895, 2897,

2920; 75, 2921, 2926, 2927, 2929, 2939, 2943; 76, 2951,

2952, 2957, 2958, 2959, 2965, 2975, (2976), 2992, 2996,

3002, 3003, 3007; 77, 3010, 3012, 3017.—§ 354 (do.):

III, 78, 3034, 3041, 3044; 79, 3063, 3064.—§ 355 (do.):

III, 79, 3072.—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 113, 10092 (yathā

…Nalasya vai D°ī).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 8,

223 (yathā).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3974 (reme

…yathā…D°yāṃ Nalaḥ). Cf. Bhaimī,

Bhīmanandinī, Bhīmaputrikā, Bhīmasutā (III, 2273, 2278,

2380, 2499, 2509, 2998), Vaidarbhī, Vidarbhādhipatinandinī,

Vidarbharājatanayā, Vidarbhatanayā.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A type of Jasmine plant

1 definition

a kind of jasmine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Textual emendation note

1 definition

an error for Madayanti

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 8 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 (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.