# मंथरा (maṃtharā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manthara

मंथरा (maṃtharā) is a Sanskrit word meaning lazy, slow, or inactive, stupid or silly, having a low tone, large, bulky, or wide, crooked, curved, or bent, name of a favourite female slave of Kaikeyi.

- **SLP1:** `maMTarA`  **IAST:** maṃtharā  **Devanagari:** मंथरा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manthara/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मंथर (maṃthara), मन्थरा (mantharā), मन्थर (manthara)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- 1. Lazy, slow, or inactive. 2. Stupid or silly. 3. Having a low tone. 4. Large, bulky, or wide. 5. Crooked, curved, or bent.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मंथर (maṃthara) ा (maṃtharā) [Printed book page 554-09 ] मंथर (maṃthara) (I) a. (f. रा (rā) ) 1. Lazy, slow, inactive, मदर्थसंदेशमृणालमंथतः (madarthasaṃdeśamṛṇālamaṃthataḥ) Na. i.137, Sis. vii.18, R. xx???.21; 2. stupid, silly; 3. having a low tone; 4. large, bulky, wide; 5. crooked, curved, bent. [ ID=29017.1 ]
- Name of a favourite female slave of Kaikeyi  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 554-10 ] मंथरा (maṃtharā) f. Name of a favourite female slave of Kaikeyī, the favourite wife of Daśaratha. [ ID=29021 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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