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 Plant namebhadrā
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameAerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Achyranhes lanata L.
 Sanskrit namebhadrā
 Hindi namechāyā, gorakhgāñjā
 Tamil nameceṟupūḷai
 Malayalam nameceṛūḷa, cerṛuvūḷa, ceṛupūḷa
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 745)
bhadra, mf(ā)n. blessed, auspicious, fortunate, prosperous, happy RV. &c. &c.; good, gracious, friendly, kind, ib.; excellent, fair, beautiful, lovely, pleasant, dear, ib.; good i.e. skilful in (loc.), MBh. iv, 305; great, L.; (with nṛpati, m. a good or gracious king, Yājñ.; with kānta, m. a beautiful lover or husband, Pañcat.; with diś, f. the auspicious quarter i.e. the south, MBh.; with vāc, f. kind or friendly speech, BhP.; voc. m. and f. sg. and pl. bhadra, °dre, °drāḥ, often in familiar address = my good sir or lady, my dear or my dears, good people, Mn.; MBh. &c.; am and ayā, ind. happily, fortunately, joyfully, RV.; AV.; °am with √kṛ or ā-√car, to do well, Hit.); m. (prob.) a sanctimonious hypocrite, Mn. ix, 259 (v.l. °dra-prekṣaṇikaiḥ); a partic. kind of elephant, R. (also N. of a world elephant, ib.) a bullock, L.; a water wagtail Var. (cf. -nāman); Nauclea Cadamba or Tithymalus Antiquorum, L.; N. of Śiva, L.; of mount Meru, L.; of a class of gods (pl.) under the third Manu BhP.; of a people (pl.) AV.Pariś.; of one of the 12 sons of Vishṇu and one of the Tushita deities in the Svāyambhava Manvantara, BhP.; (with Jainas) of the third of the 9 white Balas, L.; of a son of Vasu-deva and Devakī (or Pauravī), BhP.; Kathās.; of a son of Kṛshṇa, BhP.; of a son of Upacārumat, Buddh.; of an actor, Hariv.; of a friend of Bāṇa, Vās., Introd.; (with Buddhists) N. of a partic. world; (ā) f. a cow, L.; N. of various plants (= anantā, aparijātā, kṛṣṇā, jīvantī, nīlī, rāsnā &c.), L. [746,1]; N. of a metre, Col.; of the 2nd, 7th and 12th days of the lunar fortnight, W.; of the 7th movable Karaṇa (s.v.; cf. also 2. bhadrā-karaṇa); of a form of Durgā, VP.; of a goddess, Pañcar.; of a Buddhist deity, L.; of a Śakti, Hcat.; of Dākshāyaṇī in Bhadreśvara, Cat.; of a Vidyā-dharī, R.; of a Surāṅganā, Siṃhās.; of a daughter of Surabhi, R.; of a wife of Vasu-deva, Hariv.; Pur.; of the wife of Vaiśravaṇa, MBh.; of a daughter of Soma and wife of Utathya, ib.; of a daughter of Raudrāśva and the Apsaras Ghṛtācī, Hariv.; of a Kākshīvatī and wife of Vyushitāśva, MBh.; of a daughter of Meru and wife of Bhadrāśva, BhP.; of a daughter of Śruta-kīrti and wife of Kṛshṇa, BhP.; of various rivers (esp. of one described as rising on the northern summit of Meru and flowing through Uttarakuru into the northern ocean), Pur.; the celestial Ganges, L.; of a lake, Hcat.; n. prosperity, happiness, health, welfare, good fortune (also pl.), RV. &c. &c. (bhadraṃ tasya or tasmai, prosperity to him!, Pāṇ. 2-3, 73; bhadraṃ te or vaḥ often used parenthetically in a sentence = "if you please", or to fill up a verse; bhadram upalāh, happiness to you, O stones!, Śāntiś.; bhadram with √kṛ and dat., to grant welfare to, bless RV.); gold, L.; iron or steel, L.; kind of Cyperus (= -musta), L.; a partic. posture in sitting, Cat.; a partic. Karaṇa, L. (cf. f.); a partic. mystic sign, AgP.; a partic. part of a house, Nalac.; N. of various Sāmans, ĀrshBr.


 
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