Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -री

  1. A spirituous liquor distilled from the flowers of the कदम्ब tree.
  2. Spirituous liquor or wine in general; कादम्बरीसाक्षिकं प्रथमसौहृदमिष्यते Ś.6; or कादम्बरीमदविघूर्णितलोचनस्य युक्तं हि लाङ्गलभृतः पतनं पृथिव्याम् Udb.; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरसभरेण K.24.
  3. The fluid issuing from the temples of a rutting elephant.
  4. An epithet of Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning.
  5. A female cuckoo.
  6. The rain-water collected into clefts or hollow places.
  7. A female bird (सारिका).
  8. Name of a celebrated story by Bāṇa; the heroine is of the same name being a daughter of Chitraratha Gandharva.

• -बीजम् a ferment, yeast.