Adambha, 岹ṃb: 9 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary岹ṃb (अदंभ).�a. [na. ta.] Ved. Unbroken or unimpaired, unhurt, uninjured; pure, true; °अस� (asu), or °आयुः (�) having uninjured or pure life; leaving uninjured the man who sacrifices; °धीति, °व्रत (dhīti, °vrata) whose works or religious observances are unimpaired. अर्यमण� भगमदब्धधीतीनच्छ (aryamaṇa� bhagamadabdhadhītīnaccha) ṻ岹 6.51.3.
See also (synonyms): adabdha.
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Adambha (अदम्�).�a. Honest, undeceitful.
-bha� 1 Honesty, absence of deceit.
2) Name of Śiva.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdambha (अदम्�).�1. m. sincerity, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 86, 2. 2. adj. sincere, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 4137.
Adambha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and dambha (दम्भ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdambha (अदम्�).�1. [adjective] deceitless, honest.
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Adambha (अदम्�).�2. [masculine] non-deceit, honesty.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Adambha (अदम्�):—[=a-dambha] [from a-dabdha] mfn. free from deceit, straightforward
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva
3) [v.s. ...] absence of deceit
4) [v.s. ...] straightforwardness.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdambha (अदम्�):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-�) Want of hypocrisy or deceti, straightforwardness, sincerity. E. a neg. and dambha. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-�-mbhā-mbham) Without deceit, upright, straightforward, sincere. 2. m.
(-�) A name of Śiva. E. a priv. and dambha.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus岹ṃb (ಅದಂಭ):—[noun] absence of hypocrisy, ostentation, arrogance, overbearingness; presumptuousness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAdambha (अदम्�):—adj. non-hypocritical; having no arrogance; humble;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter XXVI - Śākta Sādhanā (the Ordinary Ritual) < [Section 3 - Ritual]