सर्वतोभद्र

{ sarvatobhadra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

SARVATOBHADRA   Varuṇa's home. [Udyoga Parva, Chapter 98, Verse 10] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A mystical diagram to be painted on the cloth which, on particular occasions, covers a sort of altar. 2 A temple or palace having entrances opposed to the several points of the compass. 3 A form of military array,--the square or circle. 4 A kind of charade in which the same word answers several questions. 4 A whimsical form of verse, so contrived as that the same meanings and words occur whether the line be read backwards or forwards or in any of several other directions.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सर्वतो—भद्र  mfn.  mfn. in ev° dir° or on ev° side good, in ev° way auspicious &c., [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]

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सर्वतो—भद्र  m.  m. a temple of a square form and having an entrance opposite to ev° point of the compass, ib.

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a form of military array, [Kām.]
a square mystical diagram (painted on a cloth, and used on partic. occasions to cover a sort of altar erected to विष्णु; but cf. below), [W.]
सर्वतो—भद्र  n.  m. an artificial stanza in which each half पाद read backwards is identical with the other half ( e.g. [Kir. xv, 25]; [Śiś. xix, 40]; also n., [Kpr.])

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सर्वतो—भद्र  m.  m. a kind of riddle or charade (in which each syllable of a word has a separate meaning?), [Kāv.]

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the car, [L.]
N. of a mountain, [BhP.]
of a forest, [MW.]
Azadirachta Indica, [L.]
a bamboo, ib.
a kind of perfume, [VarBṛS.]
सर्वतो—भद्र  n.  n. a building having continuous galleries around, [VarBṛS.]

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a mystical diagram of a square shape but enclosing a circle (employed for astrological purposes or on special occasions to foretell good or bad fortune; perhaps identical with the above), [Cat.]
a partic. mode of sitting, ib.
N. of a garden of the gods, [BhP.]
सर्वतो—भद्र  n. ( m. or n. ?) N. of various works

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