आडम्बर

{ āḍambarḥ, āḍambara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ĀḌAMBARA   One of the five Pārṣadas whom Brahmā gave to Skandadeva. Brahmā gave Kunda, Kusuma, Kumuda, Damba and Āḍambara.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : पाखंड, तंबू, चिंघाड़, आडंबर

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : स्वाङ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आडम्बर  m.  m. a kind of drum, [ŚBr. xiv]; [MBh.]; [R.]
   a great noise, [Śārṅg.]
   noisy behaviour, speaking loud or much, bombast, [Kathās.]; [Sāh.] &c.
   the roaring of elephants, [Kād.]
   the sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack, [L.]
    ifc. immensity, sublimity, the highest degree of [Uttarar.]; [Kathās.]; [Bālar.]
   pleasure, [L.]
   the eyelid
   (the war-drum personified) N. of a being in the retinue of स्कन्द, [MBh. ix, 2541.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आडम्बरः [āḍambarḥ]   [आ-डम्ब्-क्षेपे, अरन्]
   Pride, arrogance.
   Show; means, external appendage; विरचितनारसिंह- रूपाडम्बरम् [K.5,39;] निर्गुणः शोभते नैव विपुलाडम्बरोऽपि ना [Bv.1.115.]
   The sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack.
   Commencement.
   Fury, anger, passion; दन्तिनामाडम्बररवेण [K.114.]
   Happiness, pleasure.
   The roaring of clouds and of elephants; धातः किन्नु विधौ विधातुमुचितो धाराधराडम्बरः [Bv.1.4.] cf... आडम्बरोऽस्त्रियाम् । तुर्यशब्दे च संरम्भे गजेन्द्राणां च गर्जिते । [Nm.]
   The eyelid.
   A drum used in a battle; काचिदाडम्बरं नारीभुजसंभोगपीढितम् [Rām.5.1.45.]
   (Hence) A charge sounded by musical instruments; the din or uproar of the battle; [Mb.7.72.11.]
-रम्   Rubbing and kneading the body. -Comp.
-आघातः   One who beats a drum.

Shabda-Sagara

आडम्बर  m.  ( -रः)
   1. Charge sounded by musical instruments.
   2. The roaring of elephants.
   3. A drum used in battle.
   4. Commencement. 5. The eyelid.
   6. Pride, arrogance.
   7. Anger, passion.
   8. Happi- ness, pleasure.
  n.  ( -रं) Rubbing and moulding the body.
    E. आङ् before दम to tame or subdue, वरच् affix; द is changed to ड.

ROOTS:

आङ् दम वरच् द ड