बद्रीनाथ badrīnāth

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

'Lord of the jujube tree'. Name of a temple at Badarī (name of one of the sources of the Ganges in the Himalaya range, a celebrated place of pilgrimage).

Usual translation

  1. Badrinath
  2. Lord who transforms

Origin of the definition

S بدري बदरी badarī, badrī , s.f. The jujube tree (see badar); the cotton shrub; — name of one of the sources of the Ganges in the Himalaya range, a celebrated place of pilgrimage: — badrī-patrak, s.m. A kind of perfume, a leaf: — badrī-phalā, s.f. Name of a plant, a variety of the Śephalica or Nyctanthes with blue flowers: — badrī-ćhadā, s.f. A species of jujube tree; — a kind of perfume (apparently a dried shell-fish): — badrī-dis, adv. In the direction of, or towards, Badrī: — badrī-śail, s.m. lit. 'Rock of Badarī'; name of a rocky eminence at the source of the Ganges ( = Badrī), the Badrī-nāth of modern travellers; or a town and temple on the west bank of the Alaka-nanda river in the province of Śrīnagar: — badrī-kedār, s.m. = badrī-śail: — badrī-nāth, s.m. Name of a temple at Badarī; also = badrī-śail, q.v.

Badrinath बद्रीनाथ. The Lord who transforms.

नाथ nāth (sanskrit)

Lord, master, protector, husband.

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Created
Thursday 30 July 2020
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Monday 24 March 2025