द्वारिका dvārikā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

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. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

'The city with many gates'; name of a sacred place of the Hindūs situated near the mouth of the gulf of Kach, on the western coast of Hindūstān (it was the capital of Krishṇa, and is supposed to have been submerged by the sea).

Usual translation

  1. Dwaraka

Origin of the definition

S دوارکا द्वारका dvārakā, द्वारिका dvārikā, vulg. dwārkā , s.f. 'The city with many gates'; name of a sacred place of the Hindūs situated near the mouth of the gulf of Kach, on the western coast of Hindūstān (it was the capital of Krishṇa, and is supposed to have been submerged by the sea): — dvārakā-puri or purī, s.f. = dvārakā: — dvārakā-nāth, s.m. 'The lord of Dwārakā,' a name of Krishṇa: — dvārakā-vāsī, vulg. dwārkā-bāsī, s.m. An inhabitant of Dwārakā (applied especially to Krishṇa).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

52 occurrences

In 41 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Tuesday 19 January 2021
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