करवीर

{ karavīra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARAVĪRA I   A prominent serpent. [Śloka 12, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva] .
KARAVĪRA II   A mountain on the southern side of Mahāmeru. See under Mahāmeru.
KARAVĪRA III   There was once a country named Karavīra on the base of the mountain Gomanta. That country was being ruled by a King called Sṛgālavāsudeva. He was killed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma together as per instructions from Paraśurāma. [10th Skandha, Bhāgavata] .
KARAVĪRA IV   A forest in the neighbourhood of Dvārakā. [Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : कनेर, कनेर

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   karavīra m S A flowering shrub or its flower, Oleander or Nerium odorum.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ कण्हेरीचें झाड व फुल . २ कोल्हापुर . ( सं .)

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर—वीर  m.  a m. Oleander ( Nerium Odorum), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛS.]

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   a species of सोम, [Suśr. ii, 164, 15]
   a sword, [L.]
   a particular spell (for recovering a missile of mystic properties after its discharge), [R.]
   the thumb
   a cemetery, [L.]
    N. of a नाग, [MBh. i, 1557]
   of a दैत्य, [L.]
कर-वीर-पुर   of a town on the river Veṇvā (founded by पद्म-वर्ण), [Hariv. 5230] ( cf. below)

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   of a town on the river दृषद्वती (the residence of चन्द्रशेखर), [KapS.]
   of a mountain, [BhP.]
कर—वीर  n.  n. the flower of Oleander, [L.]

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कर-वीर    b See p. 253, col. 3.

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Shabda-Sagara

करवीर  m.  ( -रः)
   1. A fragrant plant, (Oleander or Nerium odorum.)
   2. The name of a demon.
   3. A sword or scymitar.
   4. A cemetary, a place for burning or interring the dead.
  f.  ( -रा) Red arsenic.
  f.  ( -री)
   1. A name of ADITI, the mother of the gods.
   2. A good cow.
   3. A wo- man who has borne a son, a mother.
    E. कर here said to mean a root, वीर to become evident, and अच् affix; or कर hand, वि prefixed to ईर् to go, &c. affix क.

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कर वीर अच् कर वि ईर् क