दुर्गम

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

DURGAMA   An asura chief born in the dynasty of Hiraṇyākṣa and son of Taru, Durgama was an enemy of the Devas from his very birth. He argued to himself thus: “the very strength and power of the Devas depend on the Vedas; if there is no Veda there is no yajña, if there is no yajña the Devas do not get their share of the havis, if they do not get the havis they will lose all their strength and prowess, and, therefore, the best means to teach the Devas a lesson is to destroy the Vedas.” Durgama decided that the surest means to achieve that was to perform penance. Accordingly he went to the Himālayas and began doing penance abstaining from food and drink. After a thousand years Brahmā appeared to him and asked him what boon he wanted. Durgama said “I must get the Vedas; I should get all the mantras known to brahmins and Devas in the three worlds, and all the presiding deities of those mantras should come and stand before me and be subject to my control; I must also get the strength to defeat all the Devas.” Brahmā granted Durgama all the boons. And, thenceforth the brahmins could not recollect the Vedas or the mantras. No bathing, no homas, no daily rites, no rites for the dead, no yajñas, no japa (repeating divine names) and no tapas. Symptoms of old age caught the Devas in its grips. Durgama drove them out of Devaloka and they hid in mountain caves. Within a hundred years the world reached the rock bottom of destruction. Water disappeared from the world. Alarmed beyond measure at these developments the brahmins went to the Himālayas and prayed to Jagadambikā (mother of the universe). Ambikā appeared to them, and their lamentations brought tears to the eyes of Ambikā, and thus water scarcity came to an end. Ambikā gave them Śāka (a vegetable) fruits and roots to eat. Because she protected her devotees by supplying Śāka to them she came to be known as Śākambharī, thenceforward. Also because she shed tears from her eyes, thenceforth she came to be addressed as Śatākṣī also. Being told about the above developments Durgama, with his army attacked Devī. The fight became fierce and furious. From Devī's body emerged numerous Śaktis fully armed. Dhāriṇī, Bālā, Tripurā, Bhairavī and Kālī with 10,000 hands were some of the prominent and powerful Śaktis which thus emerged. The army of Durgama was annihilated. Then the fight commenced directly between Devī and Durgama. Fifteen arrows of Devī hit the asura at the very same time and he was killed. [Devī Bhāgavata, Saptama Skandha] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

adjective  जो गम्य न हो या जो जाने योग्य न हो   Ex. उसने राहगीर को दुर्गम रास्ते से होकर न जाने की सलाह दी ।; हम कठिन राह के पथिक हैं ।

MODIFIES NOUN:

मार्ग

ONTOLOGY:

गुणसूचक (Qualitative) ➜ विवरणात्मक (Descriptive) ➜ विशेषण (Adjective)

SYNONYM:

दुर्गम्य कठिन दुरूह विकट बीहड़ अगम्य अगम असुगम अनागम्य अगत गहबर बंक वंक

Wordnet:

asm দুর্গম

bd थांथावि

guj કઠિન

kan ಕಠಿಣ

kas سَکھ

kok कठीण

mal കഠിനമായ

mar बिकट

mni ꯑꯔꯨꯕ

nep कठिन

ori ଦୁର୍ଗମ

pan ਔਖੇ

san दुर्गमः

tam கஷ்டமான

tel కఠినమైన

urd دشوارگزار , مشکل , ناقابل تسخیر , پریشان کن , تکلیف دہ , صبرآزما

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

दुर्गम II. n.  रुरु दैत्य का पुत्र । इसने सब ब्राह्मणों तथा ऋषियों के आधारस्तंभ, वीदों का नाश किया । इस कारण नित्य नैमित्तिक कर्म बंद हो गये । सर्वत्र हाहाकार मच गया । तब चतुर्भुजादेवी ने इसका वध किया [शिव.उ.५०] ।
दुर्गम III. n.  (सो. द्रुहयु.) विष्णु मत में धृत का पुत्र । दुर्द्रम, दुर्मनस, एवं विदुष इसके नामांतर है ।
दुर्गम IV. n.  रेवती १. एवं विपाठा देखिये ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Difficult of access or passage; inaccessible, impassable, unattainable.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   Inaccessible, impassable.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

वि.  अवघड , चालण्यास कठीण , जाण्यास कठीण , दुर्घट , दुर्लंघ्य , बिकट .

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : बिकट

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : कठिन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दुर्—गम  mfn.  mfn. difficult to be traversed or travelled over, impassable, inaccessible, unattainable, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]

ROOTS:

दुर् गम

दुर्—गम  n.  m. or n. a d° situation

ROOTS:

दुर् गम

दुर्—गम  m.  m. N. of a son of वसु-देव and पौरवी, [VP.]

ROOTS:

दुर् गम

of धृत, ib., &c.

Shabda-Sagara

दुर्गम  mfn.  ( -मः-मा-मं)
1. Inaccessible, difficult of access or approach.
2. Unattainable, difficult of attainment.
E. दुर् with pain or difficulty, गम् to go, affix खल्; see दुर्ग . दुःखेन गम्यते दुर् + गम कर्मणि खल् .

ROOTS:

दुर् गम् खल्; दुर्ग . दुःखेन गम्यते दुर् + गम कर्मणि खल् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

adjective  यद् भेत्तुं न शक्यते।   Ex. प्राचीनकाले राजानः दुर्गमं दुर्गं निर्मान्ति स्म।

MODIFIES NOUN:

वस्तुः

ONTOLOGY:

गुणसूचक (Qualitative) ➜ विवरणात्मक (Descriptive) ➜ विशेषण (Adjective)

SYNONYM:

अभेद्य दुर्जय अलङ्घनीय अलङ्घ्य अनाक्रमणीय अनाक्रम्य दुराक्रम दुराक्राम अगम्य

Wordnet:

asm অভেদ্য

bd सिफायहायि

ben অভেদ্য

guj અભેદ

hin अवेध्य

kan ಅಬೇಧ್ಯವಾದ

kas مَحفوٗظ

kok अभेद्य

mal ഭേദിക്കാനാവാത്ത

mar अभेद्य

mni ꯊꯨꯒꯥꯏꯕ꯭ꯉꯝꯗꯕ

nep अवेध्य

ori ଅଭେଦ୍ୟ

pan ਅਭੇਦ

tam துளையிடமுடியாத

tel అభేద్యమైన

urd ناقابل درانداز