"कन्दर" meaning in Sanskrit

See कन्दर in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɐn.dɐ.ɾɐ/ [Vedic], /kɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Probably related to Tocharian B knerwanta (“fissure, crevice”). Etymology templates: {{cog|txb|knerwanta||fissure, crevice}} Tocharian B knerwanta (“fissure, crevice”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} कन्दर • (kandara) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: kandara [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], कन्दरः [nominative, singular], कन्दरौ [dual, nominative], कन्दरा1 [dual, nominative], कन्दराः [nominative, plural], कन्दरासः1 [nominative, plural], कन्दरम् [accusative, singular], कन्दरौ [accusative, dual], कन्दरा1 [accusative, dual], कन्दरान् [accusative, plural], कन्दरेण [instrumental, singular], कन्दराभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], कन्दरैः [instrumental, plural], कन्दरेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], कन्दराय [dative, singular], कन्दराभ्याम् [dative, dual], कन्दरेभ्यः [dative, plural], कन्दरात् [ablative, singular], कन्दराभ्याम् [ablative, dual], कन्दरेभ्यः [ablative, plural], कन्दरस्य [genitive, singular], कन्दरयोः [dual, genitive], कन्दराणाम् [genitive, plural], कन्दरे [locative, singular], कन्दरयोः [dual, locative], कन्दरेषु [locative, plural], कन्दर [singular, vocative], कन्दरौ [dual, vocative], कन्दरा1 [dual, vocative], कन्दराः [plural, vocative], कन्दरासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. "great cliff", an artificial or natural cave, glen, defile, valley
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