As a Hindi name
खड्ग · noun · masculine
प्राचीन काल का एक प्रसिद्ध अस्त्र जिसका व्यवहार आजकल केवल पशुओं को बलि देने के लिये होता है । तलवार इसी का एक भेद है । खाँड़ा · गैड़ा · एक बुद्ध का नाम — Śabdasāgara
खड्ग · khaḍga · s.m.
f. A sword, scimitar ( = khaṛag) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 873
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
as, (fr. √ khaḍ for khaṇḍ?) a sword, scymitar, &c. (ifc. ā, )
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Dictionary citations
khaḍga as, m. (fr. √ khaḍ for khaṇḍ?) a sword, scymitar, MBh.; R. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Kathās.)
a large sacrificial knife, W.
a rhinoceros, MaitrS. iii, 14, 21 = VS. xxiv, 40 (khaṅga), ŚāṅkhŚr.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
a rhinoceros-horn, L.
a Pratyeka-buddha (so called because he is a solitary being like a rhinoceros; cf. eka-cara and -cārin), L.
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