As a Hindi name
तोद · noun · masculine
पीड़ा । व्यथा · सूर्य (को॰) · चलना । हाँकना (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
तोद · adj
पीड़ा पहुंचानेवाला । कष्टदायक — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a driver (of horses &c.)
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Dictionary citations
toda m. a driver (of horses &c.), RV. iv, 16, 11; Nir.; Kauś.
‘instigator, exciter’, the Sun, RV. i, 150, 1; vi, 6 and 12
pricking pain, BhP. iii, 18, 6; Suśr.
gotamasya t˚ N. of a Sāman.
tottraṃ, toda, -todanaṃ See under tud.
Alternative readings
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