As a deity name
Name 81 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दुराधर्ष · adj
जिसका दमन करना कठिन हो । जो बड़ी कठिनाई से जीता जा सके । जो वश में ना आ सके । प्रचंड । प्रबल — Śabdasāgara
दुराधर्ष · noun · masculine
पीली सरसों · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
haughty, arrogant
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "durādharṣa" is the vocative of "durādharṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dur—ādharṣa mfn. d˚ to be attacked or approached, dangerous, invincible, irresistible, RV.; AV.; MBh. &c.
haughty, arrogant, W.
dur—ādharṣa m. white mustard, L.
durādharṣa mfn. (-rṣaḥ-rṣā-rṣaṃ) Haughty, intractable. m. (-rṣaḥ) Whitemustard. E. dur, and ādharṣa pride.
dur—ādharṣā f. a kind of shrub (= kuṭumbinī), L.
Alternative readings
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