As a deity name
Name 205 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दुर्मर्षण · noun · masculine
विष्णु का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
दुर्मर्षण · adj
जिसे सहन करना कठिन हो । दुःसह — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ दुर्मर्ष
Cited formation "दुर्मर्षण" is दुर्- + मर्षण: मर्षण means "क्षमा । माफी", and the prefix दुर्- forms evil, difficult. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(11) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unmanageable, unbearable, insupportable
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
dur—marṣaṇa mfn. unmanageable, unbearable, insupportable, MBh.; R.
dur—marṣaṇa m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, MBh. i &c.
of a son of Sṛñjaya, BhP. ix, 24, 41
of Viṣṇu, MBh. xiii, 6971
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