andhakāraḥ
See also
andhakāla,
andhakāra.
Śabdakalpadruma
☞
vol. 1,
p. 57.
andhakāraḥ , puṃ, klī, (andhamandhakavat karoti, andha
+ kṛ + aṇ .) tejaḥsāmānyābhāvaḥ . ām̐dhāra
iti bhāṣā . tatparyyāyaḥ . dhvāntaṃ 2 tamisraṃ 3
timiraṃ 4 tamaḥ 5 . ityamaraḥ .. (“athāndhakāraṃ
girigahvarāṇāṃ” . iti raghuvaṃśe .) bhūcchāyaṃ 6 .
iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ .. mahāndhakāre andhatamasaṃ .
7 sarvvavyāpakāndhakāre santamasaṃ . 8 alpāndhakāre
avatamasaṃ 9 . ityamaraḥ .. asya guṇāḥ . bhayadṛṣṭi-
tejo'varodhakāritvaṃ . tiktatvaṃ . sarvvavyādhikara-
tvañca . iti rājavallabhaḥ ..