द्वारका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

द्वारिका (dvārikā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দ্বাৰকা (Assamese script)
ᬤ᭄ᬯᬵᬭᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
দ্বারকা (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဒွါရကာ (Burmese script)
દ્વારકા (Gujarati script)
ਦ੍ਵਾਰਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦢ꧀ꦮꦴꦫꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ದ್ವಾರಕಾ (Kannada script)
ទ្វារកា (Khmer script)
ທ຺ວາຣກາ (Lao script)
ദ്വാരകാ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢑᢦ᠎ᠠᠷᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧈𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐬𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ଦ୍ଵାରକା (Odia script)
ꢣ꣄ꢮꢵꢬꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
ද්‍වාරකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑩼𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
த்³வாரகா (Tamil script)
ద్వారకా (Telugu script)
ทฺวารกา (Thai script)
དྭཱ་ར་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʋɑː.ɾɐ.kɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʋɑː.ɾɐ.kɑː/

Noun

द्वारका • (dvārakā) stem, ?

‘many-gated’

Proper noun

द्वारका • (dvārakā) stem, ?

Dwarka (a city in Gujarat)
Name of the capital of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) (on the western point of Gujarat, supposed to have been submerged by the sea) MBh. Hariv. Pur. &c.

Descendants

→ Bhojpuri: द्वारका (dvārᵊkā)
→ English: Dwarka
→ Hindi: द्वारका (dvārkā)
→ Marathi: द्वारका (dvārkā)
→ Nepali: द्वारका (dwārkā)

References

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “द्वारका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

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