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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
setuसेतुsétu mfn. (fr. √ 1. si) binding, who or what binds or fetters, [RV.]
sétu m. a bond, fetter, [ib.]
a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations), [RV.] &c. &c.
Rāma's bridge (see setubandha), [BhP.]
a landmark, boundary, limit (also fig. = ‘barrier, bounds’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also N. of various commentaries), [Cat.]
an established institution, fixed rule, [MW.]
the Praṇava or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be mantrāṇāṃ setuḥ), [KālP.]
Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (= varaṇa, varuṇa), [L.]
N. of a son of Druhyu and brother of Babhru, [Hariv.]
of a son of Babhru, [Pur.]
of a place, [MW.]
setujaसेतुजsetu—ja m. pl. N. of a district of Dakṣiṇā-patha, [L.]
setukaसेतुकm. a causeway, bridge, [W.]
Crataeva Roxburghii, [L.]
setubhedaसेतुभेदsetu—bheda m. the breaking down of an embankment, [Kāv.]
setuśailaसेतुशैलsetu—śaila m. a mountain or hill forming a boundary, [BhP.]
setukaraसेतुकरsetu—kara m. the builder of a bridge, [VarBṛS.]
setupatiसेतुपतिsetu—pati m. ‘lord of the bridge or causeway’, an hereditary title belonging to the chiefs of Rāmnād as controlling the passage of the channel between Rāmeśvara and Ceylon See col. 2.
setubhedinसेतुभेदिन्setu—bhedin mfn. breaking down barriers, removing obstructions, [MW.]
setu—bhedin m. Croton Polyandrum or Tiglium, [L.]
setubhettṛसेतुभेत्तृsetu—bhettṛ m. the destroyer of a dam or bridge, [MBh.]
setukhaṇḍaसेतुखण्डsetu—khaṇḍa m. n. N. of a ch. of the Skanda-purāṇa.
setubandhaसेतुबन्धsetu—bandha m. the forming of a causeway or bridge, a dam or bridge (esp. the ridge of rocks extending from Rāmeśvara on the Southeastern coast of India to Ceylon, and supposed to have been formed by Hanumat as a bridge for the passage of Rāma's army), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
N. of various works (esp. of the 13th ch. of the Bhaṭṭi-kāvya and of a Prākṛt poem on the history of Rāma, also called rāma-setu, or rāvaṇa-vaha, attributed to Pravarasena and sometimes to Kālidāsa).
setukāvyaसेतुकाव्यsetu—kāvya n. N. of a poem.
setupradaसेतुप्रदsetu—prada m. N. of Kṛṣṇa, [Pañcar.]
setuvṛkṣaसेतुवृक्षsetu—vṛkṣa m. Crataeva Roxburghii, [L.]
setuṣāmanसेतुषामन्setu—ṣāman n. (with svargya) N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
setukarmanसेतुकर्मन्setu—karman n. the work of building a bridge, [R.]
setusaraṇiसेतुसरणिsetu—saraṇi f. N. of a Sanskṛt translation of the Setu-bandha by Śiva-nārāyaṇa-dāsa.
setubandhanaसेतुबन्धनsetu—bandhana n. the construction of a bridge or dam, [MBh.]
a bridge or dam, [Kum.]
a limit, barrier, [Hariv.]
N. of a Paurānic wk.
setumāhātmyaसेतुमाहात्म्यsetu—māhātmya n. N. of wk.
setusaṃgrahaसेतुसंग्रहsetu—saṃgraha m. N. of a Comm. on the Mugdha-bodha.
setusnānavidhiसेतुस्नानविधिsetu—snāna-vidhi m. N. of wk.
setuyātrāvidhiसेतुयात्राविधिsetu—yātrā-vidhi m. N. of wk.
setumaṅgalamantraसेतुमङ्गलमन्त्रsetu—maṅgala-mantra m. N. of wk.