Sanskrit

Noun

रन्ध्र • ‎(randhra) n

1. (prob. fr. √ रद्) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity RV. &c. &c. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body cf. under ख ; and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)
2. the **** BhP.
3. a particular part of a horse's head VarBṛS. Ṡiṡ. (cf. उप-र्°)
4. a defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weak part Yājñ. MBh. &c. (cf. छिद्र)
5. N. of the 8th astrological mansion VarBṛS.
6. N. of the number ‘nine’ (cf. above ) MW.

Noun

रन्ध्र • ‎(randhra) m

1. N. of a son of मनु भौत्य VP. (v.l. ब्रध्न)
2. the off spring of a Brahman and a मैत्री L.

Derived terms

• रन्ध्रान्वेषण ‎(randhrānveṣaṇa)

Descendants

• Hindi: रंध्र ‎(randhra)
• Pali: randha
• Telugu: రంధ్రము ‎(raṃdhramu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0866