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dhvana: second person singular present imperative class 1 parasmaipada √dhvan

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Root Word (Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha:)	Full Root	Marker	Sense	Class	Sutra
√dhvana	dhvana		śabde	10	276

Monier-Williams Search

13 results for dhvana

dhvana

m. Name of a wind

dhvana

m. sound, tune

dhvana

m. Name of a man gaRa aśvādi-.

dhvanamodin

m. "delighting by its sound", a bee

dhvanana

n. sounding, humming, singing (see karṇa--)

dhvanana

n. hinting at, allusion

dhvanayat

m. "causing to sound, resounding", Name of a wind

dandhvana

m. ( dhvan-, dhen-, Intensive)"whistler" , a kind of cane

karṇadhvanana

n. singing in the ear.

prādhvana

n. the bed of a river or stream

ūrdhvanabhas

mfn. being above the clouds

ūrdhvanayana

mfn. having eyes turned upwards

ūrdhvanayana

mfn. Name of the fabulous animal śarabha-

Apte Search

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dhvanaḥ	ध्वनः 1 Sound, tune. -2 Hum, buzz. -Comp. -मोदिन् m. a bee.

dhvananam	ध्वननम् [ध्वन्-करणे ल्युट्] 1 Sounding. -2 Hinting at, suggesting or implying (as a meaning). -3 (In Rhet.) The same as व्यञ्जना q. v., or that power of a word or sentence by virtue of which it conveys a sense different from its primary or secondary meaning, suggestive power; cf. अञ्जन also वृत्तिर्व्यञ्जनध्वननगमनप्रत्यायनादिव्यपदेश- विषया व्यञ्जना नाम S. D. -4 Humming, indistinct utterance.

dandhvanaḥ	दन्ध्वनः A kind of whistling cane; Mb.12.86.14.

Macdonell Search

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dhvanana	n. sounding; allusion, indication.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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dhvanaś	ca dhvanayaṃś ca TA.4.24.1. Cf. under dhvāntaś.

adhvana	skabhnīta (VS. skabhnuvantaḥ) # VS.9.13; TS.1.7.8.1. See adhvānaṃ skabhnuvanto.

ūrdhvanabhasaṃ	(Kauś. erroneously, ūrdhvaṃ nabhasaṃ) mārutaṃ (MS. mārutaṃ devaṃ) gachatam # TS.1.3.9.2; MS.1.2.16: 27.1; KS.3.6; Kauś.45.12. See svāhākṛte ūrdhva-, and svāhordhvanabhasaṃ.

aurdhvanabhasaḥ	prathamaḥ # AVP.2.64.1a.

guhādhvanaḥ	paramaṃ yan no asya # RV.4.5.12c.

pūṣādhvanaḥ	(VS.KS.śB. -nas) pātu # VS.4.19; TS.1.2.4.2; 6.1.7.6; KS.2.5; 24.3; MS.1.2.4: 13.5; 3.7.6: 82.6; śB.3.2.4.19; Apś.10.22.10.

DCS with thanks

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dhvanay	verb (class 10 parasmaipada) to make resound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 36066/72933

ūrdhvanayana	noun (masculine) name of the fabulous animal Śarabha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 63926/72933

Wordnet Search

"dhvana" has 3 results.


dhvana	śabdaḥ, dhvaniḥ, svanaḥ, nisvanaḥ, svānaḥ, nisvānaḥ, nādaḥ, ninādaḥ, ninadaḥ, nāditaḥ, anunādaḥ, nirhrādaḥ, saṃhrādaḥ, nirghoṣaḥ, ghoṣaḥ, nighuṣṭam, ravaḥ, rāvaḥ, ārāvaḥ, virāvaḥ, saṃrāvaḥ, āravaḥ, svaraḥ, dhvānaḥ, dhvanaḥ, nidhvānaḥ, svaniḥ, svanitam, kvaṇaḥ, raṇaḥ, kuṇindaḥ, ghuḥ, pratyayaḥ, tumulaḥ yaḥ śrutimpannaḥ। tīvreṇa śabdena tasya ekāgratā bhagnā।
dhvana	dhvanaḥ ekaḥ vātaḥ । dhvanasya ullekhaḥ taittirīya-āraṇyake vartate
dhvana	dhvanaḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । dhvanaḥ aśvādigaṇe parigaṇitaḥ

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