समन्त a. [सम्यक् अन्तः, स यत्र वा] 1 Being on every side, universal. -2 Complete, entire. -न्तः Limit, boundary, term. (समन्तः, समन्तम्, समन्ततः, समन्तात् are used adverbially in the sense of 'from every side', 'all around', 'on all sides', 'wholly', 'completely'; ततो$श्मसहिता धाराः संवृण्वन्त्यः समन्ततः Mb.3.143.19; लेलिह्यंसे ग्रसमानः समन्तात् Bg.11.3.). -Comp. -दुग्धा the plant called स्नुही q. v. (Mar. निवडुंग). -पञ्चकम् N. of the district called Kurukṣetra or of a place near it; Ve.6. -पर्यायिन् a. allembracing. -प्रासादिक a. affording help on all sides. -भद्रः a Buddha or the Buddha. -भद्रकः a variety of a long blanket; Kau. A.2.11. -भुज् m. fire.
V. a. (having their ends together), contiguous, neighbouring; com plete, entire: -m, ad. together with (in., RV.1); (á)-m, V. ad. (also °ree;-in C.) on all sides, around; completely, entirely; ab. (C.) from or on all sides, in all directions, all round; around (g.); completely; -tas, ad. id.
adjective adjacent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
all (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contiguous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
entire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
neighbouring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
universal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Buddha or a Jina (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Bodhisattva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) name of a Tīrtha in Kurukṣetra where Paraśurāma is said to have destroyed the Kṣatriyas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the district Kurukṣetra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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