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Grammar Search

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stena: masculine vocative singular stem: stena

Root Search

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Root Word (Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha:)	Full Root	Marker	Sense	Class	Sutra
√stena	stena		caurye	10	279

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

caurakaḥ	2.10.24	Masculine	Singular	parāskandī, taskaraḥ, aikāgārikaḥ, ‍‌pratirodhī, dasyuḥ, malimlucaḥ, ‍‍‍pāṭaccaraḥ, moṣakaḥ, stenaḥ

Monier-Williams Search

11 results for stena

stena

m. (prob. fr. stā-) a thief, robber

etc.

stena

m. a kind of perfume

stena

m. thieving, stealing

stenahṛdaya

(sten/a--) m. "having the essence of a thief", an incarnate thief

stenanigraha

m. the restraining or punishing of thieves

stenanigraha

m. suppression of theft

ādhistena

m. the stealer of a deposit,

astena

m. not a thief

astenamānin

mfn. not believing one's self to be a thief.

brahmastena

m. a thief of that which is sacred, one who obtains a knowledge of the veda- by illicit means

vācāstena

(vāc/ā--) mfn. (prob.) one who makes mischief by his words

Apte Search

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stena	स्तेन 1 U. (Strictly a denom. from स्तेन; स्तेनयति-ते) 1 To steal, rob; यस्त्वेतान्युपक्लृप्तानि द्रव्याणि स्तेनयेन्नरः Ms.8. 333. -2 To be dishonest in speech; वाच्यर्था नियताः सर्वे वाङ्मूला वाग्विनिःसृता । तां तु यः स्तेनयेद्वाचं स सर्वस्तेनकृन्नरः ॥ Ms.4.256.

stenaḥ	स्तेनः [स्तेन्-कर्तरि अच्] 1 A thief, robber; न तं स्तेना न चामित्रा हरन्ति न च नश्यति Ms.7.83; यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः Bg.3.12. -2 A kind of perfume. -नम् Thieving, stealing. -Comp. -निग्रहः 1 the punishment of thieves. -2 suppression of theft.

Macdonell Vedic Search

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stena	ste-ná, m. thief, x. 127, 6 [stā be stealthy].

Macdonell Search

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stena	m. [√ stâ] thief, robber.

stenaya	den. P. steal, rob: vâkam --, be dishonest in speech.

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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stena	Is a common word for ‘thief’ from the Rigveda onwards. See Taskara.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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ā	stenaṃ drupade jahi AVś.19.47.9b; 50.1d; AVP.6.20.9d; 14.9.1d.

apa	stenam avāsayaḥ (AVP. stenaṃ vāsomatham) AVś.19.50.5a; AVP.14.9.5a.

na	stenair na vanargubhiḥ AVś.4.36.7b.

ṛtaye	stenahṛdayam VS.30.13. See ṛtyai etc.

ṛtyai	stenahṛdayam TB.3.4.1.7. See ṛtaye etc.

yat	stenān yad vṛkān daṃśān Apś.21.12.3a.

yavaya	stenam ūrmye RV.10.127.6b.

akāry-akāry	avakīrṇī stenaḥ # TA.10.1.15a; MahānU.5.11a.

ād	it stenam ahim # AVP.2.8.5c. See ād u ṣṭenam.

ād	u ṣṭenam atho ahim # AVś.4.3.4c. See ād it stenam.

indra	mā stena īśata # AVś.20.127.13d; śś.12.15.1.4d.

evo	'bhūt tato 'bhūt , yathā te mahiraḥ priyo hastenābhimṛśāt tata # JB.3.247.

karat	# MG.1.14.17 (Bhāradvāja-Gṛhyasūtra 1.19, karad dadhac chivena tvā pañcaśākhena hastena etc.); VārG.16.2. See karat svāhā.

takṣā	hastena vāsyā # AVś.10.6.3b; Apś.7.9.9b.

net	tvā stenaṃ yathā ripum # RV.5.79.9c.

priyo	me mahiro dṛśe hastenābhimṛśāt tata # JB.3.247.

mā	na (KS. nas) stena īśata māghaśaṃsaḥ # RV.2.42.3c; KS.30.10. See mā va stena.

mā	nas stena etc. # see mā na stena.

mā	no adya gavāṃ stenaḥ # AVś.19.47.6c; AVP.6.20.7a.

mā	va (MS. vaḥ) stena īśata māghaśaṃsaḥ # RV.6.28.7c; AVś.4.21.7c; 7.75.1c; VS.1.1; TS.1.1.1.1; MS.1.1.1: 1.3; 4.1.1: 1.16; KS.1.1; śB.1.7.1.7; TB.2.8.8.12c; 3.2.1.5. See mā na stena.

mā	vaḥ stena etc. # see mā va stena.

ya	steno yaś ca taskaraḥ # AVP.1.42.1c. See ye stenā.

yudho	nara (MS. narā) iṣuhastena vṛṣṇā # RV.10.103.2d; AVś.19.13.3d; AVP.7.4.3d; SV.2.1200d; VS.17.34d; TS.4.6.4.1d; MS.2.10.4d: 135.12; KS.18.5d.

Vedabase Search

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stenaḥ	a thief	SB 7.14.8

stenaḥ	one who steals	SB 6.2.9-10

stenaḥ	thief	BG 3.12

		SB 11.23.36

eka-hastena	with one hand	SB 10.43.26-27

vāma-hastena	with his left hand	SB 6.12.24

hastena	by the hand	SB 8.6.38

hastena	by one hand	SB 8.7.12

hastena	hand	SB 10.25.19

hastena	hand	SB 10.30.20

eka-hastena	with one hand	SB 10.43.26-27

hastena	hand	SB 10.46.25

śastena	auspicious	SB 3.29.15

vāma-hastena	with his left hand	SB 6.12.24

DCS with thanks

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stena	noun (masculine) a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a thief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) robber (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) stealing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) thieving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 4059/72933

stenay	verb (denominative parasmaipada) to steal Frequency rank 25954/72933

astena	noun (masculine) not a thief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 32905/72933

Wordnet Search

"stena" has 4 results.


stena	hastena hastaḥ eva yatra karaṇam। asya kārayānasya saṃyoktaṃ hastena parivartate।
stena	adhaḥcaraḥ, apahārakaḥ, apahārikā, apahārakam, avahāraḥ, avāvan, avāvarī, ākhanikaḥ, ākhuḥ, āmoṣī, āmoṣi, kapāṭaghnaḥ, kapāṭaghnā, kapāṭaghnam, kambū, kalamaḥ, kavāṭaghnaḥ, kumbhīrakaḥ, kusumālaḥ, kharparaḥ, coraḥ, cauraḥ, corī, corakaḥ, caurī, caurikā, taḥ, takvān, taskaraḥ, tāyu, tṛpuḥ, dasmaḥ, dasmā, dasraḥ, drāvakaḥ, dhanaharaḥ, dhanahṛt, dhanahṛd, naktacāriḥ, naktacārī, nāgarakaḥ, parāskandī, parāskandi, parimoṣī, parimoṣiḥ, paṭaccaraḥ, pāṭṭacaraḥ, puraṃdaraḥ, pracuraḥ., pracurapuruṣaḥ, pratirodhakaḥ, pratirodhī, bandīkāraḥ, malimluḥ, malimluc, mallīkara, mācalaḥ, mīḍhuṣtamaḥ, mumuṣiṣuḥ, muṣkaḥ, mūṣakaḥ, moṣaḥ, moṣakaḥ, moṣṭā, rajanīcaraḥ, rātricaraḥ, rātryāṭaḥ, rikvān, ritakvān, ribhvān, rihāyaḥ, rerihāṇaḥ, laṭaḥ, luṇṭākaḥ, vaṭaraḥ, vanarguḥ, viloḍakaḥ, viloptā, stenaḥ, stainyaḥ, stāyuḥ, steyakṛt, steyakṛd, steyī, staunaḥ, styenaḥ, styainaḥ, srotasyaḥ, harikaḥ, hartā, hārakaḥ, hārītaḥ adatsya paradhanasya apahārakaḥ। rakṣakaḥ corān daṇḍayati।
stena	hastena spṛś santoṣeṇa hastena sparśanānukūlaḥ vyāpāraḥ। prasannaḥ ācāryaḥ rameśasya pṛṣṭhaṃ hastena aspṛśat।
stena	udāratayā, muktahastena, akārpaṇyena kārpaṇyarahitatvena। saḥ āplāvapīḍitebhyaḥ udāratayā dānaṃ dattavān।

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