m. a part of the entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice (according to to Scholiast or Commentator either "the rectum"or"a particular part of the intestines near the omentum")
m. the rule of the grove of aśoka- trees (applied to cases in which a preference of any particular thing among many cannot be accounted for, just as rāvaṇa- kept sītā- in an aśoka- grove, but might equally well have kept her in a grove of other trees),
(ind.p.-nija-; perf.A1.-nije-for -ninije-) to wash (especially the feet) : A1.-nenikte- (1.sg. -nenije-) to wash one's self. : Causal-nejayati-, to cause to wash
वनिन् a. Ved. 1 Worshipping. -2 Desiring. -3 Giving, bestowing. -4 Abounding in water. -5 Living in a forest. -m. 1 A tree. -2 The Soma plant. -3 A Brāhmaṇa in the third stage of his life, a Vānaprastha, q. v.
वनिता 1 A woman in general; वनितेति वदन्त्येतां लोकाः सर्वे वदन्तु ते । यूनां परिणता सेयं तपस्येति मतं मम ॥ Bv.2.117; पथिकवनिताः Me.8. -2 A wife, mistress; वनेचराणां वनिता- सखानाम् Ku.1.1; R.2.19. -3 Any beloved woman. -4 The female of an animal. -Comp. -द्विष् m. a misogynist (woman-hater). -विलासः wanton pastime of women.
अजीवनिः f. [न-जीव्-अनि P.III.3 112] 1 Death, non-existence (used as an imprecation); अजीवनिस्ते शठ भूयात् Sk. may death seize thee, rogue ! mayest thou cease to live ! cf. also अभावे भवतां यो$स्मिन् जीवेत्तस्यास्त्व- जीवनिः । B.7.77.
उलूलुध्वनिः The noise of melodious chorus, especially of women, on happy occasions like the marriage festival; cf. उच्चैरुलूलुध्वनिमुच्चचार N. See उलुलिः.
जवनिका जवनी [जु करणे ल्युट् संज्ञायां कन्] 1 A screen of cloth surrounding a tent. -2 A curtain in general; नरः संसारान्ते विशति यमधानीजवनिकाम् Bh.3.112; मायाजवनिका- च्छन्नम् Bhāg.1.8.19; सतां जवनिका निकामसुखिनाम् Śi.4.54. -3 The sail of a boat.
यवनिका यवनी 1 A Yavana female, a Greek or Mahomedan woman; यवनी नवनीतकोमलाङ्गी Jag; यवनीमुख- पद्मानां सेहे मधुमदं न सः R.4.61; (from dramas it appears that Yavana girls were formerly employed as attendants on kings particularly to be in charge of their bows and quivers; cf. एष बाणासनहस्ताभिर्यवनीभिः परिवृत इत एवागच्छति प्रियवयस्यः Ś.2; प्रविश्य शार्ङ्गहस्ता यवनी Ś.6; प्रविश्य चापहस्ता यवनी V.5. &c.). -2 A curtain; काञ्चुकीयो यवनिकास्तरणं करोति Pratimā 2; cf. जवनिका. -3 A veil; पश्यामस्तावद् रूपसादृश्यम् । संक्षिप्यतां यवनिका.
m. irregularity of the previous word, irregular precedence as a member of a compound; -nivishta, pp. pre viously made (by another); -nyâya, m. pro visional judgment or sentence.
a. desiring or bestowing wealth (V.); -víd, a. bestowing wealth (V.); -vinda, a. gaining wealth; -sakti, m. N.; (vásu)-sravas, a. famed for wealth (RV.1); m. ep. of Siva (C.); -sampûrna, pp.filled with wealth.
on the path of fruitive activities (performing actions in this life, creating a body in the next life by those actions, and in this way continuously accepting birth and death)
noun (feminine) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a loved wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mistress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) any place on the ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bed of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
course (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stream (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the soil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a deep sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus rotundus (Ray, Rasārṇava)
the muttering of thunder clouds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
meghanāda Frequency rank 23926/72933
noun (masculine) a word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
allusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
echo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
empty sound without reality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hint (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
implied meaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of the Vasu Āpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Devī at Śaṅkhoddhāra
name of one of the Viśve Devās (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
poetical style (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sound of a drum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thunder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tune (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kāṃsya Frequency rank 2625/72933
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