अणुaṇuminute observation, observation of very minute parts.
- minute observation, observation of very minute parts.
- अणुः सूक्ष्मो वीक्ष्यते अनेन करणे ल्युट् an instrument, like the microscope, enabling one to discern the smallest objects.
Derived forms and compounds
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-व्रतानि Name of the twelve smaller vows of laymen adhering to the Jain faith.
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-व्रीहिः कर्म. a fine sort of grain, rice etc.
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अणु aṇu, Adjective (णु-ण्वी Feminine) अण्-उन् Minute, small, little, atomic (Opposite of स्थूल, महत्); अणोरणीयान् Bg.8.9; सर्वोप्ययं नन्वणुः Bh.3.26. insignificantly small; अण्वपि भयम् Ms.6. 4; अण्वपि याच्यमानः Pt.4.26 asked but an atom, a very small quantity, न कन्यायाः पिता विद्वान् गृह्णीयात् शुल्कमण्वपि Ms.3.51.
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- An atom, a very small particle (an exceedingly small measure); the mote in a sunbeam, the smallest perceptible quantity; अस्थूलमनण्वह्रस्वमदीर्घं ब्रह्म; अणुं पर्वतीकृ Bh.2.78. to magnify; Compare also 'To make mountains of molehills.'
- An atom of time (व्यञ्जनमर्ध- मात्रा तदर्धम् अणु); it is said to be 54,675, th part of a Muhūrta (48 minutes).
- Name of Śiva.
- Name of very small grain such as सर्षप, चीनक etc., अनणुषु दशमांशोऽणुष्वथैकादशांशः Līlā.
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-णु Neuter the fourth part of a Mātrā.
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-अन्तः अणुः अन्तो यस्य a hair-splitting question; (अण्वन्तः सूक्ष्मान्तः सुक्ष्मवस्तुनिर्णयान्तः प्रश्नः Śaṅkara). किमर्थमचारीः पशूनिच्छन्नण्वन्तानिति Br. up. 4.1.1.
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-तैलम् Name of a medicinal oil.
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-भा अण्वी सूक्ष्मा भा प्रभा यस्याः सा lightning.
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-मात्र Adjective अणुः परिमाणं यस्य अणु-मात्रच् of the size of an atom.
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-रेणुः कर्म. atomic dust.
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-रेवती अणुः सूक्ष्मा रेवतीतारेव Name of a plant (दन्तीवृक्ष) Croton Polyandrum.
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-वादः the doctrine of atoms, atomic theory, the theory that all material substances are primarily atoms and secondarily aggregates, and that all atoms are eternal.
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-वीक्षणम् ष. त.
In the Gita·8·9
अणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः ।
- अणीयांसम्aṇīyāṁsamaccusative singular of the comparative degree of the neuter form of the adjective aṇu (an atom, the subtle one)
- अणोःaṇoḥgenitive singular of the neuter noun aṇu(subtle, atom)
