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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry इन्धन

  1. इन्धनindhanaa.Kindling, lighting.

    [इन्ध्-णिच्-ल्युट्]

    Kindling, lighting.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. Kindling, lighting,
      2. Fuel, wood etc.; शोकानलेन्धनताम् K.169.
      3. Expectation, desire (वासना); ये तु दग्धेन्धना लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः Mb.12.348.2.

    In the Gita4·37

    यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।

    yathaidhāṁsi samiddho'gnirbhasmasātkurute'rjuna, — As a fire kindled turns to ashes its fuel, O Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge turns all works to ashes. 4·37
    • एधांसिedhāṁsiaccusative plural of the neuter noun indhana (fuel).

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Headwords under इ

Part 1 of 2 इ – इभ्यAll parts
  1. इ – इभ्य
  2. इभ्यक – इहल