Apte Dictionary

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Entry कोण

कोणkoṇaA corner, an angle (of anything); भयेन कोणे क्वचन स्थितस्य Vikr.1. 99. युक्तमेतन्न तु पुनः कोणं नयनपद्मयोः…
[कुण्-करणे घञ् कर्त्तरि अच् वा Tv.]
1. A corner, an angle (of anything); भयेन कोणे क्वचन स्थितस्य Vikr.1. 99. युक्तमेतन्न तु पुनः कोणं नयनपद्मयोः Bv.2.173.
2. An intermediate point of the compass.
3. The bow of a lute; a fiddle-stick.
4. The sharp edge of a sword or weapon.
5. A stick, staff, club.
6. A drum-stick; ... कोणैर्भे- र्यो निजघ्निरे Bk.14.2.
7. Name of the planet Mars.
8. Name of the planet Saturn.
9. A sort of musical instrument Compare Greek gonia.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आघातः striking of drums, tabors etc., used in the sense of 'a mingled sound of various musical instruments'; कोणाघातेषु गर्जत्प्रलयघनघटान्योन्य- संघट्टचण्डः Ve.1.22. (It is thus defined by Bharata: ढक्काशतसहस्राणि भेरीशतशतानि च । एकदा यत्र हन्यन्ते कोणाघातः स उच्यते ॥).
- -कुणः, -पारावतम् (see कपोतपालिका) A dove-cot or doveridge, a bug.
- -वादिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.
- -वृत्तम् a vertical circle extending from north-east to south-west or from north-west to south-east.
- -शङ्कुः the sinus of the height of the sun.
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