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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 चन

  1. चनcanaind.Not, not also, even not; आपश्चन प्र मिनाति व्रतं वाम् Rv.2.24.12; (not used by itself, but found used in…

    Not, not also, even not; आपश्चन प्र मिनाति व्रतं वाम् Rv.2.24.12; (not used by itself, but found used in combination with the pronoun किम् or its derivatives, such as कद्, कथं, क्व, कदा, कुतः to which it imparts an indefinite sense; see under किम्). Note: Some regard चन to be not a separate word, but a combination of च and न.

    In the Gita3·22

    न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।

    na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiṁcana, — O Son of Pritha, I have no work that I need to do in all the three worlds, I have nothing that I have not gained and have yet to gain, and I abide… 3·22
    • किञ्चनkiñcanaaccusative singular of the neuter form of the pronoun kim (what, which, who) with the suffix cana emphasising the idea conveyed by it (any).

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Headwords under च

Part 1 of 6 च – चपलायतेAll parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न