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Entry नु

नुnuनू [nū] त [t], (नू) त p. p. Praised, extolled &c.
नू nū त t, (नू) त Past passive participle Praised, extolled etc.
Derived forms and compounds
- नु nu
  
  I. 2 Parasmaipada (नौति, प्रणौति; नुत; caus. नावयति; Desiderative नुनूषति)
  
  To praise, extol, commend; सरस्वती तन्मिथुनं नुनाव Ku.7.9; Bk.14.112; see नू.
  
  To roar, cry.
  
  To sound, shout. -II. 1. Ā. (नवते) To go. -Causal To cause to be drawn into the nose; Charaka.
- नुः nuḥ, Feminine
  
  Praise. -Masculine
  
  A weapon.
  
  Time.
- नु nu, Indeclinable
  
  A particle having an interrogative force and implying some 'doubt', or 'uncertainty'; स्वप्नो नु माया नु मतिभ्रमो नु Ś.6.1; अस्तशैलगहनं नु विवस्वानाविवेश जलधिं नु महीं नु Ki.9.7;5.1; 8 53,9.15,54;13.4; Ku.1.46; क्षालितं नु शमितं नु वधूनां द्रावितं नु हृदयं मधुवारैः Śi.1.14; Ś.2.1.
  
  It is very often compounded with the interrogative pronoun and its derivatives in the sense of 'possibly', 'indeed'; किं न्वेतत्स्यात्किमन्यदितोऽ थवा Māl.1.17; एतावन्नू 3 इत्येतावद्धीति Bṛi. Up.2.1.14; कथं नु गुणवद्विन्देयं कलत्रम् Dk.; see किंनु also.
  
  Vedic Now, even now.
  
  Now therefore, now then, therefore.
  
  Like, as.
  
  Quickly.
  
  From this time forward. also (-नू) Vedic Alone; नू मर्तो दयते सनिष्यन् Rv.7.1.1.
In the Gita1·35 2·36

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ।

api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte, — O Janardana, I would not consent to slay even for the kingdom of the three worlds; how then for earth? What pleasures can be ours after killing the… 1·35
- नुnuan indeclinable particle joined to an interrogative pronoun and implying a favourable answer (is).
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