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Entry नौ

नौnauf.A ship, boat, vessel; महता पुण्यपण्येन क्रीतेयं कायनौस्त्वया Śānti.3.1.
1. A ship, boat, vessel; महता पुण्यपण्येन क्रीतेयं कायनौस्त्वया Śānti.3.1.
2. Name of a constellation.
3. Time; नौः काले तरणावपि Nm.
4. Compound आरोहः (नावारोहः) a passenger on board a ship.
5. a sailor.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कर्णधारः a helmsman, pilot.
- -कर्मन् Neuter the occupation of a sailor; निषादो मार्गवं सूते दासं नौकर्मजीविनम् Ms.1.34.
- -क्रमः a bridge of boats.
- -चरः, -उपजीवकः, -जीविकः a sailor, boatman; यादोनाथः शिवजलपथः कर्मणे नौचराणाम् R.17.81.
- -तार्य Adjective navigable, to be traversed in a ship.
- -दण्डः an oar.
- -यानम् navigation.
- -यायिन् Adjective going in a boat, a passenger; एष नौयायिनामुक्तो व्यवहारस्य निर्णयः Ms.8.49.
- -वाहः a steersman, pilot, captain.
- -व्यसनम् shipwreck, naufrage; नौव्यसने विपन्नः Ś.6.
- -साधनम् fleet, navy; वङ्गानुत्खाय तरसा नेता नौसाधनोद्यतान् R.4.36.
In the Gita2·67

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥

tadasya harati prajñāṁ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi. — Such of the roving senses as the mind follows, that carries away the understanding, just as the winds carry away a ship on the sea. 2·67
- नावम्nāvamaccusative singular of the feminine noun nau (a boat).
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