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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 मोहन

  1. मोहनmohanaAn epithet of Śiva.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. An epithet of Śiva.
      2. Name of one of the five arrows of Cupid.
      3. The Thorn-apple (धत्तूर).

    • -नी

      1. A particular illusion.
      2. A particular incantation.
      3. One of the nine शक्तिs of Viṣṇu.

    • मोहन mōhana, Adjective

      1. (-नी Feminine) मुह्-णिच्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा
      2. Stupefying.
      3. Bewildering, perplexing, puzzling; तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् Bg.14.8.
      4. Deluding, infatuating.
      5. Fascinating, enrapturing; सकलेन्द्रियमोहनानि Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.36; Māl.6.8.

    • -नम्

      1. Stupefying.
      2. Bewildering, perplexing, puzzling.
      3. Stupor; loss of sensation.
      4. Infatuation, delusion, mistake.
      5. A seduction, temptation.
      6. Sexual intercourse; योषितः पतितकाञ्चनकाञ्चौ मोहनातिरभसेन नितम्बे Śi. 1.85; Māl.4.
      7. A means employed in perplexing others.
      8. A magical charm employed to bewilder an enemy.

    • -अस्त्रम् a missile which fascinates or bewitches the person against whom it is used.

    • -गृहम् *** a delusive chamber; गूढभित्तिसंचारं मोहनगृहं तन्मध्ये वा वासगृहम् Kau. Atmanepada 1.2.

    In the Gita14·818·39

    तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।

    tamastvajñānajaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarvadehinām, — But tamas, know thou, born of ignorance, is the deluder of all embodied beings; it binds by negligence, indolence and sleep, O Bharata. 14·8
    • मोहनम्mohanamnominative singular of the neuter noun mohana (delusion).
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Headwords under म

Part 11 of 12 मेलनम् – मौलिन्All parts
  1. म – मण्डल
  2. मण्डलकम् – मनीकम्
  3. मनीकृ – मरूक
  4. मरूव – महल्ल
  5. महल्लक – माधविका
  6. माधवी – मार्द्वीक
  7. मार्मिक – मिश्
  8. मिश्र् – मुन्थ्
  9. मुमुक्षा – मृग्
  10. मृग – मेल
  11. मेलनम् – मौलिन्
  12. मौलेयक – म्लै