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Entry सनातन

सनातनsanātanaa.(-नी f.)
1. (-नी Feminine)
2. Perpetual, constant, eternal, permanent; ज्वलन्मणिव्योमसदां सनातनम् Ki.8.1; एष धर्मः सनातनः.
3. Firm, fixed, settled; एष धर्मः सनातनः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5. 22.
4. Primeval, ancient.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नी
  
  Name of Lakṣmī.
  
  Of Durgā or Pārvatī.
  
  Of Sarasvatī.
- -तः
  
  The primeval being, Viṣṇu; सनातनः पितरमुपागमत् स्वयम् Bk.1.1.
  
  Name of Śiva.
  
  Of Brahman.
  
  A guest of the Manes.
  
  Name of one of the sons of Brahman.
  
  An ancient sage; द्विजाति- चरितो धर्मः शास्त्रे दृष्टः सनातनैः Rām.2.61.23.
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कुल-क्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुल-धर्माः सनातनाः ।

kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ, — In the annihilation of the family the eternal traditions of the family are destroyed; in the collapse of traditions, lawlessness overcomes the whole… 1·39
- सनातनाःsanātanāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the adjective sanātana (eternal, perpetual, ancient).
- सनातनःsanātanaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective sanātana (eternal, perpetual, ancient).
- सनातनम्sanātanamaccusative singular of the neuter form of the adjective sanātana (eternal, perpetual, ancient).
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