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Results for अघोष

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अघोषaghoṣaa.Hard-sounding, See below.
[नास्ति घोषो यस्य यत्र वा]
1. Hard-sounding, See below.
2. Devoid of cow-herds.
Derived forms and compounds
- -षः The hard sound of a consonant, hollowness of sound with which all hard consonants and the Visarga are pronounced (one of the 11 kinds of बाह्यप्रयत्न, See ParasmaipadaVIII.2.1.) or the consonants so pronounced (खयां यमाः खयः Plus क-पौ विसर्गः शर एव च । एते श्वासानुप्रदाना अघोषाश्च विवृण्वते ॥).
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अघोषaghoṣam. (in Gr.) "non-sonance, absence of all sound or soft murmur", hard articulation or effort as applied to the…
1. masculine gender (in grammar) "non-sonance, absence of all sound or soft murmur", hard articulation or effort as applied to the hard consonants and Visarga विसर्ग
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective soundless, hard (as the hard consonants).
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