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Results for अणि
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
अणिaṇim.[अणति शब्दायते अण्-इन्]
Derived forms and compounds
-णी
अणति शब्दायते अण्-इन्
The point of a needle.
A linchpin, the pin or bolt at the end of a pole of carriage. अणीकृत्वैलपत्रं च Mb 7.22.73.
A limit.
The corner of a house (used for killing animals etc.).
-माण्डव्यःअण्या चिह्नितो माण्डव्यःName of a sage said to have been impaled on an अणी or linchpin. स तथान्तर्गतेनैव शूलेन व्यरन् मुनिः । ...अणीमाण्डव्य इति च ततो लोकेषु गीयते ॥ Mb.1.18.7-8.
The superhuman power of becoming as small as an atom, one of the 8 powers or Siddhis of Śiva; (अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यं महिमा तथा । ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च तथा कामावसायिता).