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Results for अणि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अणिaṇim.[अणति शब्दायते अण्-इन्]

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णी

      1. अणति शब्दायते अण्-इन्
      2. The point of a needle.
      3. A linchpin, the pin or bolt at the end of a pole of carriage. अणीकृत्वैलपत्रं च Mb 7.22.73.
      4. A limit.
      5. The corner of a house (used for killing animals etc.).
    • -माण्डव्यः अण्या चिह्नितो माण्डव्यः Name 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.

  2. अणिमन्aṇimanm.अणुतात्वम् Minuteness, smallness, thinness, leanness, fineness.

    [अणु-इमनिच्],

    1. अणुतात्वम् Minuteness, smallness, thinness, leanness, fineness.
    2. Atomic nature.
    3. 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).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अणिaṇim. the point of a needle or of a sharp stake L.
    1. masculine gender the point of a needle or of a sharp stake Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender linch-pin Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender the pin or bolt at the end of the pole of a carriage Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender the corner or part of a house Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a boundary Lexicographers
    6. (also) half of a lunar month, Lexicographers
  2. अणिकाषम्aṇikāṣam(prob.) w.r. for अ - निक् ˚ (below).

    (probably) wrong reading for अ - निक् that the rest of a word is to be supplied (below).

  3. अणिमतस्aṇimatasind. from the thin side, MaitrS.

    indeclinable from the thin side, MaitrS.

  4. अणिमन्aṇimanm. (fr. अणु q.v.), minuteness, fineness, thinness S3Br. &c.
    1. masculine gender (from अणु quod vide), minuteness, fineness, thinness S3Br. etc.
    2. masculine gender meagreness
    3. masculine gender atomic nature, the superhuman power of becoming as small as an atom
    4. neuter gender the smallest particle S3Br.
  5. अणिष्ठaṇiṣṭhamfn. (fr. अणु q.v.), most minute.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from अणु quod vide), most minute.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अणिमन्aṇiman[an-i-mán] m. thinness, subtilty.

    [an-i-mán] masculine thinness, subtilty.

  2. अणिष्ठaṇiṣṭha[án-ishtha] spv. of ánu.

    [án-ishtha] superlative of ánu.