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Results for अनक्षर

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Apte Dictionary

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

अनक्षरanakṣaraa.Unable to speak, mute, dumb, unlettered; मुखमनक्षरं स्वाकृतेः Bh.2.56.
[न. ब.]
1. Unable to speak, mute, dumb, unlettered; मुखमनक्षरं स्वाकृतेः Bh.2.56.
2. Unfit to be uttered.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रम् अप्रशस्तान्यक्षराणि यत्र Abusive language, foul or abusive words, censure. -Adverb Without the use of words, not expressed by words, mutely, dumbly; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरं पप्रच्छ K.219,143; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedव्यञ्जितदौर्हृदेन R.14.26.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अनक्षरanakṣara[an-akshara] a. mute: -m, ad. with out words.

[an-akshara] adjective mute: -m, adverb, -ial, -ially with out words.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनक्षरanakṣaramfn. unfit to be uttered
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unfit to be uttered
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unable to articulate a syllable.
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