Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for असिक्नी

3 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

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

असिक्नीasiknīA young maidservant of the harem.
[सिता केशादौ शुभ्रा जरती, तद्भिन्ना अवृद्धा, असित तकारस्य ङीप् च ParasmaipadaIV.1.39 छन्दसि क्नमेके Vārt.]
1. A young maidservant of the harem.
2. Night (Nir.).
3. Name of a river in the Punjab, mentioned along with others in the line. इमं मे गङ्गे यमुने...असिक्रिया मरुद्वृधे... etc. Rv.1.75.5; करीषिणीमसिक्नीं च कुशचीरां महानदीम् Mb.6.9.23. Adjective black; त्वद् भिया विश आयन्नसिक्नीः Rv.7.5.3. असिक्न्यस्योषधे Mbh. on 4.1.39.
Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

असिक्नीasiknī[ásiknî] f. (of ásita) night.

[ásiknî] feminine; also equal for (of ásita) night.

Source: MacdonellAnalyse the word

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

असिक्नीasiknīVed. f. of 2. /असित q.v.
1. Vedic or Veda feminine of 2. /असित quod vide
2. feminine "the dark one", the night fg-veda iv, 17, 15; x, 3, 1
3. feminine a girl attending in the women's apartments Lexicographers
4. feminine Name of a wife of Daksha दक्ष Hariv.
5. feminine Name of the river Akesines (afterwards called Candra-bha1ga1 चन्द्र-भागा) in the Pan5ja1b Panjab fg-veda viii, 20, 25 and (असिक्न्/ई) x, 75, 5.
Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word