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Results for आनव

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Apte Dictionary

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

आनवānavaa.Human (as strength &c.).
[आनुः प्राणी तस्येदं अण्]
1. Human (as strength etc.).
2. Kind to men, benevolent.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वः
  
  Men, people.
  
  Foreign men or people.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आनवānavamf(ई)n. (fr. 2. अनु BRD.), kind to men RV.
1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from 2. अनु BRD.), kind to men fg-veda
2. mf(ई)neuter gender humane ibidem
3. mf(ई)neuter gender a foreign man fg-veda vii, 18, 13 (according to T. [from आनु Equivalent to man], "belonging to living men") .
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आनव्यānavyamfn. = /आनव T.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to /आनव T.

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