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Results for उष्णिह्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. उष्णिह्uṣṇihf.also उष्णिहा [Mbh. on P.IV.1.1.] (Nom. उष्णिक् P.III.2.59.)
    1. also उष्णिहा Mbh. on ParasmaipadaIV.1.1. (Nominative उष्णिक् ParasmaipadaIII.2.59.)
    2. A Vedic metre of 3 Pādas, the first two containing 8 syllables each, and the third 12.
    3. A classical metre of 4 Pādas with 7 syllables in each.
    4. A brick sacred to उष्णिह्.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. उष्णिह्uṣṇih[ushníh] f. (nm. k) a metre.

    [ushníh] feminine; also equal for (nominative k) a metre.

  2. पुरउष्णिह्purauṣṇih[pura(h)-ushnih] f. a metre (12 + 8 + 8 syllables); -etrí, m. one who goes before, leader, guide.

    [pura(h)-ushnih] feminine; also equal for a metre (12 with; also 8 with; also 8 syllables); -etrí, masculine one who goes before, leader, guide.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. उष्णिह्uṣṇihf. (fr. √स्निह् with उद् Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 3-2, 59), N. of a Vedic metre (consisting of twenty-eight syllabic…
    1. feminine (from √स्निह् with उद् Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 3-2, 59), Name of a Vedic metre (consisting of twenty-eight syllabic instants, viz. two Pa1das पाद s with eight instants, and one with twelve; the varieties depend on the place of the twelve-syllabled Pa1da पाद) RPra1t. 888 ff. AV. xix, 21, 1 VS.
    2. feminine a brick sacred to the a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) metre Ka1tyS3r.
    3. feminine Name of one of the Sun's horses VP.
  2. परउष्णिह्parauṣṇihf. a kind of metre Chandah2s. (also परो*ष्णिह् ib.)

    feminine a kind of metre Chandah2s. (also परो*ष्णिह् ibidem)

  3. पुरउष्णिह्purauṣṇihf. N. of a metre Rpra1t.

    feminine Name of a metre Rpra1t.