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Apte Dictionary

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

केनkenaind.By what ? whence, how, why; वत्सोपमन्यो केन वृत्तिं कल्पयसि Mb.1.3.36. केनेशितोपनिषद्, केनोपनिषद् N. of one of…
By what ? whence, how, why; वत्सोपमन्यो केन वृत्तिं कल्पयसि Mb.1.3.36. केनेशितोपनिषद्, केनोपनिषद् Name of one of the old principal Upaniṣads.
In the Gita3·36

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।

atha kena prayukto'yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ, — Arjuna said:- But (if there is no fault in following our Nature) what is this in us that drives a man to sin, as if by force, even against his own… 3·36
- केनkenainstrumental singular of the masculine form of the pronoun kim (what, which, who).
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आकेनिपākenipaa.Ved. Advancing near (as rays of light); wise (?).

Vedic Advancing near (as rays of light); wise (?).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

केनkena[kéna] in. of ka, by whom? whereby? wherewith? whence?

[kéna] instrumental of ka, by whom? whereby? wherewith? whence?

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

केनkenaind. instr. (fr. 2. क्/अ), by what? S3Br. iv MBh. i, ch. 3
1. indeclinable instrumental case (from 2. क्/अ), by what? S3Br. iv MBh. i, chapter 3
2. indeclinable whence? MBh. xiii, 2167 R. vi, 12, 4
3. indeclinable how? why? Pan5cat. Bhartr2.
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अन्तिकेनantikenaind. (with gen.) near.

indeclinable (with genitive case) near.

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अपवारितकेनapavāritakenaind. = अप-वारितम् .

indeclinable Equivalent to अप-वारितम् .

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अर्केन्दुसंगमarkendusaṃgamam. the instant of conjunction of the sun and moon.

masculine gender the instant of conjunction of the sun and moon.

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आकेनिपākenipamfn. (said of the horses of the As3vins अश्विन् s) protecting in the vicinity RV. iv, 45, 6
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (said of the horses of the As3vins अश्विन् s) protecting in the vicinity fg-veda iv, 45, 6
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Equivalent to आplusकेनिप्/अ quod vide, "wise" Naigh. iii, 15.)
3. read आ केनिप्/आसो, ibidem iv, 45, 6).
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एकेन्द्रियekendriyamfn. having but one organ of sense L.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having but one organ of sense Lexicographers

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काकेन्दुkākendum. a kind of ebony (Diospyros tomentosa) L.

masculine gender a kind of ebony (Diospyros tomentosa) Lexicographers

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