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Results for गायन

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गायनgāyana(-नी f.) [गै-ल्युट्] A singer; गायनैश्च विरोविण्यो वादनैश्च तथापरैः । विरेजुर्विपुलास्तत्र सर्वरत्नसमन्विताः ॥…

    (-नी Feminine) गै-ल्युट् A singer; गायनैश्च विरोविण्यो वादनैश्च तथापरैः । विरेजुर्विपुलास्तत्र सर्वरत्नसमन्विताः ॥ Rām.1.18. 19; तथैव तत्पौरुषगायनीकृताः Name1.13; Bh.3.27 Vartious reading

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. Singing a song.
      2. Practising singing as a means of subsistence.
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  2. उपगायनम्upagāyanamSinging.

    Singing.

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  3. गाङ्गायनिgāṅgāyaniN. of Bhīsma or Kārtikeya.

    [गङ्गाया अपत्यं फिञ्]

    Name of Bhīsma or Kārtikeya.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गायनgāyana[gây-ana] m. public singer; n. song.

    [gây-ana] masculine public singer; neuter song.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गायनgāyanam. (Pa1n2. 3-1, 147) a singer, praiser MBh. i, iii, v, xiii R. i Ra1jat.
    1. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 3-1, 147) a singer, praiser MBh. i, iii, v, xiii R. i Ra1jat.
    2. masculine gender a talker Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender Name of an attendant in Skanda स्कन्द 's retinue MBh. ix, 2569
    4. neuter gender singing, song Ca1n2. BhP. iii, vii PSarv.
    5. neuter gender professing or practising singing as a livelihood W.
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  2. उपगायनupagāyanan. singing BhP.

    neuter gender singing BhP.

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  3. गाङ्गायनgāṅgāyanam. patr. Pravar. i, 7; v, 4.

    masculine gender patronymic Pravar. i, 7; v, 4.

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  4. गाङ्गायनिgāṅgāyanim. (g. तिका*दि) metron. fr. ग्/अङ्गा Pravar. ii, 4, 1; iv, 8
    1. masculine gender (gaRa तिका*दि) metronymic from ग्/अङ्गा Pravar. ii, 4, 1; iv, 8
    2. masculine gender Bhi1shma भीष्म (son of S3a1ntanu शान्तनु 's first wife Gan3ga1 गङ्गा) Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender Skanda स्कन्द (generated from S3iva शिव 's vivifying principle first cast into Agni अग्नि and afterwards received by Gan3ga1 गङ्गा) Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedग्याय्that the rest of a word is to be supplied W.
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  5. गायनीgāyanīf. a female singer Pa1n2. 3-i, 147

    feminine a female singer Pa1n2. 3-i, 147

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  6. गायन्तिकाgāyantikāf. (fr. ˚न्ती f. of गायत्), "singing", N. of a cave in the Hima7laya हिमा*लय MBh. v, 2836.

    feminine (from that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्ती feminine of गायत्), "singing", Name of a cave in the Hima7laya हिमा*लय MBh. v, 2836.

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