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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चूर्णिcūrṇiर्णी [rṇī], र्णी f.
    1. र्णी rṇī, र्णी Feminine
    2. Pounding, powder.
    3. A sum of hundred cowries.
    4. Name of Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya on the Sūtras of Pāṇini.
    5. A selection of an unanswerable argument.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कृत्

      1. Masculine
      2. an epithet of Patañjali.
      3. an annotator, commentator.
  2. अवचूर्णितavacūrṇitaa.Pounded coarsely; त्रिजातावचूर्णितेन mixed with; Dk.133.
    1. Pounded coarsely; त्रिजातावचूर्णितेन mixed with; Dk.133.
    2. Ground, crushed, reduced to powder.
  3. चूर्णिकाcūrṇikā1 Grain fried and powdered.
    1. 1 Grain fried and powdered.
    2. A style of prose composition.
  4. चूर्णितcūrṇitaa.Pounded, pulverized.
    1. Pounded, pulverized.
    2. Crushed, bruised, smashed, shattered to pieces; Ku.5.24.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चूर्णिcūrṇif. the shell Cypraea moneta (one Kaparda कपर्द) L. Sch.; 100 Kapardas कपर्द s Un2. iv, 52 Sch.
    1. feminine the shell Cypraea moneta (one Kaparda कपर्द) Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator; 100 Kapardas कपर्द s Un2. iv, 52 Scholiast or Commentator
    2. feminine "noticing every minute point of difficulty", Name of Pat. 's commentator or commentary (Maha1-bha1shya महा-भाष्य) Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
    3. feminine of the old Pra1kr2it Prakrit commentaries on Jain texts
    4. feminine selection of an unanswerable argument W.
    5. feminine confer, compare एक .
  2. अवचूर्णितavacūrṇitamfn. sprinkled with powder, &c. MBh. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sprinkled with powder, etc. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (with flowers) MBh. ii, 813.
  3. एकचूर्णिekacūrṇim. N. of an author.

    masculine gender Name of an author.

  4. चूर्णिकाcūrṇikāf. id. W.

    feminine the same W.

  5. चूर्णिकारcūrṇikāram. the author of a Cu1rn2i चूर्णि (or Pra1kr2it Prakrit Comm. on a Jain text).

    masculine gender the author of a Cu1rn2i चूर्णि (or Pra1kr2it Prakrit commentator or commentary on a Jain text).

  6. चूर्णिकृत्cūrṇikṛtm. "Cu1rn2i चूर्णि -author", N. of Pat. L.
    1. masculine gender "Cu1rn2i चूर्णि -author", Name of Pat. Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender Equivalent to -कार .