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Results for नारी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नारीnārīA woman; अर्थतः पुरुषो नारी या नारी सार्थतः पुमान् Mk.3.27.

    [नॄ-नर-वा जातौ ङीष् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied]

    1. A woman; अर्थतः पुरुषो नारी या नारी सार्थतः पुमान् Mk.3.27.
    2. Any female or feminine object.
    3. Sacrifice.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -इष्टा Arabian Jasmin (Marâthî मोगरा).

    • -तरङ्गकः

      1. a paramour.
      2. a libertine.
    • -दूषणम् a woman's vice: (they are: पानं दुर्जनसंसर्गः पत्या च विरहोऽटनम् । स्वप्नोऽन्यगृहवासश्च नारीणां दूषणानि षट् Ms.9.13).

    • -नाथ Adjective having a woman for possessor or owner; क्वचिदपि गृहं नारीनाथं निरीक्ष्य विवर्जितम् Mk.4.3.

    • -परायण Adjective devoted to women.

    • -पुरम् women's apartment in house, gynaeceum.

    • -प्रसंगः lechery, libertinism.

    • -रत्नम् a jewel of a woman, an excellent woman.

    In the Gita10·34

    कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ॥

    kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṁ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā. — And I am all-snatching Death, and I am too the birth of all that shall come into being. Among feminine qualities I am glory and beauty and speech and… 10·34
    • नारीणाम्nārīṇāmgenitive plural of the feminine noun nārī (woman).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नारीnārī[nấrî] f. woman, wife: -maya, a. con sisting of women only; -yâna, n. carriage for women.

    [nấrî] feminine; also equal for woman, wife: -maya, adjective con sisting of women only; -yâna, neuter carriage for women.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नारीnārīf. see नारी
    1. feminine see नारी
    2. feminine (of that the rest of a word is to be suppliedर्/अ quod vide) a woman, a wife (in older language also न्/आरि) fg-veda etc.
    3. feminine a female or any object regarded as feminine VS. TA1r.
    4. feminine sacrifice Naigh.
    5. feminine Name of a daughter of Meru मेरु BhP.
    6. feminine of 2 kinds of metre Col.
    7. feminine see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page).
  2. अर्धनारीनरवपुस्ardhanārīnaravapusmfn. having a body half man and half woman (said of Rudra रुद्र) Va1yuP. ii.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a body half man and half woman (said of Rudra रुद्र) Va1yuP. ii.

  3. अर्धनारीनाटेश्वरardhanārīnāṭeśvaram. S3iva शिव .,

    masculine gender S3iva शिव .,

  4. अर्धनारीशardhanārīśam. "the lord who is half female (and half male)", a form of S3iva शिव .

    masculine gender "the lord who is half female (and half male)", a form of S3iva शिव .

  5. अर्धनारीश्वरardhanārīśvaram. "the lord who is half female (and half male)", a form of S3iva शिव .

    masculine gender "the lord who is half female (and half male)", a form of S3iva शिव .

  6. आर्धनारीश्वरārdhanārīśvaran. (fr. अर्ध-नारी*श्वर q.v.), the story of the lord (S3iva शिव) in his form as half female (and half male)…

    neuter gender (from अर्ध-नारी*श्वर quod vide), the story of the lord (S3iva शिव) in his form as half female (and half male) Ba1lar.

  7. कुनारीkunārīf. a bad woman VarBr2.

    feminine a bad woman VarBr2.

  8. कुलनारीkulanārīf. a woman of good family, high-bred virtuous woman Hit.

    feminine a woman of good family, high-bred virtuous woman Hit.