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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).
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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.

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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).
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  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.

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  3. अर्धनारीनाटेश्वरardhanārīnāṭeśvaram. S3iva शिव .,

    masculine gender S3iva शिव .,

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  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 .

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  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 .

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  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.

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  7. कुनारीkunārīf. a bad woman VarBr2.

    feminine a bad woman VarBr2.

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

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

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