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Results for नीवार

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Apte Dictionary

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

नीवारnīvāraRice growing wild or without cultivation; नीवाराः शुकगर्भकोटरमुखभ्रष्टास्तरूणामधः Ś.1.14; R.1.5; 5.9,15; (also…

Rice growing wild or without cultivation; नीवाराः शुकगर्भकोटरमुखभ्रष्टास्तरूणामधः Ś.1.14; R.1.5; 5.9,15; (also नीवारक).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

नीवारnīvāra[nîvâra] m. wild rice; sg. the plant, pl. the grain: -kana, m. grain of rice.

[nîvâra] masculine wild rice; singular the plant, plural the grain: -kana, masculine grain of rice.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नीवारnīvāram. (ifc. f(आ).) wild rice (sg. the plant; pl. the grains) VS. S3Br. MBh. &c.

masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) wild rice (sg. the plant; plural the grains) VS. S3Br. MBh. etc.

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नीवारप्रसृतिम्पचnīvāraprasṛtimpacamfn. cooking only a handful of wild rice, extremely frugal in eating Ba1lar.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective cooking only a handful of wild rice, extremely frugal in eating Ba1lar.

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नीवारमुष्टिम्पचnīvāramuṣṭimpacamfn. cooking only a handful of wild rice, extremely frugal in eating Ba1lar.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective cooking only a handful of wild rice, extremely frugal in eating Ba1lar.

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नीवाराnīvārāv.l. for निवारा (see under नि-वृ).
1. varia lectio for निवारा (see under नि-वृ).
2. feminine Name of a river MBh. VP. (varia lectio नि-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).
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