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Apte Dictionary

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

मौनम्maunamSilence, taciturnity; विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् Bh.2.7; मौनं सर्वार्थसाधनम् 'open your lips'; मौनं समाचर 'hold…
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1. Silence, taciturnity; विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् Bh.2.7; मौनं सर्वार्थसाधनम् 'open your lips'; मौनं समाचर 'hold your tongue'.
2. The unblooming state (अप्रफुल्लीभाव); गुञ्जति मञ्जु मिलिन्दे मा मालति मौनमुपयासीः Bv.1.19.
Derived forms and compounds
- -मुद्रा the attitude of silence.
- -व्रतम् a vow of silence.
In the Gita10·38 17·16

मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥

maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatāmaham. — I am the mastery and power of all who rule and tame and vanquish and the policy of all who succeed and conquer; I am the silence of things secret and… 10·38
- मौनम्maunamnominative singular of the neuter noun mauna (silence).
Source: ApteApte entry
अमौनम्amaunam1 Non-silence.
1. 1 Non-silence.
2. Knowledge of the soul.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विमुक्तमौनम्vimuktamaunamind. breaking silence Katha1s.

indeclinable breaking silence Katha1s.

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