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Results for यवनिका

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Apte Dictionary

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

यवनिकाyavanikāयवनी [yavanī], यवनी 1 A Yavana female, a Greek or Mahomedan woman; यवनी नवनीतकोमलाङ्गी Jag; यवनीमुख- पद्मानां…
1. यवनी yavanī, यवनी 1 A Yavana female, a Greek or Mahomedan woman; यवनी नवनीतकोमलाङ्गी Jag; यवनीमुख- पद्मानां सेहे मधुमदं न सः R.4.61; (from dramas it appears that Yavana girls were formerly employed as attendants on kings particularly to be in charge of their bows and quivers; Compare एष बाणासनहस्ताभिर्यवनीभिः परिवृत इत एवागच्छति प्रियवयस्यः Ś.2; प्रविश्य शार्ङ्गहस्ता यवनी Ś.6; प्रविश्य चापहस्ता यवनी V.5. etc.).
2. A curtain; काञ्चुकीयो यवनिकास्तरणं करोति Pratimā 2; Compare जवनिका.
3. A veil; पश्यामस्तावद् रूपसादृश्यम् । संक्षिप्यतां यवनिका.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

यवनिकाyavanikā[yavan-ikâ] f. 1. Greek woman; 2. curtain (=gavanikâ); -î, f. Greek woman.

[yavan-ikâ] feminine; also equal for 1. Greek woman; 2. curtain (Equivalent togavanikâ); -î, feminine; also equal for Greek woman.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

यवनिकाyavanikāf. a Yavana यवन woman S3ak. (v.l.)
1. feminine a Yavana यवन woman S3ak. (varia lectio)
2. feminine a screen of cloth or a veil Ka1v. BhP. (confer, compare जवनिका).
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