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Results for यह्व

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Apte Dictionary

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

यह्वyahvaa.Ved.
1. Vedic
2. Great, powerful.
3. Active, restless, continually moving. -Masculine An employer of priests for sacrifices; Latin D. B.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ह्वी
  
  A river. -Feminine (dual) An epithet of
  
  Heaven and earth.
  
  Of night and day.
  
  Of morning and evening.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

यह्वyahva[yah-vá] RV. a. (î) restless, active, swift; constant; ever-flowing.

[yah-vá] Rig-veda adjective (î) restless, active, swift; constant; ever-flowing.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

यह्वyahvamf(/ई)n. restless, swift, active (applied to Agni अग्नि, Indra इन्द्र and Soma सोम) RV.
1. mf(/ई)neuter gender restless, swift, active (applied to Agni अग्नि, Indra इन्द्र and Soma सोम) fg-veda
2. mf(/ई)neuter gender continually moving or flowing (applied to the waters) ibidem (Equivalent to महत् Sa1y.)
3. masculine gender Equivalent to यजमान, a sacrificer Un2. i, 134 Scholiast or Commentator
4. masculine gender plural the flowing waters (with सप्त, "the seven great rivers") ibidem (confer, compare Naigh. i, 15) .
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यह्वत्yahvatmf(/अती)n. ever-flowing (waters) RV.

mf(/अती)neuter gender ever-flowing (waters) fg-veda

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यह्वाyahvāf. understanding, intelligence (= बुद्धि), L.

feminine understanding, intelligence (Equivalent to बुद्धि), Lexicographers

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यह्वीyahvīf. du. heaven and earth RV.

feminine dual number heaven and earth fg-veda

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