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Apte Dictionary

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

लवणlavaṇaa.Saline, saltish, briny; यतो यतस्त्वाददीत लवणमेवैवम् Bṛi. Up.2.4.12.
[लू-ल्युट् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied णत्वम्]
1. Saline, saltish, briny; यतो यतस्त्वाददीत लवणमेवैवम् Bṛi. Up.2.4.12.
2. Lovely, handsome.
Derived forms and compounds
- -णः
  
  Saline taste.
  
  The sea of salt water.
  
  Name of a demon, son of Madhu, who was killed by Śatrughna; लवणेन विलुप्तेज्यास्तामिस्रेण तमभ्ययुः R.15.2,5,17,26.
  
  Name of a hell.
- -णम्
  
  Salt, seasalt.
  
  A factitious salt.
- -अन्तकः an epithet of Śatrughna.
- -अब्धिः the salt ocean. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedजम् sea-salt.
- -अम्बुराशिः the ocean; आभाति वेला लवणाम्बुराशेः R.13. 15; V.1.17.
- -अम्भस् Masculine the ocean; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि R.12.7;17.54. (-Neuter) salt water.
- -आकारः
  
  a salt-mine.
  
  a receptacle of salt water; id est, that is the sea.
  
  (Figurative) a mine of beauty.
- -आलयः the ocean.
- -उत्तमम्
  
  rocksalt.
  
  nitre.
- -उदः
  
  the ocean.
  
  the sea of salt water.
- -उदकः, -उदधिः, -जलः etc. the ocean; निनदमतिभृशं नराः प्रचक्रुर्लवणजलोद्भवसिंहनादमिश्रम् Mb.7. 39.31.
- -क्षारम्
  
  a kind of salt.
  
  A particular preparation made of sugar-cane juice.
- -जलोद्भवः a muscle, shell.
- -त्रयम् a combination of three kinds of salt, namely सैन्धव, विड and रुचक; Latin D. B.
- -धेनुः a cow symbolically represented with salt.
- -पाटलिका a saltbag; Buddh.
- -प्रगाढ Adjective strongly impregnated with salt.
- -मदः a kind of salt.
- -मेहः a kind of urinary disease.
- -शाकम् pickles; Gīrvāṇa.
- -समुद्रः the saltsea, the ocean.
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अलवणalavaṇaa.Saltless, not salty; (P.V.1.121.). संस्कृता- संस्कृताः पक्वा लवणालवणास्तथा । प्रजायन्ते यथा भावास्तथा चित्तं…

Saltless, not salty; (ParasmaipadaV.1.121.). संस्कृता- संस्कृताः पक्वा लवणालवणास्तथा । प्रजायन्ते यथा भावास्तथा चित्तं निरुध्यते ॥ Mb.13.114.14.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

लवणlavaṇa[lavana] a. briny, salt; m. N. of a demon; n. salt, sea-salt; grace, beauty (only --˚): -kalâyî, f. (prob.…

[lavana] adjective briny, salt; masculine noun of a demon; neuter salt, sea-salt; grace, beauty (only --˚): -kalâyî, feminine; also equal for (probably incorrect for lavana kalâpî) feeding-trough; -gala, adjective having salt water, briny; masculine sea, ocean; -galadhi, masculine, -gala-nidhi, masculine salt sea, ocean; -gala ͜ ud bhava, masculine shell; -tâ, feminine; also equal for saltness; -toya, adjective having salt water; masculine ocean; -tva, neuter salt ness; -vâri, adjective having salt water; masculine ocean; -samudra, masculine salt sea, ocean.

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अक्षारलवणakṣāralavaṇa[a-kshâra-lavana] n. what is not pungent and salt; - ͜ âsin, a. abstaining from seasoned and salted food.

[a-kshâra-lavana] neuter what is not pungent and salt; - ͜ âsin, adjective abstaining from seasoned and salted food.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

लवणlavaṇamf(आ)n. (derivation doubtful) saline, salt, briny, brinish S3Br. &c. (˚णं कृत्वा, or कृत्य g. साक्षा*दि)
1. mf(आ)neuter gender (derivation doubtful) saline, salt, briny, brinish S3Br. etc. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणं कृत्वा, or कृत्य gaRa साक्षा*दि)
2. mf(आ)neuter gender tasteful, graceful, handsome, beautiful W.
3. masculine gender saltness, saline taste W.
4. masculine gender the sea of salt water (in MBh. vi, 236 etc. one of the seven oceans which surround the Dvi1pas द्वीप s in concentric belts) IW. 420
5. masculine gender Name of a hell VP. (varia lectio सवन)
6. masculine gender of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस or Daitya दैत्य MBh. Hariv. Pur.
7. masculine gender of a king belonging to the family of Haris3candra हरिश्चन्द्र catalogue or catalogues
8. masculine gender of a son of Ra1ma राम (Equivalent to लव quod vide) S3atr.
9. masculine gender of a river Lexicographers
10. masculine gender Equivalent to बल and अस्थि-देव Lexicographers
11. masculine gender Cardiospermum Halicacabum Lexicographers
12. masculine gender Name of a river Ma1lati1m.
13. neuter gender (according to some also masculine gender and f(आ).) salt (especially sea-salt, rock or fossil salt; but also factitious salt or salt obtained from saline earth) AV. etc.
14. neuter gender oversalted food Lexicographers
15. neuter gender lustre, beauty, charm, grace (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' see, निर्-ल्that the rest of a word is to be supplied and लव-णा*कर)
16. neuter gender a particular mode of fighting (probably wrong reading for लम्बन) Hariv.
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अक्षारलवणakṣāralavaṇan. not factitious (i.e. natural) salt
1. neuter gender not factitious (id est natural) salt
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not composed of artificial salt, ([Kull. on]) Mn. iii, 257; v, 73
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective or, according to Goldst. and NBD., better "(food) not containing acrid substances nor salt"; therefore also अक्षारा*लवण in the same sense confer, compare क्षार-लवण .
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अक्षारलवणाशिन्akṣāralavaṇāśinmfn. eating अक्षार-लवण .

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective eating अक्षार-लवण .

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अर्कलवणarkalavaṇan. saltpetre L.

neuter gender saltpetre Lexicographers

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अलवणalavaṇamfn. not salty Pa1n2. 5-1, 121.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not salty Pa1n2. 5-1, 121.
2. (read, "not salt")
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अलवणाशिन्alavaṇāśinmfn. not eating salt food, S3rS.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not eating salt food, S3rS.

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