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Results for वप्तृ

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Apte Dictionary

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

वप्तृvaptṛm.A sower (of seed), planter, husbandman; न शालेः स्तम्बकरिता वप्तुर्गुणमपेक्षते Mu.1.3; Ms.3.142.
[वप्-तृच्]
1. A sower (of seed), planter, husbandman; न शालेः स्तम्बकरिता वप्तुर्गुणमपेक्षते Mu.1.3; Ms.3.142.
2. A father, procreator.
3. A poet, an inspired sage.
4. A shaver, cutter.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वप्तृvaptṛm. one who shears, a shearer, cutter, shaver RV. AV. TBr. Gr2S.
1. masculine gender one who shears, a shearer, cutter, shaver fg-veda AV. TBr. Gr2S.
2. masculine gender one who shears, a shearer, cutter, shaver fg-veda AV. TBr. Gr2S.
3. masculine gender a sower Mn. MBh. etc.
4. masculine gender a procreator, progenitor, father Dharmas3.
5. masculine gender a poet Lexicographers
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प्रख्यातवप्तृकprakhyātavaptṛkamfn. having a celebrated father L.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a celebrated father Lexicographers

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वप्तृकvaptṛkasee प्रख्यात-व्˚अप्तृक .

see प्रख्यात-व्that the rest of a word is to be suppliedअप्तृक .

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स्वप्तृsvaptṛmfn. = स्वपितृ MW.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to स्वपितृ MW.

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