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Apte Dictionary

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

वलयvalayaयम् [yam], यम् [वल्-अयन् Uṇ.4.19]
1. यम् yam, यम् वल्-अयन् Uṇ.4.19
2. A bracelet, armlet; विहितविशदबिसकिसलयवलया जीवति परमिह तव रति- कलया Gīt.6; Bk.3.22; Me.2,62; R.13.21,43.
3. A ring, coil; क्रोडाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासङ्गसंजातपाशः Ś.1.32;7.11.
4. The zone or girdle of a married woman.
5. A circle; circumference (Often times at the end of comp.); भ्रान्त- भूवलयः Dk.; वेलावप्रवलयाम् (उर्वीम्) R.1.3; दिग्वलय Śi. 9.8.
6. An enclosure, a bower; as in लतावलयमण्डप.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यः
  
  A fence, hedge.
  
  A branch.
  
  A sore throat.
  
  A kind of circular military array.
- -यम्
  
  Name of certain round bones.
  
  Multitude, swarm. (वलयीकृ 'to form into a bracelet;' करेण शंभोर्वलयीकृताहिना सहिष्यते तत् प्रथमावलम्बनम् Ku.5.66; वलयीभू 'to serve as a bracelet or girdle').
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कवलयतिkavalayatiDen. P. To eat, devour; Pt.4; Māl.7.

Denominative Parasmaipada To eat, devour; Pt.4; Māl.7.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वलयvalaya[val-aya] m. n. [√1. vri] bracelet, arm let (worn by men and women); circle; cir cumference (--˚ a. encircled…

[val-aya] masculine neuter [√1. vri] bracelet, arm let (worn by men and women); circle; cir cumference (--˚ adjective encircled by); masculine kind of circular military array; multitude, swarm (rare).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वलयvalayamn. (ifc. f(आ).) a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) MBh. Ka1v. &c. (also applied to…
1. mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) MBh. Ka1v. etc. (also applied to waves as compared to bracelets)
2. masculine gender a zone, girdle (of a married woman) MW.
3. masculine gender a line (of bees) S3is3.
4. masculine gender a circle, circumference, round enclosure (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' often Equivalent to "encircled by") Gol. Ka1v. Katha1s.
5. masculine gender a sore throat, inflammation of the larynx Sus3r.
6. masculine gender a kind of circular military array Ka1m.
7. masculine gender a branch MW.
8. masculine gender plural Name of a people AV.Paris3.
9. neuter gender Name of certain round bones Bhpr.
10. neuter gender multitude, swarm Ka1d.
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अक्षसूत्रवलयिन्akṣasūtravalayinmfn. having a rosary for a bracelet, Can2d2.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a rosary for a bracelet, Can2d2.

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अध्युष्टवलयadhyuṣṭavalayam. forming a ring coiled up three and a half times (as a snake).

masculine gender forming a ring coiled up three and a half times (as a snake).

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अन्तर्गुदवलयantargudavalayam. (in anat.) the sphincter muscle.

masculine gender (in anatomy) the sphincter muscle.

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कटकवलयिन्kaṭakavalayinmfn. ornamented with a bracelet and an armlet Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 5-2, 128.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective ornamented with a bracelet and an armlet Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 5-2, 128.

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कर्णकुवलयkarṇakuvalayan. a lotus flower stuck into the ear (as an ornament) Das3.

neuter gender a lotus flower stuck into the ear (as an ornament) Das3.

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कवलयkavalayaNom. P. ˚यति, to swallow or gulp down, devour Hcar. &c.

Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयति, to swallow or gulp down, devour Hcar. etc.

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