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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वह्निvahniFire; अतृणे पतितो वह्निः स्वयमेवोपशाम्यति Subhāṣ.

    [वह्-निः &Uṇ.4.53]

    1. Fire; अतृणे पतितो वह्निः स्वयमेवोपशाम्यति Subhāṣ.
    2. The digestive faculty, gastric fluid.
    3. Digestion, appetite.
    4. A vehicle.
    5. The marking-nut plant.
    6. Lead-wort.
    7. A sacrificer, priest.
    8. A god in general.
    9. An epithet of the Maruts.
    10. Of Soma.
    11. A horse.
    12. A draught animal.
    13. The number 'three'.
    14. The mystical Name of the letter र्; रकार.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उत्पातः an igneous meteor.

    • -कर

      1. Adjective
      2. igniting.
      3. stimulating digestion, stomachic.

    • -करी Grislea Tomentosa (Marâthî धायटी).

    • -काष्ठम् a kind of agallochum.

    • -कोणः the south-east quarter.

    • -कोपः a conflagration.

    • -गन्धः

      1. incense.
      2. resin.

    • -गर्भः

      1. a bamboo.
      2. the Śamī tree; Compare अग्नि- गर्भ.

    • -दीपकः safflower. (-का) Equivalent to अजमोदा quod vide, which see

    • -धौत Adjective pure like fire.

    • -नामन्

      1. Masculine
      2. the marking nut plant.
      3. lead-wort.

    • -पतनम् self-immolation.

    • -बीजम्

      1. gold.
      2. a citron tree.
      3. Name of the mystical syllable रम्.

    • -भोग्यम् clarified butter.

    • -मन्थः, -मन्थनः Premna Spinosa (Marâthî नरवेल).

    • -मारकम् water.

    • -मित्रः air, wind.

    • -रेतस्

      1. Masculine
      2. an epithet of Śiva.
      3. gold.

    • -लोह, -लोहक copper.

    • -वधू

      1. Feminine
      2. Svāhā, the wife of Agni.
      3. The Svāhā Mantra.

    • -वर्णम् the red water-lilly.

    • -वल्लभः resin.

    • -वीजम्

      1. gold.
      2. the common lime.

    • -शिखम्

      1. saffron.
      2. saffower; स्यात् कुसुम्भं वह्निशिखं वस्त्ररञ्जकमित्यपि Bhāva Parasmaipada

    • -शेखरम् saffron.

    • -संस्कारः the religious rite of cremation.

    • -सखः the wind.

    • -संझकः the Chitraka tree.

    • -साक्षिकम् Indeclinable fire being the witness.

    • -सुतः chyle.

    In the Gita3·38

    धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।

    dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca, — As a fire is covered over by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as an embryo is wrapped by the amnion, so this (knowledge) is enveloped by it. 3·38
    • वह्निःvahniḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vahni (fire).
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  2. उद्वह्निudvahnia.Emitting sparks or gleams (as an eye); उद्वह्निलोचनम् Śi.4.28.

    Emitting sparks or gleams (as an eye); उद्वह्निलोचनम् Śi.4.28.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वह्निvahnim. any animal that draws or bears along, a draught animal, horse, team RV. AV. VS. TBr.
    1. masculine gender any animal that draws or bears along, a draught animal, horse, team fg-veda AV. VS. TBr.
    2. masculine gender any one who conveys or is borne along (applied to a charioteer or rider, or to various gods, especially to Agni अग्नि, Indra इन्द्र, Savitr2i सवितृ, the Maruts मरुत् s etc.) fg-veda AV.
    3. masculine gender Name of Soma सोम (as "the flowing or streaming one") fg-veda ix, 9, 6 etc.
    4. masculine gender the conveyer or bearer of oblations to the gods (especially said of Agni अग्नि, "fire", or of the three sacrificial fires see अग्नि) fg-veda
    5. masculine gender particular fire Gr2ihya1s.
    6. masculine gender fire (in general or "the god of fire") Mn. MBh. etc. (वह्निना सं-√स्कृ, to hallow by fire, burn solemnly)
    7. masculine gender the fire of digestion VarBr2S.
    8. masculine gender Name of the number "three" (from the three sacred fires) Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Name of various plants (according to to Lexicographers Plumbago Ceylanica; Semecarpus Anacardium; Poa Cynosuroides; and the citron tree) Sus3r.
    10. masculine gender a mystical Name of the letter र् Up.
    11. masculine gender Name of the 8th Kalpa कल्प (quod vide) catalogue or catalogues
    12. masculine gender of a Daitya दैत्य MBh.
    13. masculine gender of a son of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण BhP.
    14. masculine gender of a son of Turvasu तुर्वसु ibidem
    15. masculine gender of a son of Kukura कुकुर ibidem
    16. etc. see page and participle 933, column 3 .
    17. (in compound)
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  2. अद्रिवह्निadrivahnim. fire on or in a mountain or rock.

    masculine gender fire on or in a mountain or rock.

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  3. अन्तवह्निantavahnim. the fire of the end (by which the world is to be burnt).

    masculine gender the fire of the end (by which the world is to be burnt).

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  4. अवह्निavahnimfn. (prob.) not sacrificing, Nir.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (probably) not sacrificing, Nir.

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  5. उद्वह्निudvahnimfn. emitting sparks or gleams (as an eye) S3is3. iv, 28.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective emitting sparks or gleams (as an eye) S3is3. iv, 28.

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  6. उद्वह्निज्वालudvahnijvālamfn. sending flames upwards, shining upwards Katha1s. cxviii, 76.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sending flames upwards, shining upwards Katha1s. cxviii, 76.

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  7. पाण्डववह्निpāṇḍavavahnim. pl. "the Pa1n2d2ava पाण्डव fires", N. of the 3 elder sons of Pan2d2u पण्डु ("kindled on the Aran2i अरणि…

    masculine gender plural "the Pa1n2d2ava पाण्डव fires", Name of the 3 elder sons of Pan2d2u पण्डु ("kindled on the Aran2i अरणि id est Pr2ithi पृथि or Kunti1 कुन्ती"; confer, compare पाण्डवा*रणि and पृथा*रणि) MW.

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  8. प्रतिवह्निप्रदक्षिणम्prativahnipradakṣiṇamind. at each perambulation from left to right of the sacred fire Katha1s.

    indeclinable at each perambulation from left to right of the sacred fire Katha1s.

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