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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वानvānaa.Blown.
    1. Blown.
    2. Dried (by wind), dried up. (निपपात) अवानमशुकादष्टमेकमाम्रफलं किल Mb.2.17.28.
    3. Belonging to a forest.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. Dry or dried fruit (Masculine also).
      2. Blowing.
      3. Living.
      4. Rolling, moving, (as of waters etc.).
      5. A perfume, fragrance.
      6. A number of groves or thickets.
      7. Weaving.
      8. A mat of straw.
      9. A hole in the wall of a house.
    • -चित्रम् a variety of blanket of variegated texture; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

    • -दण्डः a weaver's loom.

    • वानः vānḥ An intelligent man.

  2. अध्वानadhvānaa.(न. ब) Dumb, taciturn; अक्षद्यूतजितो युधिष्ठिर इवाध्वानं गतः कोकिलः Mk.5.6.

    (न. ब) Dumb, taciturn; अक्षद्यूतजितो युधिष्ठिर इवाध्वानं गतः कोकिलः Mk.5.6.

  3. अध्वान्तम्adhvāntamTwilight, gloom, slight darkness, shade.

    [न. त.]

    Twilight, gloom, slight darkness, shade.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -न्तः ष. त. End of the journey.

    • -शात्रवः अध्वान्तस्य मार्गसीमायाः शात्रव इव Tv. A plant (श्चोनाक) Cassia Fistula or Bignonia Indica (blossoming in shade). (Marâthî बाहवा, पाडळ).

  4. अनवानम्anavānamind.Without breathing between, in one breath, without a pause, uno tenore.

    [अवानः श्वासोच्छ्वासः स यथा न स्यात्तथा]

    Without breathing between, in one breath, without a pause, uno tenore.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वानvāna&c. see 3. वान, p. 940, col. 2 .
    1. etc. see 3. वान, page and participle 940, column 2 .
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dried etc. (see 2. वान, page and participle 940, column 2) .
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (for 2. see page and participle940) blown etc. (confer, compare निर्-वाण)
    4. neuter gender blowing Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender a perfume, fragrance Lexicographers
    6. neuter gender living ibidem
    7. neuter gender going, moving, rolling W.
    8. neuter gender the rolling of water or of the tide (especially the high wave in Indian rivers, commonly called "the Bore") ibidem
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √वै; for 1. see page and participle 935, column 3) dried etc.
    10. neuter gender dry or dried fruit Lexicographers
    11. neuter gender a kind of bamboo manna Lexicographers
    12. neuter gender (from √वे) the act of weaving or sewing Nya1yam. Sa1y. (reckoned among the 64 Kala1s कला s)
    13. neuter gender a mat of straw Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender or neuter gender (?) a hole in the wall of a house Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender an intelligent man Lexicographers
    16. masculine gender Name of Yama यम Lexicographers
    17. mf(ई)neuter gender (from 1. वन, page and participle917) relating to a wood or to a dwelling in a wood etc. W.
    18. neuter gender a dense wood Nalo7d.
    19. neuter gender a multitude of woods or groves or thickets W.
  2. अध्वानadhvāna1 m. = अध्वन्, MBh. 2 .
    1. 1 masculine gender Equivalent to अध्वन्, MBh. 2 .
    2. 2 masculine gender uttering no sound, silence (that the rest of a word is to be supplied नं गतः, "become silent"), Mr2icch. 1 .
  3. अध्वान्तadhvāntan. (not positive darkness), twilight, gloom, shade.

    neuter gender (not positive darkness), twilight, gloom, shade.

  4. अध्वान्तशात्रवadhvāntaśātravam. "an enemy to shade", the plant Cassia Fistula or Bignonia Indica .

    masculine gender "an enemy to shade", the plant Cassia Fistula or Bignonia Indica .

  5. अनवानताanavānatāf. uninterruptedness, contiguity.

    feminine uninterruptedness, contiguity.

  6. अनवानत्anavānatmfn. (√अन्), not taking breath, not respiring S3Br.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√अन्), not taking breath, not respiring S3Br.