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Results for वेन
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
वेनvena[ven-á] a. (î́) yearning, longing, eager, loving (V.); m. longing, desire, wish (V.); a divine being of the…
[ven-á] adjective (î́) yearning, longing, eager, loving (Veda, Vedic); masculine longing, desire, wish (Veda, Vedic); a divine being of the middle region, Indra or the sun (commentator), connected with the navel (Brâhmana); noun of various men, among others of the father of Prithu (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).
masculine gender longing, desire, wish, care ibidem
masculine genderName of the hymn fg-veda x, 123 (beginning with अयं वेनः) S3a1n3khBr.
masculine genderEquivalent toयज्ञ Naigh. iii, 17
masculine genderName of a divine being of the middle region Naigh. v, 4 Nir. x, 38 (also applied to Indra इन्द्र, the Sun, Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति, and a Gandharva गन्धर्व; in AitBr. i, 20 connected with the navel)
masculine gender of various men, (especially) of the author of fg-veda ix, 85; x, 123 (having the patronymicभार्गव)
masculine gender of a Ra1jarshi राजर्षि or royal R2ishi ऋषि (father of Pr2ithu पृथु, and said to have perished through irreligious conduct and want of submissiveness to the Bra1hmans Brahmans; he is represented as having occasioned confusion of castes see Mn. vii, 41; ix, 66; 67, and as founder of the race of Nisha1das निषाद s and Dhi1varas धीवर s; according to the Vishn2u-Pura1n2a विष्णु-पुराण, Vena वेन was a son of An3ga अङ्ग and a descendant of the first Manu मनु; a Vena वेन Ra1ja-s3ravas राज-श्रवस् is enumerated among the Veda-vya1sa वेद-व्यास s or arrangers of the Veda वेद) MBh. Hariv. Pur.