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Results for शाणी

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Apte Dictionary

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

शाणीśāṇī1 A touchstone.
1. 1 A touchstone.
2. A white stone.
3. A saw.
4. A hempen garment; वस्त्राणां प्रवरा शाणी Mb.3.19.19.
5. A ragged garment; शाणीवालपरीधानो व्याघ्रचर्मपरिच्छदः Mb.12.33.13.
6. A small screen or tent.
7. Gesticulation, a sign made with the hands or eyes.
8. A weight of four Māṣas.
Source: ApteApte entry
शाणीरम्śāṇīramA bank or spot of ground in the Śoṇa river.

A bank or spot of ground in the Śoṇa river.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शाणीśāṇīf. a hempen cloth or garment MBh.
1. feminine a hempen cloth or garment MBh.
2. feminine ragged or torn raiment, the tattered clothes of a Jain ascetic Lexicographers
3. feminine a single breadth of cloth given to a student at his investiture W.
4. feminine a small tent or screen ibidem
5. feminine gesture, gesticulation ibidem
6. feminine see below.
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शाणीरśāṇīran. = शणीर L.

neuter gender Equivalent to शणीर Lexicographers

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