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Results for श्येन

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Apte Dictionary

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

श्येनśyenaThe white colour.
[श्यै-इनन् Uṇ.2.45]
1. The white colour.
2. Whiteness.
3. A hawk, falcon.
4. Violence.
5. Vedic A horse.
6. A kind of array in battle.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अवपातः the swoop of a hawk; श्येनावपातचकिता वनवर्ति- केव Māl.8.8.
- -कपोतीय
  
  Adjective (from Śibi story) sudden (calamity). करणम्, करणिका burning on a separate funeral pile.
  
  a hawk-like, id est, that is rash and desperate, act.
- -चित्, -जीविन् Masculine falconer; Ms.3.164.
- -पातः the swoop of a hawk or eagle; वडवे इव संयुक्ते श्येनपाते दिवौकसाम् Mb.3.133.26.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

श्येनśyena[syená] m. eagle (that brings down Soma to man; V.); falcon, hawk; kind of ekâha (S.); kind of battle-array…

[syená] masculine eagle (that brings down Soma to man; Veda, Vedic); falcon, hawk; kind of ekâha (Sûtra); kind of battle-array (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); adjective eagle like (breast; Brâhmana, Sûtra): -gîvin, masculine falconer; (á)-patvan, adjective flying with eagles (car; Rig-veda1); - ͜ avapâtam, adverb, -ial, -ially swooping down like an eagle or hawk.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

श्येनśyenam. a hawk, falcon, eagle, any bird of prey (esp. the eagle that brings down Soma सोम to man) RV. &c.
1. masculine gender a hawk, falcon, eagle, any bird of prey (especially the eagle that brings down Soma सोम to man) fg-veda etc.
2. masculine gender firewood laid in the shape of an eagle S3ulbas.
3. masculine gender a kind of array (in battle) MBh. Ka1m.
4. masculine gender a particular part of the sacrificial victim Kaus3.
5. masculine gender a particular Eka7ha एका*ह Shad2vBr. Ka1tyS3r.
6. masculine gender a horse Lexicographers
7. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि (having the patronymic A1gneya आग्नेय and author of fg-veda x, 188) Anukr.
8. masculine gender (with or without इन्द्रश्य) Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr. La1t2y.
9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective eagle-like AitBr.
10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective coming from an eagle (as "eagle's flesh"), Kr2ishn2aj. (probably wrong reading for श्यैन).
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अवश्येन्द्रियavaśyendriyamfn. one who does not control his senses, MBh.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who does not control his senses, MBh.

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एकैकश्येनekaikaśyenaind. seriatim, severally BhP.

indeclinable seriatim, severally BhP.

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कुमुदश्येनीkumudaśyenīf. a woman with a white complexion like a lotus (cf. श्य्स्नी under श्येत, p. 1095), Pa1n2. vi, 2, 2, Sch.

feminine a woman with a white complexion like a lotus (confer, compare श्य्स्नी under श्येत, page and participle 1095), Pa1n2. vi, 2, 2, Scholiast or Commentator

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क्षिप्रश्येनkṣipraśyenam. a species of bird MaitrS. iii, 14, 11 S3Br. x.

masculine gender a species of bird MaitrS. iii, 14, 11 S3Br. x.

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दिवःश्येनीdivaḥśyenīf. N. of partic. sacrifices, Ka1t2h.

feminine Name of particular sacrifices, Ka1t2h.

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श्येनकपोतीयśyenakapotīyamfn. (the story) of the hawk and the pigeon (cf. शिबि) MBh.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (the story) of the hawk and the pigeon (confer, compare शिबि) MBh.

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श्येनकरणśyenakaraṇan. "acting like a hawk", acting with precipitation W.
1. neuter gender "acting like a hawk", acting with precipitation W.
2. neuter gender burning on a separate funeral pile ibidem
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