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Results for सानु

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Apte Dictionary

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

सानुsānum., n.
1. , Neuter
2. A peak, summit, ridge; सानूनि गन्धः सुरभीकरोति Ku.1.9; Me.2. Ki.5.36.
3. A level ground on the top of a mountain, table-land.
4. A shoot, sprout.
5. A forest, wood; आसीद् विशालो- त्तमसानुलक्ष्म्या पयोदपङ्क्त्येव परीतपार्श्वम् Bu. Ch.1.2.
6. A road.
7. Any surface, point, end.
8. A precipice.
9. A gale of wind.
10. A learned man.
11. The sun.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

सानुsānu[sấn-u] m. n. [perh. goal: √san] sum mit, ridge, back, surface (V.); mountain ridge, table-land, plateau…

[sấn-u] masculine neuter [perhaps goal: √san] sum mit, ridge, back, surface (Veda, Vedic); mountain ridge, table-land, plateau (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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आश्लिष्टसानुāśliṣṭasānu[â-slishta-sânu] a. peak-embrac ing.

[â-slishta-sânu] adjective peak-embrac ing.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

सानुsānum. n. (accord. to Un2. i, 3 fr. √सन्; collateral form 3. स्नु) a summit, ridge, surface, top of a mountain…

masculine gender neuter gender (according to to Un2. i, 3 from √सन्; collateral form 3. स्नु) a summit, ridge, surface, top of a mountain, (in later language generally) mountain-ridge, table-land fg-veda etc. (Lexicographers also, "a sprout; a forest; road; gale of wind; sage, learned man; the sun") .

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अग्रसानुagrasānum. the front part of a table-land L.

masculine gender the front part of a table-land Lexicographers

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अद्रिसानुadrisānumfn. lingering on the mountains RV. vi, 65, 5.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective lingering on the mountains fg-veda vi, 65, 5.

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अनुसानुanusānuind. along a table-land or summit, from ridge to ridge.

indeclinable along a table-land or summit, from ridge to ridge.

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अन्तःसानुantaḥsānuind. in the mountain ridge, Kir.

indeclinable in the mountain ridge, Kir.

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ऊर्ध्वसानुūrdhvasānumfn. having a high back (as a horse), high, surpassing RV. i, 152, 5
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a high back (as a horse), high, surpassing fg-veda i, 152, 5
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having an elevated edge A1pS3r.
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गिरिसानुgirisānun. = -प्रस्थ L.

neuter gender Equivalent to -प्रस्थ Lexicographers

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