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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnāA slaughter-house, butcher's house; भवानपि सूनोपरिचर इव गृध्र आमिषलोलुपो भीरुकश्च M.2.

    [सुमः नः दीर्घश्च Uṇ.3.13]

    1. A slaughter-house, butcher's house; भवानपि सूनोपरिचर इव गृध्र आमिषलोलुपो भीरुकश्च M.2.
    2. The sale of meat.
    3. Hurting, killing, destroying; सूनायामप्यननुमतमालम्भनं तदुपलभ्य Bhāg.5.9.17.
    4. The soft palate, uvula.
    5. A girdle, zone.
    6. Inflammation of the gland of the neck called mumps.
    7. A ray of light.
    8. A river.
    9. A daughter.
    10. An elephant's trunk.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नाः (Feminine Plural) The five things in a house by which animal life is likely to be destroyed; see under शूना or पञ्चशूना.

    • -अध्यक्षः a superintendent of the slaughter-house.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnā[sû-nấ] f. [√sîv: cp. sûtra] V.: woven basket or dish (V.); C.: slaughter-house, shambles; means of…

    [sû-nấ] feminine; also equal for [√sîv: compare sûtra] Veda, Vedic: woven basket or dish (Veda, Vedic); Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: slaughter-house, shambles; means of producing death: -kakra dhvaga-vat, masculine plural butchers, oil manufac turers, and distillers (or publicans).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnāf. a daughter L. (for other meanings see सूना, p. 1242, col. 3)
    1. feminine a daughter Lexicographers (for other meanings see सूना, page and participle 1242, column 3)
    2. feminine (probably from √सिव्, "to sew", and connected with सूचि and सूत्र; confer, compare सून, page and participle 1240, column 1) a woven wicker-work basket or vessel of any kind fg-veda AV. Gr2S3rS.
    3. feminine a place for slaughtering animals, slaughter-house, butchery (wrongly शूना; confer, compare सूदना) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. feminine the sale of flesh or meat MW.
    5. feminine any place or utensil in a house where animals are liable to be accidentally destroyed (see पञ्च-सूना)
    6. feminine a stick fixed to an elephant's hook Lexicographers
    7. feminine killing, hurting, injuring BhP.
    8. feminine imminent death, danger of life (सूनायाम् अपि, "even in the last extremity") ibidem
    9. feminine the uvula or soft palate (in this and the next sense perhaps connected with शून) Lexicographers
    10. feminine inflammation of the glands of the neck (commonly called "mumps") W. (according to to some also, "a zone, girdle"; "a ray"; "a river") .
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  2. असिसूनाasisūnāf. (= सूना), Divya7v.

    feminine (Equivalent to सूना), Divya7v.

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  3. पञ्चसूनाpañcasūnāf. pl. 5 things in a house by which animal life may be accidentally destroyed (viz. the fire-place, slab for…

    feminine plural 5 things in a house by which animal life may be accidentally destroyed (viz. the fire-place, slab for grinding condiments, broom, pestle and mortar, and water-pot) W. RTL. 418.

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  4. पद्यप्रसूनाञ्जलिpadyaprasūnāñjalim. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  5. प्रसूनाञ्जलिprasūnāñjalimfn. presenting a nosegay held in both hands opened and hollowed (= पुष्पा*ञ्जलि) Cat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective presenting a nosegay held in both hands opened and hollowed (Equivalent to पुष्पा*ञ्जलि) catalogue or catalogues

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  6. प्रसूनाशुगprasūnāśugam. (Naish.) = ˚न-बाण .

    masculine gender (Naish.) Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन-बाण .

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  7. शतप्रसूनाśataprasūnāf. Anethum Sowa L.

    feminine Anethum Sowa Lexicographers

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  8. सूनाचक्रध्वजवत्sūnācakradhvajavatm. one who has a slaughter-house (and) an oil-press (and) a vintner's sign Mn. iv, 84.

    masculine gender one who has a slaughter-house (and) an oil-press (and) a vintner's sign Mn. iv, 84.

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