Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -अक्षर, -अच् Adjective having more than one vowel or syllable; polysyllabic.

• -अग्र

  1. Adjective
  2. engaged in several pursuits.
  3. not concentrated or fixed on one object.
  4. Agitated. perplexed; स त्वनेकाग्रहृदयो द्वास्थं प्रत्यर्च्य तं जनम् Rām.2.41.34.

• -अन्त

  1. Adjective
  2. न. ब not alone so as to exclude all others, uncertain, doubtful, variable; स्यादित्यव्ययमनेकान्तवाचकम्
  3. Equivalent to अनैकान्तिक quod vide, which see
  4. (न्तः) unsettled condition, absence of permanence.
  5. uncertainty, doubtfulness.
  6. an unessential part, as the several anubandhas. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवादः scepticism. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवादिन् Masculine a sceptic, a Jaina or an Arhat of the Jainas.

• -अर्थ

  1. Adjective
  2. having many (more than one) meanings, homonymous; as the words गो, अमृत, अक्ष etc.; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्वम् Capacity to express more senses than one; अनेकार्थत्वमन्याय्यम् ŚB. on MS.7.3.55. अनेकार्थस्य शब्दस्य K.Parasmaipada2.
  3. having the sense of word अनेक.
  4. having many objects or purposes. (-र्थः) multiplicity of objects, topics etc.

• -अल् Adjective having more than one अल् (letter) ParasmaipadaI.1.55.

• -आश्रय, -आश्रित Adjective (in Vais. Phil.) dwelling or abiding in more than one (such as संयोग, सामान्य); एतेऽनेकाश्रिता गुणाः Bhāsā. Parasmaipada; dependence upon more than one.

• -कृत् Masculine 'doing much', Name of Śiva.

• -गुण Adjective of many kinds, manifold, diverse; विगणय्य कारणमनेकगुणम् Ki.6.37.

• -गुप्तः Name of a king; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअर्चितपादपङ्कजः K.3.

• -गोत्र Adjective belonging to two families (such as a boy when adopted)id est, that is that of his own, and that of his adoptive father.

• -चर Adjective gregarious.

• -चित्त Adjective not of one mind, fickle-minded; कच्चिन्नानेकचित्तानां तेषां त्वं वशमागतः Rām. 6.24.26. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमन्त्रः not following the counsels of one; H.4.31.

• -ज Adjective born more than once. (-जः) a bird (गर्भाण्डाभ्यां जातत्वात्).

• -पः an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); Compare द्विप; वन्येतरानेकपदर्शनेन R.5,47.; Śi.5.35,12.75.

• -पद Adjective multi-numbered; having many component members (as in a Bahuvrīhi compound). Exempli gratia, for example बृहद् अस्य रथन्तरसाम इति बृहद्रथन्तरसामा ŚB. on MS.1.6.4.

• -भार्य Adjective Having more wives than one.

• -मुख

  1. Adjective (खी Feminine) Adjective
  2. having many faces, many-faced.
  3. scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; (बलानि) जगाहिरेऽनेकमुखानि मार्गान् Bk.2.54.

• -मूर्तिः 'having many forms', Name of Viṣṇu who assumed various forms to deliver the earth from calamities.

• -युद्धविजयिन्, -विजयिन् Adjective victorious in many battles; Pt.3.9,11.

• -रूप

  1. Adjective
  2. of various forms, multiform.
  3. of various kinds or sorts.
  4. fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; वेश्याङ्गनेव नृपनीतिरनेकरूपा Pt.1.425. (-पः) epithet of the Supreme Being.

• -लोचनः Name of Śiva; also of Indra, and of the Supreme Being, he being said to be सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् etc.

• -वचनम् the plural number; dual also.

• -वर्ण Adjective involving more than one (unknown) quantity (the unknown quantities x. y. z. etc. being represented in Sanskrit by colours नील, काल etc.); denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसमीकरणम् simultaneous equation; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedगुणनम्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedव्यवकलनम्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedहारः multiplication, subtraction or division of unknown quantities.

• -विध Adjective various, different.

• -शफ Adjective cloven-hoofed.

• -शब्द Adjective synonymous.

• -साधारण Adjective common to many, the common property of many persons Dk.83.