Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -न्नः The sun (स हि अन्नहेतुवृष्टिहेतुः).

• -अकालः Equivalent to अनाकाल quod vide, which see

• -अत्तृ, -आदिन्, -आहारिन् eating food.

• -अद

  1. Adjective eating food.
  2. having a good appetite (दीप्ताग्नि).(-दः) Name of Viṣṇu.

• -अद्यम् proper food, food in general; कुर्यादहरहः श्राद्धमन्नाद्येनोदकेन वा Ms.3.82,4.112, 11.144. अन्नाद्येन प्रजापतिः (तृप्तः) Mb.3.2.68.

• -आच्छादनम्, -वस्त्रम् food and clothing, food and raiment, the bare necessaries of life.

• -आयुः (अन्नायु) consisting of, living by, food; desirous of food (अन्नबन्धनः, अन्नजीवनः).

• -काम Adjective desirous of food; स इद्भोजो यो गृहवे ददात्यन्नकामाय Rv.1.117.3.

• -कालः hour of dinner; meal-time.

• -किट्टः Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमल quod vide, which see

• -कूटः a large heap of boiled rice.

• -कोष्ठकः

  1. a cupboard; granary.
  2. Viṣṇu.
  3. the sun.

• -गतिः Feminine the passage of food, gullet (Compare बहिः- स्रोतस्).

• -गन्धिः dysentery, diarrhoea.

• -ज जात Adjective produced from food as the primitive substance.

• -जम् rice-gruel of three days.

• -जा Feminine a hickup.

• -जलम् food and water, bare subsistence.

• -तेजस् Adjective having the vigour caused by food.

• -द, -दातृ, -दायिन्, -प्रद

  1. Adjective
  2. giving food. वारिदस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति सुखमक्षय्यमन्नदः Ms.4.229.
  3. epithet of Śiva.

• -दा Name of Durgā or Annapūrṇā.

• -दासः अन्नेन पालितो दासः शाक. त. a servant who works for food only, one who becomes a servant or slave by getting food only.

• -देवता the deity supposed to preside over articles of food.

• -दोषः

  1. sin arising from eating prohibited food; Ms.5.4.
  2. a defect in the food eaten; derangement of food or the humours of the body; आलस्यादन्नदोषाच्च मृत्युर्विप्राञ् जिघांसति Ms.5.4.

• -द्वेषः dislike of food, loss of appetite.

• -पतिः lord or possessor of food, epithet of Savitṛ, Agni, and Śiva. अन्नपतेऽन्नस्य नो देहि Tait. Saṁ.11.83;34.58.

• -पाकः cooking of food; digestion of food; (by the fire in the stomach).

• -पू Adjective purifying food, epithet of the Sun.

• -पूर्ण Adjective filled with, possessed of, food. (-र्णा) a form of Durgā (the goddess of plenty); denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश्वरी Name of Durgā or a form of Bhairavī.

• -पेयम् Equivalent to वाज- पेयम् quod vide, which see

• -प्रलय Adjective being dissolved into food after death.

• -प्राशः प्राशनम् the ceremony of giving a new-born child food to eat for the first time, one of the 16 Saṁskāras performed between the 5th and 8th month (usually in the sixth, Ms.2.34) with preliminary oblations to fire (Marâthîउष्टावण); षष्ठेऽन्नप्राशन मासि Ms.2.34; Y.1.12.

• -ब्रह्मन्, -आत्मन् Masculine Brahman as represented by food.

• -भक्त Adjective अन्नार्थं भक्तः दासः Equivalent to अन्नदास quod vide, which see

• -भुज् Adjective eating food, epithet of Śiva.

• -मय Adjective see below.

• -मलम्

  1. excrement, faeces; ParasmaipadaVI.1.148 Sk.
  2. spirituous liquor; सुरा वै मलमन्नानाम् Ms.11.93.

• -रक्षा precautions as to eating food.

• -रसः essence of food, chyle; food and drink, nutriment; नानाविधानन्नरसान् वन्यमूलफलाश्रयान् । तेभ्यो ददौ Rām.

• -वत् Adjective possessed of food; अन्नवान्त्सन् रफितायोपज- ग्मुषे Rv.1.117.2.

• -वस्त्रम्

  1. Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआच्छादनम् quod vide, which see विकारः. transformation of food, assimilation.
  2. disorder of the stomach caused by indigestion.
  3. seminal discharge (of man); semen itself; Compare अन्नाद्रेतः संभवति.

• -विद् Adjective acquiring food; कार्षीवणा अन्नविदो न विद्यया Av.6.116.1.

• -व्यवहारः the law or custom relating to food; id est, that is the custom of eating together or not with other persons.

• -शेषः leavings of food, offal.

• -संस्कारः consecration of food.

• -होमः a sacrifice (with 1 materials) connected with the Aśvamedha sacrifice.