Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -हिः

  1. [आहन्ति, आ-हन्-इण् स च डित् आङो ह्रस्वश्च Uṇ.4.137]
  2. A serpent, snake; अहयः सविषाः सर्वे निर्विषा डुण्डुमाः स्मृताः Ks. 14.84.
  3. The sun.
  4. The planet Rāhu.
  5. A traveller
  6. The demon Vṛitra; रोमहर्षणमत्युग्रं शक्रस्य त्वहिना यथा (युद्धमासीत्) Mb.11.23.12.
  7. A wicked man.
  8. A cheat, rogue.
  9. The Āśleṣā Nakṣatra.
  10. Water.
  11. Earth.
  12. A milch cow.
  13. Lead.
  14. The navel.
  15. A cloud. अहिर्वृत्रासुरे सर्पे... च दुर्जने । Nm.

• -ही (Dual) Heaven and earth. Compare, Latin anguis, Greek ehis.

• -अर्षु Adjective gliding away like a snake, not facing the enemy.

• -कान्तः air, wind.

• -कोषः the slough of a snake.

• -क्षत्रः, -क्षेत्रः Name of a country in the east.

• -गोप Adjective Vedic guarded by a serpent; दासपत्नीरहिगोपा अतिष्ठन् Rv.1.32.11.

• -घ्नम् the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛitra. अनु त्वाहिघ्ने अध देव देवा Rv.6.18.14.

• -घ्नी Masculine killing snakes.

• -चक्रम् A certain Tantric diagram.

• -च्छत्रः

  1. Name of a country, conquered by Arjuna and given to Droṇa.
  2. a kind of vegetable poison.
  3. (त्रः) sugar.
  4. the plant मेषशृङ्गी.
  5. (Marâthî बडीशेप)
  6. Name of the city अहिच्छत्र.

• -छत्रकम् a mushroom; Nir.5.16.

• -च्छत्रकः A variety of inferior gems. Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

• -जित्

  1. Masculine
  2. Name of Kṛiṣṇa (the slayer of the serpent Kāliyā).
  3. Name of Indra.

• -जिह्वा Name of a plant (नागजिह्वालता; Marâthî महाशतावरी or श्वेत उपळसरी)-तुण्डिकः [अहेस्तुण्ड मुखं तेन दीव्यति ठन्, ठञ् वा] a snakecatcher, conjurer, juggler. कुसीदवृत्तयः काण्डकारिणश्चाहि- तुण्डिकाः Śiva. B.31.22.

• -देवम् Name of the Nakṣatra आश्लेषा.

• -द्विष्, -द्रुह्, -मार, -रिपु, -विद्विष्

  1. Masculine
  2. Name of Garuḍa.
  3. an ichneumon.
  4. a peacock.
  5. Indra. द्रुतं धनुष्खण्डमिवाहिविद्विषः Ki.4.27; अहिद्विषस्तद्भवता निशम्य- ताम् Śi.1.41.
  6. Kṛiṣṇa.

• -नकुलम् snakes and ichneumons.

• -नकुलिका अहिनकुलयोर्वैरम् वुन् ParasmaipadaII.4.9, ParasmaipadaIV. 3.125 the natural antipathy between a serpent and an ichneumon.

• -नामभृत् Masculine Name of Baladeva.

• -निर्मोकः, -निर्व्लयनी the slough of a snake.

• -पताकः

  1. a kind of snake (not venomous). पतिः 'the lord of snakes', Vāsuki; सज्जं धनुर्वहति योऽहिपतिस्थवीयः Ki.14.71.
  2. any large serpent.

• -पुत्रकः a kind of boat (serpent shaped).

• -पुष्पः The plant Mesua Roxburghii (Marâthî नागकेशर).

• -पूतनम्, -ना a kind of disease.

• -फेनः, -नम् 'the saliva or venom of a snake', opium. जातीफलं मातुलानीमहिफेनं च पत्रकम् Śiva. B.3.15.

• -बु

  1. (वु) ध्नः, ब्रध्नः, अहिर्बुध्नः, ध्न्यः one of the Rudras.
  2. Śiva.
  3. Uttarābhādrapadā Nakṣatra.
  4. a name of a Muhūrta. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदेवता the twenty-sixth lunar mansion.

• -द्विष् Name of a plant (Marâthî मुंगुसवेल).

• -बीजम् (Marâthî खसखस).

• -भयम्

  1. the fear of a lurking snake.
  2. apprehension of treachery, danger arising from one's own allies; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदा अहिं भयं द्यति खण़्डयति दो क Name of the plant भूम्यामलकी (Marâthî भुयआंवळी).

• -भानु

  1. Adjective Vedic
  2. shining like serpents.
  3. causing the motion of the sun (सूर्यगतिहेतु) as the wind; an epithet of the Maruts; मरुतो अहिभानवः Rv. 1.175.1.

• -भुज्

  1. Masculine
  2. Name of Garuḍa.
  3. a peacock.
  4. ichneumon.
  5. Name of a plant (Marâthî मुंगुसवेल).Masculine Śiva.

• -मन्यु

  1. Adjective
  2. having destructive anger; with unimpaired knowledge.
  3. enraged like serpents; epithet of the Maruts. (-न्युः) the anger of a serpent.

• -मर्दनी Name of a plant (गन्धनाकुली; Marâthî मुंगुसवेल).

• -माय

  1. Adjective having multiform or versatile forms like a snake, showing a variety of colour and shape, such as Vṛitra. मारकः, मेदकः Name of a plant (अरिमेद; Marâthî गन्धीहिवर)
  2. Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedद्विष् quod vide, which see

• -लता

  1. the betel-nut plant.
  2. Name of a plant (गन्धनाकुली.) -विषापहा Feminine 'Neutralizing the poison of snakes', The ichneumon plant (Marâthî मुंगुसवेल).

• -शुष्म Adjective having all pervading strength; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसत्वन् Vedic one whose men hiss like serpents (Name of Indra); आस्माञ्जगम्यादहिशुष्म सत्वा Rv.5.33.5.

• -सक्थ Neuter having a long thigh like a serpent. (-क्थः) Name of a country.

• -हत्यम् Vedic the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛitra.

• -हन् Adjective Killing serpents or Vṛitra, Garuḍa, Indra.