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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for गौण

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गौणgauṇaa.(णी f.) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
    1. (णी Feminine) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
    2. Subordinate, secondary, unessential; गुणवचनत्वाद् गौणः शब्दः ŚB. on MS.1.2.15.
    3. (In Grammar) Indirect or less immediate (Opposite of मुख्य or प्रधान); गौणे कर्मणि दुह्यादेः प्रधाने नीहृकृष्वहाम् Sk.
    4. Figurative, metaphorical, used in a secondary sense (as a word or sense); तदा गौणमनन्तस्य नामानन्तेति विश्रुतम् Mb.12.182.33.
    5. Founded on some resemblance between the primary and secondary sense of a word; as in गौणीलक्षणा.
    6. Relating to enumeration or multiplication.
    7. Attributive.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पक्षः the minor or weaker side of an argument etc.

    • -साध्य, -अवसान -अवसाना, -सारोपा a kind of ellipse; Sarva. S.15.289.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गौणgauṇamf(ई)n. (fr. गुण्/अ), relating to a quality MBh. xii, 13138 f.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from गुण्/अ), relating to a quality MBh. xii, 13138 feminine
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender having qualities, attributive W.
    3. mf(ई)neuter gender subordinate, secondary, unessential MBh. xii, xiii Pat. KapS. etc. (with कर्मन्, [in grammar] the less immediate object of an action Vop. xxiv, 13)
    4. mf(ई)neuter gender metaphorical, figurative W.
    5. mf(ई)neuter gender secondary (applied to the month reckoned from full moon to full moon) W.
    6. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to multiplication or enumeration W.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गौणgauṇa[gauna] a. (î) subordinate, secondary; figurative: i-ka, a. (î) relating to the three fundamental qualities.

    [gauna] adjective (î) subordinate, secondary; figurative: i-ka, adjective (î) relating to the three fundamental qualities.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · गौण

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