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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 नमुचि

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नमुचिnamuciN. of a demon slain by Indra; वनमुचे नमुचेररये शिरः R.9.22. [When Indra conquered the Asuras, there was only…

    [न मुञ्चति]

    1. Name of a demon slain by Indra; वनमुचे नमुचेररये शिरः R.9.22. [When Indra conquered the Asuras, there was only one called Namuchi who strongly resisted and at last captured him. He offered to let Indra go provided he promised 'not to kill by day or by night, with wet or dry'. Indra promised to do so and was released, but he cut off Namuchi's head at twilight and with foam of water (which is neither wet nor dry). According to another version Namuchi was a friend of Indra, and once drank up his strength and made him quite imbecile. The Aśvins (and Sarasvatī also, as the story goes) then supplied Indra with a Vajra with which he cut off the demon's head].
    2. Name of the god of love.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -सूदनः, -द्विष्, -हन् Masculine epithets of Indra; विगृह्य चक्रे नमुचिद्विषा बली य इत्थमस्वास्थ्यमहर्निशं दिवः Śi.1.51.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नमुचिnamucisee नमुच, ˚चि .
    1. see नमुच, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedचि .
    2. masculine gender (according to Pa1n2. 6-3, 75 Equivalent to न plus म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "not loosing", scilicet the heavenly waters id est "preventing rain") Name of a demon slain by Indra इन्द्र and the As3vins अश्विन् s fg-veda VS. Breton MBh. etc.
    3. masculine gender of the god of love Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नमुचिnamuci[ná-muki] m. [not letting go the waters], N. of a demon subdued by Indra: -dvish, m. ep. of Indra.

    [ná-muki] masculine [not letting go the waters], noun of a demon subdued by Indra: -dvish, masculine epithet of Indra.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · नमुचि

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