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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 नितम्ब

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नितम्बnitambaThe buttocks, posteriors (of a woman), (the circumference of the hip and loins); यातं यच्च नितम्बयोर्गुरुतया…

    [निभृतं तम्यते कामुकैः, तमु काङ्क्षायाम्]

    1. The buttocks, posteriors (of a woman), (the circumference of the hip and loins); यातं यच्च नितम्बयोर्गुरुतया मन्दं विलासा- दिव Ś.2.2; R.4.52;6.17; Me.43; Bh.1.5; M.2.7.
    2. The slope, ridge, side, flank of a mountain; सनाक- वनितं नितम्बरुचिरम् (गिरिम्) Ki.5.27; सेव्या नितम्बाः किमु भूधराणामुत स्मरस्मेरविलासिनीनाम् Bh.1.19; V.4.26; Bk. 2.8;7.58.
    3. A precipice.
    4. The sloping bank of a river; Mb.1.12.12.
    5. The shoulder.
    6. The sounding-board of the Vīṇā.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -बिम्बम् round or circular hips; Ṛs.1.4.

    • -स्थलम् स्थली The region of the hips.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नितम्बnitambam. the buttocks or hinder parts (esp. of a woman; mostly du.; ifc. f(आ).; 608304 -ता f.)
    1. masculine gender the buttocks or hinder parts (especially of a woman; mostly dual number; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; 608304 -ता feminine)
    2. masculine gender (figuratively) the ridge or side or swell of a mountain, the sloping bank or shore of a river MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    3. masculine gender the shoulder Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender the sounding-board of the Vi1n2a1 वीणा Ka1v.
    5. masculine gender a particular position of the hands in dancing catalogue or catalogues
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नितम्बnitamba[ni-tamba] m. posterior: du. but tocks (esp. of a woman); slope of a mountain: -vatî, a. having beautiful…

    [ni-tamba] masculine posterior: dual but tocks (especially of a woman); slope of a mountain: -vatî, adjective having beautiful buttocks, kalli pygian; feminine; also equal for woman with beautiful buttocks; noun; -sthala, neuter, -sthalî, feminine; also equal for hind quarters.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · नितम्ब

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