Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -नः

  1. पू-ल्यु
  2. Air, wind; सर्पाः पिबन्ति पवनं न च दुर्बलास्ते Subhāṣ; Bg.1.31; पवनपदवी, पवनसुतः etc.; The vital air, breath.
  3. Name of Viṣṇu.
  4. A householder's sacred fire.
  5. A purifier (wind); परितो दुरितानि यः पुनीते शिव तस्मै पवनात्मने नमस्ते Ki.18.37.
  6. Name of the number five (from the 5 vital airs).

• -नम्

  1. Purification.
  2. Winnowing.
  3. A sieve, strainer.
  4. Water.
  5. A potter's kiln (Masculine also).

• -नी A broom.

• -अशनः, -भुज् Masculine a serpent.

• -आत्मजः

  1. an epithet of Hanumat.
  2. of Bhīma.
  3. fire.

• -आशः

  1. a serpent, snake. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनाशः
  2. an epithet of Garuḍa.
  3. a peacock.

• -चक्रम्

  1. Whirl-wind. जः, तनयः, भूः, सुतः epithets of Hanumat; संक्षोभं पवनभुवा जवेन नीताः Śi.4.59.
  2. of Bhīma.

• -पदवी The sky, air; त्वामारूढं पवनपदवीम् (प्रेक्षिष्यन्ते पथिकवनिताः) Me.8.

• -वाहनः fire.

• -विजयः a kind of book dealing with omens relating to breath exhaled and inhaled.

• -व्याधिः

  1. an epithet of Uddhava, a friend and counsellor of Kṛiṣṇa.
  2. rheumatism.