श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 वाण

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वाणvāṇa1 Sounding, sound; वाणैर्बाणैः समासक्तम् Ki.15. 1.
    1. 1 Sounding, sound; वाणैर्बाणैः समासक्तम् Ki.15. 1.
    2. An arrow; see बाण.
    3. Music.
    4. A harp with 1 strings.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -शब्दः the sound of a lute; नीहारे वाणशब्दे च Ms.4.113 (Vartious reading).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वाणvāṇam. (fr. √वण्; often written बाण q.v.) sounding, a sound Kir. xv, 10
    1. masculine gender (from √वण्; often written बाण quod vide) sounding, a sound Kir. xv, 10
    2. masculine gender an arrow (see बाण, page and participle727 for compound) fg-veda ix, 50, 1
    3. masculine gender music (especially of flutes, harps etc.) fg-veda i, 85, 10 etc. AV. x, 2, 17 (here written बाण्/अ)
    4. masculine gender a harp with 100 strings TS. Breton S3rS.
    5. neuter gender the sound of a particular little hand-drum Lexicographers
    6. wrong reading for वान in वानदण्ड and वानप्रस्थ (see 3. and 6. वान).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वाणvāṇa[vâná] m. (= bâná) arrow; teat.
    1. [vâná] masculine (Equivalent to bâná) arrow; teat.
    2. [vâná] masculine (instrumental) music (Veda, Vedic); harp, lute (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit): -sabda, masculine sound of a lute (or whizzing of arrows); -sâlă̂, noun of a fortress.
    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · वाण

morphology by sanskrit_parser

Analysis unavailable: the morphological analyzer is not running on this server.