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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 विधु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhuThe moon; सविता विधवति विधुरपि सवितरति दिनन्ति यामिन्यः K.P.1.

    [व्यध्-कुः Uṇ.1.23]

    1. The moon; सविता विधवति विधुरपि सवितरति दिनन्ति यामिन्यः K.Parasmaipada1.
    2. Comphor.
    3. A demon, fiend.
    4. An expiatory oblation.
    5. Name of Viṣṇu.
    6. Name of Brahman.
    7. Name of Śiva.
    8. Wind.
    9. War, battle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्षयः waning of the moon, the period of the dark fortnight of a month; प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये Ms.3.127.

    • -दिनम् a lunar day.

    • -पञ्जरः (also -पिञ्जरः) a scimitar, sabre.

    • -परिध्वंसः eclipse of the moon.

    • -प्रिया a Nakṣatra or lunar mansion.

    • -मण्डलम् the moon's disc.

    • -मासः a lunar month.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhusee p. 968, col. 2 .
    1. see page and participle 968, column 2 .
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (probably from √2. विध्; for 2. वि-ध्/उ see वि-√धू, column 3) lonely, solitary fg-veda x, 55, 5 (applied to the moon; according to to Sa1y. Equivalent to वि-धातृ, वि-धारयितृ)
    3. masculine gender the moon Mn. Bhartr2. Gi1t.
    4. masculine gender (Lexicographers also, "camphor; Name of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा and of Vishn2u विष्णु; a Ra1kshasa राक्षस; wind; an expiatory oblation; time; Equivalent to आयुध")
    5. masculine gender Name of a prince VP. (varia lectio विप्र).
    6. masculine gender (for 1. see column 2) palpitation, throbbing (of the heart) AV. ix, 8, 22.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhu[vi-dhú] m. beat (of the heart; AV.1).
    1. [vi-dhú] masculine beat (of the heart; Atharva-veda1).
    2. [vidh-ú] adjective solitary, isolated (Rig-veda1); masculine moon (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).
    Source: Macdonell

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