Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -अक्षरम् the sacred syllable ओम् uttered aloud.

• -अतीत Adjective beyond the power or reach of words, indescribable.

• -अधिष्ठानम् the ear.

• -अध्याहारः supplying a word (to complete an ellipsis).

• -अनुकृतिः onomatopœia.

• -अनुरूप Adjective proportionate or corresponding to the sound; शब्दानुरूपेण पराक्रमेण भवि- तव्यम् Pt.1.

• -अनुशासनम् the science of words; id est, that is grammar.

• -अर्थः the meaning of a word. (-र्थौ dual) a word and its meaning; अदोषौ शब्दार्थौ K.Parasmaipada1; न त्वयं शब्दार्थः, व्यामोहादेषा प्रतीतिः ŚB. on MS.4.1.14.

• -अलंकारः a figure of speech depending for its charmingness on sound or words and disappearing as soon as the words which constitute the figure are replaced by others of the same meaning (Opposite of अर्थालंकार); Exempli gratia, for example; see K. Parasmaipada 9.

• -आख्येय Adjective to be communicated in words; शब्दाख्येयं यदपि किल ते यः सखीनां पुरस्तात् Me.15. (-यम्) an oral or verbal communication.

• -आडम्बरः bombast, verbosity, high-sounding or grandiloquent words.

• -आदि Adjective beginning with शब्द (as the objects of sense); शब्दादीन् विषयान् भोक्तुं चरितुं दुश्चरं तपः R.1.25.

• -इन्द्रियम् the ear.

• -कार Adjective sounding, sonorous.

• -कोशः a lexicon, dictionary.

• -ग

  1. Adjective
  2. perceiving sounds.
  3. uttering sounds.

• -गत Adjective inherent or residing in a word.

• -गतिः music, song.

• -गुण Adjective having sound for its quality; अथात्मनः शब्दगुणं गुणज्ञः R.13.1.

• -गोचरः the aim or object of speech.

• -ग्रहः

  1. catching the sound.
  2. the ear.

• -ग्रामः the range or reach of sound.

• -चातुर्यम् cleverness of style, eloquence.

• -चित्रम् one of the two subdivisions of the last (अवर or अधम) class of poetry (wherein the charm lies in the use of words which please the ear simply by their sound; see the example given under the word चित्र).

• -चोरः 'a word-thief', a plagiarist.

• -तन्मात्रम् the subtle element of sound.

• -नेतृ Masculine Name of Pāṇini.

• -पतिः a lord in name only, nominal lord; ननु शब्दपतिः क्षितरेहं त्वयि मे भावनिबन्धना रतिः R.8.52.

• -पातिन् Adjective hitting an invisible mark the sound of which is only heard, tracing a sound; शब्दपातिनमिषुं विससर्ज R.9.73.

• -प्रमाणम् verbal or oral evidence.

• -बोधः knowledge derived from verbal testimony.

• -ब्रह्मन्

  1. Neuter
  2. the Vedas; शब्द- ब्रह्मणि निष्णातः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति Maitra. Up.6.22.
  3. spiritual knowledge consisting in words, knowledge of the Supreme Sprit or the Spirit itself; शब्दब्रह्मणस्तादृशं विवर्तमितिहासम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2;7.2.
  4. a property of words called स्फोट quod vide, which see

• -भाव्यत्वम् the state of becoming known through scriptural word only; कर्मणः शब्दभाव्य- त्वात्... Ms.7.1.9. (on which Śabara writes अथेह कर्मणः शब्दभाव्यत्वम् । नान्यतः शक्यमेतज्ज्ञातुं कस्यापूर्वस्य धर्मा इति ॥-भिद् Feminine perversion of words.

• -भेदिन्

  1. Adjective hitting a mark merely by its sound. (-Masculine)
  2. an epithet of Arjuna.
  3. the anus.
  4. a kind of arrow.

• -योनिः Feminine a root, radical word.

• -लक्षण Adjective what is determined by the sacred word; इह शब्दलक्षणे कर्मणि यथाशब्दार्थं प्रवृत्तिः ŚB. on Ms.11.1.26.

• -वारिधिः a vocabulary.

• -विद्या, -शास्त्रम् the science of words; id est, that is grammar; अनन्तपारं किल शब्द- शास्त्रम् Pt.1; Śi.2.112;14.24.

• -विरोधः opposition of words (in a sentence).

• -विशेषः a variety of sound.

• -विशेषणम् (in Grammar) an adjective, adjectival word.

• -वृत्तिः

  1. Feminine
  2. the function of a word (in Rhet.).
  3. the power of a word (to convey sense), indicative power (लक्षणा); अदृष्टार्थाच्छब्दवृत्तिर्लघीयसी ŚB. on MS.11.1.48.

• -वेधिन्

  1. Adjective hitting an invisible mark the sound of which is only heard; see शब्दपातिन्; अभ्याससाध्यं निखिलं मत्वा संतमसे व्यधात् । इषुपातानभूद्येन शब्दवेधविशारदः ॥ Bm.1.632. (-Masculine)
  2. a kind of arrow.
  3. an archer.
  4. a warrior who pierces his enemies by mere sounds; Rām.2.63.11.
  5. an epithet of king Daśaratha.
  6. an epithet of Arjuna.

• -वेध्य Adjective to be shot at without being seen; एवं मयाप्यविज्ञातं शब्दवेध्यमिदं फलम् Rām.2.63.13.

• -वैलक्ष्यण्यम् verbal difference.

• -शक्तिः Feminine the force or expressive power of a word; signification of a word; see शक्ति.

• -शासनम्

  1. a rule of grammar.
  2. the science of grammar.

• -शुद्धिः

  1. Feminine
  2. purity of words.
  3. the correct use of words.

• -श्लेषः a play or pun upon words, a verbal equivoque; (it differs from अर्थश्लेष in-as-much as the pun dissappears as soon as the words which constitute it are replaced by others of the same signification, whereas in अर्थश्लेष the pun remains unchanged; शब्दपरि- वृत्तिसहत्मर्थश्लेषः.) -संग्रहः a vocabulary, lexicon.

• -संज्ञा (in Grammar) a technical term; ParasmaipadaI.1.68.

• -साधन, -साह Adjective See शब्दवेधिन्; ततोऽस्त्रं शब्दसाहं वै त्वरमाणो महारणे Mb.3.22. 5.

• -सौष्ठवम् elegance of words, a graceful or elegant style.

• -सौकर्यम् ease of expression.

• -स्मृतिः Feminine philology.

• -हीनम् the use of a word in a form or meaning not sanctioned by standard authors.