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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 श्यामा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्यामाśyāmā1 Night, particularly a dark night; श्यामां श्यामलिमानमानयत भोः सान्द्रैर्मषीकूर्चकैः Vb.3.1.
    1. 1 Night, particularly a dark night; श्यामां श्यामलिमानमानयत भोः सान्द्रैर्मषीकूर्चकैः Vb.3.1.
    2. Shade, shadow.
    3. A dark woman.
    4. A kind of woman (यौवन- मध्यस्था according to Malli. on Name 3.8; Śi.8.36; Me. 84; or शीते सुखोष्णसर्वाङ्गी ग्रीष्मे या सुखशीतला । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभा सा स्त्री श्यामेति कथ्यते according to one commentator on Bk.5.18 and 8.1).
    5. A woman who has borne no children.
    6. A cow.
    7. Turmeric.
    8. The female cuckoo.
    9. The Priyaṅgu creeper; कृत्वा श्यामाविटपसदृशं स्नस्तमुक्तं द्वितीयम् M.2.7; Me.16.
    10. The indigo plant.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ल

      1. The holy basil.
      2. The seed of the lotus.
      3. Name of the Yamunā.
      4. Name of several plants.
      5. A name or form of Durgā (worshipped by the Tāntrikas).

    • -चरः a demon, Rākṣasa.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्यामाśyāmāf. a woman with peculiar marks or characteristics (accord. to some "a girl who has the marks of puberty"…
    1. feminine a woman with peculiar marks or characteristics (according to to some "a girl who has the marks of puberty"; according to to according to others "a woman who has not borne children"; also described as "a female of slender shape" etc.) S3is3. Sin6ha7s.
    2. feminine a Name or form of Durga1 दुर्गा (worshipped by the Ta1ntrikas तान्त्रिक s) W.
    3. feminine Name of Yamuna1 यमुना Lexicographers
    4. feminine of a daughter of Meru मेरु (an incarnation of Gan3ga1 गङ्गा) BhP.
    5. feminine of a princess, Va1s., Introduction
    6. feminine of another woman MBh.
    7. feminine of a goddess who executes the commands of the 6th Arhat अर्हत् or of the mother of the 13th Arhat अर्हत् (with Jainas जैन s)
    8. feminine a kind of bird (either "the female of the Indian cuckoo" or "a hen-sparrow") VarBr2S. Pan5cat.
    9. feminine Name of various plants (Equivalent to गुन्द्रा, प्रियङ्गु, सारिवा etc.) R. Sus3r.
    10. feminine night (see श्यामा-चर)
    11. feminine the earth Gal.
    12. feminine Name of a river Ma1rkP.
    13. feminine (of श्याम) in compound
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्यामाśyāmā[syâmâ] f. young woman in the bloom of youth having certain characteristics; kind of bird; N. of various…

    [syâmâ] feminine; also equal for young woman in the bloom of youth having certain characteristics; kind of bird; noun of various plants, especially of the Pri yaṅgu creeper; noun

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · श्यामा

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