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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 श्येन

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्येनśyenaThe white colour.

    [श्यै-इनन् Uṇ.2.45]

    1. The white colour.
    2. Whiteness.
    3. A hawk, falcon.
    4. Violence.
    5. Vedic A horse.
    6. A kind of array in battle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अवपातः the swoop of a hawk; श्येनावपातचकिता वनवर्ति- केव Māl.8.8.

    • -कपोतीय

      1. Adjective (from Śibi story) sudden (calamity). करणम्, करणिका burning on a separate funeral pile.
      2. a hawk-like, id est, that is rash and desperate, act.

    • -चित्, -जीविन् Masculine falconer; Ms.3.164.

    • -पातः the swoop of a hawk or eagle; वडवे इव संयुक्ते श्येनपाते दिवौकसाम् Mb.3.133.26.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्येनśyenam. a hawk, falcon, eagle, any bird of prey (esp. the eagle that brings down Soma सोम to man) RV. &c.
    1. masculine gender a hawk, falcon, eagle, any bird of prey (especially the eagle that brings down Soma सोम to man) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender firewood laid in the shape of an eagle S3ulbas.
    3. masculine gender a kind of array (in battle) MBh. Ka1m.
    4. masculine gender a particular part of the sacrificial victim Kaus3.
    5. masculine gender a particular Eka7ha एका*ह Shad2vBr. Ka1tyS3r.
    6. masculine gender a horse Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि (having the patronymic A1gneya आग्नेय and author of fg-veda x, 188) Anukr.
    8. masculine gender (with or without इन्द्रश्य) Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr. La1t2y.
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective eagle-like AitBr.
    10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective coming from an eagle (as "eagle's flesh"), Kr2ishn2aj. (probably wrong reading for श्यैन).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्येनśyena[syená] m. eagle (that brings down Soma to man; V.); falcon, hawk; kind of ekâha (S.); kind of battle-array…

    [syená] masculine eagle (that brings down Soma to man; Veda, Vedic); falcon, hawk; kind of ekâha (Sûtra); kind of battle-array (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); adjective eagle like (breast; Brâhmana, Sûtra): -gîvin, masculine falconer; (á)-patvan, adjective flying with eagles (car; Rig-veda1); - ͜ avapâtam, adverb, -ial, -ially swooping down like an eagle or hawk.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · श्येन

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