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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 श्लेष

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣaAn embrace.

    [श्लिष्-घञ्]

    1. An embrace.
    2. Clinging or adhering to.
    3. Union, junction, contact; निरन्तरश्लेषघनाः K. (where it has the next sense also).
    4. Pun, paronomasia, double entendre, susceptibility of a word or sentence to yield two or more interpretations (regarded as a figure of speech and very commonly used by poets; for def. see K. Parasmaipada Kārikas 84 and 96); आश्लेषि न श्लेषकवेर्भवत्याः श्लोकद्वयार्थः सुधिया मया किम् Name3. 69); see शब्दश्लेष also.
    5. Burning.
    6. Sexual union; ततो गर्भः संभवति श्लेषात् स्त्रीपुंसयोर्नृप Mb.13.111.3.
    7. A grammatical augment.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अर्थः a pun, double entendre.

    • -उपमा a comparison containing double meanings; शिशिरांशुप्रतिद्वन्द्वि श्रीम् सुरभिगन्धि च । अम्भोजमिव ते वक्त्रमिति श्लेषोपमा स्मृता ॥ Kāv.2.28.

    • -भित्तिक Adjective trusting on (Literal having for its basis) a Śleṣa.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣam. burning MW.
    1. masculine gender burning MW.
    2. masculine gender adhering or clinging to (locative case) R.
    3. masculine gender connection, junction, union (also applied to sexual union) MBh.
    4. masculine gender embracing, an embrace Ka1v. Sa1h.
    5. masculine gender (in rhetoric) "connection", "combination" (one of the ten Gun2as गुण s or merits of composition, consisting either in a pleasing combination of words or of contrasted ideas, or of words having a double meaning) double meaning, equivoque, ambiguity, paranomasia, pun, hidden meaning Va1m. Ka1vya7d. Sa1h. etc.
    6. masculine gender a grammatical augment Nya1yas.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣa[slesh-a] m. adherence to (lc.); union, connexion; embrace; euphonious combina tion of words (as a rhet.…

    [slesh-a] masculine adherence to (locative); union, connexion; embrace; euphonious combina tion of words (as a rhet. figure); combination of contrasts (as a rhet. figure); ambiguity, equivocation; augment (grammatical term): -kavi, masculine poet skilled in equivocation; - ͜ upamâ, feminine; also equal for simile containing ambiguities.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · श्लेष

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