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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 स

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सsaind.A prefix substituted for सह or सम्, सम, तुल्य, or सदृश and एक or समान, and compounded with nouns to form…
    1. A prefix substituted for सह or सम्, सम, तुल्य, or सदृश and एक or समान, and compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs in the sense of (a) with, together with, along with, accompained by, having, possessed of; सपुत्र, सभार्य, सतृष्ण, सधन, सरोषम्, सकोपम्, सहरि etc.; (b) similar, like; सधर्मन् 'of a similar nature'; so सजाति, सवर्ण; (c) same; सोदर, सपक्ष, सपिण्ड, सनाभि etc. -Masculine
    2. A snake.
    3. Air, wind.
    4. A bird.
    5. Short name for the musical note षड्ज quod vide, which see
    6. Name of Śiva.
    7. Of Viṣṇu.
    8. (In prosody) A foot consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one.
    9. God; Latin D. B.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -सा The goddess Lakṣmī.

    • -सम्

      1. Knowledge.
      2. Meditation.
      3. A carriage-road.
      4. A fence, an enclosure.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सsa(to be similarly prefixed to the following) :
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    7. see 5. स, page and participle 1111, column 2 .
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    19. the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).
    20. (in prosody) an anapest ($-) . -2.
    21. (in music) an abbreviated term for षड्-ज (see page and participle 1109, column 2) .
    22. masculine gender (only Lexicographers) a snake
    23. masculine gender air, wind
    24. masculine gender a bird
    25. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु or S3iva शिव
    26. neuter gender knowledge
    27. neuter gender meditation
    28. neuter gender a carriage road
    29. neuter gender a fence.
    30. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √सन्) procuring, bestowing (only in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare पलु-ष्/अ and प्रिय-स्/अ).
    31. the actual base for the nominative case case of the 3rd person pronoun त्/अद् quod vide (occurring only in the nominative case sg. mf. [स्/अ or स्/अस्, सा], and in the Vedic or Veda locative case [स्/अस्मिन् fg-veda i, 152, 6; i, 174, 4; x, 95, 11]; the final स् of the nominative case masculine gender is dropped before all consonants [except before प् in fg-veda v, 2, 4, and before त् in fg-veda viii, 33, 16] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga विसर्ग; स occasionally blends with another vowel [as in सई*षः]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pronoun as with अहम्, त्वम्, एष, अयम् etc. [exempli gratia, 'for example' सो हम् स त्वम्, "I (or thou) that very person"; confer, compare under त्/अद्, page and participle434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd person even if अहम् or त्वम् be omitted [exempli gratia, 'for example' स त्वा पृच्छामि "I that very person ask you" Br2A1rUp.; स वै नो ब्रूहि "do thou tell us" S3Br.]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with भवान् [exempli gratia, 'for example' स भवान् विजयाय प्रतिष्ठताम्, "let your Highness set out for victory" S3ak.]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adverb such as य, यद्, यदि, यथा, चे*द्; in this position स may be used pleonastically or as a kind of indeclinable, even where another gender or number is required [exempli gratia, 'for example' स यदि स्थावरा आपो भनन्ति, "if those waters are stagnant" S3Br.]; in the Sa1m2khya सांख्य स, like एष, क, and य, is used to denote Purusha पुरुष, "the Universal Soul") fg-veda etc. etc. [confer, compare Zend ha1, hA; Greek ὁ, ἡ .]
    32. indeclinable (connected with सह, सम्, सम, and occasionally in BhP. standing for सह with instrumental case) an inseparable prefix expressing "junction", "conjunction", "possession" (as opp. to अ privative), "similarity", "equality"
    33. indeclinable (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by "with", "together or along with", "accompanied by", "added to", "having", "possessing", "containing", "having the same" [confer, compare स-कोप, सा*ग्नि, स-भाय, स-द्रोण, स-धर्मन्, स-वर्ण]; or it may Equivalent to "ly", as in स-कोपम्, "angrily", सो*पधि, "fraudulently") fg-veda etc. etc. [confer, compare Greek ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Latin sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper English same .]
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सsa[sá] prn. that, sts. weakened to an article, the (only nm. m. sá, f. sấ, and in RV. lc. sasmin; the s of the…
    1. [sá] pronoun that, sts. weakened to an article, the (only nominative masculine sá, feminine; also equal for sấ, and in Rig-veda locative sasmin; the s of the nominative masculine is always dropped before consonants except once in Rig-veda before p and once before t; sa sts. coalesces with a following vowel); often strengthened by other prns. of the third person, ayám, eshá, and bhavân; often combined with the first and second pers. singular (± ahám or tvám), so ~ hám, I as such; in Brâhmana it is frequently combined with the relatives, yáh, yád, yádi, and yáthâ, at the beginning of a sentence, and owing to this common initial usage, is often retained with relatives either pleonastically or where the construction requires another gender or number; in the Sâṅkhya sa is used to designate Purusha (like esha, ka, and ya).
    2. [sa] inseparable pcl. ˚-- expressing union, community, similarity, equality (opposite aprivative), generally in adjective compounds=1. possessing (for example sa-paksha, winged), wearing (e. genitive sa-vâsas, clothed), containing (e. genitive saphena, foaming), displaying (e. genitive sa-hâsa, smiling); 2. accompanied by, together with (e. genitive sa-bhârya); 3. in addition to, and (e. genitive sa-pâdam panam, a Pana and a quarter); 4. belonging to the same (e. genitive sa-varna), having a similar, resembling in (e. genitive sa-rûpa); the adjective suffix -in is sts. added to these cpds. (e. genitive sa-putrin=sa-putra).
    3. [sa] adjective --˚ [√san] procuring, in pasu shá, bestowing cattle, and priya-sá, granting blessing.
    4. [sa] abbreviation of shadga.
    Source: Macdonell

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