श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 सव्य

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavyaa.Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.

    [Uṇ4.19]

    1. Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.
    2. Southern.
    3. Contrary, backward, reverse; प्रदक्षिणं च सव्यं च ग्राममध्ये च नाचरेत् Mb.12.278.7.
    4. Right.
    5. Dry, not sprinkled with ghee (अनभिघृत); सव्यशब्दो रूक्षे भाष्यते । सव्या वपा इत्यनभिघृततां दर्शयति ŚB. on MS.4.1.36.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -व्यः An epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -व्यम् Indeclinable The usual position of the sacred thread when it hangs down over the left shoulder; Compare अपसव्य.

    • -अपसव्य

      1. Adjective
      2. left and right.
      3. Wrong and right,-इतर Adjective right; सव्येतरेण स्फुरता तदक्ष्णा R.14.49.

    • -जानु Neuter a mode of fighting (by using the left knee).

    • -बाहु Neuter a mode of fighting with the left arm.

    • -साचिन् Masculine an epithet of Arjuna; निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् Bg.11. 33.; (the name is thus derived in Mb.: उभौ मे दक्षिणौ पाणी गाण्डीवस्य विकर्षणे । तेन देवमनुष्येषु सव्यसाचीति मां विदुः ॥).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavyamf(आ)n. (accord. to Un2. iv, 109 fr. √सू; perhaps for स्कव्य cf. Gk., col. 3) left, left hand (अम्, /एन, /आ ए…
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (according to to Un2. iv, 109 from √सू; perhaps for स्कव्य confer, compare Greek, column 3) left, left hand (अम्, /एन, /आ ए, and in the beginning of a compound, "on the left") fg-veda etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender opposite to left, right, right hand (अम्, एन, and in the beginning of a compound, "on the sight")
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender south, southern (अम् etc., "to the south") Su1ryas. VarBr2S.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender reverse, contrary, backward Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender the left arm or hand fg-veda Breton Ka1tyS3r. Ya1jn5.
    6. masculine gender the left foot, Ka1tyS3r. Gobh.
    7. masculine gender one of the ten ways in which an eclipse takes place VarBr2S.
    8. masculine gender a fire lighted at a person's death Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender (स्/अव्य) Name of a man befriended by the As3vins अश्विन् s fg-veda
    11. masculine gender of an An3girasa अङ्गिरस and author of fg-veda i, 51-57 Anukr.
    12. neuter gender (scilicet यज्ञो*पवीत) the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder (accusative with √कृ, "to put the sacred th thread over the l left sh shoulder") Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator ([according to to some for स्कव्य, confer, compare Greek σκαιός Page1191,3; Latin scaevus; according to to according to others for स्यव्य confer, compare Slavonic or Slavonian s8uji7]).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सव्यsavya[savyá] a. left: -m, in. (V. also ấ), lc., ˚--, ad. on the left; m. left hand or arm (V., C.); left foot…

    [savyá] adjective left: -m, instrumental (Veda, Vedic also ấ), locative, ˚--, adverb, -ial, -ially on the left; masculine left hand or arm (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); left foot (Sûtra); neuter (scilicet, that is to say, supply yagñopavîta) sa cred thread worn over the left shoulder: -m kri, put the sacred thread over the left shoulder.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · सव्य

morphology by sanskrit_parser

Analysis unavailable: the morphological analyzer is not running on this server.