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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 सूना

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnāA slaughter-house, butcher's house; भवानपि सूनोपरिचर इव गृध्र आमिषलोलुपो भीरुकश्च M.2.

    [सुमः नः दीर्घश्च Uṇ.3.13]

    1. A slaughter-house, butcher's house; भवानपि सूनोपरिचर इव गृध्र आमिषलोलुपो भीरुकश्च M.2.
    2. The sale of meat.
    3. Hurting, killing, destroying; सूनायामप्यननुमतमालम्भनं तदुपलभ्य Bhāg.5.9.17.
    4. The soft palate, uvula.
    5. A girdle, zone.
    6. Inflammation of the gland of the neck called mumps.
    7. A ray of light.
    8. A river.
    9. A daughter.
    10. An elephant's trunk.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नाः (Feminine Plural) The five things in a house by which animal life is likely to be destroyed; see under शूना or पञ्चशूना.

    • -अध्यक्षः a superintendent of the slaughter-house.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnāf. a daughter L. (for other meanings see सूना, p. 1242, col. 3)
    1. feminine a daughter Lexicographers (for other meanings see सूना, page and participle 1242, column 3)
    2. feminine (probably from √सिव्, "to sew", and connected with सूचि and सूत्र; confer, compare सून, page and participle 1240, column 1) a woven wicker-work basket or vessel of any kind fg-veda AV. Gr2S3rS.
    3. feminine a place for slaughtering animals, slaughter-house, butchery (wrongly शूना; confer, compare सूदना) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. feminine the sale of flesh or meat MW.
    5. feminine any place or utensil in a house where animals are liable to be accidentally destroyed (see पञ्च-सूना)
    6. feminine a stick fixed to an elephant's hook Lexicographers
    7. feminine killing, hurting, injuring BhP.
    8. feminine imminent death, danger of life (सूनायाम् अपि, "even in the last extremity") ibidem
    9. feminine the uvula or soft palate (in this and the next sense perhaps connected with शून) Lexicographers
    10. feminine inflammation of the glands of the neck (commonly called "mumps") W. (according to to some also, "a zone, girdle"; "a ray"; "a river") .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सूनाsūnā[sû-nấ] f. [√sîv: cp. sûtra] V.: woven basket or dish (V.); C.: slaughter-house, shambles; means of…

    [sû-nấ] feminine; also equal for [√sîv: compare sûtra] Veda, Vedic: woven basket or dish (Veda, Vedic); Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: slaughter-house, shambles; means of producing death: -kakra dhvaga-vat, masculine plural butchers, oil manufac turers, and distillers (or publicans).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · सूना

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