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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 सेतु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सेतुsetuA ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dam; नलिनीं क्षतसेतुबन्धनो जलसंघात इवासि विद्रुतः Ku.4.6; R.16.2.

    [सि-तुन् Uṇ.1.69]

    1. A ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dam; नलिनीं क्षतसेतुबन्धनो जलसंघात इवासि विद्रुतः Ku.4.6; R.16.2.
    2. A bridge in general; वैदेहि पश्या मलयाद्विभक्तं मत्सेतुना फेनिलमम्बुराशिम् R.13.2; सैन्यैर्बद्धद्विरदसेतुभिः 4.38;12.7; Ku.7.53.
    3. A landmark; ज्येष्ठे मासि नयेत् सीमां सुप्रकाशेषु सेतुषु Ms.8.245.
    4. A defile, pass, a narrow mountain-road.
    5. A boundary, limit.
    6. A barrier, limitation, obstruction of any kind; दुष्येयुः सर्ववर्णाश्च भिद्येरन् सर्वसेतवः Subhāṣ.
    7. A fixed rule or law, an established institution; सूचकाः सेतुभेत्तारः ...... ते वै निरयगामिनः Mb.13.23.66.
    8. The sacred syllable om; मन्त्राणां प्रणवः सेतुस्तत्सेतुः प्रणवः स्मृतः । स्रवत्यनोङ्कृतं पूर्वं परस्ताच्च विदीर्यते ॥ Kālikā Parasmaipada
    9. A reservoir or a lake; सहोदकं आहार्योदकं वा सेतुं बन्धयेत् Kau. Atmanepada 2.1.
    10. A bond, fetter.
    11. An explanatory commentary.
    12. Compound बन्धः the forming or construction of a bridge, cause-way etc.; Kau. Atmanepada 2.1; वयोगते किं वनिता- विलासो जले गते किं खलु सेतुबन्धः Subhāṣ.; Ku.4.6.
    13. the ridge of rocks extending from the southern extremity of the Coromandel coast towards Ceylon (said to have been built for Rāma's passage to Laṅkā by Nala and the other monkeys); Bhāg.7.14.31.
    14. any bridge or cause-way.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भेदिन्

      1. Adjective
      2. breaking down barriers.
      3. removing obstructions. (-Masculine) Name of a tree (दन्ती).
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सेतुsetumfn. (fr. √1. सि) binding, who or what binds or fetters RV.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √1. सि) binding, who or what binds or fetters fg-veda
    2. masculine gender a bond, fetter ibidem
    3. masculine gender a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations) fg-veda etc.
    4. masculine gender Ra1ma राम 's bridge (see सेतुबन्ध) BhP.
    5. masculine gender a landmark, boundary, limit (also figuratively Equivalent to "barrier, bounds") Mn. MBh. etc.
    6. masculine gender a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also Name of various commentaries) catalogue or catalogues
    7. masculine gender an established institution, fixed rule MW.
    8. masculine gender the Pran2ava प्रणव or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be मन्त्राणां सेतुः) Ka1lP.
    9. masculine gender Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (Equivalent to वरण, वरुण) Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender Name of a son of Druhyu द्रुह्यु and brother of Babhru बभ्रु Hariv.
    11. masculine gender of a son of Babhru बभ्रु Pur.
    12. masculine gender of a place MW.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सेतुsetu[sé-tu] a. [√1. si] binding (RV., rare); m. RV.: bond, fetter (rare); V., C.: dam, dyke, causeway, bridge; C.:…

    [sé-tu] adjective [√1. si] binding (Rig-veda, rare); masculine Rig-veda: bond, fetter (rare); Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: dam, dyke, causeway, bridge; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: Adam's Bridge (rare); landmark (rare); (figurative, -ly) barrier, limit, bounds: -m bandh, construct a bridge: -ban dha, masculine (construction of a) dam or bridge; title of a Prâkrit poem; -bandhana, neuter (con struction of) a bridge or dam; barrier (figurative, -ly); -bheda, masculine breaking down of an embankment.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · सेतु

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