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Grammar Search

"dahana" has 2 results

dahana: masculine vocative singular stem: dahana

dahana: neuter vocative singular stem: dahana

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

agniḥ		Masculine	Singular	jvalanaḥ, barhiḥ, śociṣkeśaḥ, bṛhadbhānuḥ, analaḥ, śikhāvān, hutabhuk, saptārciḥ, citrabhānuḥ, appittam, vaiśvānaraḥ, dhanañjayaḥ, jātavedāḥ, śuṣmā, uṣarbudhaḥ, kṛśānuḥ, rohitāśvaḥ, āśuśukṣaṇiḥ, dahanaḥ, damunāḥ, vibhāvasuḥ, vahniḥ, kṛpīṭayoniḥ, tanūnapāt, kṛṣṇavartmā, āśrayāśaḥ, pāvakaḥ, vāyusakhaḥ, hiraṇyaretāḥ, havyavāhanaḥ, śukraḥ, śuciḥ, vītihotraḥ	fire god

Monier-Williams Search

42 results for dahana

dahana

mf(ī-)n. burning, consuming by fire, scorching, destroying (chiefly in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound')

dahana

mf(ī-)n. (said of the dhāraṇā-of fire)

dahana

m. fire (of three kinds), agni-

etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).

)

dahana

m. the numeral three

dahana

m. one of the 5 forms of fire in the svāhā-kāra-

dahana

m. a pigeon

dahana

m. Plumbago zeylanica

dahana

m. Anacardium officinarum

dahana

m. Name of an attendant of skanda-

dahana

m. Name of a rudra-,

dahana

n. burning, consuming by fire

etc.

dahana

n. cauterising

dahana

n. sour gruel

dahanagarbha

mf(ā-)n. filled with the fire (of wrath)

dahanahalpa

m. a crematory rite,

dahanakarman

n. the act of burning

dahanaketana

m. "mark of burning", smoke

dahanapriyā

f. the wife of agni-

dahanarkṣa

(ṛk-) n. the constellation kṛttikā-

dahanasārathi

m. the wind,

dahanatā

f. the state of fire

dahanavat

ind. as (at) cremation, ibidem or 'in the same place or book or text' as the preceding

ādahana

n. a place where anything is burnt

aurvadahana

m. the submarine fire

davadahana

m. the fire in a burning forest

(naka-,

)

dāvadahanajvālākalāpaya

Nom. A1. yate-, to resemble the sheet of flame in a burning forest

kāmadahana

n. "the burning up of the god of love by śiva-", Name of a chapter of the

kāmadahana

n. a particular festival on the day of full moon in the month phālguna-.

kandarpadahana

n. a section of the śiva-purāṇa-.

madanadahana

m. " kāma-deva-'s burner or consumer", Name of śiva-rudra- (and so of the number eleven)

nirdahana

mfn. (for 2.See nir-dah-) not burning

nirdahana

mf(/ī-)n. burning up, consuming

nirdahana

m. Semecarpus Anacardium

nirdahana

n. burning

paridahana

n. burning

(see parīd-)

pralayadahana

m. the fire causing the destruction of the world,

punardahana

n. burning again,

puttaladahana

n. puttala

smaradahana

m. "burner of kāma-", Name of śiva- (see under an-aṅga-)

tripuradahana

m. idem or 'm. idem or 'm. idem or 'm. "destroyer of tripura-", śiva- ' ' '

tripuradahana

n. Name of a drama

vinirdahana

n. the act of burning or destroying utterly

Apte Search

4 results


dahana	दहन a. (-नी f.) [दह्-ल्युट्] 1 Burning, consuming by fire; Bh.1.71. -2 Destructive, injurious; दहनं धाम विलोकनक्षमम् Ki.2.55. -नः 1 Fire; Mb.13.2.28. -2 A pigeon. -3 The number 'three.' -4 A bad man. -5 The Bhallātaka plant. -6 Lead-wort. (चित्रक). -7 The constellation कृत्तिका. -नम् 1 Burning, consuming by fire (fig. also); अपरो दहने स्वकर्मणां ववृते ज्ञानमयेन वह्निना R.8.2. -2 Cauterizing. -3 Sour gruel. -Comp. -अरातिः water. -उपलः the sun-stone. -उल्का a firebrand. -ऋक्षम् (दहनर्क्षम्) the constellaton कृत्तिका; Bṛi. S.1.19. -केतनः smoke. -प्रिया Svāhā, wife of Agni. -सारथिः wind.

ādahanam	आदहनम् 1 Burning. -2 Injuring, killing. -3 Reviling, despising. -4 A cemetery, a place where anything is burnt (आदह्यते$स्मिन्निति); क्षिप्रं वै तस्यादहनं परि नृत्यन्ति केशिनीः Av.12.5.48.

nirdahana	निर्दहन a. 1 Burning, consuming. -2 Without fire or heat. -नम् 1 Burning, consuming. -2 Semecarpus Anacardium (Mar. बिब्बा).

paridahanam	परिदहनम् Burning, scorching.

Macdonell Search

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dahana	a. (î) burning, consuming with fire; destroying (gnly. --°ree;); m. fire, Agni (f. --°ree; a. â); n. burning: -karman, n. act of burning; -garbha, a. having inward fire, flashing with anger (eyes); -½âtmaka, a. whose nature consists in burning or causing grief.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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khananād	dahanād abhimarśanāt ṣB.5.10a; AdB.10a.

kṣipraṃ	vai tasyādahanam # AVś.12.5.48a.

Vedabase Search

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dahana	O annihilator	SB 1.8.43

		SB 12.11.25

dahanam	the fire	SB 10.66.35

dava-dahana	of the forest fire	SB 5.8.25

khala-dava-dahanaḥ	killer of envious persons like Rāvaṇa, like a fire devouring a forest	SB 9.10.4

dava-dahana	of the forest fire	SB 5.8.25

khala-dava-dahanaḥ	killer of envious persons like Rāvaṇa, like a fire devouring a forest	SB 9.10.4

khala-dava-dahanaḥ	killer of envious persons like Rāvaṇa, like a fire devouring a forest	SB 9.10.4

DCS with thanks

7 results


dahana	noun (masculine) Agni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Anacardium officinarum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a pigeon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) fire (of three kinds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Rudra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) one of the 5 forms of fire in the Svāhākāra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Plumbago zeylanica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the numeral three (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 4989/72933

dahana	noun (neuter) burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cauterising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) consuming by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) sour gruel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 7296/72933

dahana	adjective burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) consuming by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) destroying (chiefly ifc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) scorching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 13542/72933

dahanasparśin	noun (masculine) Frequency rank 54308/72933

ādahana	noun (neuter) a place where anything is burnt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 23358/72933

nirdahana	noun (neuter) burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 36313/72933

pradahana	adjective niederbrennend verbrennend Frequency rank 59158/72933

Wordnet Search

"dahana" has 9 results.


dahana	agniḥ, pāvakaḥ, pāvanaḥ, tejaḥ, vahniḥ, jvalanaḥ, analaḥ, kṛśānuḥ, vāyusakhā, vāyusakhaḥ, dahanaḥ, śikhī, śikhāvān, kṛṣṇavartmā, araṇiḥ, ghāsiḥ, dāvaḥ, pacanaḥ, pācanaḥ, pācakaḥ, juhuvān, vāśiḥ, arciṣmān, prabhākaraḥ, chidiraḥ, śundhyuḥ, jaganuḥ, jāgṛviḥ, apāmpitaḥ, jalapittaḥ, apittam, himārātiḥ, phutkaraḥ, śukraḥ, āśaraḥ, samidhaḥ, citrabhānuḥ, jvālājihvā, kapilaḥ, vibhāvasuḥ, tamonud, śuciḥ, śukraḥ, damunaḥ, damīnaḥ, agiraḥ, hariḥ, kaviḥ tejaḥpadārthaviśeṣaḥ। parvate dṛśyamānaḥ dhūmaḥ agneḥ sūcakaḥ।
dahana	dāhaḥ, dahanam, ploṣaḥ, tāpaḥ, jvalanam śarīre jvalanena jāyamānā pīḍā। ghṛtalepanena dāhaḥ kiñcit nyūnaḥ bhavati।
dahana	dhūmaḥ, dhūmikā, dhūpaḥ, dhūpikā, dahanaketanaḥ, marudvāhaḥ, karamālaḥ, khatamālaḥ, vyāmaḥ, agnibāhuḥ, agnivāhaḥ, ambhaḥsūḥ, ṛjīkaḥ, kacamālaḥ, jīmūtavāhī, khatamālaḥ, bhambhaḥ, marudvāhaḥ, mecakaḥ, starī, suparvā, śikhidhvajaḥ kasyāpi vastoḥ jvalanād vidhūpyamānaṃ kṛṣṇabāṣpam। ārdraidhāgneḥ adhiko dhūmaḥ jāyate।
dahana	dāhaḥ, dahanam, jvalanam, ploṣaḥ dahanasya dāhanasya vā kriyā athavā bhāvaḥ। na jāne kathaṃ janāḥ svasya dāhaṃ kurvanti।
dahana	agniḥ, vaiśvānaraḥ, vītahotraḥ, agnihotraḥ, huraṇyaretāḥ, saptārci, vibhāvasuḥ, vṛṣākapiḥ, svāhāpatiḥ, svāhāprayaḥ, svāhābhuk, agnidevaḥ, agnidevatā, dhanañjayaḥ, jātavedaḥ, kṛpīṭayoniḥ, śociṣkeśaḥ, uṣarbudhaḥ, bṛhadbhānuḥ, hutabhuk, haviraśanaḥ, hutāśaḥ, hutāśanaḥ, havirbhuk, havyavāhanaḥ, havyāśanaḥ, kravyavāhanaḥ, tanunapāt, rohitāśvaḥ, āśuśukṣaṇiḥ, āśrayāśaḥ, āśayāśaḥ, āśrayabhuk, āśrayadhvaṃsī, pāvakaḥ, pāvanaḥ, tejaḥ, vahniḥ, jvalanaḥ, analaḥ, kṛśānuḥ, vāyusakhā, vāyusakhaḥ, dahanaḥ, śikhī, śikhāvān, kṛṣṇavartmā, araṇiḥ, ghāsiḥ, dāvaḥ, pacanaḥ, pācanaḥ, pācakaḥ, juhuvān, vāśiḥ, arciṣmān, prabhākaraḥ, chidiraḥ, śundhyuḥ, jaganuḥ, jāgṛviḥ, apāmpitaḥ, jalapittaḥ, apittam, himārātiḥ, phutkaraḥ, śukraḥ, āśaraḥ, samidhaḥ, citrabhānuḥ, jvālājihvā, kapilaḥ, vibhāvasuḥ, tamonud, śuciḥ, śukraḥ, damunaḥ, damīnaḥ, agiraḥ, hariḥ, bhuvaḥ devatāviśeṣaḥ-hindudharmānusāram agneḥ devatāsvarūpam। agneḥ patnī svāhā।
dahana	ātmadahanam ātmadāhasya kāryam। hyaḥ ekena yuvakena ātmadahanasya prayatnaḥ kṛtaḥ।
dahana	pāvakavṛttiḥ, dahanadurgam yantrāṃśasya tantrāṃśasya ca ekaṃ surakṣātmakaḥ bhāgaḥ। sthānīyasya kṣetrasya jāleṣu pāvakavṛttiḥ prayujyate।
dahana	tripuradahanaḥ ekaṃ rūpakam । tripuradahanasya ullekhaḥ kośe vartate
dahana	tripuradahanaḥ ekaṃ rūpakam । tripuradahanasya ullekhaḥ kośe vartate

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