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Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

asuraḥ	1.1.12	Masculine	Singular	ditisutaḥ, indrāriḥ, daityaḥ, suradviṣ, śukraśiṣyaḥ, danujaḥ, pūrvadevaḥ, dānavaḥ, daiteyaḥ	giant

Monier-Williams Search

23 results for danu

danu

f. Name of a daughter of dakṣa- (by kaśyapa- [or danāy/ū-

],mother of the dānava-s)

etc.

danu

m. Name of a son of śri- (also called dānava-;originally very handsome, but changed into a monster[ kabandha-]by indra- for having offended him)

danuja

m. "born from danu-", a dānava-

danujadviṣ

m. " dānava--enemy", a god

danujāri

m. idem or 'm. "dānava--enemy", a god '

danujedra

m. a dānava- prince

danukabandha

m. the monster dānava-

danusambhava

m. = - ja-

danusūnu

m. id.

krandanu

m. roaring, shaking

nadanu

m. noise, din

nadanu

m. the sound of approbation

nadanu

m. war, battle

nadanu

m. a cloud (nad/anu-)

nadanu

m. a lion

nadanu

m. a cloud,

nadanumat

mfn. roaring, thundering

padanuṣaṅga

m. anything appended to a pada- or quarter of a verse

(see padānuṣ-).

sadanugraha

m. favour towards the good

tadanu

ind. after that, afterwards

tadanukṛti

ind. conformably to that, accordingly

tadanusaraṇa

n. going after that

tadanusaraṇakrameṇa

ind. instrumental case See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order kr/ama-.

Apte Search

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danuḥ	दनुः f. N. of one of the daughters of Dakṣa given in marriage to Kaśyapa and mother of the Dānavas. -m. N. of a monster, son of Śrī, cursed by Indra and killed by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. He had a headless trunk, and hence called दनुकबन्ध. -Comp. -जः -पुत्रः, -संभवः, -सूनुः a demon; Bhāg.6.9.4. -अरिः, -द्विष् m. a god.

nadanuḥ	नदनुः 1 A lion. -2 Sounding, roaring; यदाकृणोषि नदनुं समूहसि Rv.8.21.14. -3 The sound of praise. -4 War, battle. -5 A cloud.

vadanuḥ	वदनुः [वद्-चनुङ् Uṇ.3.51] An orator.

Macdonell Search

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danukabandha	m. N. of a demon; -ga, m. a Dânava.

tadanukṛti	ad. accordingly; -anusarana-krama, m. continual following of him; -anta, a. ending with that; -apatya tâ, f. condition of having offspring through him (the son) or by her (the Sûdrâ woman); apatya-maya, a. devoted to his (her) children; -apeksha, a. having regard to that; -artha, m. the meaning of that or those; a. having that for its object, meant for that; having the same meaning: -m, ad. for that purpose, on that account, therefore; -arthin, a. desiring that; -arthîya, a. undertaken for that end, having that as its object; -ardhika, a. half as much; -arha, a. commensurate with that; -avastha, a. being in that condition or plight; being in the same condition=safe.

tadanu	ad. thereupon, then.

Dictionary of Sanskrit Search

"danu" has 12 results

atadanubandhaka	not having the same mute significatory letter, but having one or two additional ones, confer, compare तदनुबन्धकग्रहणे नातदनुबन्धकस्य ग्रहणम् (Paribhāṣenduśekhara of Nāgeśa. Pari. 84.)

jainendravyākaraṇa	name of a grammar work written by Pujyapada Devanandin, also called Siddhanandin, in the fifth century A.D. The grammar is based on the Astadhyay of Panini,the section on Vedic accent and the rules of Panini explaining Vedic forms being,of course, neglectedition The grammar is called Jainendra Vyakarana or Jainendra Sabdanusasana. The work is available in two versions, one consisting of 3000 sutras and the other of 3700 sutras. it has got many commentaries, of which the Mahavrtti written by Abhayanandin is the principal one. For details see Jainendra Vyakarana, introduction published by the Bharatiya Jnanapitha Varadasi.

prakriyāsaṃgraha	a work on grammar by Abhayacandra in which the Sutras of Sakatayana's Sabdanusasana are arranged in the form of different sections dealing with the different topics of grammar.

meghavijaya	a Jain grammarian of the seventeenth century who has written a grammar work, similar to the Siddhanta Kaumudi, on the Sabdanusasana of Hemacandra. The grammar work is called हैमकौमुदी, or चन्द्रप्रभा also.

śākaṭāyana(1)	name of an ancient reputed scholar of Grammar and Pratisakhyas who is quoted by Panini. He is despisingly referred to by Patanjali as a traitor grammarian sympathizing with the Nairuktas or etymologists in holding the view that all substantives are derivable and can be derived from roots; cf तत्र नामान्याख्यातजानीति शाकटायनो नैरुक्तसमयश्च Nir.I.12: cf also नाम च धातुजमाह निरुक्ते व्याकरणे शकटस्य च तोकम् M. Bh on P.III.3.1. Sakatayana is believed to have been the author of the Unadisutrapatha as also of the RkTantra Pratisakhya of the Samaveda ; (2) name of a Jain grammarian named पाल्यकीर्ति शाकटायन who lived in the ninth century during the reign of the Rastrakuta king Amoghavarsa and wrote the Sabdanusana which is much similar to the Sutrapatha of Panini and introduced a new System of Grammar. His work named the Sabdanusasana consists of four chapters which are arranged in the form of topics, which are named सिद्धि. The grammar work is called शब्दानुशासन.

śākaṭāyanataraṅgiṇī	a commentary on Sakatayana's Sabdanusana.

haimakaumudī	an exhaustive commentary on the Sabdanusasana of Hemacandra written by a Jain grammarian Meghavijaya in the seventeenth century which is similar to the Siddhāntakaumudi of Bhattoji Diksita,

haimabṛhadavṛtti	a gloss written on the Haima Sabdanusasana sutrapatha by Hemacandra himselfeminine. See हेमचन्द्र a reference to some preceding word, not necessarily on the same page..

haimabṛhannyāsa	an extensive critical commentary written by Hemacandra on his own work, Haima Sabdanusasana. See हेमचन्द्र.

hemalaghuprakriyāvṛtti	a topicwise work based on Hemacandra's Sabdanu-sasana written by Vinayavijaya, a Jain scholar of grammar.

haimalaghuvṛtti	a short gloss on the Sabdanusasana, written by Hemacandra himselfeminine. See हेमचन्द्र a reference to some preceding word, not necessarily on the same page..

haimaśabdānuśāsanalaghunyāsa	a short commentary on Hemacandra's Sabdanusasana written by Devendrassuri. हैमशब्दनुशासनवृत्ति a short gloss called अवचूरि also, written by a Jain grammarian नन्दसुन्दर on the हैमशब्दानुशासन.

Vedabase Search

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danu-jāḥ	O sons of demons	SB 7.6.16

danu-jāḥ	O sons of demons	SB 7.6.16

danuḥ	Danu	SB 6.6.24-26

diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ	the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon	SB 6.9.40

diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ	the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon	SB 6.9.40

diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ	the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon	SB 6.9.40

diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ	the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon	SB 6.9.40

diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ	the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon	SB 6.9.40

DCS with thanks

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danu	noun (feminine) name of a daughter of Dakṣa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 7091/72933

danu	noun (masculine) name of a son of Śrī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 19417/72933

danuja	noun (masculine) a Daitya Frequency rank 14937/72933

tadanu	indeclinable afterwards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2898/72933

bṛhadanu	noun (masculine) name of a son of Ajamīḍha Frequency rank 37695/72933

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ketaki,kaitaka	Plant screw pine, dried underground roots of Pandanus tectorius, P. fascicularis. P. odoratissimus.
śatapuṣpa	Plant dill seeds, Anethum sowa, syn. Peucedanum graveolens.

Wordnet Search

"danu" has 7 results.


danu	dānavaḥ, danujaḥ danugarbhāt jātāḥ kaśyapasya putrāḥ ye devatānāṃ śatravaḥ āsan। devaiḥ saha dānavānāṃ naikavāraṃ yuddhaṃ jātam।
danu	yuddham, saṃgrāmaḥ, samaraḥ, samaram, āyodhanam, āhavam, raṇyam, anīkaḥ, anīkam, abhisampātaḥ, abhyāmardaḥ, araraḥ, ākrandaḥ, ājiḥ, yodhanam, jamyam, pradhanam, pravidāraṇam, mṛdham, āskandanam, saṃkhyam, samīkam, sāmyarāyikam, kalahaḥ, vigrahaḥ, saṃprahāraḥ, kaliḥ, saṃsphoṭaḥ, saṃyugaḥ, samāghātaḥ, saṃgrāmaḥ, abhyāgamaḥ, āhavaḥ, samudāyaḥ, saṃyat, samitiḥ, ājiḥ, samit, yut, saṃrāvaḥ, ānāhaḥ, samparāyakaḥ, vidāraḥ, dāraṇam, saṃvit, samparāyaḥ, balajam, ānarttaḥ, abhimaraḥ, samudayaḥ, raṇaḥ, vivāk, vikhādaḥ, nadanuḥ, bharaḥ, ākrandaḥ, ājiḥ, pṛtanājyam, abhīkam, samīkam, mamasatyam, nemadhitā, saṅkāḥ, samitiḥ, samanam, mīऴ् he, pṛtanāḥ, spṛt, spṛd, mṛt, mṛd, pṛt, pṛd, samatsu, samaryaḥ, samaraṇam, samohaḥ, samithaḥ, saṅkhe, saṅge, saṃyugam, saṅgathaḥ, saṅgame, vṛtratūryam, pṛkṣaḥ, āṇiḥ, śīrasātau, vājasātiḥ, samanīkam, khalaḥ, khajaḥ, pauṃsye, mahādhanaḥ, vājaḥ, ajam, sadma, saṃyat, saṃyad, saṃvataḥ śatrutāvaśād anyarājyaiḥ saha saśastrasenābalena dharmalābhārtham arthalābhārthaṃ yaśolābhārthaṃ vā yodhanam। yatra ayuddhe dhruvaṃ nāśo yuddhe jīvitasaṃśayaḥ taṃ kālam ekaṃ yuddhasya pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ।
danu	devaḥ, devatā, suraḥ, amaraḥ, nirjaraḥ, tridaśaḥ, suparvā, sumanāḥ, tridiveśaḥ, divaukāḥ, āditāyaḥ, diviṣat, lekhaḥ, aditinandanaḥ, ṛbhuḥ, amartyaḥ, amṛtāndhāḥ, barhirmukhā, kratubhuk, gīrvāṇaḥ, vṛndārakaḥ, danujāriḥ, ādityaḥ, vibudhaḥ, sucirāyuḥ, asvapnaḥ, animiṣaḥ, daityāriḥ, dānavāriḥ, śaubhaḥ, nilimpaḥ, svābābhuk, danujadviṭ, dyuṣat, dauṣat, svargī, sthiraḥ, kaviḥ hindudharmānusārī yaḥ sarvabhūtebhyaḥ pūjanīyāḥ। asmin devālaye naikāḥ devatāḥ santi।
danu	asuraḥ, daityaḥ, daiteyaḥ, danujaḥ, indrāriḥ, dānavaḥ, śukraśiṣyaḥ, ditisutaḥ, pūrvadevaḥ, suradviṭ, devaripuḥ, devāriḥ, kauṇapaḥ, kravyāt, kravyādaḥ, asrapaḥ, āśaraḥ, rātriñcaraḥ, rātricaraḥ, kavvūraḥ, nikaṣātmajaḥ, yātudhānaḥ, puṇyajanaḥ, nairṛtaḥ, yātuḥ, rakṣaḥ, sandhyābalaḥ, kṣapāṭaḥ, rajanīcaraḥ, kīlāpāḥ, nṛcakṣāḥ, naktañcaraḥ, palāśī, palāśaḥ, bhūtaḥ, nīlāmbaraḥ, kalmāṣaḥ, kaṭaprūḥ, agiraḥ, kīlālapaḥ, naradhiṣmaṇaḥ, khacaraḥ dharmagranthaiḥ varṇitāḥ te jīvāḥ ye dharmavirodhinaḥ kāryān akarot tathā ca devānāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ ca śatravaḥ āsan। purākāle asūrāṇāṃ bhayena dharmakārye kāṭhīnyam abhavat।
danu	danuḥ dakṣasya kanyā yā kaśyapasya patnī āsīt। danoḥ putrāḥ dānavaḥ iti khyātaḥ।
danu	dānavī, danujā strītvaviśiṣṭaḥ dānavaḥ। mātāmahī bālakān dānavyāḥ kathāṃ śrāvayati।
danu	siṃhaḥ, kesarī, keśarī, hapiḥ, mṛgendraḥ, mṛgarājaḥ, mṛgarāṭ, mṛgapatiḥ, paśurājaḥ, paśupatiḥ, śārdūlaḥ, vanarājaḥ, mṛgaripuḥ, mṛgāriḥ, gajāriḥ, kuñjarārātiḥ, dviradāntakaḥ, hastikakṣyaḥ, bhīmanādaḥ, bhīmavikrāntaḥ, bhāriḥ, haryyakṣaḥ, pañcāsyaḥ, pañcānanaḥ, pañcamukhaḥ, pañcavaktraḥ, pañcaśikhaḥ, vyālaḥ, saṭāṅkaḥ, jaṭilaḥ, araṇyarāj, araṇyarāṭ, ibhamācalaḥ, ibhāriḥ, karidārakaḥ, karimācalaḥ, kalaṅkaṣaḥ, palaṅkaṣaḥ, keśī, kravyādaḥ, gajāriḥ, nakhāyudhaḥ, nakharāyudhaḥ, nadanuḥ, pārindraḥ, pārīndraḥ, bahubalaḥ, bhāriḥ, bhīmavikrāntaḥ, mahānādaḥ, mahāvīraḥ, mṛgadviṣ, mṛgadviṭ, mṛgaprabhuḥ, raktajihvaḥ, vanahariḥ, visaṅkaṭaḥ, vikramī, vikrāntaḥ, śṛṅgoṣṇīṣaḥ, śailāṭaḥ, śaileyaḥ, sakṛtprajaḥ, harit, haritaḥ, hemāṅgaḥ siṃhajātīyaḥ naraḥ vanyapaśuḥ। siṃhasya grīvā saṭayā āvṛtā asti।

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