cl.1 P.dhvanati- (perf.dadhvāna-, dadhvanur-; futuredhvaniṣyati-, nitā-grammar) to sound, roar, make a noise, echo, reverberate etc. ; to mean, imply, (especiallyPassive voicedhvanyate-,it is meant, it is implied): Causaldhvānayati- (Aoristadidhvanat-or adadh-grammar), to cause to sound, make resound (confer, comparenayat-below) ; dhvanayati-, to allude to, hint at commentator or commentaryIntensive in dandhvana-q.v ([ confer, compare 1. dhvānt/a-: Lithuanian dunde4ti,to sound, call; Anglo-Saxon dynian,to thunder.])
ध्वन् 1 P. also 1 P. (ध्वनति, ध्वनयति, ध्वनित) To sound, produce or utter sounds, buzz, hum, echo, reverberate, thunder, roar; बिभिद्यमाना इव दध्वनुर्दिशः Ki.14.46; अयं धीरं धीरं ध्वनति नवनीलो जलधरः Bv.1.6; कपिर्दध्वान मेघवत् Bk.9.5;14.3; ध्वनति मधुपसमूहे श्रवणमपिदधाति Gīt.5. -Caus. (ध्वनयति) To cause to sound, ring (as a bell); but ध्वानयति 'to cause to articulate indistinctly.' -2 To allude, hint at.
ध्वननम् [ध्वन्-करणे ल्युट्] 1 Sounding. -2 Hinting at, suggesting or implying (as a meaning). -3 (In Rhet.) The same as व्यञ्जना q. v., or that power of a word or sentence by virtue of which it conveys a sense different from its primary or secondary meaning, suggestive power; cf. अञ्जन also वृत्तिर्व्यञ्जनध्वननगमनप्रत्यायनादिव्यपदेश- विषया व्यञ्जना नाम S. D. -4 Humming, indistinct utterance.
अध्वन् m. [अत्ति बलं; अद्-क्वनिप् धादेशः Uṇ.4.115; perhaps from अत् also] 1 (a) A way, road; passage, orbit (of planets &c.); मुक्ताध्वानं ये लङ्घयेयुर्भवन्तम् Me.54. (b) Distance, space (traversed or to be traversed); पञ्चदशयोजनमात्रमध्वानं जगाम K.119,12; कियत्यध्वनि सा उज्ज- यिनी 27; Dk.13; अपि लङ्धितमध्वानं बुबुधे न बुधोपसः R.1. 47; उल्लङ्घिताध्वा Me.45; कालाध्वनोरत्यन्तसंयोगे &c. (c) Journey, travel, course, march; नैकः प्रपद्येताध्वानम् Ms.4.6 undertake a journey; अध्वसु त्रिषु विसृष्टमैथिलः R.11.57 after three marches; परिक्लान्तः किलाध्वना Ki.11.2 wayworn; अध्वश्रमपरिगतम् Me.17.4; अध्वा वर्णकफस्थौल्यसौकुमा- र्यविनाशनः Suśr. -2 A recension of the Vedas and the school upholding it (शाखा, अवयव) एकविंशत्यध्वयुक्त- मृय्वेदमृषयो विदुः । सहस्राध्वा सामवेदो यजुरेकशताध्वकम् ॥ अध्वा देवगतिः शाखा इति पर्यायवाचकाः । -3 Time (Kāla), time personified, (being the eater of all) दुर्मरं पुरुषेणेह मन्ये ह्यध्वन्यनागते Mb.14.8.24. -4 Air; sky, atmosphere. -5 Place. प्रस्थितं दीर्घमध्वानं स्वबन्धुमिव बान्धवाः Rām.5.1.45. -6 Means, resource; method. -7 Attack (अधिकदुरारोह- णम्). अध्वन् is changed to अध्व after prepositions; प्राध्वः, व्यध्वः &c. -Comp. -अतिः [अध्वानमतति, अत्-इ] 1 a traveller. -2 an intelligent person. -अधिपः, -ईशः [ष. त.] an officer in charge of the public roads. -अयनम् [अध्वन्ययनम्] journey, travel. -गः 1 one who travels; a traveller, way-farer; Av.13.1.36. सन्तानकतरुच्छाया- सुप्तविद्याधराध्वगम् Ku.6.46 (˚गामिन्). -2 a camel. -3 a mule. -4 the sun; ˚भोग्यः N. of a tree, Spondias Mangifera (आम्रातकवृक्ष) अध्वगैः अयत्नलम्यफलत्वात् भोग्यः (Mar. आंबाडा). (-गा) the Ganges. -गत् m. [अध्वानं गच्छति; गम्-क्विप् P.VI.4.4] a traveller. -गत्यन्तः गन्तव्यः [ष. त.] measure of length applicable to roads; कालभावा-
ध्वगन्तव्यः Mbh. Vārt. on P.1.4.51. -जा [अध्वनि जायते; जन्-ड] A plant (स्वर्णुली or स्वर्णपुष्पी). -पतिः 1 the sun (दिवैव पथिकानां गमनात् रात्रौ च गमननिषेधात् सूर्यस्य अध्वपालकत्वम् or अध्वनः आकाशस्य पतिः). -2 inspector of the road. -रथः [अध्वने हितः पर्याप्तो रथः शाक. त.] 1 a travelling coach. -2 [अध्वैव रथो यस्य] a messenger skilled in travelling (पथि प्रज्ञो दूतः). -शल्यः [अध्वनि शल्यमिव आचारतीति क्विप्- अच् Tv.] N. of a tree (अपामार्ग) (अध्वगानां पादवस्त्रादौ शल्यवद्वेधकारकत्वात् तथात्वम्) (Mar. आघाडा).
अध्वनीन adhvanīna अध्वन्य adhvanya
अध्वनीन अध्वन्य a. [अध्वानम् अलं गच्छति, अध्वन्-ख- यत् वा; अध्वनो यत्खौ P.V.2.16] Able to undertake a journey, speeding on a journey; क्षिप्रं ततो$ध्वन्यतुरङ्गयायी Bk.2.44. -नः -न्यः A traveller going fast, way-farer.
उलूलुध्वनिः The noise of melodious chorus, especially of women, on happy occasions like the marriage festival; cf. उच्चैरुलूलुध्वनिमुच्चचार N. See उलुलिः.
मूर्ध्वन् See मूर्धन्.
मूर्वा mūrvā र्वी rvī मूर्विका mūrvikā
मूर्वा र्वी मूर्विका A kind of creeper (from the fibres of which bowstrings and the girdle of Kṣatriyas are made).
on the path of fruitive activities (performing actions in this life, creating a body in the next life by those actions, and in this way continuously accepting birth and death)
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to echo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to imply (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to make a noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to mean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to reverberate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to roar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
allusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
echo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
empty sound without reality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hint (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
implied meaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of the Vasu Āpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Devī at Śaṅkhoddhāra
name of one of the Viśve Devās (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
poetical style (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sound of a drum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thunder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tune (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kāṃsya Frequency rank 2625/72933
noun (masculine) a journey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a recension of the Vedas and the school upholding it (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assault (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
course (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
distance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
means (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
method (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
orbit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resource (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sky (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the zodiac (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
time (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
way (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective familiar with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
old (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one who has walked a path (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a deep sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus rotundus (Ray, Rasārṇava)
the muttering of thunder clouds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
meghanāda Frequency rank 23926/72933
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