cl.1 P.kh/anati- (imperfect tense/akhanat-; perf.cakhāna-,3. pluralcakhnur-; A1.cakhne-; pr. p.A1.kh/anamāna-; imperativekhanatāt- [ ]; Potentialkhanyāt-or khāyāt-; Passive voicekhāy/ate-[ ] or khanyate-; infinitive moodkhanitum-), to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up etc. ; to pierce (said of an arrow) (varia lectio): Causalkhānayati- (once khan-), to cause to dig or dig up etc.: Desiderativecikhaniṣati- : Intensivecaṅkhanyate- or cākhāyate- ; caṅkhanti- or cākhāti- ([ confer, compare, ; Old German gine1m,gino1m; modernGerman ga0hne; Anglo-Saxon cina,cinan; Latin cuniculus,canalis.])
m. "a stork in relation to a mouse", (metaphorically) a man who behaves as an oppressor towards a weak person, (gaRapātresamitādi-and yuktārohy-ādi-q.v)
P.-khanati-, to dig into (the ground), bury etc. ; to fix, implant, erect (as a post, column etc.) ; to dig or root up ; to infix, pierce (with an arrow etc.) : Causalkhānayati-Seeni-khānita- below.
m. the rule of digging or fixing a post more deeply into the soil (applied to a disputant who adds corroborative arguments etc. to confirm an already strong position)
(ud--khan-) P.-khanati- (perfect tense-cakhāna-) to dig up or out, to excavate ; to tear out by the roots, root up etc. ; to draw or tear out ; to destroy entirely
खन् 1 U. (खनति-ते, खात; pass. खन्यते or खायते) To dig up, delve, excavate; खनन्नाखुबिलं सिंहः Pt.3.17; Ms. 2.218; Ṛs.1.17. -2 To dig into the earth, bury.
आलेखनम् a. Scratching, painting. -नी A brush, pencil. -नम् 1 Writing. -2 Painting. -3 Scratching. -नः N. of an old authority quoted by Jaimini; MS.6.5.17.
उत्खन् 1 P. 1 To dig up or out, excavate; उत्खातं निधिशङ्कया क्षितितलम् Bh.3.4. -2 To tear up by the roots, eradicate; वङ्गानुत्खाय तरसा R.4.36,33;14.73; 18.22; Me.54; Bk.12.5,15.55. -3 To draw or tear out (eye &c.); उच्चख्नाते नलेना$$जौ स्फुरत्प्रतपना$क्षिणी Bk.14.32. -4 To draw or pull out; Śi.5.59,18.37; उत्खातखङ्गः Ve.3 unsheathed.
लेखन a. (-नी f.) [लिख्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा] 1 Writing, painting, scratching &c. -2 Exciting, stimulating. -नः A kind of reed of which pens ane made. -नम् 1 Writing, transcribing. -2 Scratching, scraping. -3 Grazing, touching. -4 Attenuating, making thin or emaciated. -5 Cutting or making incisions (in surgery). -6 Scripture. -7 An instrument for scraping. -8 A kind of birch-tree. -9 A palm-leaf (for writing upon). -नी 1 A pen, writing-reed, reed-pen; सुरतरुवरशाखा लेखनी पुत्रमुर्वी Śivamahimna 32. -2 A spoon. -Comp. -वस्तिः a kind of enema for reducing corpulency. -साधनम् writing materials or a apparatus.
n. burying, hiding in the ground; -kharva, n. a hundred thou sand millions: -ka, a thousand millions; -khâta, pp. √ khan: -tusha½a&ndot;gâra½âdi mat, a. with buried husks, coal, etc.
a. (î) scratching, scarify ing, lacerating; exciting, stimulating; at tenuating; n. writing down, transcribing: î, f. writing reed, reed-pen; -anîya, fp. to be drawn or painted; to be written.
‘produced by digging,’ as an epithet of āpafy, ‘ waters,’ clearly refers to artificial water channels used for irrigation, as practised in the times of the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda.
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to delve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dig (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dig up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to excavate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to pierce (said of an arrow) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to root up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to turn up the soil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a house-breaker (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a miner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a rat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
digger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excavator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a friend of Vidura (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one who digs (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) burying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
digging into the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of digging or excavating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a mine (esp. of precious stones) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a quarry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine neuter) an instrument for digging (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shovel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) marking out by scratches (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
painting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scraping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scratching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to destroy entirely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dig up or out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to draw or tear out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to excavate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to root up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tear out by the roots (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an emetic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
furrowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mentioning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scraping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scratching open or up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speaking of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of marking by lines or scratches (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vomiting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to bury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dig into (the ground) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dig or root up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to erect (as a post) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fix (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to implant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to infix (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to pierce (with an arrow etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a spoon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an instrument for writing or painting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ladle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
painting-brush (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pencil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reed-pen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Saccharum Spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective attenuating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
exciting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lancing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scarifying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scraping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scratching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stimulating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an instrument for scraping or furrowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attenuating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Betula Bhojpatra (the bark of which is used for writing) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coming in contact (said of heavenly bodies) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lancing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making thin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reducing corpulency (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Skarifizieren
scarifying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of scratching or scraping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the leaf of the palm tree (used for the same purpose) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
touching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transcribing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
writing down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective to be written or drawn or painted (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
useful as a remedy for reducing corpulency or for scarifying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) digging. delving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dividing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lacerating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rooting up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scratching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
splitting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of making an incision or mark or furrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the course (of a river) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wounding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of snail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the perfume called Nakhi (Unguis Odoratus) or another kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the shell of the Trochus Perspectivus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to dig up by the roots
to draw (a sword)
to draw forth
to eradicate
to exterminate or destroy utterly Frequency rank 69128/72933
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