m. a pair (male and female;but also"any couple or pair" etc. etc., usually dual number,in later language mostly n.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).)
मिथुन a. [मिथ्-उनन् किच्च Uṇ.3.55] Paired, forming a pair, or couple. -नः Ved. A pair, couple. -नम् 1 A pair, couple; मिथुनं परिकल्पितं त्वया सहकारः फलिनी च नन्विमौ R.8.61; Me.18; U.2.5. -2 Twins. -3 Union, junction. -4 Sexual union, copulation, cohabitation -5 The third sign of the zodiac, Gemini. -6 (In gram.) A root compounded with a preposition. -Comp. -भावः 1 forming a couple, state of being a pair. -2 copulation. -यमकम् a particular kind of यमक; cf. Bk.1.12. -व्रतिन् a. practising cohabitation.
a. forming a pair; m. pair (a male and a female), couple (in general: in V. gnly. du., in C. mostly n. sg.); twins; n. other part, complement (rare); pairing, copulation; Gemini (sign of the zodiac); root compounded with a preposition (gr.): -tvá, n., -bhâva, m. forming a pair.
n. sg. and du. bull and cow; -min, m. possessor of cattle; -mukha, m. kind of musical instrument; N. of several men; -mûtra, n. cow's urine; -mrigá, m. kind of buffalo; -mriga-kâka-karyâ, f. man ner of cows in walking, deer in standing, and crows in sitting; -medha, -yagña, m. cow-sacrifice.
noun (masculine neuter) (in gram.) root compounded with a Preposition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
complement or companion of anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
copulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
couple
honey and ghee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pairing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sex
the other part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of the zodiac Gemini or the third arc of 30 degrees in a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
twins Frequency rank 2676/72933
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