सैन्धव a. (-वी f.) सिन्धुनदीसमीपे देशे भवः अण्] 1 Produced or born in the Sindhu-territory. -2 Belonging to the Indus. -3 River-born. -4 Belonging to the sea, oceanic, marine. -वः 1 A horse, especially one bred in Sindhu; दीर्घग्रीवा मुखालम्बमेहनाः पृथुलोचनाः । महान्तस्तनुरोमाणो वलिनः सैन्धवा हयाः ॥ 'com. Mb.7.23.24; जिनोक्तिषु श्राद्ध- तयैव सैन्धवाः N.1.71; धावद्भिरसिधाराभिः शकलीकृतसैन्धवाः Śiva B.22.33. -2 N. of a sage. -3 N. of a country. -4 N. of Jayadratha, the king of Sindh; क्रोधादुक्तं सैन्धवे चार्जुनेन Mb.1.1.192. -वः, -वम् A kind of rock-salt. -वाः m. pl. 1 The people inhabiting the Sindhu territory. -2 (In drama) A kind of Prākṛit song. -Comp. -घनः a lump of salt. -शिला a kind of rock or fossil salt.
a. (&isharp;) relating to the sea (sindhu), marine, maritime; belonging to or coming from the Indus or Sindh; m. inhabi tants of Sindh (pl.); prince of Sindh; horse bred in Sindh; m. n. rock-salt (abounding in Sindh): -ka, a. belonging to the people of Sindh; -khilyá, m. lump of salt (Br.); -silâ- sakala, n. piece of rock-salt.
‘Coming from the Indus,’ is a term applied to water in the Taittirlya Samhitā, to Guggulu in the Atharvaveda, to a horse in the śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, and to salt in the same text.
noun (masculine) (pl.) the inhabitants of Sindh (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a horse (partic. one bred in Sindh) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a king of Sindh (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular school founded by Saindhavāyana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a teacher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Jayadratha Frequency rank 2095/72933
adjective aquatic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
belonging to or produced in or coming from the Indus or Sindh (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
marine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
oceanic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to the sea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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