सपत्न a. Hostile, inimical. -त्नः An enemy, adversary, a rival; अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम् Bg.2.8; मा वा सपत्ने- ष्वपि नाम तद् भूत् पापं यदस्यां त्वयि वा विशङ्क्यम् Māl.4.5; R.9.8. -Comp -अरिः Bambusa Spinosa (Mar. एक प्रकारचा वांवू).
m. [formed as a m. to sa patnî] rival, adversary, enemy: -tâ, f. rivalry, enmity; -tva, n. id.; -dûshana, a. destroying rivals; -hán, a. (-ghn&isharp;) slaying foes.
m. no rival; a. (á) without a rival; n. peace; -pinda, a. too distantly related to join in the funeral oblation; -pûrva, a. not possessed by ancestors.
Rival,’ is a common word in the later Samhitās, being also found in the tenth Maṇdala of the Rigveda. It is a curious masculine formed J>y analogy from Sa-patnī, 'co-wife,’ and so female rival.’
adjective belonging exclusively to one possessor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no enemies (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no rival (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not claimed by another (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not sharing the possession of anything with another (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unrivalled (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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