m. (or n.gaRaardharcādi-in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'ā-or ī-;derivation doubtful, but prob. connected withstan-,from the hollow resonance of the human breast), the female breast (either human or animal) , teat, dug, udder etc.
स्तनः [स्तन्-अच्] 1 The female breast; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; (दरिद्राणां मनोरथाः) हृदयेष्वेव लीयन्ते विधवास्त्रीस्तनाविवं Pt.2.91. -2 The nipple of the breast. -3 The breast, udder, or dug of any female animal; अर्धपीतस्तनं मातुरामर्दक्लिष्टकेशरम् Ś.7.14. -Comp. -अंशुकम् a cloth covering the breasts or bosom, breastmantle. -अग्रः a nipple. -अङ्गरागः a paint or pigment smeared on the breasts of women. -अन्तरम् 1 the heart. -2 the space between the breasts; (न) मृणालसूत्रं रचितं स्तनान्तरे Ś.6.17; R.1.62. -3 a mark on the breast (said to indicate future widowhood). -आभुज a. feeding with the udder (said of cows). -आभोगः 1 fulness or expanding of the breasts. -2 the circumference or orb of the breast. -3 a man with large breasts like those of a woman. -आवरणम् a breast-cloth. -उपपीडम् pressing the breast. -कलशः a jar-like breast. -कुड्मलम् a woman's breast. -कोटिः the nipple of the breast. -ग्रहः the sucking or drawing of the breast. -चूचुकम् the nipple of the breast. -तटः, -टम् the slope or projection of the breast; cf. तट. -त्यागः weaning. -प, -पा, -पायक, -पायिन् a. sucking the breast, suckling. -पतनम् flaccidity of the breast. -पानम् sucking of the breast. -भरः 1 the weight or heaviness of breasts; पादाग्रस्थितया मुहुः स्तनभरेणानीतया नम्रताम् Ratn.1.1. -2 a man having breasts like those of a woman. -भवः a particular position in sexual union. -मध्यः a nipple. (-ध्यम्) the space between the breasts. -मुखम्, -वृन्तम्, -शिखा a nipple. -रोहितः, -तम् a particular part of the female breast. -वेपथुः the having of the breast; अद्यापि स्तनवेपथुं जनयति श्वासः प्रमाणाधिकः &Sacute.1.29.
ह्यस्तन a. (-नी f.) Belonging to yesterday; as in ह्यस्तनी वृत्तिः, ह्यस्तनेन च कोपेन शक्तिं वै प्राहिणोन्मयी Mb.5. 184.4. -Comp. -दिनम् yesterday, the previous day.
m. (--°ree; a., f. â, î) female breast, teat (human or animal): -kalasa, m. jar-shaped breast; N. of a bard; -kudmala, m. n. bud like breast; -kumbha, m. jar-shaped breast; -koti, f. nipple; -koraka,m. n. bud-like breast; -tata, m. n. rounded female breast.
a., m. id.; -patana, n. flac cidity of the breasts; -pâna, n. sucking of the breast; -bhara, m. weight of breasts, swelling bosom; -mandala, n. rounded female breast; -madhya, n. space between the breasts.
a. matutinal; n. early morning (one of the five parts of the day; the other four being forenoon, midday, after noon, and evening); -tya, a. matutinal, morn ing.
yā te divi śug yā divi yā bṛhati yā stanayitnau yā jāgate chandasīyaṃ te tām avayaje # MS.4.9.10: 130.10. P: gharma yā te divi śuk Mś.4.4.8. See under prec.
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dug (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
teat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the female breast (either human or animal) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the nipple (of the female or the male breast) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
udder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) kunthana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
breathing hard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
groaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sounding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the rumbling of clouds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sound of a hollow cough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a thunder-cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lightning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sickness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thunder (personified as children of Vidyota) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an emblem of any useless or worthless object or person (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nipple or fleshy protuberance on the neck of goats (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective being underneath (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
preceding (in a book) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a cluster of blossoms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cow's dug (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of fort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pearl necklace consisting of 4 (or of 34) strings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nosegay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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