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"upamanyu" has 3 results

upamanyu: neuter nominative singular stem: upamanyu

upamanyu: neuter accusative singular stem: upamanyu

upamanyu: neuter vocative singular stem: upamanyu

Monier-Williams Search

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upamanyu

mfn. striving after, zealous ([

])

mfn. (knowing, understanding, intelligent

)

m. Name of a ṛṣi- (pupil of āyoda-dhaumya-, who aided śiva- in the propagation of his doctrine and received the ocean of milk from him)

etc.

m. plural (avas-) the descendants of the above

(see aupamanyava-.)

Apte Search

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upamanyu	उपमन्यु a. Ved. 1 Understanding, intelligent. -2 Zealous, striving after. -3 (m.) N. of the pupil of Āyoda-dhaumya, who aided Śiva in the propagation of his doctrine and received the ocean of milk from him.

Macdonell Search

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upamanyu	a. zealous; m. N.

Vedic Index of
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upamanyu	Is, according to Ludwig, the name of a person in the Rigveda, but is more probably explained by Roth as a mere epithet.

Dictionary of Sanskrit Search

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upamanyu(1)	the famous commentator on the grammatical verses attributed to Nandikeśvarakārikā. which are known by the name नन्दिकेश्वरकारिका and which form a kind of a commentary on the sūtras of Maheśvara; (2) a comparatively modern grammarian possibly belonging to the nineteenth century who is also named Nandikeśvarakārikā.kārikābhāṣya by Upamanyu.and who has written a commentory on the famous Kāśikāvṛtti by Jayāditya and Vāmana. Some believe that Upa-manyu was an ancient sage who wrote a nirukta or etymological work and whose pupil came to be known as औपमन्यव.

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upamanyu	noun (masculine) name of a Ṛṣi (pupil of Āyodadhaumya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 8752/72933

upamanyucarita	noun (neuter) name of Liṅgapurāṇa, 1.107 Frequency rank 47577/72933

Wordnet Search

"upamanyu" has 1 results.

upamanyuḥ

ekaḥ gurubhaktaḥ śiṣyaḥ।

aśvinikumārayoḥ āśīrvacanaiḥ kimapi apaṭhitvā eva upamanuḥ sarvāsāṃ vidyānāṃ jñātā abhavat।