mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).) a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) etc. (also applied to waves as compared to bracelets)
-lambate- (ind.p.-lambya-,exceptionally P.exempli gratia, 'for example'Potential-lambet-) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend etc. ; (pr. p.P.-lambat-) to set (as the sun) ; to catch hold of. cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally accusative;but also locative case [ ] or instrumental case [ ]), to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down) ; to enter a state or condition (as māyām-, mānuṣyatvam-, dhairyam-,etc.) ; to devote one's self to (accusative) ; "to incline towards", choose as a direction : Causal (ind.p.-lambya-) to hang up ; to grasp (for support)
mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).seeśevala-), Blyxa Octandra (a kind of duck-weed or green moss-like plant growing in pools and often alluded to in poetry) etc.
वलभिः भी f. [वल्यते आच्छाद्यते वल्-अभि वा ङीप्] (Also frequently written वडभिः -भी) 1 The sloping roof, the wooden frame of a thatch; धूपैर्जालविनिःसृतैर्वलभयः संदिग्ध- पारावताः V.3.2; सौधान्यत्यर्थतापाद्वलभिपरिचयद्वेषिपारावतानि M.2.12; Bhāg.9.1.17. -2 The topmost part (of a house); a turret; दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा भवनवलभीतुङ्गवातायनस्था Māl. 1.15; वास्तोष्पतीनां च गृहैर्वलभीभिश्च निर्मितम् Bhāg.1.5. 54; Me.4; Śi.3.53. -3 N. of a town in Saurāṣṭra; अस्ति सौराष्ट्रेषु वलभी नाम नगरी Dk.; Bk.22.35. -Comp. -निवेशः an upper room.
वलयः यम् [वल्-अयन् Uṇ.4.19] 1 A bracelet, armlet; विहितविशदबिसकिसलयवलया जीवति परमिह तव रति- कलया Gīt.6; Bk.3.22; Me.2,62; R.13.21,43. -2 A ring, coil; क्रोडाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासङ्गसंजातपाशः Ś.1.32;7.11. -3 The zone or girdle of a married woman. -4 A circle; circumference (oft. at the end of comp.); भ्रान्त- भूवलयः Dk.; वेलावप्रवलयाम् (उर्वीम्) R.1.3; दिग्वलय Śi. 9.8. -4 An enclosure, a bower; as in लतावलयमण्डप. -यः 1 A fence, hedge. -2 A branch. -3 A sore throat. -4 A kind of circular military array. -यम् 1 N. of certain round bones. -2 Multitude, swarm. (वलयीकृ 'to form into a bracelet;' करेण शंभोर्वलयीकृताहिना सहिष्यते तत् प्रथमावलम्बनम् Ku.5.66; वलयीभू 'to serve as a bracelet or girdle').
आसुतीवलः [आसुतिरस्त्यस्य वलच् दीर्घः P.V.2.112] 1 A sacrificing priest (who exracts Soma juice). -2 A sacrificer at the full and change of the moon. -3 A distiller. -4 A guardian of girls (कन्यापालक).
कुवलयम् 1 The blue water-lily; कुवलयदलस्निग्धैरङ्गैर्ददौ नयनोत्सवम् U.3.22. -2 A water-lily in general. -3 The earth (-m. also). -Comp. -आनन्द N. of a work on rhetoric by अप्पय्या दीक्षित. -ईशः a king.
केवल a. [केव् सेवने वृषा˚ कल] 1 Peculiar, exclusive, uncommon; किं तया क्रियते लक्ष्म्या या वधूरिव केवला Pt.2.134. -2 Alone, mere, sole, only, isolated; स हि तस्य न केवलां श्रियं प्रतिपेदे सकलान् गुणानपि R.8.5; न केवलानां पयसां प्रसूति- मवेहि मां कामदुघां प्रसन्नाम् 2.63;15.1; Ku.2.34. -3 Whole, entire, absolute, perfect. -4 Bare, uncovered (as ground); निषेदुषी स्थण्डिल एव केवले Ku.5.12. -5 Pure, simple, unmingled, unattended (by anything else); कातर्यं केवला नीतिः R.17.47. -6 Selfish, envious. -ली, -लम् 1 The doctrine of absolute unity of spirit and matter. -2 One of the five types of knowledge according to the Jainas; (श्रुतज्ञान, मतिज्ञान, अवधिज्ञान, मनःपर्ययज्ञान and केवलज्ञान). -ली Astronomical science. -लम् ind. Only, merely, solely, entirely, absolutely, wholly; केवलमिदमेव पृच्छामि K.155; न केवलं--अपि not only-but;. वसु तस्य विभोर्न केवलं गुणवत्तापि परप्रयोजना R.8.31; cf. also 3.19;2,31. -2 Silently, quietly; न हि मे$व्याहृतं कुर्यात्सर्वलोको$पि केवलम् Mb.12.2.28. -Comp. -अद्वैतम् a particular doctrine of अद्वैत. -अन्वयिन् see under अन्वय. -आत्मन् a. one whose essence is absolute unity; नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं प्राक्सृष्टेः केवलात्मने Ku.2.4. -ज्ञानम् the highest possible knowledge, (Jaina Phil.). -ज्ञानिन् m. one who has obtained the highest possible knowledge. -द्रव्यम् 1 black pepper. -2 mere mattar or substance. -ज्ञानम् highest Knowledge; जयन्ति ते जिना येषां केवलज्ञानशालिनाम् Pt.5.12. -नैयायिकः a mere logician (not proficient in any other branch of learning); so ˚वैयाकरण. -व्यतिरेकिन् m. pertaining to only one of the varieties of inference according to न्यायशास्त्र.
देवलः 1 An attendant upon an idol, a low Brāhmaṇa who subsists upon the offerings made to an idol; ......देवलाश्च कृषीवलाः Śiva. B.31.2. -2 A virtuous man. -3 N. of Nārada. -4 A husband's brother. -5 N. of a law-giver.
धवल a. [धवं कम्पं लाति ला-क; Tv.] 1 White; धवलातपत्र, धवलगृहम्, धवलवस्त्रम् &c. नीता येन निशा शशाङ्कधवला Ujjvalamaṇi. -2 Handsome. -3 Clear, pure. -लः 1 The white colour. -2 An excellent bull. -3 China camphor
(चीनकर्पूर). -4 N. of a tree. (धव). -लम् White-pepper. -ला A woman with a white complexion. -ली A white cow; (धवला also). -Comp. -उत्पलम् the white water-lily (said to open at moonrise). -गिरिः N. of the highest peak of the Himālaya mountain. -गृहम् a house whitened with chunam, a place. -पक्षः 1 a goose; धवलपक्षविहंगमकूजितैः Śi.6.45. -2 the bright half of a lunar month. -मृत्तिका chalk.
नड्वल a. Abounding in reeds. -लम्, -ला 1 A quantity or a bed of reeds; बलानि संममर्दाशु नड्वलानीव कुञ्जरः Mb.6.63.14. -2 A place abounding in reeds or grass; नागः प्रभिन्न इव नड्वलेषु Mb.5.23.23; यो नड्वलानीव गजः परेषां बलान्यमृद्नान्नलिनाभवक्त्रः R.18.5.
पल्वलम् A small pool or pond, a puddle, tank (अल्पं सरः); स पल्वलजले$धुना......कथं वर्तताम् Bv.1.3; R.2.17;3.3. -Comp. -आवासः a tortoise. -कर्षक a. ploughing a pool. -पङ्कः the mud of a pool.
रजस्वल a. [रजस्-वलच्] 1 Dusty, covered with dust; अङ्गना इव रजस्वला दिशो नो बभूवुरवलोकनक्षमाः R.11.6; Śi.17. 61 (where it also means 'being in menses.'). -2 Full of passion (रजस्) or emotion; रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यजेत् Ms.6.77. -लः A buffalo. -ला 1 A woman during the menses; रजस्वलाः परिमलिनाम्बरश्रियः Śi.17.61; Y.3. 229; R.11.6. -2 A marriageable girl.
शाद्वल a. [शादाः सन्त्यत्र वलच्] 1 Grassy. -2 Abounding in young green grass. -3 Green, verdant. -लः,
-लम् A grass-plot, green, meadow; शय्या शाद्वलम् Śānti. 2.21; R.2.17; रम्या नवद्युतिरपैति न शाद्बलेभ्यः Ki.5.37; Y.3.7; also शाद्वलस्थली.
सार्वलौकिक a. (-की f.) Known to all people, prevailing throughout the whole world, public, universal; अनुरागप्रवादस्तु वत्सयोः सार्वलौकिकः Māl.1.13; जिगाय तस्य हन्तारं स रामः सार्वलौकिकम् Bk.5.33.
m. [enclosure: √ 1. vri] cave (V.); personified as a demon withholding the heavenly waters from man; brother of Vritra and vanquished by Indra (often writ ten Bala).
m. n. [√ 1. vri] bracelet, arm let (worn by men and women); circle; cir cumference (--°ree; a. encircled by); m. kind of circular military array; multitude, swarm (rare).
den. pp. surrounded or encircled by (in., --°ree;); put round the arm (bracelet); forming a circle; -in, a. provided with a bracelet; encircled with (--°ree;); -î-kri, turn into or use as a bracelet; -î-bhû, become a circle: pp. encircling.
a. hanging down; m. attachment to; support, prop; -ana, a. (î) hanging to, leaning on; n. hanging down; at tachment to, resting upon (--°ree;); dependence; support; tarrying; -itavya,fp. to be clung to; -in, a. hanging down; reclining or leaning on; attached to; dependent on (--°ree;).
a. dazzling white; m. N.; n. N. of a city: -giri, m. Dolaghir, N. of a mountain (White Mountain); -griha, n. upper storey (so called because painted white); -tâ, f., -tva, n. whiteness; -paksha, m.(white-winged) goose: -vihamgama, m. swan; -mu kha, m. N.
a. filled or covered with dust, dusty; having menses (f.); filled with the quality of passion: â, f. woman in her courses; marriageable girl; -vin, a. full of pollen; full of the quality ofpassion.
a. supported; -lepa, a. proud, haughty; -sesha, a. having a re mainder, incomplete, unfinished; remaining; n. residue; -shtambha, a. self-reliant, reso lute: -m, ad. resolutely; -hita, a.attentive; -hela, a. disdainful: -m, ad. -ly.
Is a name of the jujube fruit (Zizyphus jujuba) occurring frequently in the Yajurveda Samhitās and Brāhmanas in connexion with Karkandhu and Badara. See also Kola.
‘Descendant of Jīvala,’ is the patronymic of Pravāhana in the Brhadāranyaka and Chāndogya Upanisads. Jaivali, the king, in the Jaiminīya Upanisad Brāhmana is the same person.
Is the name of an animal in the Aitareya Brāhmana, a sort of snake according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary. Sāyaṇa understands it to be a kind of animal which hangs head downwards from the branches of trees, meaning, presumably, the flying fox. Cf. Mānthāla, Mān- thīlava.
noun (masculine) a beamor pole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cavern (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon (brother of Vṛtra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a kind of alchemical apparatus
a turret or temporary building on the roof of a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a town in Saurāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ridge of a roof (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
top or pinnacle of a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upper room (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) agitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deflection (in astron.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
moving round in a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
undulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
waving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a bracelet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of round bone
a lierne
a line (of bees) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a zone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
armlet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
circumference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
girdle (of a married woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
round enclosure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the coil of a serpent
[medic.] a method of cauterisation Frequency rank 3577/72933
noun (masculine) a branch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of circular military array (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sore throat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inflammation of the larynx (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective encircled by (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
provided with a bracelet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
studded with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective curling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
encircled (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enclosed by(instr. or comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
encompassed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
forming a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
put round (the arm) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
surrounded (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whirling round (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to catch hold of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cling to
to depend upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to descend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to devote one's self to (acc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to enter a state or condition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to glide or slip down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hang down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hang to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hold on or support one's self by (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to rest upon as a support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to set (as the sun) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a perpendicular (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a prop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dependance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
depending (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hanging on or from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resting upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective clinging to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
depending on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hanging down so as to rest upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hanging on or from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reclining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resting upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) dependance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
depending upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hanging down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making a halt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping at (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective having courage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
merry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not disquieted (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not hesitating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective beautiful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blazing up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
expanded (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
full-blown (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
glorious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
light (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lovely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
luminous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
splendid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of fish (commonly Baliya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a morsel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mouthful (as of water etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wash for cleansing the mouth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gargle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grāsa (Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha (2000), 56) Frequency rank 5547/72933
noun (masculine) 1 karṣa
a gargle (G.J. Meulenbeld (0), 209)
a weight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the taking a mouthful of water for swallowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water for rinsing the mouth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) eating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gulping down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
putting into the mouth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swallowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) fruit of the jujube tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pearl (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water-lily (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Daitya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a blue lotus
an assemblage of water-lilies (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
place abounding with water-lilies (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective combustible (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flaming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inflammable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) corrosive alkali (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Plumbago zeylanica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the number 3 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a virtuous or pious man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an attendant upon an idol (who subsists on the offerings made to it) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Asita or a son of āsita (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a descendant of Kaśyapa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a legislator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man mentioned with āsita (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Kṛśāśva by Dhishaṇā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Pratyūsha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Viśvāmitra (his descendants) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an astronomer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an elder brother of Dhaumya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of Saṃnati (the wife of Brahmadatta) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the grandfather of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the husband of Ekaparṇā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective beautiful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dazzling white (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
handsome (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
white (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in music) name of a Rāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Anogeissus Latifolia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a conch
a kind of camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of dove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an old or excellent bull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a dog (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the elephants of the quarters (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
white (the colour) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
khaṭikā, chalk Frequency rank 18021/72933
noun (neuter) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a town (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
white pepper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective covered with dust (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dusty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
full of passion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
full of the quality rajas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
menstruating Frequency rank 12187/72933
adjective agitated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
annoyed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
distressed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excited Frequency rank 3393/72933
noun (masculine neuter) a place abounding in young grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grassy spot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turf (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective abounding in fresh or green grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grassy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
green (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verdant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Blyxa Octandra (a kind of duck-weed or green moss-like plant growing in pools and often alluded to in poetry) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective radiant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
splendid in or with (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine neuter) encountering (of enemies) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
meeting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mixture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective common (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
known by or permitted to every one (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prevailing throughout or common to the whole world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
universal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sanskrit Dictionary understands and transcodes देवनागर्-ई IAST, Harvard-Kyoto, SLP1, ITRANS. You can type in any of the Sanskrit transliteration systems you are familiar with and we will detect and convert it to IAST for the purpose of searching.
Using the Devanagari and IAST Keyboards
Click the icon to enable a popup keybord and you can toggle between देवनागरी and IAST characters. If you want a system software for typing easily in देवनागरी or IAST you can download our software called SanskritWriter
Wildcard Searches and Exact Matching
To replace many characters us * example śakt* will give all words starting with śakt. To replace an individual character use ? for example śakt?m will give all words that have something in place of the ?. By default our search system looks for words “containing” the search keyword. To do an exact match use “” example “śaktimat” will search for this exact phrase.
Special Searches
Type sandhi: and a phrase to search for the sandhi of the two words example.
sandhi:sam yoga will search for saṃyoga
Type root: and a word to do a root search only for the word. You can also use the √ symbol, this is easily typed by typing \/ in SanskritWriter software.
Feedback
icon to enable a popup keybord and you can toggle between देवनागरी and IAST characters. If you want a system software for typing easily in देवनागरी or IAST you can download our software called SanskritWriter