Samvanana, Saṃvanana: 8 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samvanana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃvanana (संवनन).—

1) Subduing or overpowering by magical rites or drugs.

2) A charm, an amulet (for propitiating god); न हीदृशं संवननं त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते । दया मैत्री च भूतेषु दानं च मधुरा च वाक् (na hīdṛśaṃ saṃvananaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vidyate | dayā maitrī ca bhūteṣu dānaṃ ca madhurā ca vāk) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.87.12.

3) Gaining, acquiring; कोशसंवनने दाने (kośasaṃvanane dāne)... Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.148.9.

4) Fondness, love.

Derivable forms: saṃvananam (संवननम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvanana (संवनन).—nf.

(-naṃ-nā) Subduing by magical drugs or charms: see the last. E. sam before van to ask, aff. lyuṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvanana (संवनन).—i. e. sam-van + ana, n. 1. Subduing by charms or magical drugs; a means of securing, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 16, 74. 2. Fascination, charming, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 188.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvanana (संवनन).—[feminine] ī a propitiating, conciliating, winning over; [neuter] means of propitiating or charming, gain, acquisition (of a treasure).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃvanana (संवनन):—[=saṃ-vanana] [from saṃ-van] mf(ī)n. propitiating, [Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) making well-disposed to (in dāna-s), [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of an Āṅgirasa (author of [Ṛg-veda x, 191]), [Anukramaṇikā]

4) [v.s. ...] n.f (ā) (cf. saṃ-vadana) causing mutual fondness, propitiating, subduing ([especially] by spell), charming, fascination, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.

5) [v.s. ...] m. gaining, acquiring (in kośa-s), [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvanana (संवनन):—[saṃ-vanana] (naṃ) 1. n. Subduing by charms.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samvanana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samvanana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃvanana (ಸಂವನನ):—[noun] = ಸಂವದನ - [samvadana -] 4.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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