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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चर्वणम्carvaṇamणा [ṇā], णा [चर्व् भावे ल्युट्]
1. णा ṇā, णा चर्व् भावे ल्युट्
2. Chewing, eating.
3. Sipping, tasting.
4. Food which must be chewed, solid food.
5. (Fig.) Tasting, relishing, enjoying; प्रमाणं चर्वणैवात्र स्वाभिन्ने विदुषां मतम् S. D.57; (com. Equivalent to चर्वणा आस्वादनं तच्च स्वादः काव्यार्थसंभेदादात्मानन्दसमुद्भव इत्युक्तप्रकारम्); so also; निष्पत्त्या चर्वणस्यास्य निष्पत्तिरुपचारतः 58.
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