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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अर्धचन्द्र

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अर्धचन्द्रardhacandram. half moon
    1. masculine gender half moon
    2. masculine gender the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender the semicircular scratch of the finger nail Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender an arrow, the head of which is like a half-moon MBh. R. Katha1s. (confer, compare अर्धचन्द्र-मुख and अर्ध चन्द्रा*पम below)
    5. masculine gender the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck; generally accusative that the rest of a word is to be suppliedअम् with √1. दा, to seize any one by his neck) Katha1s. Pan5cat. Vet.
    6. masculine gender Name of the Anusva1ra अनुस्वार (from its being written in the older manuscripts in a semilunar form) Ra1matUp.
    7. masculine gender Name of a constellation VarBr2S.
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective crescent shaped, of a semilunar form Hcat.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अर्धचन्द्रardhacandra[ardha-kandra] m. half-moon; ar row with half-moon-shaped head; hollowed hand: -m dâ, seize by the throat…

    [ardha-kandra] masculine half-moon; ar row with half-moon-shaped head; hollowed hand: -m dâ, seize by the throat; -ka, masculine bent hand; -bhâgin, adjective seized by the throat; -mu kha, adjective having a half-moon-shaped point.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अर्धचन्द्र

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