Akarnay, Ākarṇay: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀkarṇay (आकर्णय्):—(denom. von 2. ā + karṇa Ohr), ākarṇayati das Ohr hinhalten, hinhorchen, hören: sarve savismayamākarṇayanti [Śākuntala 52, 21.] tūṣṇīṃ bhava yāvadākarṇayāmi [59, 5.] madvijñāpyamākarṇayantu [Pañcatantra 19, 10.] ākarṇayannutsukahaṃsanādān [Bhaṭṭikavya 2, 7.] ākarṇita [Amaruśataka 13.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 44, 10.] tadvākyamākarṇya [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 58, 16. 3, 64, 6.] [Pañcatantra 5, 8.] [Hitopadeśa 4, 12. 16, 11. 20, 18.] [Śākuntala 6, 13. 60, 4. 71, 20. u.s.w.] — sam hören, vernehmen: yo gre cāramukhena ṣaṇmukhavaraprāptiṃ samākarṇayat [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 167.] tadvacaḥ samākarṇya [Pañcatantra 19, 14. 77, 14. 78, 6. 80, 12.]
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Ākarṇay (आकर्णय्):—mit upa hören, vernehmen: ityuddhavādupākarṇya suhṛdāṃ duḥsahaṃ vadham [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 4, 23. 4, 8, 25. 10, 20, 2. 23, 13.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀkarṇay (आकर्णय्):—yati das Ohr hinhalten , hinhorchen , Etwas hören , vernehmen. — Mit upa hören , vernehmen. — Mit sam dass.
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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Starts with: Akarnaya, Akarnayatambaka, Akarnayatastra.
Ends with: Avakarnay, Kumbhakarnay, Upakarnay.
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