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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Modin (मोदिन्):—(von 1. mud oder moda)

1) adj. a) sich freuend, froh, heiter: tatrānandī modī bhavati [MAITRYUP. 6, 33.] — b) erfreuend: gṛdhragomāyu [Mahābhārata 6, 2520.] —

2) f. nī a) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen: = ajamodā. mallikā, yūthikā, vṛttamallikā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Moschus. — c) ein berauschendes Getränk ebend. — Vgl. gītamodin, dhvana, modamodinī .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Modin (मोदिन्):——

1) Adj. — a) sich freuend , froh , heiter. — b) am Ende eines Comp. erfreuend. —

2) *f. nī — a) Jasminum Sambac , — auriculatum u.s.w. [Rājan 10,83.85.97.] — b) = ajamodā [Rājan 6,112.] — c) Moschus. Vgl. modana 2). — d) ein berauschendes Getränk [Rājan 14,137.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Modina, Modini, Modinisha, Modinu, Motini.

Ends with: Amodin, Anumodin, Dhvanamodin, Gitamodin, Pramodin.

Full-text: Gitamodin, Dhvanamodin, Pramodin, Modinisha, Amodin, Anumodin, Pramodini, Modini.

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