Nayana: 24 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNayana (नयन):—(von nī)
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 495.] —
2) f. ī Augenstern [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] ā [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] nach ders. Aut. —
3) n. a) das Hinführen, Fortführen, Hinbringen: piturasyāḥ samīpanayanamavasthitameva [Śākuntala 71, 14.] ādiśyantāṃ śakuntalānayanāya [48, 21.] nayanaṃ pārijātasya dvārakāṃ mama rocate [Harivaṃśa 7296.] valmīke kṣīranayanāya putraṃ nirūpya [Pañcatantra 174, 19.] das Ziehen (von Spielfiguren) [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 46.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 487.] das Leiten: sunītanayanāya ca . daṇḍo vidhātrā vihitaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 458.] kālasya das Hinbringen, Verlaufenmachen der Zeit: kālasya nayane yuktāḥ somapatnyaḥ (als Mondstationen) [Mahābhārata 1, 2580. 3124.] kālasya nayane yuktā yamasya puruṣāśca ye [2, 343.] — b) oxyt. Auge (das führende Sinnesorgan; vgl. netra) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 78.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 575.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 59, 16.] [Suśruta 1, 125, 19. 126, 7. 155, 18.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 75.] [Vikramorvaśī 68, 7.] [Meghadūta 9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 19, 5. 68, 26.] [Hitopadeśa I, 204.] [Dhūrtasamāgama 87, 15.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Nalopākhyāna 11, 31.] [Mahābhārata 15, 802.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 9, 7.] [Śākuntala 45, v. l.] [?ad. Śākuntala 54. Bhartṛhari 1, 21. Meghadūta 96. 111. Śrutabodha 26. Caurapañcāśikā 8. 18. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 18, 40. Prabodhacandrodaja 7, 5.] Vgl. dagegen taralanayanī .
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Nayana (नयन):—
3) a) [Z. 6. fgg.] kālasya nayane erklärt [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 1, 2580] durch kālasya jñāpane; st. [?3124 ist 3134] zu lesen. — c) pl. kluges Benehmen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 50, 34.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNayana (नयन):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. —
2) *f. ā und ī Augenstern. —
3) n. — a) das Hinführen , Fortführen , Hinbringen. — b) *das Ziehen (einer Spielfigur). — c) das Leiten. — d) Pl. kluges Benehmen. — e) das Bestimmen (der Zeit). — f) Auge. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā und ī (ausnahmsweise). Nom.abstr. tva n. [Veṇīsaṃhāra 107,15.]
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Nāyana (नायन):—Adj. ocularis Comm. zu [Gotama's Nyāyadarśana 3,1,36.]
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Starts with (+44): Nayana-budbuda, Nayanabhirama, Nayanabhushana, Nayanabudabuda, Nayanacandrika, Nayanacarita, Nayanacchada, Nayanachada, Nayanacharita, Nayanachhada, Nayanagni, Nayanagocara, Nayanagocari, Nayanagochara, Nayanaja, Nayanajala, Nayanakarna, Nayanamadhu, Nayanamadhya, Nayanamayavarti.
Ends with (+205): Abdanayana, Abhinayana, Abhipranayana, Abjanayana, Adhinirnayana, Adhonayana, Agninayana, Agnipranayana, Agnishomapranayana, Amburuhanayana, Analanayana, Anayana, Animeshanayana, Animishanayana, Anunayana, Anyonyapakshanayana, Apanayana, Aparinayana, Araktanayana, Aralapakshmanayana.
Full-text (+226): Trinayana, Vishamanayana, Sunayana, Kuranganayana, Praphullanayana, Abjanayana, Nayanopanta, Nayanavari, Agninayana, Jvalitanayana, Nayanasalila, Sahasranayana, Aupanayanika, Raktanayana, Vamanayana, Nayanamoshin, Galitanayana, Nayanajala, Apanayana, Upanayana.
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