Shana, Śaṇa, Śana, Sāṇa, Saṇa, Sanā, Sana, Śānā, Saṅa: 28 definitions
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Shana has 28 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śaṇa and Śana and Śānā can be transliterated into English as Sana or Shana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Saan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṇa (शण):—m. eine Hanfart, Cannabis sativa oder Crotolaria juncea Lin. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1179] (neutr.). [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2, 4, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 2, 1, 11.] kulāya [6, 6, 1, 24. 2, 15.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 3, 26. 16, 4, 31.] śakala [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 79.] rajju [72.] śulva [25.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5723. 5725.] gaura (vgl. śaragaura [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 39,
14) 3, 16350. 12, 3241.] śāka [13, 5046.] paṭṭa [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 44, 12.] valkaiḥ [56, 138.] [Suśruta 1, 132, 5. 219, 20. 223, 7. 2, 87, 2. 438, 9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 29, 6.] parabandhanāya tu śaṇaḥ [Spr. 2063.] — Vgl. rāja und śāṇa .
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Śāṇa (शाण):—1. (von śaṇa)
1) adj. (f. ī) hänfen: Schnur [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 7, 1, 7.] Gewand [GOBH. 2, 10, 5. 10.] [LĀṬY. 2, 6, 1.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 57.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 41. 10, 87.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6675. 13, 7175] (śāna ed. Calc. tathā ed. Bomb.). —
2) f. śāṇī [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 1, 9.] ein hänfenes Gewand [Medinīkoṣa] vastrāṇāṃ pravarā śāṇī [Mahābhārata 3, 12027. 12, 11275.] ein durchlöchertes Kleid [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 679.]
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Śāṇa (शाण):—2. (von 2. śā) m. Schleifstein (Probirstein) [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 32.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 140.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 909.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 155.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 29.] [Spr. (II) 1173.] maṇiḥ śāṇollīḍhaḥ [4657.] [VĀSAVAD. 10, 1.] śāṇā f. [Spr. (II) 3398.] śāṇāśman [(I) 3331.] śāṇāśmaka (so zu lesen) [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 40.] śāṇa = karapattra Säge [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. tarku, danta und niśāṇa unter niśāna .
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Śāṇa (शाण):—3. m. ein best. Gewicht, = 4 Māṣa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,3,140.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha.2,155.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 29.] [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 307,b,2. 3.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH.1,1,16. 30.3,8,8. 11,29.] aṣṭau śāṇāḥ śatamānaṃ vahanti [Mahābhārata 3, 10665.] pramāṇa [Harivaṃśa 7575.] dvai, trai adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 17.] tri [?5, 1, 36, Scholiast f.] ā dass. [Suśruta 1, 168, 18. fg.]
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Śāna (शान):—
1) m. a) [Mahābhārata 13, 7175] fehlerhaft für 1. śāṇa . —
2) = 2. śāṇa Schleifstein [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa] nach [Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) f. ī Koloquinthe [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Sana (सन):—
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Sana (सन):—2. (von 1. san) adj. gewinnend u.s.w.; m. das Uebergeben, Darbringen; = samarpaṇa (Comm.) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 5.] — Vgl. ahaṃ, suṣaṇa .
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Sana (सन):—3.
1) m. und sanī f. das Hinundherschlagen der Elephantenohren [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. Bignonia suaveolens Roxb. [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 2, 159, 20.]
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Sanā (सना):—
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