Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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[ ṇa ] [ ṇa ]1 the cerebral nasal Lit. TPrāt. xxi , 14.


  णकार [ ṇakāra ] [ ṇa-kāra ] m. the letter or sound [] , Lit. vii , 1 ; xiii , 6.


[ ṇa ] [ ṇa ]2 m. knowledge Lit. L.

certainty , ascertainment Lit. L.

ornament Lit. L.

a water-house Lit. L.

= [ nirvṛti ] ( invented for the etymology of [ kriṣṇa ] ,) Lit. MBh. v , 70 , 5 Sch.

a bad man Lit. L.

N. of Śiva or of a Lit. Buddh. deity Lit. L.

the sound of negation Lit. L.

gift Lit. L.


ण्य [ ṇya ] [ ṇya ] m. (etymological) N. of an ocean in the Brahma-loka Lit. ChUp. viii , 5 , 3.

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