anūcāna

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[apte] a. or --naḥ [anuvac-kānac ni- pātaḥ P. III. 2. 109; vedasya anuvacanaṃ kṛ- tavān anūcānaḥ Sk.] 1 One devoted to study, learned; especially one well- versed in the Vedas with their Aṅgas so as to be able to repeat, read and teach them; yo'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān Ms. 2. 154; 5. 82; Y. 3. 24; idamūcuranūcānāḥ Ku. 6. 15. --2 Modest, unassuming; humble, well-behaved.

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a. or --naḥ [anuvac-kānac ni- pātaḥ P. III. 2. 109; vedasya anuvacanaṃ kṛ- tavān anūcānaḥ Sk.] 1 One devoted to study, learned; especially one well- versed in the Vedas with their...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

23

Texts Appeared In

15

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 4 17.4%
2. Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra 3 13.0%
3. Chāndogyopaniṣad 2 8.7%
4. Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa 2 8.7%
5. Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2 8.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: anūcāne

  aśrotriye tv ahaḥ kṛtsnam anūcāne tathā gurau

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: anūcānaḥ

  vipro vaidyakapāragaḥ śuciranūcānaḥ kulīnaḥ kṛtī dhīraḥ kālakalāvid āstikamatir

• Mahābhārata surface: 'nūcānaḥ

  ṛṣayaś cakrire dharmaṃ yo 'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān