kvaṇ

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[apte] 1 P. (kvaṇati, kvaṇita) 1 To sound (indistinctly), jingle, tinkle; iti ghoṣayatīva ḍiṃḍimaḥ kariṇo hastipakā- hataḥ kvaṇan H. 2. 86; kvaṇanmaṇinūpurau Amaru. 28; Rs. 3. 24; Me. 36. --2 To hum, warble (as bees &c.); sing indistinctly; Ku. 1. 54; U. 3. 24; Bk. 6. 84.

[mw] cl.1 P. kvaṇati (pr. p. kvaṇat), to sound, make any sound, tinkle Amar.; Katha1s. lxxxv, 25; Hit.; to hum (as a bee) Bhat2t2. vi, 84; (said of Kim2naras kiMnara s and Ya1tu-dha1na yātu-dhāna s) Kum. i, 55 and; Bhat2t2. (aor. 3. pl. akvāṇiṣur): Caus. P.... m. the sound or tone of any musical instrument L. 324,2 58693 m. sound in general L. 038954 324,2 58694 n. sounding, sound of any musical instrument L. 324,2 58695

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1 P. (kvaṇati, kvaṇita) 1 To sound (indistinctly), jingle, tinkle; iti ghoṣayatīva ḍiṃḍimaḥ kariṇo hastipakā- hataḥ kvaṇan H. 2. 86; kvaṇanmaṇinūpurau Amaru. 28; Rs. 3. 24; Me....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

14

Texts Appeared In

9

Monier-Williams: kvaR cl. 1. P. kvaRati ( pr. p. kvaRat ), to sound, make any sound,

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Āryāsaptaśatī 3 21.4%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 2 14.3%
3. Daśakumāracarita 2 14.3%
4. Haribhaktivilāsa 2 14.3%
5. Aṣṭādhyāyī 1 7.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: kvaṇan

  mṛdnāti mehanaṃ nābhiṃ pīḍayatyaniśaṃ kvaṇan

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: kvaṇed

  kṣatajihvaḥ kvaṇed bāḍham asukhī sāśrulocanaḥ

• Kumārasaṃbhava surface: kvaṇat

  prasthaṃ himādrer mṛganābhigandhi kiṃcit kvaṇatkiṃnaram adhyuvāsa