Dharmalib

śoṇita

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[apte] a. [śoṇ-itac] 1 Red, pur- ple, crimson. --ṇaṃ 1 Blood; upasthi- tā śoṇitapāraṇā me R. 2. 39; Ve. 1. 21; Mu. 1. 8. --2 Saffron. --Comp. --āhvayaṃ saffron. --ukṣita a. blood- stained. --upalaḥ a ruby. --caṃdanaṃ red sandal. --pa a. blood-sucking. --pāraṇā a meal of blood or flesh- meat. --puraṃ N. of the city of the demon Bāṇa.

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√baṇa बण

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · śabde

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a. [śoṇ-itac] 1 Red, pur- ple, crimson. --ṇaṃ 1 Blood; upasthi- tā śoṇitapāraṇā me R. 2. 39; Ve. 1. 21; Mu. 1. 8. --2 Saffron. --Comp. --āhvayaṃ saffron. --ukṣita a. blood-...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
NOUN
Total Occurrences
735
Texts Appeared In
53

DCS: a particular head-dress; a figure resembling the Makara

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

  1. Mahābhārata 215 29.3%
  2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 145 19.7%
  3. Rāmāyaṇa 89 12.1%
  4. Carakasaṃhitā 84 11.4%
  5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 59 8.0%

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