vetana

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] n. (accord. to Un2. iii, 150 fr. vī, but rather connected with vṛt; cf. vartana) wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood Mn.; MBh. &c 1014,3 205543 n. price Ra1jat. 1014,3 205544 n. silver L. 129302 1014,3 205545 mfn. subsisting by wages, stipendiary MW. 129303 1014,3 205546

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n. (accord. to Un2. iii, 150 fr. vī, but rather connected with vṛt; cf. vartana) wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood Mn.; MBh. &c 1014,3 205543 n. price Ra1jat. 1014,3...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

53

Texts Appeared In

13

DCS: fatigue; exhaustion; languor; weariness | Monier-Williams: silver, L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 19 35.8%
2. Arthaśāstra 15 28.3%
3. Nāradasmṛti 5 9.4%
4. Yājñavalkyasmṛti 4 7.5%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 2 3.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: vetanaṃ

  kaccid balasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: vetanayoḥ

  kālātikramaṇe hy eva bhaktavetanayor bhṛtāḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: vetana

  dattavetanabhaktaṃ ca dattāyudhaparicchadam