śanais शनैस् – slowly; gently
adverb · particle · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adverb
slowly; gently
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
śánais ·(instr. adv.) = śanakaís; often repeated, compar. śanaistarām.
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
śanaís ·(instr. adv.) = śanakaís; often repeated, compar. śanaistarām.
Monier-Williams 1872 particle
Original text · English · particle
śanais śanais, ind. (according to some per- haps for śamnais, inst. pl. of an old part. of rt. 1. śam), quietly, slowly, tardily, sluggishly, stealthily; softly, mildly; gradually, by degrees, successively, little by little, step by step; independantly, (śanaiḥ śanaiḥ, very quietly, little by little, very slowly or softly or gently, step by step.)
Petersburger 1855 adverb
Original text · German · adverb
śánais und śanaís (ŚAT. BR.) adv. gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. = śanakais AK. 3,5,17. H. 1542. MED. avy. 82 (svaire und śanaiścare). śanaìści̱dyantàḥ ṚV. 8,45,11. ṚV. 8,80,3. uccaiḥ, śanaiḥ ŚAT. BR. 7,1,2,18. ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,5,9. vāto 'psu śanairvāti PAÑCAV. BR. 7,9,11. M. 1,15. fg. M. 2,164. M. 3,217. fg. M. 4,242. M. 7,181. fg. M. 7,185. M. 8,177. fg. M. 8,396. YĀJÑ. 2,43. YĀJÑ. 2,281. MBH. 1,6008. MBH. 1,7720. MBH. 3,2937. MBH. 5,7189. R. 2,34,13. R. 2,52,69. R. GORR. 2,52,9. R. GORR. 3,1,3. KUMĀRAS. 3,59 (śaṇaiḥ gedr.). VIKR. 56. Spr. (II) 3090. Spr. (II) 3574. Spr. (II) 3611. Spr. (II) 3772. Spr. (II) 4295. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 44,16. KATHĀS. 4,12. KATHĀS. 16,15. KATHĀS. 18,191. KATHĀS. 51,13. RĀJA-TAR. 5,470. BHĀG. P. 1,6,17. BHĀG. P. 4,28,36. Wiederholt M. 3,233. M. 6,81. M. 9,229. MBH. 1,5946. R. 2,40,22. Spr. 2950. fg. PAÑCAT. 35,8. PAÑCAT. 98,24. PAÑCAT. 212,1. HIT. 12,4. VET. in LA. (III) 20,7. compar. śanaistarām AIT. BR. 3,7. AIT. BR. 3,45. ĀŚV. ŚR. 5,1,1. — śanais ist wie uccais, nīcais ein instr. pl.; der nicht erhaltene Stamm śana steht wohl mit 2. śam in verwandtschaftlichem Verhältniss.
Böhtlingk 1879 adverb
Original text · German · adverb
śánais (ṚV.) und śanaís (ŚAT. BR.) Adv. = śanakaís. Wird auch wiederholt.
Original text · German · adverb
śánais (ṚV.) und śanaís (ŚAT. BR.) Adv. = śanakaís. Wird auch wiederholt.
Apte 1890 particle
Original text · English · particle
śanais ind. 1 Slowly, gently, quietly. 2 Gradually, by degrees, little by little; dharmaṃ saṃcinuya cchanaiḥ; Ku. 3. 59; Ms. 3. 217. 3 Successively, in due order, Ms. 1. 15. 4 Mildly, softly. 5 Tardily, sluggishly. 6 Independently. (śanaiḥ śanaiḥ slowly, by slow degrees). Comp. — cara a. going or moving slowly; śanaiśvarābyāṃ pādābyāṃ reje grahamayīva sā Bh. 1. 17. (where it means ‘Saturn’ also). — raḥ the planet Saturn.
Cappeller 1887 adverb
Original text · German · adverb
śanais u. śanaís (Instr. adv.) = śanakais, oft verd.; Compar. śanaistarāma.
Burnouf 1866 adverb
Original text · French · adverb
śanais śanais adv. (de l'inus. śana) lentement, peu à peu. śanaiścara m. (car) mms. que śani.
Occurrences in source texts (15)
DYS 7 occurrences
GoS 6 occurrences
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