Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śodhana शोधन – cleansing; purification

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

cleansing; purification

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive neuter

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śodhana ·a. & n. = prec.; n. also means of purification; justification, inquiry, examination.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Śodhana, as, ī, am, cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, purgative; (am), n. the act of cleaning, cleansing, purifying, refining; clearance, correction, freeing from faults, clearing away errors, removing or eradicating anything prejudicial or erroneous; precise determination; the cleansing of a sore or wound; the refining of metals, a sort of refining practised for chemical or medicinal purposes, (exposing metals to heat and then sprinkling them with the urine of cows, &c.); payment, clearance or discharge of a debt, quittance, paying off arrears, acquittance; expiation; retaliation, punishment; (in arithmetic) subtraction; excrement, feces, ordure; green vitriol; (as), m. the lime (= nimbūka); a kind of gaṇḍūṣa, q. v. (swallowing or rinsing the mouth ?); (ī), f. a broom, brush; a kind of plant (= tāmra-vallī); another plant (= nīlī).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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śodhana 1〉 adj. reinigend (eig. und übertr.) SUŚR. 1,31,14. SUŚR. 1,132,13. kalka SUŚR. 19. SUŚR. 133,5. dravya SUŚR. 6. SUŚR. 8. SUŚR. 10. gaṇḍūṣa Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,b,41. induvratasahasraṃ kāyaśodhanam Spr. (II) 1109. aindava M. 11,125. — 2〉 m. Citronenbaum RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ī a〉 Besen AK. 2,2,18. H. 1015. — b〉 Bez. zweier Pflanzen: = tāmravallī und nīlī RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 n. a〉 Mittel der Reinigung SUŚR. 2,8,19. ajñānabhuktaṃ tūttāryaṃ śodhyaṃ vāpyāśu śodhanaiḥ M. 11,160. karṇa˚ Werkzeug zum Reinigen des Ohrs VĀGBH. 1,25,35. śodhanādigaṇīya (adhyāya) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,b,15. — b〉 das Reinigen, Reinigung, das Bereinigen (eig. und übertr.) DHĀTUP. 22,26. NIR. 4,16. KĀTY. ŚR. 6,1,18. SUŚR. 1,63,19. SUŚR. 2,5,2. SUŚR. 2,8,19. kartavyamūrdhvaṃ cādhaśca śodhanam SUŚR. 25,7. SUŚR. 231,6. adhaḥ˚ SUŚR. 345,4. kūpatīrthānāṃ mārgāṇāṃ śibirasya ca KĀM. NĪTIS. 19,6. bhavana˚ KĀM. NĪTIS. 7,37. der Metalle u. s. w. Verz. d. B. H. No. 965. Verz. d. B. H. No. 969. Verz. d. B. H. No. 993. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1374. māṃsādi˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 95,a,9. kāya˚ Spr. (II) 2277. bhuvaḥ MBH. 1,2508. R. 2,77,5. ātmanaḥ MĀRK. P. 35,35. cetaḥ˚ Spr. (II) 2329. das Reinigen von einer Anklage R. 7,95,6. das Corrigiren, Verbessern ŚKDR. — c〉 das Reinigen so v. a. Entfernen: kaṇṭakānām M. 1,115. M. 9,253. kaṇṭaka˚ MBH. 12,2174. KĀM. NĪTIS. 6 in der Unterschr. KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,47. KĀM. NĪTIS. 18,22. Spr. (II) 3712. viṣāṇām Verz. d. B. H. No. 969. — d〉 das Subtrahiren ŚKDR. — e〉 das inʼs-Reine-Bringen, Untersuchung, Prüfung: mitrodāsīnaripūṇām, maṇḍala˚ KĀM. NĪTIS. 8,86. durga˚ HIT. 97,15. HIT. 112,9. na māsatithivārādiśodhanaṃ sūryaparvaṇi MĀLAMĀSAT._im_ŚKDR. lekhya˚ ŚKDR. tattvaṃpadārtha˚ VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 94. — f〉 faeces ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — g〉 Eisenvitriol RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. ūrdhva˚, dhātu˚, pāpa˚, mukha˚, vaktra˚, śakti˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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śodhana — 1〉 Adj. reinigend VĀSAV. 209,2. — 2〉 *m. Citronenbaum RĀJAN. 11,176. — 3〉 *f. ī — a〉 Besen. — b〉 die Indigopflanze und = tāmravallī RĀJAN. 4,83. 3,110. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Mittel zum Reinigen. — b〉 das Reinigen, Reinigung, das Bereinigen; auch so viel als *das Corrigiren, Verbessern. — c〉 das Reinigen von einer Anklage. — d〉 das Reinigen, so v. a. Entfernen. — e〉 das Subtrahiren BĪJAG. 121. — f〉 das inʼs Reine Bringen, Untersuchung, Prüfung Chr. 216,14. — g〉 *faeces. — h〉 *Eisenvitriol RĀJAN. 13,78.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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śodhana a. (nī f.) [śudh-ṇic-lyu lyuṭ vā] Purifying, cleansing &c. — naṃ 1 (a) Purifying, cleansing. (b) Cleansing or washing of a wound. 2 Correction, clearing away errors. 3 Exact determination. 4 Payment, discharge, acquittance. 5 Expiation, atonement. 6 Refining of metals. 7 Retaliation, requital, punishment. 8 Subtraction (in math.). 9 Green vitriol. 10 Feces, ordure. — naḥ The lime.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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śodhana dass.; n. das Reinigen, Wegräumen, [Page451-2] Reinigungsmittel; Rechtfertigung, Aufklärung, Untersuchung, Prüfung.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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śodhana a. qui nettoye; qui purifie. — S. n. nettoyage; purification; expiation; correction des fautes. Affinage des métaux. Ordure; scories. Sulfate de fer. — S. f. balai.

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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HP 5 occurrences
HP 2.15-2.20: Correct Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 2.21-2.23: Ṣaṭkarma 1 occurrence

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HP 2.30-2.33: Neti and Trāṭaka 1 occurrence

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HP 2.48-2.50: Sūryabhedana 1 occurrence

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HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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