aṇu अणु – atom
adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
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áṇu ·f. áṇvī small, minute, tiny, atomic; m. atom, f. finger.
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
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Aṇu, us, us or vī, u, fine, minute, atomic; (us), m. an atom of matter; an atom of time; the 54, 675, 000th part of a muhūrta (of 48 minutes); N. of a grain, Panicum Miliaceum; N. of Śiva; (u), n. (in prosody) the fourth part of a mātrā.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
aṇu 1〉 adj. f. aṇvī fein, dünn, schmal, sehr klein (Gegens. sthūla, mahant) AK. 3,2,11. TRIK. 3,1,25. TRIK. 3,3,120. H. an. 2,133. MED. ṇ. 2. NIR. 6,22. asthūlamanaṇu BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3,8,8. aṇvya ivemā dhānāḥ CHĀND. UP. 6,12,1. yadaṇubhyo 'ṇu MUṆḌ. UP. 2,2,2. kṛmayo 'ṇavaḥ H. 1202. aṇvyo mātrāḥ M. 1,27. aṇoraṇīyān KAṬHOP. 2,20. M. 12,122. BHAG. 8,9. aṇuḥ panthāḥ BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4,4,8. sehr gering, unbeträchtlich H. 1426. na gṛhṇīyācchulkamaṇvapi M. 3,51. na smarāmyaśubhaṃ kiṃcitkṛtaṃ kasyacidaṇvapi N. (BOPP) 13,32. yasmādaṇvapi notpadyate bhayam M. 6,40. fein, substil in übertr. Bed.: aṇureṣa dharmaḥ KAṬHOP. 1,21. aṇuho nāma tasyāsītputraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ . aṇudharmaratirnityamaṇuṃ (sic! also nicht mit padam zu verbinden) so 'dhyagamatpadam HARIV. 1241; vgl. aṇvanta. — 2〉 m. a〉 áṇu N. einer Pflanze, Panicum miliaceum, Uṇ. 1,9. AK. 2,9,20. TRIK. 3,3,120. H. an. 2,133. MED. ṇ. 2. pl. VS. 18,12. yadaṇubhyo 'ṇu MUṆḌ. UP. 2,2,2. aṇupriyaṅgavaḥ BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6,3,13. — b〉 ein Beiname Śivaʼs ŚIV.; vgl. u. aṇiman. — c〉 N. pr. ein Sohn Yayātiʼs HARIV. 1604; wahrscheinlich nur ein Druckfehler für anu, wie HARIV. 1618. gelesen wird. — 3〉 f. áṇvī die Zarte, Feine; Bezeichnung der Finger, die bei der Somabereitung thätig sind: tamī̱maṇvī̀ḥ sama̱rya ā gṛ̱bhṇanti̱ yoṣàṇo̱ daśà ṚV. 9,1,7. tamàmṛkṣanta̱ viprā̀so̱ aṇvyā̀ dhi̱yā ṚV. 26,1. ṚV. 15,1. ṚV. 1,3,4.; vgl. NAIGH. 2,5. — 4〉 n. (in der Zeitmessung der Laute) der 4te Theil einer Mātrā: vyañjanamardhamātrā tadardhamaṇu VS. PRĀT. 1,60. VS. PRĀT. 1,61. Im BHĀG. P. und im BRAHMAV. P. (s. VP. 22, N. 3.) bezeichnet aṇu den 54,675,000sten Theil eines Muhūrta; vgl. paramāṇu. — Vgl. aṇi, aṇiman, aṇiṣṭha, aṇīyaṃs, kaṇa.
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aṇu 1〉 oxyt. UṆĀDIS. 1,8. Sp. 85, Z. 7 die neuere Ausg. liest nityaṃ manasādhya˚. yo 'yamaṇu dīrghamasvaramāśrāvayati schwach ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,9. aṇutara überaus schwach: niḥśvāsa DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 198,22. — 2〉d〉 = paramāṇu Atom BHĀṢĀP. 35. bhūmyādyaṇusaṃyoga Verz. d. Oxf. H. 251,a,28. — e〉 = manu Spruch WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 274. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 295. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 318. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 320.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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áṇu — 1〉 Adj. f. (áṇvī) fein, dünn, schmal, sehr klein, von geringem Umfange Chr. 64,22. Chr. 162,9. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,11. sehr gering, unbeträchtlich; fein, subtil in übertr. Bed. aṇú Adv. schwach. aṇutara sehr schwach. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Panicum miliaceum. — b〉 Atom Ind. St. 14,366. — c〉 ein überaus kleiner Zeittheil, = 2 Paramāṇu = ¹⁄₃ Trasareṇu BHĀG. P. 3,11,5. — d〉 Spruch. — e〉 *Bein. Śivaʼs. — f〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Yayāti; vgl. anu — 3〉 f. áṇvī die Zarte, Feine, Bez. des Fingers. — 4〉 n. der vierte Theil einer Mora.
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aṇu n. auch = aṇutaila CARAKA 6,24. [Nachtrag, Band 1]
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aṇu I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
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aṇu I. 1. Seele, Leben; = ātman HARAVIJAYA 6,35. HARAVIJAYA 6,63 u. s. w. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine
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aṇu a. (ṇu-ṇvī f.) [aṇ-un] Minute, small, little, atomic (opp. sthūla, mahat); aṇoraṇīyān Bg. 8. 9; sarvopyayaṃ nanvaṇuḥ Bh. 3. 26 insignificantly small; aṇvapi bhayaṃ Ms. 6. 40; aṇvapi yācyamānaḥ Pt. 4. 26 asked but an atom, a very small quantity, Ms. 3. 51. — ṇuḥ 1 An atom, a very small particle (an exceedingly small measure); the mote in a sunbeam, the smallest perceptible quantity; asthūlamanaṇvahrasvamadīrghaṃ brahma; aṇuṃ parvatīkṛ Bh. 2. 78 to magnify; cf. also ‘To make mountains of molehills.’ 2 An atom of time (vyaṃjanamardhamātrā tadardhaṃ aṇu); it is said to be 54,675,000th part of a Muhūrta (48 minutes). 3 N. of Śiva. 4 N. of very small grain such as sarṣapa, cīnaka ([Page 0028-b]) &c., anaṇuṣu daśamāṃśo'ṇuṣvathaikādaśāṃśaḥ Līlā. — ṇu n. the fourth part of a Mātrā. Comp. — aṃtaḥ [aṇuḥ aṃto yasya] a hair-splitting question; (aṇvaṃtaḥ sūkṣmāṃtaḥ sūkṣmavastunirṇayāṃtaḥ praśnaḥ Śaṅkara). — tailaṃ N. of a medicinal oil. — bhā [ aṇvī sūkṣmā bhā prabhā yasyāḥ sā] lightning. — mātra a. [aṇuḥ parimāṇaṃ yasya aṇu-mātrac] of the size of an atom. — reṇuḥ [karma.] atomic dust. — revatī [aṇuḥ sūkṣmā revatītāreva] N. of a plant (daṃtīvṛkṣa) Croton Polyandrum. — vādaḥ the doctrine of atoms, atomic theory, the theory that all material substances are primarily atoms and secondarily aggregates, and that all atoms are eternal. — vīkṣaṇaṃ [ṣa. ta.] 1 minute observation, observation of very minute parts. 2 [aṇuḥ sūkṣmo vīkṣyate anena karaṇe lyuṭ] an instrument, like the microscope, enabling one to discern the smallest objects. — vrīhiḥ [karma.] a fine sort of grain, rice &c.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
áṇu f. ā́ṇvī fein, dünn. m. Atom, f. Finger.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
aṇu aṇu; f. anvī; a. petit, ténu, subtil. — S. m. atome; la graine du panicum miliaceum. aṇuka a. (aṇu) ténu, subtil. Au fig. fin, adroit. aṇubhā f. (bhā) éclair.
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