Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dhvānta ध्वान्त – darkness

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective

dhvāntá1 ·a. dark; n. darkness.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dhvāntá2 ·m. a cert. wind.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · adjective

1. dhvānta, as, ā, am (for 2. see under 2. dhvan below), covered, enveloped, dark; (am), n. darkness, night.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

2. dhvānta, as, m., Ved., N. of a wind. (For 1. dhvānta see under 1. dhvan above.)

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

dhvānta dhvānta. For 1. and 2. dhvānta see p. 462, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dhvānta s. u. 1. dhvan.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

1. dhvāntá — 1〉 Adj. s. u. 1. dhvan. — 2〉 n. Dunkel, Finsterniss. Pl. Chr. 129,22.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. dhvāntá m. ein best. Wind VS. 39,7. TS. 1,7,7,2 (TBR. 2,7,16,1). TAITT. ĀR. 4,24,25.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. dhvāntá m. ein best. Wind.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. dhvāntá (s. 1. dhvan) n. Dunkel, Finsternis.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dhvānta dhvānta m. n. obscurité. dhvāntaśātrava m. cassia fistula, bot. dhvāntārāti m. (arāti) le Soleil.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.1-1.3: Opening 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.78-4.80: Vajrolī-Weg 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 1 occurrence

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