Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dhvani ध्वनि – sound; tone

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

sound; tone

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dhvaní ·m. sound, noise, roar, thunder; hint, figure of speech.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Dhvani, is, m. sound, echo, noise; tone, tune; thunder; the sound of a drum; an inarticulate sound, a mere empty sound without reality; a word; allu- sion, hint, figurative allusion, implied meaning, poetical style; N. of a work.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaní (von 2. dhvan) UṆĀDIS. 4,139. m. SIDDH. K. 249,b,3 v. u. 1〉 Laut, Ton, Schall, Geräusch AK. 1,1,6,1. TRIK. 1,1,119. H. 1399. pṛthàkte dhva̱nayò yantu̱ śībhàm AV. 5,20,7. śrute 'pyantardhvanau KATHĀS. 15,41. sāmadhvanau M. 4,123. tasmāttasyāśucirdhvaniḥ (sāmavedasya) M. 124. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,125. gīta˚ BRAHMA-P. 54,4. RĀJA-TAR. 5,363. bhinnakaṇṭha˚ SĀH. D. 20,17. ˚vikāra Wechsel der Stimme H. 1410. karuṇa˚ Wehgeschrei VIKR. 4,1. tūrya˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43 (34), 7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43 (34),24. śāntadhvaniṣu rajanīṣu BHARTṚ. 3,85. śrotrābhirāmadhvaninā rathena RAGH. 2,72. pavanoddhūtarājatālīvana˚ RAGH. 4,56. paṭaha˚ RAGH. 9,71. vom Donner MEGH. 55. MEGH. 57. MEGH. 67. MEGH. 97. CĀT. 1. ein unarticulirter Laut; der Ton wird in zwei Klassen getheilt: dhvanyātmaka und varṇātmaka, dhvanyātmako bheryādau TARKAS. 19. — 2〉 Wort: haritālī˚ HĀR. 240. HĀR. 241. — 3〉 Andeutung, figürliche Ausdrucksweise SĀH. D. 3,6. kāvyasyātmā dhvaniḥ SĀH. D. 5,9. SĀH. D. 5,10. dhvanitva SĀH. D. 3,4. — 4〉 Titel eines Werkes: ˚kṛt SĀH. D. 3,11. ˚kāra SĀH. D. 5,8.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dhvani 3〉 SĀH. D. 250. fgg. SĀH. D. 262. PRATĀPAR. 12,a,9. Schol. zu KĀVYĀD. 2,147. — Vgl. prati˚, mahā˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaní m. — 1〉 Laut, Ton, Schall, Geräusch, Donner. — 2〉 Wort. — 3〉 Andeutung, figürliche Ausdrucksweise. — 4〉 Titel eines Werkes. — 5〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines der Viśve Devās VP.² 3,190. 191. — b〉 eines Sohnes des Vasu Āpa VP. 1,15,112.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dhvaniḥ [dhvan-in] 1 Sound, echo, noise in general; mṛdaṃgadhīradhvanimanvagacchat R. 16. 13; R. 2. 72; R. 4. 72; U. 6. 17. 2 Tune, note, tone; Śi. 6. 48. 3 The sound of a musical instrument; R. 9. 71. 4 The roar or thunder of a cloud. 5 A mere empty sound. 6 -word. 7 Hint, implied meaning. 8 (In Rhet.) The first and best of the three main divisions of kāvya or poetry, in which the implied or suggested sense of a passage is more striking than the expressed sense; or where the expressed sense is made subordinate to the suggested sense; idamuttamamatiśayini vyaṃge vācyāddhvanirbudhaiḥ kathitaḥ K. P. 1 (R. G. gives 5 kinds of dhvaniḥ see under dhvani). Comp. — grahaḥ 1 the ear. 2 hearing. 3 a fife, pipe. — vikāraḥ a change of voice caused by fear, grief &c.; see kāku.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhvaní m. Laut, Ton, Hall, Donner, Wort, Andeutung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

dhvani dhvani m. son; murmure. Style figuré et sonore, tg. dhvanigraha m. (grah) oreille. dhvaninālā f. fifre; sorte de trompette. Vīnā ou luth. dhvanirūpa a. sonore. dhvanivikāra m. altération du son de la voix.

Occurrences in source texts (11)

HP 8 occurrences
HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 2 occurrences

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HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 3 occurrences

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HP 4.47-4.55*4: Nāda Binds the Mind 3 occurrences

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 3 occurrences

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