Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

javana जवन – swift

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

jávana ·f. ī impelling; quick, swift; n. = prec. m.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective

1. javana, as, ī, am, causing to hasten; quick, swift, fleet; (as), m. a courser, a fleet horse; a kind of deer; N. of one of the attendants of Skanda; (ī), f. a screen surrounding a tent, a Kanāt; N. of a plant; (am), n. speed, velocity; [cf. dhī-javana.]

Original text · English · substantive masculine

javana 2 . javana, as, m., N. of a people whose country is by some thought to be identical with Ionia or Greece, = yavana, q. v.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. javana (wie eben) 1〉 adj. f. ī gaṇa dṛḍhādi zu P. 5,1,123. proparox. ṚV., oxyt. P. 3,2,150. a〉 treibend: śa̱takràtu̱ṃ javànī sū̱nṛtā̀ruhat ṚV. 1,51,2. — b〉 schnell, rasch AK. 2,8,2,41. TRIK. 3,3,240. H. 494. H. an. 3,376. MED. n. 66. apāṇipādo javano grahītā (ŚAṂK.: javanaḥ = dūragāmī) ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,19. javano 'bhyapatattadā (viell. javenābhya˚ zu lesen) MBH. 3,756. dūtāḥ R. 2,68,3. mṛga MBH. 12,4635. MBH. 12,4637. von Pferden AK. 2,8,2,13. H. 1234. H. an. MED. N. 20,32. MBH. 2,1036. MBH. 3,674. MBH. 3,14960. MBH. 4,368. MBH. 6,1727. HARIV. 6640. R. 2,45,14. — 2〉 m. a〉 Pferd. — b〉 eine Art Antilope (śrīkārin; hier aber yavana) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge von Skanda MBH. 9,2577. — 3〉 f. ī a〉 Vorhang H. 680. H. an. — b〉 N. einer Pflanze H. an. — 4〉 n. Raschheit, Schnelligkeit AK. 3,3,39 (38). 3,4,18,118. MED. m. (!) H. an. javanakāma PĀR. GṚHY. 1,17. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 1,27. taṃ manye meghapuṣpasya javane sadṛśaṃ hayam MBH. 4,1414. — Vgl. dhījavana.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. javana m. = yavana N. pr. eines Volkes TRIK. 3,3,240. Verz. d. B. H. No. 567. H. an. 3,377.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. javana 1〉b〉 vājin KATHĀS. 72,52.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. jávana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 treibend. — b〉 schnell, rasch KĀD. 2,24,21. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Pferd RĀJAN. 19,33. — b〉 *eine Hirschart RĀJAN. 19,47. — c〉 N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge Skandaʼs. — 3〉 *f. ī — a〉 Vorhang. — b〉 eine best. Pflanze. — 4〉 (*m.!) n. Raschheit, Schnelligkeit.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. javana m. Pl. N. pr. eines Volkes, Richtig yavana.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

javana a.(nī f.) [ju bhāve lyuṭ] Quick, swift, fleet; R. 9. 56. — naḥ A courser, a swift horse. — naṃ Speed, quickness, velocity.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jávana f. ī treibend; eilig, rasch; n. Raschheit, Hast.

Burnouf 1866 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · French · adjective

javana a. (sfx. ana) prompt, expéditif. — S. m. cheval rapide. — S. n. promptitude.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

javana javana m. np. de pays, cf. yavana.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 3.19-3.21: Beyond the Senses 1 occurrence

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