Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kiraṇa किरण – ray; beam of light

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

ray; beam of light

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kiráṇa ·m. very small dust, a mote, a ray or beam of light.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Kiraṇa, as, m. dust, very small dust; a rein (?); a ray or beam of light, a sun or moon-beam; the sun; (ā), f., N. of a river.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kiráṇa (von 3. kar) m. Uṇ. 2,79. 1〉 Staub, Stäubchen: yaddhà te̱ viśvā̀ gi̱rayàści̱dabhvā̀ bhi̱yā dṛ̱ḻhāsàḥ ki̱raṇā̱ naijàn ṚV. 1,63,1. yū̱yaṃ ha̱ bhūmìṃ ki̱raṇa̱ṃ na rèjatha ṚV. 5,59,4. e̱veda̱nu dyūnki̱raṇa̱ḥ samèjāt ṚV. 10,27,5. re̱ṇuṃ rerìhatki̱raṇàṃ dada̱śvān ṚV. 4,38,6. Die NAIGH. 1,5 (vgl. mit NIR. 2,15) angenommene Bedeutung Zügel scheint aus der letzten Stelle geschlossen zu sein, in welcher aber das parallele reṇu noch deutlicher für unsere Auffassung zeugt. — 2〉 Lichtstrahl (gedacht als feine staubartige Theile, die von dem leuchtenden Körper ausströmen) AK. 1,1,2,34. AK. 3,3,23,140. H. 100. yathā hi kiraṇā bhānostapantīha carācaram MBH. 3,1929. arkakiraṇa SUŚR. 1,20,9. SUŚR. 1,172,17. ravi˚ ŚĀK. 37. candra˚ ŚĀNTIŚ. 4,6. śaśāṅka˚ PAÑCAT. 223,3. DHŪRTAS. 67,18. ŚIŚ. 4,58. śaśisūrya˚ SUŚR. 1,170,20. mandakiraṇatvādbhānoḥ SUŚR. 1,20,12. svakiraṇapariveṣodbhedaśūnyāḥ pradīpāḥ RAGH. 5,74. ratnāvalīkiraṇakarbure paryaṅke HIT. 29,11. Vgl. HIT. 29,4. kara HIT. 29,1. und tuṣārakiraṇa. — 3〉 Sonne H. 95. — 4〉 nicht deutlich ist die Bed. des Wortes in folgenden Stellen: iryèva pu̱ṣṭyai ki̱raṇèva bhu̱jyai śrùṣṭī̱vānèva̱ hava̱mā gàmiṣṭam ṚV. 10,106,4. vitàtau ki̱raṇau̱ dvau tāvā pìnaṣṭi̱ pūrùṣaḥ AV. 20,133,1. mā̱tuṣṭè ki̱raṇau̱ dvau AV. 20,133,2.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kiraṇa 5〉 Bez. von 25 best Ketu VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,10. — 6〉 Titel eines zum Śaivadarśana gehörigen Buches SARVADARŚANAS. 89,18 (vgl. karaṇa). kiraṇākhyatantra (über Architectur) citirt von BHAṬṬOTP._zu_VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53. — 7〉 f. ā N. pr. eines Flusses Verz. d. Oxf. H. 71,a,21.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kiráṇa — 1〉 m. — a〉 Staub, Stäubchen. — b〉 Lichtstrahl. — c〉 etwa Faden ṚV. 10,106,4. AV. 20,133,1. 2. — d〉 *Zügel. — e〉 Bez. bestimmter 25 Ketu. — f〉 *die Sonne. — g〉 Titel eines zum Śaivadarśana gehörigen Werkes. kiraṇākhyatantra n. über Architectur handelnd. — 2〉 f. kiraṇā N. eines Flusses.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kiraṇaḥ [kṝ-kyu Uṇ. 2. 81] 1 A ray or beam of light, a ray (of the sun, moon or any shining substance); ravikiraṇasahipṇu Ś. 2. 4; eko hi doṣo guṇasaṃnipāte nimajjatīṃdoḥ kiraṇeṣvivāṃkaḥ Ku. 1. 3; Śānti. 4. 6; R. 5. 74; Śi. 4. 58; ˚maya radiant, brilliant. 2 A small particle of dust. 3 The sun. Comp. — mālin m. the sun.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kiráṇa m. Staub, Stäubchen, Lichtstrahl.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kiraṇa kiraṇa m. (kṝ) rayon de lumière, rayon de soleil, rayon de la lune, etc. Soleil. kiraṇamālin m. (mālā) le Soleil, qui pour guirlande a des rayons.

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 18–21: Śakti and Śiva 1 occurrence

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VBT 24–31: Breath and Śakti 1 occurrence

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