Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

lāvaṇya लावण्य – loveliness; grace

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

loveliness; grace

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

lāvaṇya ·n. saltness; charm, beauty.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Lāvaṇya, am, n. saltness, the taste or property of salt; beauty, loveliness, charm.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

lā́vaṇya (wie eben) n. gaṇa dṛḍhādi zu P. 5,1,123. 1〉 Salzigkeit Spr. 1780 (zugleich in der Bed. 2). — 2〉 Anmuth, Schönheit: muktāphaleṣu cchāyāyāstaralatvamivāntarā . pratibhāti yadaṅgeṣu tallāvaṇyamihocyate .. UJJVALANĪLAMAṆI_im_ŚKDR. ŚĀK. 141. KUMĀRAS. 7,18. Spr. 505. fg. Spr. 863. Spr. 1631. fg. Spr. 1780. Spr. 1970. fg. Spr. 2667. Spr. 3294. fg. Spr. 3664. fg. Spr. 3728. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 105,8. KATHĀS. 14,68. KATHĀS. 17,7. KATHĀS. 27,65. KATHĀS. 38,30. ˚lakṣmī KATHĀS. 43,114. CAURAP. 32. PRAB. 101,12. SĀH. D. 52,12. HIT. 63,15. VET. in LA. (III) 19,3. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,506, Śl. 24. locana˚ KATHĀS. 28,20. indoḥ KATHĀS. 17,109. Spr. 3825. svara˚ SUŚR. 1,180,11. pustakasya RĀJA-TAR. 3,261. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā ŚĀK. 110. KATHĀS. 54,238. KATHĀS. 50,132.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

lāvaṇya n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Salzigkeit. — 2〉 Anmuth, Schönheit UTTAMAC. 237.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

lāvaṇyaṃ [lavaṇasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ] 1 Saltness. 2 Beauty, loveliness, charm; tathāpi tasyā lāvaṇyaṃ rekhayā kiṃcidanvitaṃ Ś. 6. 13; Ś. 7. 18; (lāvaṇya is thus defined in Śabdak: — muktāphaleṣu chāyāyāstaralatvamivāṃtarā . pratibhāti yadaṃgeṣu tallāvaṇyamihocyate ..). Comp. — arjitaṃ the private property of a married woman given to her at her marriage by her father or mother-in-law.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

lāvaṇya n.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

lāvaṇya Salzigkeit, Reiz, Schönheit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

lāvaṇya n. salure, saveur salée. Charme, agrément, beauté.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 3.44–46: Mastery over the Elements 1 occurrence

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