maithuna मैथुन – sexual intercourse
adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
sexual intercourse
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
maithuna maithuna, as, ī, am (fr. mithuna), paired, coupled, forming a pair or one of each sex; united by marriage; relating or belonging to copu- lation, (maithunaṃ vāsas, a garment worn during sexual intercourse); entered into (as a marriage) for the sake of cohabitation; (am), n. copulation, coitus, sexual intercourse or connection; union, con- nection; marriage, matrimony, (at the end of an adj. comp. maithuna forms its fem. in ā.)
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
maithuná (von mithuna) 1〉 adj. f. ī a〉 gepaart, ein Paar verschiedenen Geschlechts bildend: gāndharvyaḥ BHĀG. P. 4,27,14. — b〉 verschwägert: saṃyuktaṃ maithunaṃ vā PĀR. GṚHY. 3,10. — c〉 zur Begattung in Beziehung stehend: sparśāḥ die Gefühle der Wollust beim Beischlaf KAṬHOP. 4,3. strīṇāṃ bhoge ca maithune M. 8,100. dārakarmaṇi maithune das mit der Begattung in Zusammenhang stehende Heirathen, dieselbe bezweckend M. 3,5. na caiṣāṃ maithuno dharmo babhūva so v. a. bei ihnen fand keine Begattung statt MBH. 12,7255. MBH. 12,7257. vāsas ein Kleidungsstück, welches man beim Beischlaf anhat, M. 4,116. — 2〉 n. Paarung, Begattung NIR. 8,10. AK. 1,1,5,15. AK. 3,4,18,124. AK. 3,6,1,4. H. 538. H. an. 3,401. MED. n. 108. HALĀY. 5,52. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,9,6. ŚAT. BR. 10,4,4,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,1,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,27. MAITRYUP. 3,4. M. 5,56. MBH. 4,832. MBH. 13,1499. SUŚR. 1,72,9. Spr. 379. Spr. 409. krayakrīta Spr. 1743. mṛtaṃ maithunamaprajam Spr. 2244. Spr. 5275. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,256. Verz. d. B. H. No. 903. ˚jvara MBH. 13,1516. ˚naṃ car KAUŚ. 141. yā MBH. 13,4521. gam MBH. 13,4570. ˚gata im Beischlaf begriffen MBH. 1,3812. ˚gamana SUŚR. 1,317,4. maithunameti VARĀH. BṚH. S. 45,12. ya āste ˚nam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 91,b,23. maithunāyopacakratuḥ R. 1,37,5. maithunāyopajagmatuḥ R. GORR. 1,38,7. vidagdhamaithunopagamana SUŚR. 1,80,5. yatra maithunairedhire prajāḥ BHĀG. P. 3,21,1. ta enaṃ lolupatayā maithunāyābhipedire BHĀG. P. 20,23. maithunaṃ tu samāsevya puṃsi yoṣiti vā M. 11,174. M. 11,67. maithunābhighāta, ati˚ SUŚR. 1,263,6. SUŚR. 1,290,12. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,6,12. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): saṃvṛta˚ HARIV. 1365. spṛṣṭamaithunā M. 8,205. saṃsṛṣṭa˚ YĀJÑ. 1,135. akṛtapuruṣāntara˚ KULL._zu_M. 5,160. maithuna = saṃgati, saṃgata, saṃbandha Vereinigung, Verbindung AK. 3,4,18,124. H. an. MED. HALĀY.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
maithuná — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 gepaart, ein Paar verschiedenen Geschlechts bildend. — b〉 verschwägert. — c〉 zur Begattung in Beziehung stehend, bei der B. stattfindend, — getragen (Kleid), B. bezwecken. dharma m. so v. a. Begattung. — 2〉 n. — a〉 Paarung, Begattung. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b〉 *Vereinigng, Verbindung.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter
maithuna a. (nī f.) [mithupena nirvṛttaṃ aṇ] 1 Paired, coupled. 2 United by marriage. 3 Relating to copula tion. — naṃ 1 Copulation, sexual union; mṛtaṃ maithunamaprajaṃ Pt. 2. 94. 2 Marriage. 3 Union, connection. 4 Consecrating the fire (agnyādhāna). Comp. — jvaraḥ the excitement of sexual passion. — dharmin a. copulating. — vairāgyaṃ abstinence from sexual intercourse.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
maithuná, f. ī gepaart, verschwägert, Paarungs-; n. Paarung, Begattung (adj. —˚ f. ā).
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
maithuna maithuna n. (mithuna) union, association. Union des sexes. Mariage.
Occurrences in source texts (4)
DYS 1 occurrence
GoS 2 occurrences
HP 1 occurrence
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