Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nayana नयन – eye

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nayana ·m. a man's name; n. leading, conduct, the eye as the leader (adj. --° f. ā, r. ī).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Nayana, as, m., N. of a man; (ā or ī), f. the pupil of the eye; (am), n. leading, guiding, con- ducting, managing; governing, directing, ruling; leading or bringing to, drawing; (with kālasya), passing or spending (time); attaining, obtaining; ‘the guiding or leading organ,’ the eye.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nayana (von nī) 1〉 m. N. pr. eines Mannes RĀJA-TAR. 7,495. — 2〉 f. ī Augenstern ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. ā WILS. nach ders. Aut. — 3〉 n. a〉 das Hinführen, Fortführen, Hinbringen: piturasyāḥ samīpanayanamavasthitameva ŚĀK. 71,14. ādiśyantāṃ śakuntalānayanāya ŚĀK. 48,21. nayanaṃ pārijātasya dvārakāṃ mama rocate HARIV. 7296. valmīke kṣīranayanāya putraṃ nirūpya PAÑCAT. 174,19. das Ziehen (von Spielfiguren) AK. 2,10,46. H. 487. das Leiten: sunītanayanāya ca . daṇḍo vidhātrā vihitaḥ MBH. 12,458. kālasya das Hinbringen, Verlaufenmachen der Zeit: kālasya nayane yuktāḥ somapatnyaḥ (als Mondstationen) MBH. 1,2580. MBH. 1,3124. kālasya nayane yuktā yamasya puruṣāśca ye MBH. 2,343. — b〉 oxyt. Auge (das führende Sinnesorgan; vgl. netra) UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 2,78. AK. 2,6,2,44. H. 575. R. 1,59,16. SUŚR. 1,125,19. SUŚR. 1,126,7. SUŚR. 1,155,18. RAGH. 2,75. VIKR. 68,7. MEGH. 9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,26. HIT. I, 204. DHŪRTAS. 87,15. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā N. 11,31. MBH. 15,802. R. 1,9,7. ŚĀK. 45, v. l. ad. ŚĀK. 54. BHARTṚ. 1,21. MEGH. 96. MEGH. 111. ŚRUT. 26. CAURAP. 8. CAURAP. 18. MĀRK. P. 18,40. PRAB. 7,5. Vgl. dagegen taralanayanī.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nayana 3〉a〉 Z. 6. fgg. kālasya nayane erklärt NĪLAK._zu_MBH. 1,2580 durch kālasya jñāpane; st. 3124 ist 3134 zu lesen. — c〉 pl. kluges Benehmen BHĀG. P. 10,50,34.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nayana — 1〉 m. N. pr. eines Mannes. — 2〉 *f. ā und ī Augenstern. — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Hinführen, Fortführen, Hinbringen. — b〉 *das Ziehen (einer Spielfigur). — c〉 das Leiten. — d〉 Pl. kluges Benehmen. — e〉 das Bestimmen (der Zeit). — f〉 Auge. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā und ī (ausnahmsweise). Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. VEṆĪS. 107,15.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

nayanaṃ [nī-karaṇe lyuṭ] 1 Leading, guiding; conducting, managing. 2 Taking, bringing to or near, drawing. 3 Ruling, governing. 4 Obtaining. 5 The eye. 6 Passing, spending (as time). — nā, -nī The pupil of the eye. Comp. — abhirāma a. gladdening the sight, lovely to behold. — (maḥ) the moon. — āmoṣin a. blinding the sight, obscuring. — utsavaḥ 1 a lamp. 2 delight of the eyes. 3 any lovely object. — upāṃtaḥ the corner of the eye; Ku. 4. 23. — gocara a. visible, within the range of sight. — chadaḥ an eyelid. — jalaṃ, -vāri n. tears. — pathaḥ the range of sight. — puṭaṃ the cavity of the eye. — viṣayaḥ 1 any visible object. 2 the horizon. 3 the range of sight. — salilaṃ tears; Me. 39.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nayana m. Mannsn. n. das Fahren, Hinbringen, kluges Benehmen; Auge (adj. —˚ ā u. ī).

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

nayana nayana n. (nī) action de conduire, de diriger. Œil. nayanotsava m. (utsava) lampe. nayanauṣadha m. sulfate de fer employé comme collyre. nayapīṭhī f. échiquier, damier.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 2.79-2.80: Haṭha Siddhi 1 occurrence

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HP 4.47-4.55*4: Nāda Binds the Mind 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 2.25-2.31: Nāḍī-Netz 1 occurrence

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