Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nisvana निस्वन – sound; tone

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

sound; tone

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nisvana ·m. ­ sound, noise, voice.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective

nisvana 1 . ni-svana, as, ā, am, Ved., various reading for ni-svara, q. v.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nisvana 2 . ni-svana, as, m. (fr. rt. svan with ni), noise, sound, voice, (often at the end of comps. when the fem. is nisvanā; cf. ratha-n˚, uddhatārṇava-n˚); (am), ind. with noise or sound; [cf. niḥ-svana.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

1. nisvana (1. ni + svana) adj. v. l. des TAITT. ĀR. 2,4,1 für nisvara.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. nisvaná (von svan mit ni) m. = nisvāná P. 3,3,64. P. 6,2,144. Geräusch, Ton, Laut, Stimme AK. 1,1,6,1. H. 1399. vidyutstanita˚ M. 4,106. śvakroṣṭugardabholūkasāmavāṇārta˚ YĀJÑ. 1,148. śaṅkhadundubhi˚ MBH. 1,120. INDR. 2,11. ARJ. 2,2. ratha˚ N. 21,29. HARIV. 6841. R. 1,4,29. R. 1,41,6. R. 2,40,21. R. 3,1,35. RAGH. 3,19. MṚCCH. 85,16 (v. l. niḥ˚). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,19. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43 (34), 17. BHĀG. P. 3,18,7. aśvānām AK. 2,8,2,15. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 1,5469. MBH. 3,8845. MBH. 4,2019. MBH. 7,6260. MBH. 9,3238. R. 3,24,25. R. 3,29,13. R. 6,9,23. BHĀG. P. 7,4,24. SĀH. D. 47,9. nisvanam adv. mit Geräusch SUŚR. 2,428,18. — Vgl. niḥsvana.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. nisvaná m. ein best. Agni. v. l. nisvará.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. nisvana, niśvana (insbes. in den Bomb. Ausgg.) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Geräusch, Ton, Laut, Stimme.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nisvanaḥ, nisvānaḥ, nisvanitaṃ 1 Noise, voice; R. 3. 19; Rs. 1. 8; Ki. 5. 6. 2 The whistling sound of an arrow (only nisvāna in this sense).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nisvana o. niḥsvana m. Geräusch, Ton.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

nisvana nisvana et nisvāna m. (svan) son, bruit, murmure.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 1 occurrence

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