Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

phena फेन – foam

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

phéna ·m. (n.) foam; phenī a kind of food.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

phena phena or pheṇa, as, am, m. n. (said to be fr. phe, substituted for rt. sphāy, Uṇādi-s. III. 3; by some derived fr. rt. phaṇ), foam, froth, spume; scum [cf. dugdha-ph˚, payaḥ-phenī]; foam of the mouth, moisture of the lips, saliva [cf. vṛṣalī- phena-pīta, phaṇi-ph˚]; (as), m. white cuttle-fish bone, os sepiæ, supposed to be indurated foam of the sea [cf. abdhi-kapha, abdhi-ph˚, samudra- ph˚]; N. of a son of Ushad-ratha and father of Su-tapas; (ā), f. a species of shrub, = sātalā; (ī), f. a kind of food; [cf. Lat. spūma; Angl. Sax. fam, fœman; Slav. pêna, ‘foam.’]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

phéna (phená UṆĀDIS. 3,3) m. AK. 3,6,2,19. TRIK. 3,5,4. 1〉 m. Schaum, Fem H. 1077. HALĀY. 3,46. ṚV. 1,104,3. ṚV. 3,53,22. apām ṚV. 8,14,13. sa ī̱ṃ vṛṣā̱ na phenàmasyadā̱jau ṚV. 10,61,8. AV. 1,8,1. TBR. 1,7,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,1,13. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,3,2. ŚAT. BR. 12,7,1,4. PAÑCAV. BR. 12,6,8. LĀṬY. 8,3,14. KAUŚ. 31. KAUŚ. 46. phenaṃ pibāmi yamime vatsā mātṝṇāṃ stanānpivanta udgiranti MBH. 1,712. MBH. 5,3606. MBH. 13,6487. SUŚR. 1,102,2. SUŚR. 1,265,13. SUŚR. 2,176,21. SUŚR. 2,424,3. samudraphenān RAGH. 13,11. phenaiḥ MEGH. 51. jāhnavī˚ HIT. Pr. 1. phenopamaṃ jīvitam Spr. 217. phenaprakhya (martyaloka) YĀJÑ. 3,10. phenavatpuñjitāḥ smaḥ Spr. 734. neutr.: vinaśyanti — phenānīva mahārṇave MBH. 3,13459. saphena SUŚR. 1,30,10. SUŚR. 1,84,14. SUŚR. 1,118,13. GOBH. 1,2,26. ṚT. 1,21. aphenābhiradbhiḥ M. 2,61. MBH. 1,772. MĀRK. P. 34,64. (nadī) naramedaphenā MBH. 6,2635. MBH. 7,662. Schaum vor dem Munde SĀH. D. 180. vṛṣalīphenapīta so v. a. Lippennass M. 3,19. ˚piṇḍa ein Klumpen Schaum so v. a. ein Unding VYUTP. 77. sāgaramya und sāmudra s. u. samudraphena. Vgl. niṣphena, dugdhaphenī, payaḥphenī. Oft pheṇa geschrieben; wohl verwandt mit phaṇ (vgl. phāṇita). — 2〉 m. weisses Fischbein, os Sepiae (vgl. abdhikapha, abdhiphena, samudraphena u. s. w.) AK. 2,9,105. — 3〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Uṣadratha und Vaters des Sutapas HARIV. 1682. — 4〉 f. phenā ein best. Strauch (sātalā) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 5〉 pheṇā eine best. Speise JIRṆAMAÑJARI_im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

phena vgl. mahāpheṇā.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

phéna — 1〉 m. n. (nur einmal) Schaum, Feim, Schaum vor dem Munde, Lippennass. — 2〉 (*m.) os sepiae CARAKA. 6,24. — 3〉 m. N. pr. eines Mannes. — 4〉 *f. phenā ein best. Strauch, = sātalā RĀJAN. 4,194. — 5〉 f. phenī eine best. Speise.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

pheṇaḥ, -naḥ 1 Foam, froth; gaurīvaktraṃbhrukuṭiracanāṃ yā vihasyeva phenaiḥ Me. 50; R. 13. 11; Ms. 2. 61. 2 Foam of the mouth. 3 Saliva. 4 White cuttle-fish bone. Comp. — agraṃ a bubble. — aśaniḥ N. of Indra; cf. namuci. — āhāra a. living on foam. — giriḥ N. of a mountain near the mouth of the Indus. — piṃḍaḥ 1 a mere bubble. 2 an empty idea, non-entity. — vāhin m. a filtering cloth.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

phéna m. (n.) Schaum; f. phenī Art Speise.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

phena phena m. écume; os de sèche. Slav. pjena. phenaka m. os de sèche. — F. riz bouilli. phenala et phenavat a. écumeux. phenavāhin m. (vah) la foudre d'Indra. phenāgra n. (agra) bulles d'écume. phenāyāmi (dén.) écumer, être écumeux. phenāśani m. (aśani) Indra [qui foudroya l'asura Vṛtra avec de l'écume de la mer]. phenin a. écumeux. phenila a. écumeux. — S. m. sapindus detergens, [Page459-2] bot. — N. jujube; fruit du vangueria spinosa.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • PJH 21.1 Segment 26

    Attested form: phena Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 1.45-1.50: Rückkehr zum Bewusstsein 1 occurrence

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