Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sevana सेवन – frequenting; visiting

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

frequenting; visiting

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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sevana1 ·n. sewing; seam, suture.

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sevana2 ·n. following, serving, revering, practising, frequenting, using, employing (mostly --°).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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1. sevana, am, n. (for 2. see col. 2), the act of following, serving, service; devotion or addiction to, being fond of, fondness for, using, practising, adopt- ing, enjoying; carnal enjoyment; frequenting, dwell- ing in.

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2. sevana, am, n. (for 1. see col. 1), the act of sewing, darning, stitching (= sīvana); a sack; (ī), f. a needle; a seam; (in anatomy) a suture or pecu- liar seam-like union of parts (of which there are seven in the body, viz. the five sutures of the cranium, the frenum of the tongue, and that of the glans penis).

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Sevana. See under 2. sevaka.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

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1. sevana (von sīv) 1〉 n. = sīvana das Nähen VOP. 26,172. AK. 3,3,5. TRIK. 3,3,271. H. 912. H. an. 3,437. MED. n. 157 (an den zwei letzten Stellen zu lesen sīvanopāstyoḥ). SUŚR. 1,26,18. VOP._in_DHĀTUP. 14,12. — 2〉 f. ī a〉 Nähnadel H. 911. — b〉 Nath, Verbindungsstelle am menschlichen Leibe (fünf am Kopf, je eine an Zunge und penis oder Hodensack) BHĀVAPR._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 311,a,2 v. u. SUŚR. 1,35,1. SUŚR. 1,86,14. SUŚR. 1,262,3. SUŚR. 1,337,12. SUŚR. 1,338,17. AIT. BR. 3,37. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 28,9. — Vgl. tunna˚.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. sevana (von sev) n. 1〉 das Aufsuchen, Besuchen, Hingehen zu: gaṅgā tarati sevanāt Spr. (II) 4754. rājñāṃ sabhāsevanam Spr. (II) 4025. agnisevanaiḥ Spr. (II) 6030. viviktakṣema˚ BHĀG. P. 3,28,3. śmaśāna˚ PAÑCAT. 241,1. — 2〉 das Bedienen, Aufwarten, Dienst; = upāsti (auch zu 3) TRIK. 3,3,271. H. an. 3,437. MED. n. 157. tapaḥ śūdrasya sevanam Spr. (II) 4506. RĀJA-TAR. 5,388. BHĀG. P. 1,16,17. nitya˚ MĀRK. P. 14,83. sevanaṃ kar KĀM. NĪTIS. 5,14. in comp. mit dem Object: śūdra˚ M. 11,69. nīca˚ BHĀG. P. 7,11,20. RĀJA-TAR. 5,308. — 3〉 das Ehren, Verehrung P. 1,3,32. dvijānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca PAÑCAR. 2,7,37. kāṣṭhapāṣāṇadhātūnāṃ kṛtvā bhāvena sevanam Spr. (II) 1714. RĀJA-TAR. 1,123. in comp. mit dem Object: guru˚ RAGH. 18,29. tvatpādāmbuja˚ Spr. (II) 1620. Spr. (II) 7315. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,19. RĀJA-TAR. 5,388. DHŪRTAS. 76,5. BHĀG. P. 4,19,6. BHĀG. P. 7,5,23. PAÑCAR. 1,2,18. PAÑCAR. 1,8,27. Auch f. ā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 258,a,27. — 4〉 geschlechtlicher Verkehr mit (geht im comp. voran): vṛṣalī˚ M. 11,178. — 5〉 das Obliegen, Ausüben; Gebrauch, häufiger Genuss: ninditasya Spr. (II) 6242. dharmasyāsevanena M. 12,52. dharma˚ Spr. (II) 1055. śastra˚ R. 3,13,27. yajña˚ MĀLAV. 71,11. śayanāsana˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,5. vyāyāmānila˚ SUŚR. 1,176,12. mārutāyāsa˚ SUŚR. 316,9. kāma˚ ŚUK. in LA. (III) 34,2. apathya˚ PAÑCAT. 217,23. kṛṣisevanādi Ackerbau u. s. w. oder Ackerbau, Dienst u. s. w. Spr. (II) 4654. indriya˚ Sinnengenuss PAÑCAR. 1,1,53. — Vgl. dundubhiṣevaṇa.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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1. sevana — 1〉 n. das Nähen Comm. zu ĀPAST. ŚR. 11,8,1. — 2〉 ī — a〉 Nähnadel. — b〉 Naht, Verbindungsstelle am menschlichen Leibe (fünf am Kopf, je eine an Zunge und penis oder Hodensack).

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2. sevana n. — 1〉 das Aufsuchen, Besuchen, Hingehen zu (im Comp. vorangehend). — 2〉 das Bedienen, Aufwarten, Dienst. — 3〉 das Ehren, Verehrung. Auch. f. ā — 4〉 geschlechtlicher Verkehr mit (im Comp. vorangehend). — 5〉 das Obliegen, Ausüben, Fröhnen; Gebrauch, häufiger Genuss Spr. 7667. Spr. 7768.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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sevanaṃ [siv-sev-lyuṭ] 1 The act of serving, service, attendance upon, worship; pātrīkṛtātmā gurusevanena R. 18. 30; Pt. 1. 11. 2 Following, practising, employing; Ms. 12. 52. 3 Using, enjoying. 4 Enjoying carnally; yatkarotyekarātreṇa vṛṣalīsevanāddvijaḥ Ms. 11. 179. 5 Devotion to, fondness for. 6 Frequenting, dwelling in. 7 Binding, fastening. 8 Sewing, stitching. 9 A sack.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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1. sevana n. das Nähen; f. ī Naht.

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2. sevana n. das Besuchen, Bedienen, Verehren, Üben, Gebrauchen, Genießen (meist —˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

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sevana sevana n. (siv; sfx. ana) action de coudre. Sac, poche. — F. [ī] aiguille. Suture, commissure, t. d'anat.

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sevana sevana n. (sev) service; aide.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

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HP 3.26-3.31: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 1.4-1.9: Begrenzte Wege 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.34-3.38: Förderliche Mittel 2 occurrences

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