snāyu स्नायु – a sinew, tendon, muscle (described as vāyu-vāhinī-nāḍī, ‘a tubular vessel conveying vital air’)
substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
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snā́yu ·f. n. sinew, also = seq.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
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snāyu snāyu, us, f. (according to some us, m.; said in Uṇādi-s. I. 1. to be fr. rt. snā), a sinew, tendon, muscle (described as vāyu-vāhinī-nāḍī, ‘a tubular vessel conveying vital air’); the string of a bow; [cf. probably Gr. νεῦρο-ν, νευρ-ά; Lat. ner- vu-s, nerviœ, nervosus; Old Germ. snar-a, snar- ahha, snuor, narwa; Old Sax. naru; Lith. nar- a-s, ner-u.]
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
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snā́yu UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 1,1 (oxyt.). f.n. 1〉 Band im menschlichen und thierischen Körper, deren es vier Arten giebt, SUŚR. 1,341,12. fg. NIR. 14,5. AK. 2,6,2,17. H. 619. H. 631. HALĀY. 3,12. TBR. 1,5,9,7 (n.). neunhundert NIR. 14,7. GARBHOP._in_Ind. St. 2,71. YĀJÑ. 3,100. SUŚR. 1,337,16. SUŚR. 1,24,12. SUŚR. 1,84,9. ˚viddha SUŚR. 95,7. ˚jāla SUŚR. 97,6. ˚pratāna SUŚR. 254,9. SUŚR. 254,13. SUŚR. 338,10. SUŚR. 341,4. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,5,12. M. 6,76. M. 8,234. YĀJÑ. 3,81. MBH. 7,3672. MBH. 12,6840. Spr. (II) 7322. VARĀH. BṚH. 2,11. śuṣkeṇa snāyunā gavām KATHĀS. 26,169. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 311,a,4 v. u. PAÑCAT. 182,17. ˚nirmitāḥ pāśā HIT. 21,21. snāṭvasthiśeṣe svadehe RĀJA-TAR. 2,24. RĀJA-TAR. 3,408. ˚sāra adj. VARĀH. LAGHUJ. 2,19. ˚śoṣa adj. KATHĀS. 29,137. ˚roga Verz. d. B. H. No. 958. — 2〉 Bogensehne PAÑCAT. 121,1. ˚pāśa desgl. PAÑCAT. 120,23. ˚bandha desgl. HIT. 35,12. — Vgl. cora˚, taskara˚, mahā˚, snasā, snāvan.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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snā́yu — 1〉 f. n. — a〉 Band im menschlichen und thierischen Körper, Sehne; Ader. — b〉 Bogensehne Auch snāyupāśa m. und snāyubandha m. — 2〉 m. Ausschlag an den Extremitäten BHĀVAPR. 6,46.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
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snāyuḥ [snāti śudhyati doṣo'nayā snāuṇ Tv.] 1 A tendon, muscle, sinew; svalpaṃ snāyuvasāvaśeṣamalinaṃ nirmāṃsamapyasthi goḥ Bh. 2. 30. 2 The string of a bow. Comp. — arman n. a kind of disease of the eyes.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive neuter
snā́yu f. n. Sehne (am Körper u. Bogen).
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
snāyu snāyu m. tendon, muscle; cf. snasā.
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