Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vadana वदन – mouth; opening; face

substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

mouth; opening; face

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vádana ·n. speaking, sounding; mouth, face, front, point.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Vadana, am, n. the act of speaking or saying; sounding (Ved.); the mouth, face, countenance, (kāla-vadana, ‘the face of Time,’ N. of a Śaiva work), aspect, appearance, look; the front, point; the first term, initial quantity or term of a progres- sion (in algebra); the summit or apex of a triangle; [cf. Hib. aodann, ‘the face;’ eudan, ‘the fore- head.’]

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vádana (von vad) n. 1〉 das Reden, Sprechen, Tönen ŚAT. BR. 5,4,4,5. satya˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 2,1,12. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 2,3,24. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 10,20,1. purastādvadana ŚAT. BR. 4,6,8,2. vadanādivyāpāra, vāgvadana ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 83. — 2〉 = mukha u. s. w. AK. 2,6,2,40. H. 572. HALĀY. 2,363. a〉 Mund, Maul: vāksāyakā vadanānniṣpatanti Spr. 2767. vadanairmadhugandhibhiḥ R. 1,9,38 (R. 1,9,36 GORR.). SUŚR. 1,124,10. ˚priya SUŚR. 189,12. ˚madirā MEGH. 76. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,6. cumbāvirāme vadanaṃ pramārṣṭi VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,7. BHĀG. P. 8,9,18. śṛgālikā māṃsapiṇḍagṛhītavadanā im Maule ein Fleischstück haltend PAÑCAT. 226,20. — b〉 Gesicht R. 2,26,10. SUŚR. 1,118,14. SUŚR. 1,259,5. MEGH. 40. ŚĀK. 29. Spr. 564. Spr. 2708. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,47. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,104. RĀJA-TAR. 6,55. BHĀG. P. 2,1,28. BHĀG. P. 5,9,19. pūrṇendu˚ MBH. 3,2480. MĀLAV. 17. śaśiprakāśavadanā R. 5,14,21. vivṛttavadanā ŚĀK. 45. prahasita˚ PAÑCAT. 36,2. PAÑCAT. 185,25. ahṛṣṭa˚ R. GORR. 2,101,26. prahṛṣṭa˚ R. GORR. 4,8,32. viṣaṇa˚ MBH. 3,14360. R. 1,62,3. viṣādārta˚ R. 2,47,3. vivarṇa˚ MBH. 3,2105. R. 2,26,8. R. 2,87,4. āpītavarṇa˚ R. 2,76,4. vrīḍāvinamra˚ CAURAP. 5. pracaṇḍa˚ DHŪRTAS. 85,1. suvadanā DHŪRTAS. 79,17. MĀLAV. 65. VIKR. 29. ṚT. 6,20. PRAB. 60,5. kamalavadanā ŚRUT. 18. aśruvadanā mit Thränen auf dem Gesicht BHĀG. P. 1,16,19. BHĀG. P. 1,17,3. kiṃciccakāra vadanam verzog ein wenig das Gesicht BHĀG. P. 3,33,20. — c〉 Vorderes, Spitze: aṅkuśa˚, jāmbava˚ adjj. (śalākāyantra) SUŚR. 1,25,5. adhovadanāḥ kaṇṭakāḥ H. 62. śṛgālavadanā bāṇāḥ Maul und zugleich Spitze R. 6,79,69. fg. — d〉 the first term, the initial quantity of the progression COLEBR. Alg. 52. — e〉 the side opposite of the base; the summit COLEBR. Alg. 72. — Vgl. rāja˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vádana n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Reden, Sprechen, Tönen. — 2〉 Mund, Maul. — 3〉 Gesicht. vadanaṃ kar ein Gesicht machen, so v. a. das G. verziehen. — 4〉 der vordere Theil, Spitze. — 5〉 the first term, the initial quantity of the progression. — 6〉 the side opposite of the base; the summit ĀRYABH. 2,8.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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vadanaṃ [udyate'nena vad karaṇe lyuṭ] 1 The face; āsīdvivṛttavadanā ca vimocayaṃtī Ś. 2. 12; so suvadanā, kamalavadanā &c. 2 The mouth; vadane viniveśitā bhujaṃgī piśunānāṃ rasanāmiśreṇa dhātrā Bv. 1. 111. 3 Aspect, look, appearance. 4 The front point. 5 First term (in a series). 6 The summit or apex of a triangle. Comp. — āsavaḥ saliva. — śyāmikā 1 blackness of the face. 2 a kind of disease.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vádana n. das Reden, Sprechen; Mund, Gesicht.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

vadana n. bouche; larynx; gosier; visage.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 74–80: Through the Three Knots 2 occurrences

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HP 3 occurrences
HP 2.37-2.43: Path to Manonmanī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.79-2.80: Haṭha Siddhi 1 occurrence

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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