veṇī वेणी – braided hair, &c. = veṇi above

Original text · English · substantive feminine

veṇī ·f. a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single braid (cf. ekaveṇi).

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Veṇī, f. braided hair, &c. = veṇi above; a stream, current; N. of a river; a sort of grass, Andropogon Serratum; a ewe.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

veṇī f. 1〉 = veṇi; s. das. — 2〉 Schafmutter H. 1277. — 3〉 MBH. 15,630 fehlerhaft für veṇu, wie die ed. Bomb. liest.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

veṇī f. s. u. veṇi.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

veṇiḥ -ṇī f. [veṇ-in-vā ṅīp Uṇ. 4. 18] 1 Braided hair, a braid of hair; taraṃgiṇī veṇirivāyatā bhuvaḥ Śi. 12. 75; Me. 18. 2 Hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (said to be worn by women whose husbands are absent from them); vanānnivṛttena raghūttamena muktā svayaṃ veṇirivābabhāse R. 14. 12; abalāveṇimokṣotsukāni Me. 99, Ku. 2. 61. 3 Continuous flow, current, stream; jalaveṇiramyāṃ revāṃ yadi prekṣitumasti kāmaḥ R. 6. 43; Me. 20; pravṛttabāṣpaveṇikaṃ cakṣuḥ pramṛjya K., cf. the word triveṇi also. 4 The confluence of two or more rivers. 5 The confluence of the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī. 6 N. of a river. Comp. — baṃdhaḥ hair twisted into a braid; R. 10. 47. — vedhanī a leech. — vedhinī a comb. — saṃhāraḥ 1 tying the hair into a braid; Ve. 6. 2 N. of a drama by Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa.