Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vīṇā वीणा – vīṇā

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vī́ṇā ·f. lute.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vīṇā vīṇā, f. (in Uṇādi-s. III. 15. said to be fr. rt. 1. vī), the Vīṇā or Indian lute, (an instru- ment of the guitar kind, supposed to have been invented by Nārada, q. v., usually having seven wires or strings raised upon nineteen frets or supports fixed on a long rounded board, towards the ends of which are two large gourds; its compass is said to be two octaves, but it has many varieties according to the number of strings, &c.); lightning.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vī́ṇā (vīṇā́ UṆĀDIS. 3,15) f. 1〉 Laute AK. 1,1,7,3. H. 286. fg. H. an. 2,154. MED. ṇ. 28. HALĀY. 1,96. vāgvana̱spatìṣu vadati̱ yā dùndu̱bhau yā tūṇàve̱ yā vīṇā̀yām TS. 6,1,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,4,6. KAUŚ. 84. KĀṬH. 34,5. LĀṬY. 4,2,1. HAṂSANĀDOP._in_Ind. St. 1,386. MEGH. 84. Spr. (II) 735. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,29. śatatantrī ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 17,3,1. saptatantrī MBH. 3,10664. ˚bhidāṃ vivekaḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 200,b,11. vīṇeva madhurālāpā gāndhāraṃ sādhu mūrchatī MBH. 4,515. ˚śabda ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,7. vīṇāyāḥ kvaṇitam AK. 1,1,6,3. mṛdaṅgaveṇuvīṇānāṃ ramyaiḥ śabdaiḥ R. 1,5,19. veṇuvīṇāninādaiḥ WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 287. vīṇāveṇvādidhvanivat SARVADARŚANAS. 157,22. vīṇāḥ pramumucuḥ svarān R. 2,91,26. vādyate ŚAT. BR. 13,1,5,1. PAÑCAT. 94,4. HIT. 63,13. saṃvādayanvīṇām KATHĀS. 21,4. uddhatā KĀTY. ŚR. 21,3,7. vitudan (so ed. Bomb.) vīṇām BHĀG. P. 4,8,38. ˚vāṇī adj. ŚRUT. 15. mahā˚, piśīla˚ LĀṬY. 4,2,4. saveṇuvīṇam adv. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,18. — 2〉 in der Astrol. Bez. einer best. Constellation, wenn nämlich alle Planeten in 7 Häusern stehen, VARĀH. BṚH. 12,17; vgl. vallakī. — 3〉 Blitz H. an. MED. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Flusses MBH. 6,328 (VP. 182); vāṇī ed. Bomb. — 5〉 N. pr. einer Yoginī, = Saṃbhogayakṣiṇī Verz. d. Oxf. H. 109,a,40. — Vgl. alābu˚ (unter alābu 1), kāṇḍa˚, danta˚, rāma˚, sūtra˚, pravīṇa, vaiṇika.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vī́ṇā f. — 1〉 Laute. — 2〉 in der Astrol. eine best. Constellation, wenn nämlich alle Planeten in 7 Häusern stehen. — 3〉 *Blitz. — 4〉 N. pr. — a〉 einer Yoginī. — b〉 eines Flusses.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vīṇā 1 The(Indian) lute; mūkībhūtāyāṃ vīṇāyāṃ K.; Me. 86. 2 Lightning. Comp. — āsyaḥ an epithet of Nārada. — daṃḍaḥ the neck of a lute; Bv. 1. 80. — vādaḥ, — vādakaḥ a lutanist.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vī́ṇā f. Laute.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

vīṇā vīṇā f. sorte de luth à deux caisses et ordint. à 7 cordes. Eclair. vīṇādaṇḍa m. le manche d'une vīnā. vīṇānubandha m. la partie de la vīnā, où sont attachées les cordes. vīṇāvāda m. (vad) joueur de vīnā. vīṇāsya m. Nārada, inventeur de la vīnā.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.3-5.5: Bhoga-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 1 occurrence

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