Abhiman: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhiman (अभिमन्).—4 A. (P. epic)
1) To wish or desire, long for, covet, like; न त्वेवं ज्यायसीं वृत्तिमभिमन्येत कर्हिचित् (na tvevaṃ jyāyasīṃ vṛttimabhimanyeta karhicit) Ms. 1.95; see अभिमत (abhimata) below.
2) To assent to, approve of, allow, admit; give a grant (to any one, dat.).
3) To think, fancy, imagine, consider, believe, regard; तामार्यामसावन्यथाऽभ्यमन्यत (tāmāryāmasāvanyathā'bhyamanyata) Daśakumāracarita 164; Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.71, Uttararāmacarita 5.
4) To injure, threaten (Ved.)
5) (8 A.) To think of self.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhiman (अभिमन्).—put one’s mind upon, wish for ([accusative]), love, like; have (evil) intentions against ([accusative]), threaten, menace, hurt, injure, kill; think, suppose, take for or consider as (2 [accusative], [Passive] 2 [nominative]).
Abhiman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and man (मन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhiman (अभिमन्):—[=abhi-√man] -manyate ([subjunctive] -manyāte, [Ṛg-veda x, 27, 11]) to think of, long for, desire, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;—([Aorist] [subjunctive] 2. sg. -maṃsthāḥ, 3. sg. -maṃsta, [Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] abhi-mantoḥ, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]) to intend to injure, be insidious, threaten, injure, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda] etc.;
—to kill, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] ([Aorist] -amaṃsta), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];
—to allow, agree, [Mahābhārata ii, 1374, etc.];
—to think of self, be proud of;
—to think, suppose, imagine, take for ([accusative])
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Abhiman (अभिमन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhimanna.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAbhiman in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) pride; vanity, arrogance..—abhiman (अभिमान) is alternatively transliterated as Abhimāna.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAbhimaan is another spelling for अभिमान [abhimāna].—n. 1. pride; 2. arrogance; vanity; conceit;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Maan, Abhi, Man.
Starts with (+75): Abhimamju, Abhimamta, Abhimamtiya, Abhimamtrisu, Abhimana, Abhimanabahula, Abhimanabhamga, Abhimanabhamjana, Abhimanacem Ghara Khalim Asatem, Abhimanacyuta, Abhimanacyute, Abhimanacyuti, Abhimanadhana, Abhimanagalla, Abhimanagedi, Abhimanagedu, Abhimanageduga, Abhimanagitti, Abhimanahani, Abhimanahina.
Ends with: Atmabhiman, Mithyabhiman, Nirabhimaan, Sabhimaan, Surabhiman, Swabhiman, Vilabhiman, Vruthabhimaan.
Full-text (+8): Abhimana, Abhimatin, Abhimantri, Abhimanna, Abhimantos, Abhimanita, Abhimanata, Abhimati, Abhimanuka, Abhimanashunya, Abhimanitva, Abhimanin, Abhimanashalin, Abhimanyupura, Abhimanyusvamin, Abhimatijit, Abhimatata, Abhimantavya, Abhimatishaha, Abhimatishah.
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