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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhinand (अभिनन्द्).—1 P. (rarely A.)

1) (a) To rejoice at or in, exult over, be glad or satisfied; आत्मविडम्बनामभि- नन्दन्ति (ātmaviḍambanāmabhi- nandanti) K.18; Daśakumāracarita 75. (b) To celebrate (with rejocings &c.); महोत्सवेन मज्जन्माभिनन्दितवान् (mahotsavena majjanmābhinanditavān) K.137; नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि (nābhinandati na dveṣṭi) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.57.

2) To congratulate, hail with joy, welcome; greet; एनां परिष्वज्य तातकाश्यपेनैवं अभिनन्दितम् (enāṃ pariṣvajya tātakāśyapenaivaṃ abhinanditam) Ś.4; तापसीभिरभि- नन्द्यमाना शकुन्तला तिष्ठति (tāpasībhirabhi- nandyamānā śakuntalā tiṣṭhati) ibid 5,6,7; अभिनन्दितागमनेषु समीरेषु (abhinanditāgamaneṣu samīreṣu) K.49,63; अभिनन्द्य ब्रवीति (abhinandya bravīti) Mv.2 says (writes) after compliments; प्रविश्य पौरैरभिनन्द्यमानः (praviśya paurairabhinandyamānaḥ) R.2.74,3.68,7.69, 71;11.3;16.64;17.15,6; आशीर्भिरभिनन्दितः (āśīrbhirabhinanditaḥ) Y.1.332.

3) To rejoice at, approve, praise, applaud, commend; यो रत्नराशीनपि विहाय अभिनन्द्यते (yo ratnarāśīnapi vihāya abhinandyate) Ś.2; अतस्ते वचो नाभिनन्दामि (ataste vaco nābhinandāmi) ibid. do not approve; तद्युक्तमस्या अभिलाषोऽभिनन्दितुम् (tadyuktamasyā abhilāṣo'bhinanditum) Ś.3; श्रूयन्ते परिणीतास्ताः (śrūyante pariṇītāstāḥ) (kanyakāḥ) पितृभिश्चाभिनन्दिताः (pitṛbhiścābhinanditāḥ) 3.22; नाम यस्याभिनन्दन्ति द्विषोऽपि स पुमान्पुमान् (nāma yasyābhinandanti dviṣo'pi sa pumānpumān) Kirātārjunīya 11.73;4.4; with न (na) reject; R.12.35.

4) To care for, like, desire or wish for, respect, delight in (usually with na in this sense); नाभिनन्दन्ति केलिकलाः (nābhinandanti kelikalāḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 3; नाहारमभिनन्दति (nāhāramabhinandati) K.61.; Dk. 159; आर्यपुत्रस्यैव मनोरथसंपत्तिमभिनन्दामि (āryaputrasyaiva manorathasaṃpattimabhinandāmi) Ve.2 wish or desire नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम् (nābhinandeta maraṇaṃ nābhinandeta jīvitam) Manusmṛti 6.45, H.4.4.

5) To bless, grant success to, त्वां मैत्रावरुणोऽभिनन्दतु (tvāṃ maitrāvaruṇo'bhinandatu) Uttararāmacarita 5.27. -Caus. To gladden, delight.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhinand (अभिनन्द्).—please; be pleased with, delight in ([accusative]), greet, take leave of ([accusative]), accept, approve; [with] na reject, decline.

Abhinand is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and nand (नन्द्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhinand (अभिनन्द्):—[=abhi-√nand] to please, [Atharva-veda ix, 2, 2];

—to rejoice at, salute, welcome, greet, hail;

—to praise, applaud, approve (often with na [negative] ‘to refuse’);

—to acknowledge:—[Causal] -nandayati, to gladden, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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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.

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Partial matches: Nand, Abhi.

Starts with (+5): Abhinamdai, Abhinamdanagramtha, Abhinamdane, Abhinamdaniye, Abhinamdisu, Abhinamdiya, Abhinanda, Abhinandadeva, Abhinandamana Sutta, Abhinandan, Abhinandana, Abhinandana Sutta, Abhinandananatha, Abhinandanasvamigita, Abhinandanasvamin, Abhinandaneey, Abhinandaniya, Abhinandati, Abhinandena Sutta, Abhinandi.

Ends with: Pratyabhinand, Samabhinand.

Full-text: Abhinandin, Abhinanda, Abhinanditri, Abhinandati, Abhinandita, Abhinandaniya, Pratyabhinand, Abhinandya, Abhinandana.

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