Abjanayana, Abja-nayana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abjanayana (अब्जनयन).—&c. a. lotuseyed, having large beautiful eyes.

Abjanayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abja and nayana (नयन). See also (synonyms): abjadṛś, abjanetra, abjalocana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abjanayana (अब्जनयन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Having fine eyes. E. abja, and nayana the eye.

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

Abjanayana (अब्जनयन):—[=ab-ja-nayana] [from ab-ja] mfn. lotus-eyed, having large fine eyes.

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

Abjanayana (अब्जनयन):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) The same as abjadṛś. E. abja and nayana.

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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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