Aghnya: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAghnya (अघ्न्य).—a. Not to be killed.
-dhnyaḥ [na hanti sṛṣṭikartṛtvāt na han-yak nipātaḥ Tv.]
1) Brahmā (aghnya prajāpatiḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 4. 111.)
2) A Bull.
-ghnyā [na hanyate strīhatyāyāḥ niṣiddhatvāt] A cow; त्रिः सप्त नामाघ्न्या बिभर्ति (triḥ sapta nāmāghnyā bibharti) Ṛgveda 7.87.4; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.262. 47; अघ्न्यः इति गवां नाम क एतां हन्तुमर्हति (aghnyaḥ iti gavāṃ nāma ka etāṃ hantumarhati) cf. SB. on MS.1. 3.49,
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAghnya (अघ्न्य).—[masculine] bull, [feminine] ā cow (lit. not to be slain).
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Aghnya (अघ्न्य).—[masculine] bull, [feminine] ā cow (lit. not to be slain).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aghnya (अघ्न्य):—[=a-ghnya] [from a-ghnat] (2, 3) or a-ghnya (2, 3), m. ‘not to be killed’, a bull
2) Aghnyā (अघ्न्या):—[=a-ghnyā] [from a-ghnya > a-ghnat] f. a cow, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
3) [v.s. ...] said of a cloud, [Ṛg-veda x, 46, 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAghnya (अघ्न्य):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m.
(-ghnyaḥ) A name of Brahmā. Ii. f.
(-ghnyā) A cow. E. a and han, uṇ. aff. yak (aghnya literally: not to be slain, inviolable).
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