Anvi, Aṇvī: 9 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṇvī (अण्वी).—Ved. A finger (?)

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Anvi (अन्वि).—2 P. [अनु-इ (anu-i)]

1) To follow, come or go after, succeed; ऋतस्य पन्थामन्वेतवै (ṛtasya panthāmanvetavai) Ṛgveda 7.44.5. गच्छतः पृष्ठतोऽ- न्वियात् (gacchataḥ pṛṣṭhato'- nviyāt) Manusmṛti 4.154; एनां (enāṃ)...प्रयता प्रातरन्वेतु (prayatā prātaranvetu) R.1.9; शुनीम- न्वेति श्वा (śunīma- nveti śvā) Bhartṛhari 3.18; attend, accompany, accrue to; कर्म- फलं कर्तारमन्वेति (karma- phalaṃ kartāramanveti).

2) (a) To follow (in grammer or construction); be connected or construed with; धातुरादेशमन्वेति (dhāturādeśamanveti) Mb. See. अन्वय (anvaya) below. (b) To obey, conform to, be guided by; यश्चित्तमन्वेति परस्य (yaścittamanveti parasya) Mb.

3) To seek; to fall to one's lot (Ved.) मा पितुर्गोतमादन्वियाय (mā piturgotamādanviyāya) Ṛgveda 4.4.11.

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

Aṇvī (अण्वी).—f. (-ṇvī) A finger, (from the Vedas.)

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

Anvi (अन्वि).—go along or after, follow, pursue; obey, resemble, imitate ([accusative]).

Anvi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and i (इ).

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

1) Aṇvī (अण्वी):—[from aṇu > aṇ] f. ‘the subtle one’, Name of the fingers preparing the Soma juice, [Ṛg-veda]

2) Anvi (अन्वि):—[=anv-√i] to go after or alongside, to follow;

2) —to seek;

2) —to be guided by;

2) —to fall to one’s share, [Ṛg-veda iv, 4, 11];

2) — [Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] anv-etave to reach or join ([Brāhmaṇa]), to imitate ([Grassmann]), [Ṛg-veda vii, 33, 8];

2) — anv-etavai, to go along (with [accusative]), [Ṛg-veda i, 24, 8; vii, 44, 5.]

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

Aṇvī (अण्वी):—f.

(-ṇvī) (ved.) A finger. See aṇu.

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

Aṇvī (अण्वी):—(ṇvī) 3. f. A finger.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anvi (अन्वि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇṇo.

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Anvi in German

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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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