Aphena: 9 definitions

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Aphena means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aphena (अफेन).—a. Frothless, without scum or foam.

-nam Opium (perhaps a corruption of ahiphena; a has here a depreciative force).

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

Aphena (अफेन).—n.

(-naṃ) Opium. mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Frothless, without scum or foam. E. a dim. and phena froth; the word in the first sense is, no doubt, of modern date and foreign introduction.

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

Aphena (अफेन).—adj. not frothy, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 61.

— Cf. A. S. fam, foeman; [Latin] spuma.

Aphena is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and phena (फेन).

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

Aphena (अफेन).—[adjective] frothless.

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

1) Aphena (अफेन):—[=a-phena] mf(ā)n. frothless

2) [v.s. ...] n. opium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Aphena (अफेन):—[bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) Frothless, without scum or foam. 2. n.

(-nam) Opium. (In this meaning the word, is no doubt, of modern date and foreign introduction.) E. a priv. and phena.

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

Aphena (अफेन):—[a-phena] (naṃ) 1. n. Opium. a. Frothless, without foam.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aphena 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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