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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kvaṇ, (indecl.) is together with kuṇ registered as a part. of sound (“sadde”) at Dhtp 118 & Dhtm 173. (Page 230)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kvaṇ (क्वण्).—1 P. (kvaṇati, kvaṇita)

1) To sound (indistinctly), jingle, tinkle; इति घोषयतीव डिण्डिमः करिणो हस्तिपकाहतः क्वणन् (iti ghoṣayatīva ḍiṇḍimaḥ kariṇo hastipakāhataḥ kvaṇan) H.2.86; क्वणन्मणिनूपुरौ (kvaṇanmaṇinūpurau) Amaruśataka 31. (v.l. raṇan) Ṛs..3.24; Meghadūta 37.

2) To hum warble (as bees &c); sing indistinctly; किंचित्क्वणत्किंनरमध्युवास (kiṃcitkvaṇatkiṃnaramadhyuvāsa) Kumārasambhava 1.54; Uttararāmacarita 3.24; Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.84.

3) To blow (flute); वेणुं क्वणन्तम् (veṇuṃ kvaṇantam) (kṛṣṇam) Bhāgavata 1.15.42.

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्).—[kvaṇa] r. 1st cl. (kvaṇati) To sound.

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To sound, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 3, 26. 2. To buzz, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 103. kvaṇita, n. Sound, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 83.

— [Causal.] To cause to sound, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 15, 21.

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्).—kvaṇati [participle] kvaṇita (q.v.) sound, hum, tinkle.

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] kvaṇati ([present participle] kvaṇat), to sound, make any sound, tinkle, [Amaru-śataka; Kathāsaritsāgara lxxxv, 25; Hitopadeśa];

—to hum (as a bee), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya vi, 84];—(said of Kiṃnaras and Yātu-dhānas), [Kumāra-sambhava i, 55 and; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] ([Aorist] 3. [plural] akvāṇiṣur) :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] kvaṇayati ([present participle] f. yatī), to cause to sound, make sound (as a musical instrument), blow (the flute), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 15, 21; x, 44, 13 and 16];

—to produce a sound with ([instrumental case]), [iv, 24, 12; x, 60, 8.]

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्):—kvaṇati 1. a. To sound.

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

Kvaṇ (क्वण्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ogaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kvaṇ 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text (+8): Upakvana, Kvana, Prakvana, Parikvanana, Kvanita, Kvanana, Nikvana, Krishaka, Kaṇva, Kvanitekshana, Latva, Prakvan, Mahika, Kuntaka, Ogana, Utkvan, Guhyadipaka, Kunala, Lishva, Kvanitavenu.

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