Ambiguity: Although Maun has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Mauna.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Maun in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) mum, quiet, quiescent, silent, speechless, mute; tacit; (nm) silence, quiescence; —[bhamga] breaking the spell of silence; speaking out; —[mudra] quiescence, adoption of silence; —[vrata] a vow to keep quiet, to adopt silence; ~[vrata/vratadhari] one who has taken a vow for silence; —[sammati] tacit concurrence; [maunam sammati lakshanam] quiescence reflects tacit concurrence, silence is half-consent; —[todana] to break a (prolonged) spell of silence, to break one’s silence; —[lena/-sadhana] to observe silence, to take a vow to keep silence..—maun (मौन) is alternatively transliterated as Mauna.

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Starts with (+69): Maumjibamdha, Maumjidharana, Maun-julus, Maun-pathan, Mauna, Mauna bhatta, Mauna-dharana, Mauna-julusa, Mauna-pathana, Mauna-vacana, Maunabhatta, Maunacamiyar, Maunadharin, Maunagauri, Maunagol, Maunagopala, Maunaikadashi, Maunaikadashikatha, Maunakalaha, Maunamantiram.

Ends with: Kaamaun, Rhetsamaun.

Full-text: Mauna-vacana, Mauna-dharana, Mauna-julusa, Maun-pathan, Maun-julus, Mauna.

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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)

Part 8 - Celebrations/ Festivals, Prayers and Prime symbol in Jain traditions < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Note on deisul (deiseal) or circumambulation < [Notes]

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