Motana, Mōṭana, Moṭana: 12 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
mōṭana (मोटन).—n (S Breaking.) See bōḍaṇa Sig. I. & II.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Moṭana (मोटन).—Crushing, pressing, grinding, breaking.
-naḥ Wind, air.
Derivable forms: moṭanam (मोटनम्).
See also (synonyms): moṭanaka.
Moṭana (मोटन).—m.
(-naḥ) Air, wind. n.
(-naṃ) Rubbing, grinding, pressing. E. muṭ to rub, &c. aff. lyuṭ .
Moṭana (मोटन).—I. m. Wind. Ii. n. 1. Pressing, strangulating, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 43, 1. 2. Grinding, reducing to dust.
Moṭana (मोटन).—[adjective] (—°) & [neuter] crushing, breaking, strangling.
1) Moṭana (मोटन):—[from moṭaka] mfn. crushing, grinding, destroying (See gaja-m)
2) [v.s. ...] m. wind, air, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the act of crushing, breaking, snapping, wringing, strangling, [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Śukasaptati] (cf. aṅguli-m).
Moṭana (मोटन):—(naḥ) 1. m. Air, wind. n. (naṃ) Rubbing, grinding, beating.
Moṭana (मोटन):—(wie eben)
1) adj. zerknickend, zerbrechend, Jmd den Garaus machend; s. gaja . —
2) m. Wind [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. das Knicken, Brechen [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 3, 21. 26, 3, 3.] sasyamoṭana [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 255,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] gala das Brechen —, Umdrehen des Genicks [ŚUK.] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 36, 5.] ohne gala dass. oder überh. das Garausmachen: vasantasenāmoṭano nāma aṣṭamo ṅkaḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 135, 5.] Vgl. aṅguli, welches wohl das Knacken mit den Fingern bezeichnet.
Moṭana (मोटन):——
1) Adj. zerknickend , Jmd den Garaus machend in gaja. —
2) *m. Wind. —
3) n. — a) das Knicken , Brechen. — b) das Erdrosseln , Garausmachen.
Moṭana (मोटन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Moḍaṇa, Moḍaṇā.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Moṭānā (मोटाना):—(v) to fatten, to grow fat/plump/fleshy; to grow wealthy.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Mōṭana (ಮೋಟನ):—
1) [noun] an instance or the act of crushing, grinding or destroying.
2) [noun] (dance.) a particular gesture of the hand.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Motanaka, Motanam.
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