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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mōṭana (मोटन).—n (S Breaking.) See bōḍaṇa Sig. I. & II.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Moṭana (मोटन).—Crushing, pressing, grinding, breaking.

-naḥ Wind, air.

Derivable forms: moṭanam (मोटनम्).

See also (synonyms): moṭanaka.

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

Moṭana (मोटन).—m.

(-naḥ) Air, wind. n.

(-naṃ) Rubbing, grinding, pressing. E. muṭ to rub, &c. aff. lyuṭ .

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

Moṭana (मोटन).—I. m. Wind. Ii. n. 1. Pressing, strangulating, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 43, 1. 2. Grinding, reducing to dust.

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

Moṭana (मोटन).—[adjective] (—°) & [neuter] crushing, breaking, strangling.

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

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).

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

Moṭana (मोटन):—(naḥ) 1. m. Air, wind. n. (naṃ) Rubbing, grinding, beating.

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

Moṭana (मोटन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Moḍaṇa, Moḍaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Motana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Moṭānā (मोटाना):—(v) to fatten, to grow fat/plump/fleshy; to grow wealthy.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mōṭana (ಮೋಟನ):—

1) [noun] an instance or the act of crushing, grinding or destroying.

2) [noun] (dance.) a particular gesture of the hand.

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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.

Ends with: Amotana, Angulimotana, Angurimotana, Avamotana, Gajamotana, Galamotana, Mukhamotana, Nirmotana, Parimotana, Unmotana, Vimotana.

Full-text: Modana, Angulimotana, Gajamotana, Gajamocana, Motanaka, Mut, Amotana, Galamotana, Parimotana, Angurimotana, Angamotanasana, Anubhava.

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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 288 - The management of the horses (aśvavāhana-sāra)

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