Saudamni, Saudāmnī: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saudāmnī (सौदाम्नी).—

1) Lightning; सौदामन्या कनकनिकषस्निग्धया दर्शयोर्वीम् (saudāmanyā kanakanikaṣasnigdhayā darśayorvīm) Meghadūta 39; सौदामिनीव जलदोदरसंधिलीना (saudāminīva jaladodarasaṃdhilīnā) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.35; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8.14.

2) The female of Indra's elephant.

3) A kind of lightning (forked one); काञ्चनाभं नभश्चक्रे विद्युत्सौदामिनी यथा (kāñcanābhaṃ nabhaścakre vidyutsaudāminī yathā) Rām.7.32.56; Bhāgavata 1.6.28.

See also (synonyms): saudāmanī, saudāminī.

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

Saudāmnī (सौदाम्नी).—f. (-mnī) Lightning: see the last.

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

Saudāmnī (सौदाम्नी).—i. e. sudāman + a, f. Lightning (cf. the last).

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

Saudāmnī (सौदाम्नी):—[from saudāmanī] f. = saudāmanī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Saudāmnī (सौदाम्नी):—(mnī) 3. f. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Saudamni 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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