Siv, Shiv, Sīv: 10 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySiv (सिव्).—4 P. (sīvyati, syūta)
1) To sew, darn, stitch together; मनोभवः सीव्यति दुर्यशः पटौ (manobhavaḥ sīvyati duryaśaḥ paṭau) N.1.8; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.1.
2) To unite, bring or join together; स हि स्नेहात्मकस्तन्तु- रन्तर्मर्माणि सीव्यति (sa hi snehātmakastantu- rantarmarmāṇi sīvyati) Uttararāmacarita 5.17. -With अनु (anu) to string together, connect very closely or uninterruptedly.
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Sīv (सीव्).—See सिव् (siv).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢiv (षिव्).—[(u)ṣivu] r. 4th cl. (sīvyati) 1. To sew, to stitch. 2. To sow, as seed. 3. To join. With anu, To string together.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySiv (सिव्).—i. 4, sīvya, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To sew. 2. To unite, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 128, 5. Ptcple. cf. the pf. pass. syūta. 1. Sewn, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 77, 4; stitched, joined, made, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 116, 8. 2. Pierced by a fishing-book.
— With the prep. anu anu, anusyūta, 1. Sewn on (cf. anusyūtatva). 2. Closely attached to. 3. Uninterrupted.
— Cf. si; [Gothic.] siujan; [Anglo-Saxon.] siwian; [Old High German.] siut, suila, saum; A. S. seam, limbus; [Old Norse.] saumr, sutura; [Latin] suere, Con-sus, Con-sualia; probably and (cf. sīvanī, s. v. sīvana).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySiv (सिव्).—sīvyati sīvyate [participle] syūta (q.v.) seq.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Siv (सिव्):—[class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 2]) sīvyati ([Vedic or Veda] also te; [perfect tense] siṣeva [grammar]; [Aorist] asevīt, [ib.]; [future] sevitā, seviṣyati, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] syūtva or sevitvā, [ib.]; -sīvya, [Atharva-veda]),
—to sew, sew on, darn, stitch, stitch together, ([figuratively]) join, unite, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] sīvayati ([Lalita-vistara]) or sevayati ([Aorist] asīṣivat [grammar]), to sew, stitch:—[Desiderative] siseviṣati or susyūṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] seṣīvyate, [ib.]
2) cf. [Greek] κασσύω = κατα-συω; [Latin] suere sutor; [Slavonic or Slavonian] šiti; [Gothic] siujan; [Anglo-Saxon] seówian; [English] sew.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢiv (षिव्):—(ya u) sīvyati 4. a. To bear.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Sīv (सीव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sivva, Sīva.
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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 dictionaryShiv in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) one of the divine trio ([brahma, vishnu] and [mahesha]) of the Hindus; the good; well-being, welfare; (a) happy; auspicious; ~[bhakta] a devotee of Lord Shiv; ~[bhakti] devotion to Lord Shiv; ~[ratri] a Hindu festival observed on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Magh; ~[limga] phallus—worshipped as the symbol of Shiv; ~[loka] kailash—the abode of Shiv; ~[vahana] bull—the vehicle of Lord Shiv..—shiv (शिव) is alternatively transliterated as Śiva.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryShiv is another spelling for शिव [śiva].—adj. 1. auspicious; propitious; lucky; 2. in good health or condition; happy; prosperous; fortunate;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+29): Civa, Shiva, Shiva acarya, Shiva bhatta, Shiva bhatta kala, Shiva cakravartin, Shiva daivajna, Shiva dikshita, Shiva jyotirvid, Shiva pandita, Shiva panta, Shiva suri, Shiva yajvan, Shiva yogin, Shiva yogindra, Shivabali, Shivabhagavata, Shivabhaktananda, Shivabhakte, Shivabhakti.
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