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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Snih (स्निह्).—4 P. (snihyati, snigdha)

1) To feel or have affection for, love, be fond of (with loc. of the person or thing that is loved or liked); किं नु खलु बालेऽस्मिन्नौरस इव पुत्रे स्निह्यति मे मनः (kiṃ nu khalu bāle'sminnaurasa iva putre snihyati me manaḥ) Ś.7; स च स्निह्यत्यावयोः (sa ca snihyatyāvayoḥ) Uttararāmacarita 6 (where āvayoḥ may be genitive also).

2) To be easily attached.

3) To be pleased with, be kind to.

4) To be sticky, viscid, or adhesive.

5) To be smooth or bland. -Caus. (snehayati-te)

1) To make unctuous, anoint, besmear, lubricate.

2) To cause to love.

3) To dissolve, destroy, kill.

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

Ṣṇih (ष्णिह्).—[(ḷ ū)] r. 4th cl. (snihyati) 1. To bear affection to, to love, to regard, to be kind to or pleased with. 2. To be sticky. 3. To be kind to; (this root and all its derivatives govern the loc. of the person or thing for whom or which affection is or felt. r. 10th cl. (snehayati-te) To be unctuous, to be bland or greasy.

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

Snih (स्निह्).—i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] (properly, To be viscous, easy to be attached to), To bear affection to, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 102, 6 (to this boy). Ptcple. of the pf. pass. snigdha. 1. Oily, unctuous, smooth, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 319. 2. Wet, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 16 (Sch.), 3. Resplendent, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 70 (kanaka -nikaṣa-, like a streak of pure gold). 4. Agreeable, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 65. 5. Coarse. 6. Thick, dense, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 1. 7. Cooling, emollient. 8. Attached, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 151; kind, well affected, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 32; 120; loving, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 317. m. 1. A friend, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 178. 2. Two kinds of pine. f. dhā, Marrow. n. 1. Oil, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 60. 2. Beeswax. 3. Light. 4. Thickness. † i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To be unctuous.

— With ati ati, atisnigdha, Very smooth, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 36.

— With upa upa, [Causal.] To cause to love, to fascinate, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 34, 18.

— With pra pra, prasnigdha, Very oily, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 14.

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

Snih (स्निह्).—1. snihyati snihyate [participle] snigdha (q.v.) be supple, greasy, or moist; stick to, be fixed upon ([locative]), have affection for, be fond of ([locative] or [genetive]). [Causative] snehayati make greasy, supple, or submissive. upa (also snihyate) become supple or moist. [Causative] conciliate, win over. — Cf. prasnigdha.

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Snih (स्निह्).—2. [feminine] ([nominative] snik) wetness, moisture.

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

1) Snih (स्निह्):—1. snih [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 91]) snihyati (mc. also te; occurring only in [present tense] base; [grammar] also [perfect tense] sisneha; [future] snehitā, snegdhā, sneḍhā; snehiṣyati, snekṣyati etc.),

—to be adhesive or sticky or glutinous or viscid or moist, [Caraka; Bhāvaprakāśa];

—to be fixed upon ([locative case]), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to be attached to or fond of, feel affection for ([locative case] or [genitive case]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] snehati See [Causal]:—[Passive voice] snihyate ([Aorist] asnehi) [grammar]:—[Causal] (or [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 36]) snehayati ([Aorist] asiṣṇihat), to make unctuous or greasy or moist, [Caraka; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] ;

—to render pliant or subject, subdue, [Ṛg-veda];

—to kill, slay, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 19] ([varia lectio] snehati) :—[Desiderative] sisnehiṣati, sisnihiṣati, sisnikṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] seṣṇihyate, seṣṇegdhi, seṣṇeḍhi.

2) 2. snih f. ([nominative case] snik or sniṭ) wetness, moisture, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]

3) mfn. loving, affectionate, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Ṣṇih (ष्णिह्):—(ya) snihyati 4. a. To bear affection to. (ka) snehayati, 10. a. To be bland or unctuous.

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

Snih (स्निह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇijjha, Siṇijjha.

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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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Starts with: Sniha, Snihan, Snihiti, Snihu.

Ends with: Paraushnih, Paroshnih, Puraushnih, Puroshnih, Samsnih, Upasnih, Ushnih.

Full-text (+102): Snehana, Snehan, Snit, Snihan, Snaigdhya, Upasnihiti, Snigdhata, Ushnih, Abhisneha, Sneha, Nijjha, Snehu, Snigdham, Snaihika, Snehaghata, Utsnehana, Snehiti, Snihiti, Shihla, Snehya.

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