Stanayitnu: 9 definitions
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Stanayitnu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु).—Sons of Vidyota.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 5.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु).—[stan-itnu]
1) Thundering, thunder, the muttering of clouds; मौर्वीघोषस्तनयित्नुः पृषत्कपृषतो महान् (maurvīghoṣastanayitnuḥ pṛṣatkapṛṣato mahān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.14.27; Bhāgavata 1.14.15.
2) A cloud; स्तनयित्नो- र्मयूरीव चकितोत्कण्ठितं स्थिता (stanayitno- rmayūrīva cakitotkaṇṭhitaṃ sthitā) Uttararāmacarita 3.7;5.8.
3) Lightning.
4) Sickness.
5) Death.
6) A kind of grass.
Derivable forms: stanayitnuḥ (स्तनयित्नुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु).—m.
(-tnuḥ) 1. A cloud. 2. Thunder, the muttering of clouds. 3. Lightning. 4. Sickness. 5. Death. 6. A kind of grass. E. stan to sound, in the tenth cl., itnuc Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु).—i. e. stan, i. 10, + itnu, m. 1. Thunder, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 122, 12. 2. Lightning, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 55, 8. 3. A cloud. 4. Sickness. 5. Death.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु).—[masculine] thunder.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Stanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु):—[from stan] m. (sg. or [plural]) thunder ([plural] personified as children of Vidyota, ‘Lightning’), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a th°-cloud, [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] lightning, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] sickness, [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] death, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] a kind of grass (= mustaka), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryStanayitnu (स्तनयित्नु):—(tnuḥ) 2. m. A cloud; thunder; lightning; sickness; death.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusStanayitnu (ಸ್ತನಯಿತ್ನು):—
1) [noun] a cloud.
2) [noun] a thunder.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Stanayitnughosha, Stanayitnumant, Stanayitnumat, Stanayitnusani, Stanayitnuvat.
Full-text: Vidyota, Stanayitnumat, Stanayitnuvat, Stanayitnusani, Stanayitnughosha, Tanayitnu, Stanayitnumant, Akalika, Itnu, Niveshya, Prithu.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XI, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Eleventh Kāṇḍa]
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Verse 8.12.2 < [Section 8.12]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Uṇādi-sūtras (Grammar rules) < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - The Legend of Vajrāṅga < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]