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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Strauṇa (स्त्रौण).—a. (-ṇī f.) [स्त्रिया इदम् नञ् (striyā idam nañ) P.IV.1.88]

1) Female, feminine.

2) Suited or belonging to women.

3) Being among women.

4) Devoted to women; यदि स्त्रैणं देवी यमनिरत देहार्धघटनादवैति त्वामद्धा बत वरद मुग्धा युवतयः (yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata dehārdhaghaṭanādavaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ) Śivamahimna.23; स इत्थमाचरन्कामान्स्त्रैणोऽपह्नवमात्मनः (sa itthamācarankāmānstraiṇo'pahnavamātmanaḥ) Bhāg. 9.19.1.

-ṇam 1 Womanhood, nature of women, feminineness; शिशुत्वं स्त्रैणं वा भवतु ननु वन्द्यासि जगतः (śiśutvaṃ straiṇaṃ vā bhavatu nanu vandyāsi jagataḥ) Uttararāmacarita 4.11.

2) The female sex, womanhood; तृणे वा स्त्रैणे वा मम समदृशो यान्ति दिवसाः (tṛṇe vā straiṇe vā mama samadṛśo yānti divasāḥ) Bhartṛhari 3.113; इदं तत्प्रत्युत्पन्नमति स्त्रैणमिति यदुच्यते (idaṃ tatpratyutpannamati straiṇamiti yaducyate) Ś.5; तस्य तृणमिव लघुवृत्ति स्त्रैणमाकलयतः (tasya tṛṇamiva laghuvṛtti straiṇamākalayataḥ) K.

3) A collection of women; भूयिष्ठद्विजबालवृद्धविकलस्त्रैणश्च पौरो जनः (bhūyiṣṭhadvijabālavṛddhavikalastraiṇaśca pauro janaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 4.24.

4) Ved. Sexual enjoyment.

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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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