Udanya: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udanya (उदन्य).—a.

1) Thirsty.

2) Watery. धारा उदन्या इव (dhārā udanyā iva) Ṛgveda 2.7.3.

-nyā Thirst; निर्वर्त्यतामुदन्याप्रतीकारः (nirvartyatāmudanyāpratīkāraḥ) Ve.6; व्यस्यन्नुदन्यां शिशिरैः पयोभिः (vyasyannudanyāṃ śiśiraiḥ payobhiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.4.

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Udanya (उदन्य).—See under उदन् (udan).

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

Udanyā (उदन्या).—f.

(-nyā) Thirst. E. udak water, kyac affix, the final ka is changed to na.

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

Udanya (उदन्य).—[adjective] fluctuating, watery.

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

1) Udanya (उदन्य):—[from und] 1. udanya [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] udanyati (p. udanyat) to irrigate, [Ṛg-veda x, 99, 8];

—to be exceedingly thirsty, [Pāṇini 7-4, 34.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. udanya mfn. watery, [Ṛg-veda ii, 7, 3]

3) Udanyā (उदन्या):—[from udanya > und] f. want or desire of water, thirst, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

4) Udanya (उदन्य):—a etc. See p. 183, col. 3.

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

Udanyā (उदन्या):—(nyā) 1. f. Thirst.

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

Udanyā (उदन्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Udannā.

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Udanya 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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