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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vidhūnana (विधूनन) refers to “joggling and jolting (someone’s neck)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.14 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, after the Ocean spoke to Brahmā: “Even as the ocean said these words, the son of the ocean caught hold of the neck of Brahmā and shook it several times. In due course tears came out of the eyes of Brahmā, the creator of all the worlds, afflicted by the joggling and jolting (vidhūnana). Brahmā somehow extricated himself from the grip of the son of the ocean by means of his hands and spoke to the ocean”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vidhunana (विधुनन).—

1) Shaking or tossing about, agitating.

2) Trembling, tremor.

Derivable forms: vidhunanam (विधुननम्).

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

Vidhunana (विधुनन).—n.

(-naṃ) Tremor, trembling. E. vi before, dhū in the 10th cl., to shake, aff. lyuṭ, and the vowel short, or vi + dhu-ṇic-nukac; also vidhūnana .

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Vidhūnana (विधूनन).—n.

(-naṃ) Shaking, trembling. E. vi before, dhū agitate, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Vidhūnana (विधूनन).—i. e. vi-dhū, [Causal.], + ana, Shaking (rather causing to shake).

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

Vidhūnana (विधूनन).—[adjective] causing to move hither and thither; [neuter] shaking, agitating; waving, undulating; rejecting, removing.

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

1) Vidhunana (विधुनन):—[=vi-dhunana] [from vi-dhu > vi-dhū] n. = dhūnana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vidhūnana (विधूनन):—[=vi-dhūnana] [from vi-dhūta > vi-dhū] mf(ī)n. ([from] [Causal]) causing to move to and fro, [Naiṣadha-carita]

3) [v.s. ...] n. shaking, agitation, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] waving, undulating, [Catalogue(s)]

5) [v.s. ...] repugnance, repulsion (as of love), [Daśarūpa [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

1) Vidhunana (विधुनन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Tremor.

2) Vidhūnana (विधूनन):—[vi-dhūnana] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.

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

Vidhūnana (विधूनन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vihuṇaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidhunana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vidhūnana (ವಿಧೂನನ):—[noun] the act of shaking thoroughly as to remove the dust or the contents.

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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)

Partial matches: Dhunana, Vi.

Starts with: Vidhunanasana.

Ends with: Natvabadhavidhunana.

Full-text: Vidhuvana, Vihunana, Vidhuti, Vidhunanasana, Dhunay.

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