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Yadas, 岹: 8 definitions

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

岹 (यादस�).�n.

1) Any (large) aquatic animal, a sea-monster; यादांस� जलजन्तवः (dāṃsi jalajantava�) Ak; वरुण� यादसामहम� (varuṇo dasāmaham) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.29; ܲīⲹ 5.29; R.1.16.

2) Water.

3) A river.

4) Semen.

5) Desire.

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

岹 (यादस�).—n.

(-岹�) Any aquatic or amphibious animal. E. to go, (with speed,) asun aff., and duk augment.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

岹 (यादस�).—n. Any aquatic animal. [ܲīⲹ] 5, 29.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

岹 (यादस�).—[neuter] sea monster.

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

1) 岹 (यादस�):—[from d] n. ‘close union (?)�, voluptuousness, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] any large aquatic animal, sea monster, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (sā� nātha�, ‘lord of aq° an°�, Name of Varuṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; sā� prabhu� idem, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]; sām pati� idem or ‘the sea� [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

3) [v.s. ...] water, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 12]

4) [v.s. ...] semen, [Nirukta, by Yāska [Scholiast or Commentator]]

5) [v.s. ...] a river, [Siddhānta-kaumudī]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

岹 (यादस�):�(岹�) 5. n. An aquatic or amphibious animal, fish, &c.

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