— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
अरुणaruṇa
अरुण (aruṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning reddish-brown, tawny, red, or ruddy, perplexed, dumb, coarse, full of or mixed with, red color. Its 83 recorded definitions are grouped into 16 contexts, among them Proper Names (Other Individuals, Deities, Groups, Mythical Beings), The Color Red/Ruddy and Related Hues, The Sun.
- Root
- ऋ (ṛ)
- Etymology
- E. ऋ to go, and उनन Uṇādi aff
- Definitions
- 83
Meanings by context
Proper Names (Other Individuals, Deities, Groups, Mythical Beings)
21 definitions
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9 N. of one of the 12 Ādityas, the one presiding over Māgha.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 the sun's wife.
2 shadow.
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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Aruṇa (I) — a son of Danu:1 the Rākṣasa with the sun in the months Nabha and Nabhasya.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 30.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 52. 10; Br. II. 23. 10.]
[ID=809]
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The Sun
9 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
3 The sun; रागेण बालारुणकोमलेन (rāgeṇa bālāruṇakomalena) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 3. 30 , 5. 8 ; संसृज्यते (saṃsṛjyate) सरसिजैररुणांशुभिन्नैः (sarasijairaruṇāṃśubhinnaiḥ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 5. 69 ; Śakuntalā (Bombay) 1. 32.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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अरुण (aruṇa) m. (-णः (-ṇaḥ))
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
अरुण (aruṇa) (णः) ((ṇaḥ)) 1. m. The sun; the dawn. णा (ṇā) f. (Betula). a. Tawny. [ID=2648]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Geographical Features
7 definitions
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8 N. of a peak of the Himālaya situated to the west of Kailāsa.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
2 N.
(pb) of a river.
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Aruṇa (VI) — a hill near (on the other side of-Vā. P.) Kailāsa, the residence of Girīśa and full of medicinal herbs. At its foot is the Śailodā lake from which rises the R. Śilodā on whose bank is the forest Surabhī. Br. II. 18. 18-23; Vā. 47. 17-22. [ID=814]
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Aruṇa, the Mythical Charioteer of the Sun
5 definitions
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2 The dawn personified as the charioteer of the sun; आविष्कृतारुणपुरःसर एकतोर्कः (āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekatorkaḥ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 4. 1 , 7. 4 ; विभावरी यद्यरुणाय कल्पते (vibhāvarī yadyaruṇāya kalpate) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 5. 44 ; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 5. 71. [Aruṇa is represented as the elder brother of Garuḍa, being the son of Vinatā by Kaśyapa. Vinatā prematurely hatched the egg and the child was born without thighs, and hence he is called Anūru ‘thighless’, or Vipāda ‘footless.’ He cursed his mother that since she had brought him forth before the due season she would be a slave to her rival Kadrū; but at her earnest entreaties, he modified the curse and said that her next son would deliver her from bondage. Aruṇa now holds the office of the charioteer of the sun. His wife was Śyenī, who bore him two sons Sampāti and Jaṭāyu].
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 son of Aruṇa, N. of Jaṭāyu.
2 N. of Saturn, Sāvarṇi Manu, Karṇa, Sugrīva, Yama and the two Aśvins. (
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Aruṇa1 (the charioteer of Sūrya). § 27 (Kaśyapa): I, 16,
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
[Footnote: 1) Br. III. 7. 29; M. 6. 34; 150. 151-2; Vi. I. 21. 18.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. V. 21. 15-16; Vā. 28. 32; Br. II. 11. 37.]
[Footnote: 3) Bhā. I. 19. 11. Vā. 69. 66.]
[Footnote: 4) Br. III. 7. 446; Vā. 69. 326.]
[Footnote: 5) M. 261. 7.]
[ID=815]
— The Purana Index
Specific Animals
5 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
अरुणी (aruṇī) (ईस् (īs)), f. red cow (in the Vedic myths), Ṛg-veda (Title) & Sāma-veda (Title) [ID=15436.1]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
5 A little poisonous creature.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A red cow (Nir.).
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Other Substances (Molasses, Saffron)
3 definitions
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7 Molasses (गुड (guḍa))
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3 Saffron.
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The Dawn (Phenomenon)
3 definitions
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2 The early dawn.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Epithets and Derived Descriptive Terms
2 definitions
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Gemstones and Precious Metals (Ruby, Gold)
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
2 Gold.
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Miscellaneous Adjectival Meanings or Senses
2 definitions
coarse (as food), Jātakamālā (Title) [ID=15419.1]
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Specific Medical Condition (Leprosy)
2 definitions
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4 A kind of leprosy with red spots and insensibility of the skin.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
State of Being Dumb
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
अरुण (aruṇa) a. (णा, -णी (ṇā, -ṇī) f.) [ऋ-उनन् (ṛ-unan); cf. Uṇādisūtras 3. 60 ]
3 Dumb.
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State of Being Perplexed/Embarrassed
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
अरुण (aruṇa) a. (णा, -णी (ṇā, -ṇī) f.) [ऋ-उनन् (ṛ-unan); cf. Uṇādisūtras 3. 60 ]
2 Perplexed, embarrassed.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Arugṇa (Healthy/Well) - Distinct Word
1 definition
अ (a)रुण (aruṇa)
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.