Name of a river in the Punjab
N. of the river Akesines (afterwards called Candra-bhāgā) in the Pañjāb, Ṛg-veda (Title) viii, 20, 25 and (असिक्नी (asiknī)), x, 75, 5. [ID=20981]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
असिक्नीasiknī
असिक्नी (asiknī) is a Sanskrit word meaning dark, black, dark-coloured or black, the planet Saturn, a poisonous animal, specifically a kind of mouse, the lord of darkness and magic, a descendant of Kashyapa, also named Devala or Asita Devala. Its 34 recorded definitions are grouped into 14 contexts, among them The River Asiknī (Chenab), Young Female Attendant, Asita as a Male Proper Name (Sages/Individuals).
- Etymology
- E. अ neg. and सित white, because her hair is not whitened by age: क्न is substituted for त, and the affix is ङीप्
- Definitions
- 34
Meanings by context
The River Asiknī (Chenab)
6 definitions
Name of a river in the Punjab
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 0213-b] 3 N. of a river in the Punjaub, mentioned along with others in the line इमं मे गंगे यमुने (imaṃ me gaṃge yamune) &c. [ID=5535]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The night. 2. A river.
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 075-b]
असिक्नी (asiknī) (क्नी) ((knī)) 3. f. Idem; a river. [ID=3977]
असिक्नी (asiknī) (क्नी) ((knī)) 3. f. Idem; a river. [ID=3977]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a river in India
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 094-1]
Asiknī (a river in Bhāratav.). § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9λ, 330. [ID=890]
Asiknī (a river in Bhāratav.). § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9λ, 330. [ID=890]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a river in Bharatavarsha
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 1-135]
Asiknī (I) — R. in Bhāratavarṣa. Bhā. V. 19. 18. [ID=1063]
Asiknī (I) — R. in Bhāratavarṣa. Bhā. V. 19. 18. [ID=1063]
— The Purana Index
The Chenab river in the Punjab, known in ancient times as the river Candra-bhāgā and to the Greeks as Akesines.
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 1-047]
Asiknī (‘black’) is the name in the Rigveda1 of the river known later as Candra-bhāgā, and to the Greeks as Akesines, now the Chenab in the Punjab.
[Footnote: 1) viii. 20, 25; x. 75, 5; Nirukta, ix. 26. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 12.]
[ID=194]
Asiknī (‘black’) is the name in the Rigveda1 of the river known later as Candra-bhāgā, and to the Greeks as Akesines, now the Chenab in the Punjab.
[Footnote: 1) viii. 20, 25; x. 75, 5; Nirukta, ix. 26. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 12.]
[ID=194]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Young Female Attendant
6 definitions
a girl attending in the women's apartments
(H1B) [Printed book page 120,3]
असिता (asitā) f. a girl attending in the women's apartments (whose hair is not whitened by age), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20975]
असिता (asitā) f. a girl attending in the women's apartments (whose hair is not whitened by age), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20975]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a girl attending in the women's apartments
a girl attending in the women's apartments, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20979]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A young maid-servant of the harem
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 0213-b] 1 A young maid-servant of the harem. [ID=5535]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A female attendant in the women's apartments. 2. A river.
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī) [Printed book page 096]
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī) f. (-क्न (kna)ी (-knī))
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī) f. (-क्न (kna)ी (-knī))
1 A girl attending upon the inner or women's apartments.
2 A river.
E. अ (a) neg. and सित (ta) (sita) white, because her hair is not whitened by age: क्न (kna) is substituted for त (ta), and the affix is ङीप् (ṅīp).
[ID=4600]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A youthful maid-servant of the harem
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 087-14]
असिक्नी (asiknī) f. A youthfull maid-servant of the harem. [ID=4430]
असिक्नी (asiknī) f. A youthfull maid-servant of the harem. [ID=4430]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A female attendant in the women's apartments. 2. A river.
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī) [Printed book page 079-a]
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī)
अ (a)सिक्न (kna)ी (asiknī)
f. (-क्न (kna)ी (-knī))
1. A girl attending upon the inner or women's apartments.
2. A river.
E. अ (a) neg. and सित (sita) white, because her hair is not whitened by age: क्न (kna) is substituted for त, (ta,) and the affix is ङीप् (ṅīp).
[ID=4598]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Asita as a Male Proper Name (Sages/Individuals)
4 definitions
a descendant of Kashyapa, also named Devala or Asita Devala
of a descendant of Kaśyapa (composer of Ṛg-veda (Title) ix, 5-24), named also Devala [ṚV-anukramaṇikā (Title) ] or Asita Devala [Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ] [ID=20968]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The name of a man
N. of a man (with the patron. Vārṣagaṇa), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiv [ID=20969]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of a son of Bharata
of a son of Bharata, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ID=20970]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
belonging to a Rishi
of a Ṛṣi, Buddhist literature (Literary category) [ID=20971]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asitā/Asiknī as a Female Proper Name (Mythological)
3 definitions
an Apsaras
N. of an Apsaras, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 4819; Harivaṃśa (Title) 12472 [ID=20977]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a wife of Daksha
N. of a wife of Dakṣa, Harivaṃśa (Title) [ID=20980]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. The daughter of Pancajana and wife of Daksha. 2. The mother of the Haryashvas, Shabalashvas, and sixty daughters.
Asiknī (II) — the daughter of Pañcajana (Viraṇa-Vi. P.) the wife of Dakṣa1 and the mother of Haryaśvas who were ten thousand in number (five thousand-Vi. P.) of Śabalāśvas who were also a thousand in number2 and of sixty daughters.3
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 4. 51; Vi. I. 15. 89.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. VI. 5. 1, 24; Br. III. 2. 5, 21-30; Vi. I. 15. 90, 97.]
[Footnote: 3) Bhā. VI. 6. 1; Vi. I. 15. 102.]
[ID=1064]
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 4. 51; Vi. I. 15. 89.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. VI. 5. 1, 24; Br. III. 2. 5, 21-30; Vi. I. 15. 90, 97.]
[Footnote: 3) Bhā. VI. 6. 1; Vi. I. 15. 102.]
[ID=1064]
— The Purana Index
Night
3 definitions
the night
(H1B) [Printed book page 120,3]
असिक्नी (asiknī) b f. ‘the dark one’, the night, Ṛg-veda (Title) iv, 17, 15; x, 3, 1 [ID=20978]
असिक्नी (asiknī) b f. ‘the dark one’, the night, Ṛg-veda (Title) iv, 17, 15; x, 3, 1 [ID=20978]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Night
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 0213-b] 2 Night (Nir.). [ID=5535]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
night
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 034-3]
असिक्नी (asiknī) ásiknī, f. (of ásita) night. [ID=3190]
असिक्नी (asiknī) ásiknī, f. (of ásita) night. [ID=3190]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Grammatical or Cross-Referential Definitions
2 definitions
dark, black
(H1) [Printed book page 120,3]
असिक्नी (asiknī) a Ved. f. of 2. असित (asita), q.v. [ID=20962]
असिक्नी (asiknī) a Ved. f. of 2. असित (asita), q.v. [ID=20962]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
See asita
असिक्नी (asiknī) [Printed book page 0105-c]
असिक्नी (asiknī) asiknī. See 2. asita. [ID=7542]
असिक्नी (asiknī) asiknī. See 2. asita. [ID=7542]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Asita as a Mountain Name
1 definition
of a mountain
of a mountain, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 8364; Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ID=20972]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asita as a Mythological Being (Lord of Darkness)
1 definition
the lord of darkness and magic
N. of the lord of darkness and magic, Atharva-veda (Title) ; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) [ID=20967]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asita as an Intoxicating Drink
1 definition
an intoxicating drink
a partic. intoxicating drink, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20981.2]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asita as the Dark Lunar Fortnight
1 definition
the dark half of a lunar month
(H1B) [Printed book page 1318,2]
असित (asita) (also) the dark half of a lunar month, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20981.1]
असित (asita) (also) the dark half of a lunar month, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20981.1]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asita as the Planet Saturn
1 definition
the planet Saturn
असित (asita) m. the planet Saturn, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=20965]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Asitā as the Indigo Plant
1 definition
the indigo plant
the indigo plant, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=20976]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The color black or dark
1 definition
dark-coloured or black
2. अ (a)सित (sita) (asita) mf(आ (ā); Ved. अ (a)सिक्नी (asiknī))n. (सित (sita), ‘white’, appears to have been formed from this word, which is probably original, and not a compound of अ (a) and सित (sita); cf. अ (a)सुर (sura) (asura) and सुर (sura)), dark-coloured, black, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. [ID=20964]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.