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द्वंद्वdvaṃdva

द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) is a Sanskrit word meaning a pair or couple, a pair of opposites, strife, quarrel, or fight, especially a duel, stronghold or fortress, an epithet of several Ekahas, the sign of the zodiac Gemini. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them A Pair or Couple (General Sense), Adverbial Usage (by twos, secretly), Grammatical Compound (Dvandva).

Definitions
18
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Meanings by context

A Pair or Couple (General Sense)

6 definitions
a pair or couple

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A pair or couple. 2. A pair of opposites. 3. A quarrel. 4. A context. 5. A duel. 6. Doubt. 7. A copulative or aggregative compound.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A pair or couple. 2. A male and female animal. 3. A pair of opposite qualities, such as heat and cold, or pleasure and pain. 4. Strife, contention, or quarrel. 5. A duel. 6. Doubt or uncertainty. 7. A stronghold or fortress. 8. A secret.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A pair or couple. 2. A pair of opposite things such as heat and cold. 3. Quarrel or contest. 4. A duel. 5. Doubt. 6. A grammatical class of compound words.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A pair or couple, especially of opposites. 2. Duality or contrast. 3. A duel, strife, or fight. 4. A copulative compound.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pair. 2. Quarrel.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Adverbial Usage (by twos, secretly)

3 definitions
by two, face to face, secretly

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

by two, face to face, secretly

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

by two, face to face, secretly

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Grammatical Compound (Dvandva)

2 definitions
A copulative compound formed by words that would otherwise be connected by the conjunction and.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A compound in Sanskrit grammar where two or more words are joined as if connected by the word and.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Pair of Opposites

1 definition
a pair of opposites

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Musical Measure

1 definition
a kind of musical measure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Ekāhas (Ritual)

1 definition
an epithet of several Ekahas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Strife, Quarrel, or Duel

1 definition
strife, quarrel, or fight, especially a duel

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Stronghold or Fortress

1 definition
stronghold or fortress

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Type of Disease

1 definition
a disease caused by the complication of two humours

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Zodiac Sign Gemini

1 definition
the sign of the zodiac Gemini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.