परमाणु (paramāṇu) is a Sanskrit word meaning an infinitesimal particle or atom, the passing of a sunbeam past an atom of matter, one-eighth of a Matra, a measure of time, an infinitesimal portion or atom, an atom or infinitely small part. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Atom or Infinitesimal Particle of Matter, A Unit of Measure (1/8 of a Mātrā), A Unit of Time (sunbeam passing an atom).
(H3) [Printed book page 588,2] परमा (paramā)णु (ṇu)m. an infinitesimal particle or atom (30 are said to form a mote in a sun-beam), Yājñavalkya (Author) ; Yoga-sūtra (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. (cf.भृत्य-प् (bhṛtya-p)° (°)) [ID=116531]
परमाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 153-3] परमाणु (paramāṇu) parama‿aṇu, m. infinitesimal portion, atom: -tā,f. atomic nature, -kāraṇavāda,m. doctrine of atoms, Vaiśeṣika system. [ID=11169]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An atom. 2. A measure of time defined as the sun passing an atom of matter.
परम (parama)ाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 504] परम (parama)ाणु (paramāṇu) m. (-णुः (-ṇuḥ))
1 An atom, the invisible base of all aggregate bodies; thirty of them are supposed to form a note in a sunbeam; the lowest measure of weight; in Logic, six of them form the first perceptible object.
2 A measure of time, the sun's passage past an atom of matter.
E. परम (parama) first, and अणु (aṇu) an atom.
[ID=23328]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An atom. 2. A measure of time.
परमाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 450-b] परमा_णु (paramā_ṇu)(णुः) ((ṇuḥ)) 2. m. An atom, 30 of which form a mote in a sun beam; measure of time while a ray passes by an atom. [ID=22802]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
an atom or infinitesimal particle
परमाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 413-03] परम-अणु (parama-aṇu)m. an atom, an infinitesimal particle, R. xv.42, Yaj. iii.104. [ID=21180]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An atom. 2. A measure of time defined by the sun passing an atom.
परम (parama)ाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 422-a] परम (parama)ाणु (paramāṇu)
m. (-णुः (-ṇuḥ))
1. An atom, the invisible base of all aggregate bodies; thirty of them are supposed to form a mote in a sunbeam; the lowest measure of weight; in Logic, six of them form the first perceptible object.
2. A measure of time, the sun's passage past an atom of matter.
E. परम (parama) first, and अणु (aṇu) an atom.
[ID=23314]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
an atom or infinitely small part
परमाणु (paramāṇu) [Printed book page 297] परमाणु (paramāṇu)m. infinitely small part or atom. [ID=17980]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A Unit of Measure (1/8 of a Mātrā)
1 definition1
one-eighth of a Matra
परमा (paramā)णु (ṇu)n. 1/8 of a Mātrā, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya (Title) [ID=116533]
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Definitions on this page come from 7 works:
Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
