# संदीपनी (saṃdīpanī)

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संदीपनी (saṃdīpanī) is a Sanskrit word meaning kindling, inflaming, exciting, arousing, one of Kamadeva's five arrows, a particular shruti in music, the act of kindling, inflaming, or exciting. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Act or quality of kindling/exciting, Kāma-deva's arrow, Musical Śruti.

- **SLP1:** `saMdIpanI`  **IAST:** saṃdīpanī  **Devanagari:** संदीपनी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandipani
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sandipani/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सांदीपनि (sāṃdīpani), सान्दीपनि (sāndīpani)

## Meanings by context

### Act or quality of kindling/exciting (2 definitions)
- kindling, inflaming, exciting, arousing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1143,3] सं - (saṃ-) ° दीपन (°dīpana) mfn. kindling, inflaming, exciting, arousing, MBh.; Uttarar. [ ID=231518 ]
- the act of kindling, inflaming, or exciting  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सं - (saṃ-) ° दीपन (°dīpana) n. the act of kindling or inflaming or exciting (envy &c.), Ṛtus.; Pañcar. [ ID=231521 ]

### Kāma-deva's arrow (1 definition)
- one of Kamadeva's five arrows  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सं - (saṃ-) ° दीपन (°dīpana) m. N. of one of Kāma-deva's 5 arrows, Vet. [ ID=231519 ]

### Musical Śruti (1 definition)
- a particular shruti in music  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1143,3] सं - (saṃ-) ° दीपनी (°dīpanī) ( ई (ī) ), f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt. [ ID=231520 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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