See below
(H2B) [Printed book page 1091,3]
शोधनी (śodhanī) a f. See below [ID=221548]
शोधनी (śodhanī) a f. See below [ID=221548]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
शोधनśodhana
शोधन (śodhana) is a Sanskrit word meaning cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, or purgative, the citron tree, alangium hexapetalum, the act of cleaning, purifying, correcting, or improving, a means of purification, investigation or examination. Its 35 recorded definitions are grouped into 15 contexts, among them Broom / Cleaning Implement / Feminine Form (`śodhanī`), Expiation, Atonement, Justification, Act/Quality of Cleaning, Purifying.
- Etymology
- E. शुघ to be or make pure, aff. ल्युट् or युच्
- Definitions
- 35
Meanings by context
Broom / Cleaning Implement / Feminine Form (`śodhanī`)
5 definitions
1. Cleaning or purifying.
2. Correcting errors or faults.
3. Subtraction in arithmetic.
4. The refining of metals.
5. Payment or acquittance.
6. Feces or ordure.
7. Green vitriol.
8. The lime tree.
9. A broom.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 858]
शोधन (śodhana) mfn. (-नः (-naḥ)-ना-नं (-naṃ) (-naḥ-nā-naṃ)) Cleaning, purifying, &c., that which cleanses, refines, &c. n. (-नं (-naṃ))
शोधन (śodhana) mfn. (-नः (-naḥ)-ना-नं (-naṃ) (-naḥ-nā-naṃ)) Cleaning, purifying, &c., that which cleanses, refines, &c. n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1 Cleaning, cleansing, purifying.
2 Correcting, freeing from faults or errors.
3 Correcting, as a writing.
4 Subtraction, (in arithmetic.)
5 The refining of metals.
6 A sort of refining, practised for chemical or medical purposes; exposing the metals to heat, and then sprinkling them with the urine of cows, &c.
7 Payment, acquittance.
8 Fæces, ordure.
9 Green vitriol. m. (-नः (-naḥ)) The lime. f. (-नी (-nī)) A broom.
E. शुघ (śugha) to be or make pure, aff. ल्युट् (lyuṭ) or युच् (yuc).
[ID=38990]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Cleansing, purifying, correcting, refining, subtraction, or payment.
2. Feces or green vitriol.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 778-a]
शोधन (śodhana) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Fæces; green vitriol; cleansing; correcting; refining; subtraction; payment. m. The lime. f. (ई (ī)) A broom. a. Cleansing, purifying. [ID=38646]
शोधन (śodhana) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Fæces; green vitriol; cleansing; correcting; refining; subtraction; payment. m. The lime. f. (ई (ī)) A broom. a. Cleansing, purifying. [ID=38646]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Cleaning, purifying, or refining. 2. Correcting or freeing from errors. 3. Subtraction. 4. Payment or acquittance. 5. Feces or ordure. 6. Green vitriol. 7. Determination. 8. Punishment. 9. Expiation. 10. The lime tree. 11. A broom.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 730-b]
शोधन (śodhana)
शोधन (śodhana)
mfn. (-नः (-naḥ)-ना-नं (-naṃ) (-naḥ-nā-naṃ)) Cleaning, purifying &c., that which cleanses, refines, &c.
n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1. Cleaning, cleansing, purifying.
2. Correcting, freeing from faults or errors.
3. Correcting, as a writing.
4. Subtraction, (in arithmetic.)
5. The refining of metals.
6. A sort of refining, practised for chemical or medical purposes: exposing the metals to heat, and then sprinkling them with the urine of cows, &c.
7. Payment, acquittance.
8. Feces, ordure.
9. Green vitriol.
10. Determination.
11. Punishment.
12. Expiation.
m. (-नः (-naḥ)) The lime.
f. (-नी (-nī)) A broom.
E. शुध् (śudh) to be make pure, aff. ल्युट् (lyuṭ) or युच् । (yuc .)
[ID=40868]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Cleaning or purifying. 2. Lime. 3. A broom. 4. Expiation. 5. Punishment. 6. Correcting errors. 7. Rooting up. 8. Precise determination. 9. Refining metals. 10. Payment or acquittal. 11. Excrement. 12. Green vitriol.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 0964-b]
शोधन (śodhana) śodhana, i. e. śudh + ana, I.
शोधन (śodhana) śodhana, i. e. śudh + ana, I.
adj. Cleaning, purifying. II. m. The
lime. III. f. nī, A broom. IV. n. 1.
Cleaning, removing what may be pre-
judicial, Hit. 97, 15; purifying. 2.
Expiation, Man. 11, 125. 3. Punish-
ment, Man. 1, 115. 4. Correcting from
faults. 5. Rooting up, Man. 9, 253.
6. Precise determination, Vedāntas. in
Chr. 212, 11. 7. The refining of metals.
8. Payment, acquittal. 9. Fæces, or-
dure. 10. Green vitriol.
[ID=14918]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Expiation, Atonement, Justification
4 definitions
justifying, exculpating
justifying, exculpating, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ID=221554]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
expiation
expiation, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ID=221555]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Expiation, atonement
— नं (naṃ)
5 Expiation, atonement.
5 Expiation, atonement.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Cleansing or purifying. 2. Justification, inquiry, or examination.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 557]
शोधन (śodhana) a. & n. = prec.; n. also means of purification; justification, inquiry, examination. [ID=33144]
शोधन (śodhana) a. & n. = prec.; n. also means of purification; justification, inquiry, examination. [ID=33144]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Act/Quality of Cleaning, Purifying
3 definitions
a means of purification
a means of purification, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Suśruta (Title) [ID=221551]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Purifying or cleansing
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 1056-a]
शोधन (śodhana) a. (नी (nī) f.) [शुध्-णिच्-ल्यु ल्युट् (śudh-ṇic-lyu lyuṭ) वा (vā)] Purifying, cleansing &c.
शोधन (śodhana) a. (नी (nī) f.) [शुध्-णिच्-ल्यु ल्युट् (śudh-ṇic-lyu lyuṭ) वा (vā)] Purifying, cleansing &c.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Purifying or cleansing. 2. Cleansing or washing of a wound.
— नं (naṃ)
1 (a) Purifying, cleansing. (b) Cleansing or washing of a wound.
1 (a) Purifying, cleansing. (b) Cleansing or washing of a wound.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Green Vitriol (Chemical Substance)
3 definitions
green vitriol
green vitriol, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=221560]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Green vitriol
— नं (naṃ)
9 Green vitriol.
9 Green vitriol.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Cleaning or purifying. 2. Correction. 3. Determination. 4. Payment or discharge. 5. Expiation. 6. Excrement or feces. 7. Green vitriol. 8. Retaliation or punishment. 9. Subtraction in mathematics.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 729-02]
शोधन (śodhana) n. 1. Cleaning, purifying; 2. correction; 3. determination; 4. payment, discharge; 5. expiation; 6. excrement, feces; 7. green vitriol; 8. retaliation, punishment; 9. subtraction (in math.). [ID=38357]
शोधन (śodhana) n. 1. Cleaning, purifying; 2. correction; 3. determination; 4. payment, discharge; 5. expiation; 6. excrement, feces; 7. green vitriol; 8. retaliation, punishment; 9. subtraction (in math.). [ID=38357]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Refining (of metals, etc.)
3 definitions
Cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, or purgative.
(H2) [Printed book page 1091,3]
शोधन (śodhana) mfn. cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, purgative, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) ; Suśruta (Title) [ID=221545]
शोधन (śodhana) mfn. cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, purgative, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) ; Suśruta (Title) [ID=221545]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
refining
refining (as of metals for chemical or medicinal purposes), Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=221550]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Refining of metals.
— नं (naṃ)
6 Refining of metals.
6 Refining of metals.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Citron Tree / Lime (Botanical)
2 definitions
the citron tree
शोधन (śodhana) m. the citron tree, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=221546]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The lime
— नः (naḥ) The lime. [ID=28258]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Correction, Rectification
2 definitions
the act of cleaning, purifying, correcting, or improving
शोधन (śodhana) n. the act of cleaning, purifying, correcting, improving, Nirukta, by Yāska (Title) ; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=221549]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Correction
— नं (naṃ)
2 Correction, clearing away errors.
2 Correction, clearing away errors.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Excrement, Feces
2 definitions
Excrement or ordure
excrement, ordure, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=221559]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
feces
— नं (naṃ)
10 Feces, ordure.
10 Feces, ordure.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Investigation, Examination, Determination
2 definitions
1. Investigation or examination
2. Correction
clearing up, sifting, investigation, examination, correction, Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title) ; Hitopadeśa (Title) ; Vijñāneśvara’s Mitākṣarā, commentary on Yājñavalkya’s Dharma-śāstra (Title) [ID=221552]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Exact determination
— नं (naṃ)
3 Exact determination.
3 Exact determination.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Payment, Acquittance of Debt
2 definitions
payment
payment, acquittance, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=221553]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Payment, discharge
— नं (naṃ)
4 Payment, discharge, acquittance.
4 Payment, discharge, acquittance.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Retaliation, Punishment
2 definitions
1. Retaliation. 2. Punishment.
retaliation, punishment, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=221556]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Retaliation, requital, or punishment
— नं (naṃ)
7 Retaliation, requital, punishment.
7 Retaliation, requital, punishment.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Subtraction (Arithmetic)
2 definitions
subtraction
(in arithm.) subtraction, Bījagaṇita (subtitle) [ID=221558]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Subtraction
— नं (naṃ)
8 Subtraction (in math.).
8 Subtraction (in math.).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Alangium Hexapetalum (Plant)
1 definition
Alangium hexapetalum
Alangium Hexapetalum, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=221547]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Other Specific Purifying/Medicinal Plants
1 definition
1. Cleaning, purifying, refining, or purgative. 2. The act of cleaning, cleansing, or correcting. 3. Precise determination. 4. The payment, discharge, or clearance of a debt. 5. Expiation. 6. Punishment or retaliation. 7. Subtraction in arithmetic. 8. Excrement or feces. 9. Green vitriol. 10. The lime tree. 11. A kind of mouth-rinsing. 12. A broom or brush. 13. Certain plants.
शोधन (śodhana) [Printed book page 1014-b]
Śodhana, as, ī, am, cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, purgative; (am), n. the act of cleaning, cleansing, purifying, refining; clearance, correction, freeing from faults, clearing away errors, removing or eradicating anything prejudicial or erroneous; precise determination; the cleansing of a sore or wound; the refining of metals, a sort of refining practised for chemical or medicinal purposes, (exposing metals to heat and then sprinkling them with the urine of cows, &c.); payment, clearance or discharge of a debt, quittance, paying off arrears, acquittance; expiation; retaliation, punishment; (in arithmetic) subtraction; excrement, feces, ordure; green vitriol; (as), m. the lime (= nimbūka); a kind of gaṇḍūṣa, q. v. (swallowing or rinsing the mouth ?); (ī), f. a broom, brush; a kind of plant (= tāmra-vallī); another plant (= nīlī). —Śodhanī-vīja, am, n. a kind of plant (= jaya-pāla). [ID=46918]
Śodhana, as, ī, am, cleaning, purifying, cleansing, refining, purgative; (am), n. the act of cleaning, cleansing, purifying, refining; clearance, correction, freeing from faults, clearing away errors, removing or eradicating anything prejudicial or erroneous; precise determination; the cleansing of a sore or wound; the refining of metals, a sort of refining practised for chemical or medicinal purposes, (exposing metals to heat and then sprinkling them with the urine of cows, &c.); payment, clearance or discharge of a debt, quittance, paying off arrears, acquittance; expiation; retaliation, punishment; (in arithmetic) subtraction; excrement, feces, ordure; green vitriol; (as), m. the lime (= nimbūka); a kind of gaṇḍūṣa, q. v. (swallowing or rinsing the mouth ?); (ī), f. a broom, brush; a kind of plant (= tāmra-vallī); another plant (= nīlī). —Śodhanī-vīja, am, n. a kind of plant (= jaya-pāla). [ID=46918]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Removal, Eradication
1 definition
removal, eradication
removal, eradication, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=221557]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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