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श्येनśyena

श्येन (śyena) is a Sanskrit word meaning a hawk, falcon, eagle, or any bird of prey, firewood laid in the shape of an eagle, a kind of battle array, a particular part of the sacrificial victim, a particular Ekaha, a horse. Its 27 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Bird of Prey (Hawk, Falcon, Eagle), Female Hawk / Mythological Mother Śyenī, Proper Names (Persons, Sāman).

Definitions
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Meanings by context

Bird of Prey (Hawk, Falcon, Eagle)

10 definitions
a hawk, falcon, eagle, or any bird of prey

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. An eagle, falcon, or hawk. 2. A kind of ritual. 3. A kind of battle array. 4. Eagle-like.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A hawk or falcon. 2. White. 3. Whiteness or paleness. 4. Violence. 5. The female hawk. 6. A species of the Trishtubh metre.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A hawk or falcon. 2. Whiteness or violence.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A hawk or falcon. 2. White color or paleness. 3. Violence or desperation. 4. A female hawk. 5. A species of the Trishtubh metre.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An eagle, falcon, or hawk. 2. A form of military array. 3. The mythical mother of eagles.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

eagle, falcon, or hawk

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

hawks

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

eagles

— The Purana Index

An eagle, falcon, or hawk.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Female Hawk / Mythological Mother Śyenī

3 definitions
a female hawk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a female hawk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The daughter of Kashyapa and mother of hawks.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Names (Persons, Sāman)

3 definitions
Name of a Rishi

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of a Saman.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a rishi in the palace of Indra

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sacred Objects

3 definitions
firewood laid in the shape of an eagle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular part of the sacrificial victim

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular Ekaha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Colour White / Whiteness

3 definitions
1. The white color. 2. A hawk or falcon. 3. Violence.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. White. 2. A hawk.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Whiteness or paleness. 2. A hawk, falcon, or bird of prey. 3. Violence. 4. A horse. 5. A specific sacrificial ceremony or imprecatory rite.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Eagle-like/Hawk-like Quality or Origin

2 definitions
eagle-like

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

coming from an eagle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Military Formation (Battle Array)

1 definition
a kind of battle array

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Poetic Metre

1 definition
a kind of metre

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Animal: Horse

1 definition
a horse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, 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.