# सुनयना (sunayanā)

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सुनयना (sunayanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning having beautiful eyes, a deer, a fair-eyed woman, a woman. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Nouns: Beings named for beautiful eyes (deer, woman), Adjective: Having beautiful eyes.

- **SLP1:** `sunayanA`  **IAST:** sunayanā  **Devanagari:** सुनयना
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunayana_%28Ramayana%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sunayana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सुनयन (sunayana)

## Meanings by context

### Nouns: Beings named for beautiful eyes (deer, woman) (3 definitions)
- A deer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सु (su) — नयन (—nayana) m. a deer, L. [ ID=247060 ]
- A fair-eyed woman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1226,2] सु (su) — नयना (—nayanā) f. a (fair-eyed) woman, Kālid. [ ID=247061 ]
- 1. A woman. 2. A woman with beautiful eyes.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुनयना (sunayanā) [Printed book page 785-09 ] सुनयना (sunayanā) f. 1. A woman; 2. a woman having beautiful eyes. [ ID=41026 ]

### Adjective: Having beautiful eyes (1 definition)
- having beautiful eyes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1226,2] सु (su) — नयन (—nayana) mf( आ (ā) )n. having beautiful eyes, Kāv. [ ID=247059 ]

## Sources

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

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