स्वप्नsvapna

स्वप्न (svapna) is a Sanskrit word meaning sleep or sleeping, sleepiness or drowsiness, excessive sleep, sloth, and indolence, dreaming or a dream, sleeping well, a dream or dreaming. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Sleep and/or Dream, Dream Lore and Interpretation, Dream.

Roots
दृश् (dṛś), स्वप् (svap)
Etymology
E. ष्वप to sleep, न Uṇādi aff., तन् aff
Definitions
17
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Meanings by context

Sleep and/or Dream

9 definitions
1. Sleep. 2. A dream. 3. Sleepiness. 4. Sloth.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sleep. 2. A dream.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dreaming. 2. A dream.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sleep. 2. A dream. 3. Indolence or sleepiness.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sleep. 2. A dream. 3. Indolence or sleepiness.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sleep. 2. Indolence. 3. Dreaming. 4. A dream.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sleep, dream

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sleep. 2. A dream.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Sleep or sleeping. 2. A dream or dreaming. 3. Sleepiness, sloth, or indolence.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Dream Lore and Interpretation

2 definitions
Dreams

The Purana Index

dream

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Dream

1 definition
dreaming or a dream

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Grammatical/Referential Note

1 definition
sleeping well

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sleep

1 definition
sleep or sleeping

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sleepiness / Drowsiness

1 definition
sleepiness or drowsiness

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sloth / Indolence / Excessive Sleep

1 definition
excessive sleep, sloth, and indolence

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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.