The well-known author of the Harṣacarita, [Page1192-a+ 46] Kādambarī and Caṇḍikāśataka. Pārvatīpariṇaya and Ratnāvalī are also ascribed to him. His date is indisputably fixed by that of his patron Harsha- vardhana of Kānyakubja who was reigning during the whole of Hiouen Thsang's travels in India which lasted from 629 to 645 A. D. Bāṇa must, therefore, have lived in the latter half of the sixth or the first half of...

1 An arrow, shaft, reed; dhanuṣyamoghaṃ samadhatta bāṇaṃ Ku. 3. 66.

2 An aim or mark for arrows.

3 The feathered end of an arrow.

4 The ud- der of a cow.

5 A kind of plant (nīlajhiṃṭī; f. also); vikacabāṇadalāva- layo 'dhikaṃ rurucire rucirekṣaṇavibhramāḥ Śi. 6. 46.

6 N. of a demon, son of Bali; cf. uṣā.

7 N. of a celebrated poet who lived at the court of king Har- [Page0793-c+ 57] shavardhana and...

[aniti-ac anaḥ aliryatra ba. śakaṃdhvā.] N. of a tree (bakavṛkṣa) Ses- bana Grandiflora (tatpuṣpāṇāṃ madhupūrṇatayā tanmadhubhirbhramarāṇāṃ jīvanadhāraṇāttathātvaṃ Tv.).

m. a descendant of A-niruddha a-niruddha L. 017708 140,2 24511

See under anumṛ.

p. p. 1 Descended, alight- ed, come down; śailarājāvatīrṇāṃ ja- hnoḥ kanyāṃ Me. 50; jalanidhimanurūpaṃ jahnukanyāvatīrṇā R. 6. 85; saṃsārapatha- mavatīrṇānāṃ K. 175 who have entered upon mundane life.

2 Bathed in; udadhimivāvatīrṇaḥ K. 158; come to, entered into.

3 Appeared as an in- carnation; tadarthamavatīrṇo'sau manniyogā- ccaturbhujaḥ Mb.; Pt. 1.

4 Crossed, passed over; api nāmāvatīrṇosi bāṇa- gocaraṃ...

Mentioned by Bāṇa and Kālidāsa as their pre- decessor. Flourished before the 7th century.

The well-known author of the Mahāvīracarita, Mālatī Mādhava, and Uttararāmacarita. He was a native of Vidarbha and lived at the court of king Yaśovarman of Kānyakubja, who was subdued by Lalitāditya of Kāshmir (693-729 A. D.) Bhava- bhūti flcurished therefore at the end of the 7th century, and this date is consistent with Bāṇa's omission of his name. All anecdotes about the contemporaneity of Kālidāsa and Bhavabhūti...

a. [daṃḍa-astyarthe ini] Bearing or having a staff. m. 1 A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Saṃnyāsin.

2 A door-keeper, porter.

3 An oarsman.

4 A Jaina ascetic.

5 An epithet of Yama.

6 A king.

7 A religious mendicant (Bhikṣu).

8 An epithet of Śiva.

9 N. of a poet, author of the Kāvyādarśa and Daśakumāracarita; jāte jaga- ti vālnīke kavirityabhidhā'bhavat. kavī iti tato vyāse kavayastvayi daṃḍini.....

The patron of Bāṇa, see bāṇa. The Ratnāvalī is supposed to have been written by Bāṇa and pub- lished under his patron's name.

1 The heart, soul, mind; hṛdaye digdhaśarairivāhataḥ Ku. 4. 25; so ayohṛdayaḥ R. 9. 9; pāṣāṇahṛdaya &c.

2 The bosom, chest, breast; bāṇa- bhinnahṛdayā nipetuṣī R. 11. 19.

3 Love, affection.

4 The interior or essence of anything.

5 The secret science; aśvaº, akṣaº &c.

6 True or divine knowledge.

7 The Veda. Comp. ātman m. a heron. ā- vidh a. heart-rending, heart-pierc- ing; Bk. 6. 73. īśaḥ,...

[koṭṭaṃ vāti vā-ka, gaurāº ṅīṣ Tv.] 1 A naked woman with di- shevelled hair.

2 N. of the goddess Durgā.

3 N. of the mother of Bāṇa.

Father-in-law of Bāṇa and author of the Sūrya- Śataka composed by him to be freed from leprosy. A contemporary of Bāṇa q. v.

śonāya, śonita, incorrect for śoṇāya,ṇita. 139375 1092,1 221584.1

The author of Vāsavadattā mentioned by Bāṇa, and so not later than the 7th century. He men- tions a work of Dharma-kīrti by name bauddhasaṃgati which is supposed to belong to the sixth century.

[oṣatyaṃdhakāraṃ uṣ-ka] 1 Early morning, dawn.

2 Morning light.

3 Twilight.

4 Saline earth.

5 A cow.

6 Night.

7 A boiler, cooking vessel (sthālī); cf. ukhā.

8 N. of a wife of Bhava (who was a manifes- tation of Rudra).

9 N. of a daughter of the demon Bāṇa and wife of Ani- ruddha. [She beheld Aniruddha in a dream and became passionately enamour- sd of him. She sought the assistance of her friend...

ind. g. cādi. 118756 919,1 186167

w.r. for bāṇa-parṇī Kaus3. 121483 939,2 190585

m. (earlier form of vāla q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά) RV. 943,3 191586 mn. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve ib. 122138 943,3 191587 (v/āra-) mfn. long-tailed (as a horse) RV. 122139 943,3 191588 n. (fr. prec.) N. of a Sa1man sāman MaitrS.; Br.; S3rS. (also indrasya vāravantīyam, vāravantīyādyam, and vāravantīyottaram). 122140 943,3 191589

vi-bala,vi-bāṇa &c, see p. 951, col. 2. 125602 976,3 198118

a. Frightful; dreadful, Māl. 5. 13; cf. viśaṃkaṭa. ṭaḥ 1 A lion.

2 The Iṅgudī tree.