dhvan

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 P. (dhvanati, dhvanita) To sound, produce or utter sounds, buzz, hum, echo, reverberate, thunder, roar; bibhidyamānā iva dadhvanurdiśaḥ Ki. 14. 46; ayaṃ dhīraṃ dhīraṃ dhvanati navanīlo jaladharaḥ Bv. 1. 60; kapirdadhvāna meghavat Bk. 9. 5; 14. 3; dhvanati madhupasamūhe śrava- ṇamapidadhāti Gīt. 5. Caus. (dhvanayati) To cause to sound, ring (as a bell); but dhvānayati ‘to cause to articulate indistinctly’.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(only aor. /adhvanīt), to be come covered or extinguished (as anger) RV.: Caus. /adhvānayat aor. dhvanayīt, to envelop, wrap up, darken ib. [ cf. 2. dhvānt/a; Lith. dumju, dumti, to cover, wrap up; Angl.Sax. dvinan, dvan, to be extinguished, vanish; dun,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

cl.1 P. dhvanati (perf. dadhvāna, dadhvanur Bhat2t2.; fut. dhvaniṣyati, nitā Gr.) to sound, roar, make a noise, echo, reverberate Ka1v. &c; to mean, imply, (esp. Pass. dhvanyate, it is meant, it is implied): Caus. dhvānayati Dha1tup. (aor. adidhvanat or adadh... m. N. of a wind TA1r. 522,2 102498 m. sound, tune L. 522,2 102499 m. N. of a man g. aśvādi. 066173 522,2 102500

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