nau

Dictionary meanings for nau from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. 1 A ship, boat, vessel; mahata puṇyapaṇyena krīteyaṃ kāyanaustvayā Śānti. 3. 1.

2 N. of a constella- tion. Comp. ārohaḥ (nāvārohaḥ) 1. a passenger on board a ship.

2. a sailor. karṇadhāraḥ a helmsman, pilot. karman n. the occupation of a sailor; Ms. 10. 34. caraḥ, upa- jīvanaḥ, jīvikaḥ a sailor, boatman; R. 17. 81. tārya a. navigable, to be traversed in a ship. daṃḍaḥ an oar. yānaṃ...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

encl. acc. dat. gen. du. of 1st pers. pron. (cf. Pa1n2. 8-1, 20;) RV. &c (VS. also ṇau; cf. VPra1t. iii, 85). 072377 571,2 112617

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. a ship, boat, vessel RV. &c 571,2 112618 f. (in astrol.) N. of a partic. appearance of the moon or of a constellation Var. 571,2 112619 f. = vāc Nir. i, 11 (either because prayer is a vessel leading to heaven or fr. nu4, to praise). ([ cf. 2. nāva and 7. nu; Gk. ναῦς, ναύ-της, &c; Lat. na1vis, nau-ta, nau-ṛragus &c; Icel. no4r; (?) Germ. ṅachen. ]) 072378 571,2 112620 m. the helm of a ship (cf. below) 571,2 112621

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