Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Clever, sharp, shrewd, skilful; vayasya nisarganipuṇāḥ striyaḥ M. 3.
2 Proficient or skilled in, conversant or familiar with (with loc. or instr.); vāci nipuṇaḥ; vācā nipuṇaḥ.
3 Experienced.
4 Kindly or friendly towards.
5 Acute, fine, delicate, minute, sharp.
6 Complete, perfect, accurate. ṇaṃ ind. or nipuṇena 1 Skilfully, cleverly.
2 Perfectly, completely, totally.
3 Exactly, carefully,...
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (said to be from a puṇ), clever, adroit, skilful, sharp, acute Mn.; MBh.; Sus3r.; Ka1v. &c 550,1 108761 mf (A) n. skilled in, conversant with, capable of (mostly comp. [ cf. Pa1n2. 2-1, 31 and g. śauṇḍādi ]; but also infin. [ Ka1v. ] loc. [ Var. ] gen. [ Vop. v, 29 ] or instr. [ Pa1n2. 2-1, 31 ]) 550,1 108762 mf (A) n. kind or friendly towards (loc. or prati Pa1n2. 2-3, 43) 550,1 108763 mf (A) n. delicate,...
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