parjanyaḥ

Dictionary meanings for parjanyaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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parjanyaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 A rain-cloud, thunder- ing cloud, a cloud in general; pravṛddha iva parjanyaḥ sāraṃgairabhinaṃditaḥ R. 17. 15; Mk. 10. 60.

2 Rain; annādbhavaṃti bhūtāni parjanyādannasaṃbhavaḥ Bg. 3. 14.

3 The god of rain, i. e. Indra.

4 The mut- tering or roaring of clouds.

5 N. of Viṣṇu.

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