Dictionary meanings for phaṇ from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (phaṇati, phaṇita) 1 To move, move about; rurujurbhejire pheṇu- rbahudhā harirākṣasāḥ Bk. 14. 78.
2 To produce easily or without exertion; (this sense according to some be- longs to the Caus. of phaṇ). Caus. (phāṇayati) To skim, take off (the sur- face of a fluid.).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xix, 73) ph/aṇati (Naigh. ii, 14; pf. paphāṇa, 2. sg. paphaṇitha, or pheṇitha Pa1n2. 6-4, 125; aor. aphāṇīt, vii, 2, 27; fut. phaṇiṣyati, ṇitā Gr.), to go, move Bhat2t2. (with samāptim, to be accomplished Bhojapr.): Caus. phāṇ/ayati (or phaṇ... m. scum, froth TBr. (cf. phena) 716,1 141624 m. (also f (A).) the expanded side of the nose, a nostril Sus3r. 716,1 141625 m. (also f (A).) the expanded...