stan

Dictionary meanings for stan from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 P., 10 U. (stanati, stanayati- te, stanita) 1 To sound, make a sound, resound, reverberate.

2 To groan, breathe hard, sigh.

3 To thunder, roar loudly; tastanurjajvalurmaglurjaglurlulu- ṭhire kṣatāḥ Bk. 14. 30. WITH. ni 1. to sound.

2. to sigh.

3. to mourn. vi to roar.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(cf. 2. tan) cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xiii, 18) stanati (once in BhP. -stanase; in RV. 3. sg. stan and 2. Impv. stanihi; pf. tastāna, tastanuḥ Gr.; aor. astānīt AV.; fut. stanitā, niṣyati Gr.), to resound, reverberate, roar, thunder RV. &c; to utter inarticulate... m. (or n. g. ardharcādi ifc. ā or ī; derivation doubtful, but prob. connected with stan, from the hollow resonance of the human breast), the female breast...

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