Dictionary meanings for sūnā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A slaughter-house, butch- er's house; bhavānapi sūnāparicara iva gṛdhra āmiṣalolupo bhīrukaśca M. 2.
2 The sale of meat.
3 Hurting, killing, destroying.
4 The soft palate, uvula.
5 A girdle, zone.
6 Inflammation of the glands of the neck called mumps.
7 A ray of light.
8 A river.
9 A daughter.
10 An elephant's trunk. nāḥ (f. pl.) The five things in a house by which animal life is likely to be...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (prob. fr. siv, to sew, and connected with sūci and sūtra; cf. sūna, p. 1240, col. 1) a woven wicker-work basket or vessel of any kind RV.; AV.; Gr2S3rS. 1242,3 251353 f. a place for slaughtering animals, slaughter-house, butchery (wrongly śūnā; cf. sūdanā) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1242,3 251354 f. the sale of flesh or meat MW. 1242,3 251355 f. any place or utensil in a house where animals are liable to be accidentally...
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