"अधुना" meaning in Sanskrit

See अधुना in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɐ.dʱu.nɑ́ː/ [Vedic], /ɐ.d̪ʱu.n̪ɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: adhunā́ [romanization]
Etymology: Possibly as an ablauting instrumental singular of अध्वन् (ádhvan, “road; time”). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*h₁nedʰ-}} Head templates: {{head|sa|adverb|head=|sc=|sccat=1|tr=adhunā́}} अधुना • (adhunā́), {{sa-adv|tr=adhunā́}} अधुना • (adhunā́)
  1. at this time, now Synonyms: एतत्कालम्, इदानीम्

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-ash",
            "2": "𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸"
          },
          "expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā)\nGandhari: 𐨀𐨯𐨂𐨣 (asuna)\nPrakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀺 (ahuṇi) — Paiśācī, 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀡𑀸 (adhuṇā) — Śaurasenī\nKonkani: onu\nDevanagari script: ओनु\nKannada script: ಒನು\nLatin script: onu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā)\nGandhari: 𐨀𐨯𐨂𐨣 (asuna)\nPrakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀺 (ahuṇi) — Paiśācī, 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀡𑀸 (adhuṇā) — Śaurasenī\nKonkani: onu\nDevanagari script: ओनु\nKannada script: ಒನು\nLatin script: onu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "adhunā"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: adhunā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: adhunā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "অধুনা",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অধুনা",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "અધુના",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: અધુના (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: અધુના (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अधुना"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: अधुना (adhunā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अधुना (adhunā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "ادھنا",
            "tr": "adhunā"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: ادھنا (adhunā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: ادھنا (adhunā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "അധുനാ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അധുനാ (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അധുനാ (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "अधुना",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: अधुना (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: अधुना (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଅଧୁନା",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଅଧୁନା (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଅଧୁନା (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "si",
            "2": "අධුනා",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sinhalese: අධුනා (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sinhalese: අධුනා (adhunā) (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁nedʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly as an ablauting instrumental singular of अध्वन् (ádhvan, “road; time”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sccat": "1",
        "tr": "adhunā́"
      },
      "expansion": "अधुना • (adhunā́)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "tr": "adhunā́"
      },
      "expansion": "अधुना • (adhunā́)",
      "name": "sa-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit adverbs in Devanagari script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later [than now]. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand. Please repeat them in a simple way so that I can understand them. My mind is very inquisitive, and I want to understand this clearly.",
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 5.12.3",
          "roman": "tasmādbhavantaṃ mama saṃśayārthaṃ prakṣyāmi paścād adhunā subodham. adhyātmayogagrathitaṃ tavoktamākhyāhi kautūhalacetaso me.",
          "text": "तस्माद्भवन्तं मम संशयार्थं प्रक्ष्यामि पश्चाद् अधुना सुबोधम्। अध्यात्मयोगग्रथितं तवोक्तमाख्याहि कौतूहलचेतसो मे॥"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 6.16.45",
          "roman": "Lord Brahmā continued: Those two principal doorkeepers of the Personality of Godhead have now entered the womb of Diti, the powerful semen of Kaśyapa Muni having covered them.",
          "text": "तावेव ह्य् अधुना प्राप्तौ पार्षदप्रवरौ हरेः। दितेर्जठरनिर्विष्टं काश्यपं तेज उल्बणम्॥\ntāveva hy adhunā prāptau pārṣadapravarau hareḥ. diterjaṭharanirviṣṭaṃ kāśyapaṃ teja ulbaṇam."
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.1.46",
          "roman": "In their third birth, the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of kṣatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa has struck them with his disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse.",
          "text": "तावत्र क्षत्रियौ जातौ मातृष्वस्रात्मजौ तव। अधुना शापनिर्मुक्तौ कृष्णचक्रहतांहसौ॥\ntāvatra kṣatriyau jātau mātṛṣvasrātmajau tava. adhunā śāpanirmuktau kṛṣṇacakrahatāṃhasau."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at this time, now"
      ],
      "id": "en-अधुना-sa-adv-hJNUzfqX",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "एतत्कालम्"
        },
        {
          "word": "इदानीम्"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.dʱu.nɑ́ː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.d̪ʱu.n̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अधुना"
}
{
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-ash",
            "2": "𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸"
          },
          "expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā)\nGandhari: 𐨀𐨯𐨂𐨣 (asuna)\nPrakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀺 (ahuṇi) — Paiśācī, 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀡𑀸 (adhuṇā) — Śaurasenī\nKonkani: onu\nDevanagari script: ओनु\nKannada script: ಒನು\nLatin script: onu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā)\nGandhari: 𐨀𐨯𐨂𐨣 (asuna)\nPrakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀺 (ahuṇi) — Paiśācī, 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀡𑀸 (adhuṇā) — Śaurasenī\nKonkani: onu\nDevanagari script: ओनु\nKannada script: ಒನು\nLatin script: onu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Pali: adhunā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: adhunā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "অধুনা",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অধুনা",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অধুনা (odhuna) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "અધુના",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: અધુના (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: અધુના (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अधुना"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: अधुना (adhunā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अधुना (adhunā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "ادھنا",
            "tr": "adhunā"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: ادھنا (adhunā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: ادھنا (adhunā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "അധുനാ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അധുനാ (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അധുനാ (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "अधुना",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: अधुना (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: अधुना (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଅଧୁନା",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଅଧୁନା (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଅଧୁନା (adhunā) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "si",
            "2": "අධුනා",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sinhalese: අධුනා (adhunā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sinhalese: අධුනා (adhunā) (learned)"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly as an ablauting instrumental singular of अध्वन् (ádhvan, “road; time”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      },
      "expansion": "अधुना • (adhunā́)",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "अधुना • (adhunā́)",
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        "Sanskrit lemmas",
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        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later [than now]. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand. Please repeat them in a simple way so that I can understand them. My mind is very inquisitive, and I want to understand this clearly.",
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 5.12.3",
          "roman": "tasmādbhavantaṃ mama saṃśayārthaṃ prakṣyāmi paścād adhunā subodham. adhyātmayogagrathitaṃ tavoktamākhyāhi kautūhalacetaso me.",
          "text": "तस्माद्भवन्तं मम संशयार्थं प्रक्ष्यामि पश्चाद् अधुना सुबोधम्। अध्यात्मयोगग्रथितं तवोक्तमाख्याहि कौतूहलचेतसो मे॥"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 6.16.45",
          "roman": "Lord Brahmā continued: Those two principal doorkeepers of the Personality of Godhead have now entered the womb of Diti, the powerful semen of Kaśyapa Muni having covered them.",
          "text": "तावेव ह्य् अधुना प्राप्तौ पार्षदप्रवरौ हरेः। दितेर्जठरनिर्विष्टं काश्यपं तेज उल्बणम्॥\ntāveva hy adhunā prāptau pārṣadapravarau hareḥ. diterjaṭharanirviṣṭaṃ kāśyapaṃ teja ulbaṇam."
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.1.46",
          "roman": "In their third birth, the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of kṣatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa has struck them with his disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse.",
          "text": "तावत्र क्षत्रियौ जातौ मातृष्वस्रात्मजौ तव। अधुना शापनिर्मुक्तौ कृष्णचक्रहतांहसौ॥\ntāvatra kṣatriyau jātau mātṛṣvasrātmajau tava. adhunā śāpanirmuktau kṛṣṇacakrahatāṃhasau."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at this time, now"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "एतत्कालम्"
        },
        {
          "word": "इदानीम्"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.dʱu.nɑ́ː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.d̪ʱu.n̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अधुना"
}

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