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Dhav, Dhv: 9 definitions

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhv (धाव्).—I. 1 P. (dhvati, 屹ٲ)

1) (a) To run, advance; अद्याप� धावत� मन� (adypi dhvati mana�) Ch. P.36; धावन्त्यमी मृगजवाक्षमये� रथ्याः (dhvantyamī mṛgajavkṣamayeva rathy�) Ś.1.8; गच्छति पुरः शरीरं धावत� पश्चादसंस्तुतं चेतः (gacchati pura� śarīra� dhvati paścdaṃstuta� ceta�) | 1.33. (b) To move, glide.

2) To run towards, advance against, assault, encounter; अधावीच्चारिसंमुखम� (屹īṃmܰ󲹳) Bhaṭṭikvya 15.67.

3) To flow, stream or flow forth; धावत्यम्भस� तैलवत् (dhvatyambhasi tailavat) ś.

4) To run or flee away.

5) To give milk (as a cow). II. 1 U. (屹پ-ٱ, dhauta or 屹ٲ)

1) To wash, clean, cleanse, purify, rub off; दधावाद्भिस्ततश्चक्षु� सुग्रीवस्य बिभीषण� � विदांचका� धौताक्षः � रिपु� खे ननर्� � (dadhvdbhistataścakṣu� sugrīvasya bibhīṣaṇa� | vidṃcakra dhautkṣa� sa ripu� khe nanarda ca) || Bhaṭṭikvya 14.5; Ś.6.25; Śiśuplavadha 17.8.

2) To brighten, polish.

3) To rub into one's person (Ātm.).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhav (धव�).—[(i) dhavi] r. 1st cl. (dhanvati) To go or move: this is considered sometimes as Sautra root. bhv0 pa0 saka0 se� idit .

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Dhv (धाव्).—[(u) dhvu] r. 1st cl. (屹پ-ٱ) 1. To go or move. 2. To run. 3. To cleanse. 4. To be clean or pure. With anu. 1. To know. 2. To run after. With abhi prefixed. To approach, to come before. With �, To alight. With pari, To run fast. With vi, To shed or sprinkle. With sam and upa, To run to meet. jave śuddhau aka0 śuddhikaraṇe ṃmrjane ca saka0 bhv0 ubha0 se� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhav (धव�).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To run, (ved.).

� Cf.

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Dhv (धाव्).� (cf. dhav, dhanv), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.], [Ātmanepada.] 1. To flow, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 14516. 2. To run, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 314. 3. To run to (acc.), Mahbhrata 3, 2543. 4. To move, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 4, 425. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. 屹ٲ, Beginning to run, [Kathsaritsgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 3, 52. [Causal.] 屹ⲹ, 1. To cause to run, to push on, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 223, 12.

� With the prep. anu anu, 1. To stream through, [śܳٲ] 1, 43, 8. 2. To spread over, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 109, 13 Gorr. 3. To run after, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 25, 8 Gorr. 4. To pursue, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 11, 20. 5. To come to one’s assistance (acc.), Mahbhrata 3, 2384.

� With samanu sam-anu, To pursue, Mahbhrata 8, 4086.

� With antar antar, To run among, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 32, 37.

� With apa apa, To deviate, to vary, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 54.

� With abhi abhi, 1. To run to (acc.), [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 41, 24. 2. To come to assistance, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 274.

� With pratyabhi prat -abhi, To run to (acc.), [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 82, 13 Gorr.

� With samabhi sam-abhi, To run to, Mahbhrata 6, 3119. 2. To fly against [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 34, 23.

� With vyava -屹, 1. To run away, Mahbhrata 12, 10599. 2. To separate, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 105, 25.

� With , To run near, to rush upon, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 10, 39.

� With up upa-, To run to (acc.), [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 7, 13, 28.

� With sam sam-, To run near, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 14566.

� With upa upa, 1. To run near, Rm 1, 28, 16. 2. To run to, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 14, 6. 3. To fly for refuge to (acc.), [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 7, 38.

� With samupa sam-upa, To run near, Mahbhrata 3, 2097.

� With nis nis, To run out, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 11020.

� With pari pari, 1. To flow about, Chr. 47, 40. 2. To stream through, [śܳٲ] 1, 91, 5. 3. To run about, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 62, 23. 4. To drive about, Mahbhrata 4, 302. 5. With mṛgaym, To hunt, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 30, 8. 6. To run round, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 22, 2. 7. To run through, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 11, 38. 8. To pursue, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 106, 7. [Causal.] To surround, Mahbhrata 14, 828.

� With vipari vi -pari, 1. To run to and fro, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 36, 38. 2. To run through, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 4105.

� With pra pra, 1. To flow away, [śܳٲ] 1, 81, 9. 2. To run away, Mahbhrata 3, 2548. 3. To run, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 38. 4. To run to, Mahbhrata 4, 428. 5. To spread, Mahbhrata 1, 6400. pra屹ٲ, Run away, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 79, 37.

� With anupra anu-pra, To pursue, [Daśakumracarita] in Chr. 179, 16.

� With vipra vi-pra, To run asunder, Mahbhrata 8, 3036.

� With ṃpra sam-pra, 1. To run away, Mahbhrata 5, 5148. 2. To run to, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 7, 15.

� With prati prati, To assail, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 13, 26.

� With vi vi, To run through, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 16, 14.

� With parivi pari-vi, To run through, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 29, 22.

� With sam sam, 1. To run together, Mahbhrata 3, 8879. 2. To assail, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5617. 3. To run to, Mahbhrata 12, 10670.

� Cf. dhar.

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Dhv (धाव्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] 1. To cleanse, to wash, [Śiśuplavadha] 17, 8. 2. To rub into one’s person, [śܳٲ] 2, 344, 14. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. dhauta, 1. Cleansed, washed, Mahbhrata 1, 3641; [Daśakumracarita] in Chr. 188, 22. 2. Polished, Mahbhrata 9, 1079. 3. Resplendent, Kath. 11, 31. 4. Pure, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 132. 5. Washed away, [Śṛṅgratilaks] 7. 6. n. Washing, [Cṇakya] 76, in Berl. Monatsb. [Causal.] To wash, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 65.

� With the prep. nis nis, 1. nirdhauta, Washed away, [Śiśuplavadha] 8, 51. 2. Cleansed, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 70.

� With pra pra, [Causal.] To wash, Mahbhrata 3, 14024.

� With vi vi, To wash away, [Śiśuplavadha] 8, 50. vidhauta. Cleansed, [Śiśuplavadha] 8, 70.

� Cf. [Old High German.] tau; [Anglo-Saxon.] deaw.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhav (धव�).�dhavate run, flow.

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Dhv (धाव्).�1. dhvati (te) run, stream, pour, ride, swim, glide; hasten, rush, run after or against ([accusative]). [Causative] 屹ⲹti cause to run, impel; ride or drive ([with] [instrumental] of the vehicle); jump, dance.

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Dhv (धाव्).�2. dhvati dhvate [participle] dauta (q.v.) rinse, wash, cleanse, purify; [Middle] also refl. C 屹ⲹti wash.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dhav (धव�):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] dhavate, to run, flow, [Ṛg-veda] cf. 2. dhan and 1. dhv; [Greek] θεϝ in θέω, θεύσομαι, θοός

2) Dhv (धाव्):�1. dhv [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] dhvati, te ([perfect tense] dadhva, ve [grammar]; [Aorist] adadhvat, [Ṛg-veda]; adhvīt, [Brhmaṇa]; Prec. dhvysam [grammar]; [future] dhviṣyati, [Kvya literature], te and dhvit [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] dhvitv and vya, [Kvya literature]; dhautv [grammar]);

2) —to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to run after (with or [scilicet] paśct), [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc. = seek for ([accusative]), [Kirtrjunīya ii, 29];—run towards (-abhimukham), [Hitopadeśa] run a race (jim), [Brhmaṇa] run as fast as possible (sarva� javam), [ib.];—run to and fro (itaś cetaś ca), [Mahbhrata; Hitopadeśa];—run away, flee, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

2) —to advance or rush against ([accusative]), [Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa];�(prati), [Kathsaritsgara] :—[Causal] 屹ⲹti ([Aorist] ī󲹱 [grammar]) to make run, impel, [ʲñٲԳٰ];

2) —to drive in a chariot, (with [instrumental case] of the vehicle and [accusative] of the way), [Brhmaṇa];

2) —to jump, dance, [Ṛg-veda x, 146, 2.](cf. �2. dhan, dhanv, dhav; 1. ū.)

3) 2. dhv [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] dhvati, te ([perfect tense] dadhva, [Bhaṭṭi-kvya]; [Aorist] -adhviṣṭa, [Ṛg-veda ix, 70, 8]; [indeclinable participle] dhautv, [Prabodha-candrodaya iv, 23] [varia lectio] ūtv and -dhvya, [Kauśika-sūtra])

—to rinse, cleanse, wash, purify, polish, make bright ([Ātmanepada] also to rub one’s self with, rub into one’s own person), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Passive voice] dhvyate ([perfect tense] 3. [plural] -dadhvire), [Śiśupla-vadha] :—[Causal] dhavayati, te, to cleanse, wash, [Brhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc.;—cause to be washed, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.] :—[Desiderative] didhviṣati, te;‰ڱԳٱԲ ddhvyate [grammar]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dhav (धव�):�(i) dhanvati 1. a. To go or move.

2) Dhv (धाव्):�(ña, u) dhvati, te 1. c. To go or move; to run; to cleanse. With abhi to approach; with to alight; with pari to run fast; with vi to sprinkle; with and upa to run, to meet.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dhv (धाव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dh, Dhva, Dhuva, Dhoa.

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