Shev, Śev: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śev can be transliterated into English as Sev or Shev, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚev (शेव्).�1 Ā. To worship; see सेव् (sev).
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Sev (सेव्).�1 Ā. (sevate, sevita; caus. sevayati-te; desid. 𱹾ṣaٱ; the s of sev is generally changed to � after prepositions ending in i such as ni, pari, vi)
1) To serve, wait or attend upon, honour, worship, obey; प्रायो भृत्यास्त्यजन्ति प्रचलितविभवं स्वामिनं सेवमानाः (pryo bhṛtstyajanti pracalitavibhava� svmina� sevamn�) Mu.4.21; आचार- पूतं पवनः सिषेवे (cra- pūta� pavana� siṣee) R.2.13. 'served or refreshed'; ऐश्वर्यादन- पेतमीश्वरमय� लोकोऽर्थतः सेवत� (aiśvardana- petamīśvaramaya� loko'rthata� sevate) Mu.1.14.
2) To go after, pursue, follow.
3) To use, enjoy; कि� सेव्यत� सुमनसा� मनसापि गन्ध� कस्तूरिकाजननशक्तिभृत� मृगे� (ki� sevyate sumanas� manaspi gandha� kastūrikjananaśaktibhṛt mṛgeṇa) R. G.
4) To enjoy carnally; केतकी� सेवस� हन्त कथ� रोलम्ब निस्त्रप� (ketakī� sevase hanta katha� rolamba nistrapa�) Bv.1.118.
5) To attach or devote oneself to, attend to, cultivate, practice, perform; विद्वद्भिः सेवितः (vidvadbhi� sevita�) (�) Manusmṛti 2.1; त्वय� मनोनिर्विषयार्�- कामय� यदेक एव प्रतिगृह्य सेव्यत� (tva manonirviṣartha- kma yadeka eva pratigṛhya sevyate) Kumrasambhava 5.38; R.17.49.
6) To resort to, betake oneself to, dwell in, frequent, inhabit; तप्त� वारि विहा� तीरनलिनी� कारण्डवः सेवत� (tapta� vri vihya tīranalinī� kraṇḍava� sevate) V.2.23; ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.9.
7) To watch over, guard, protect.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢev (षेव्).—[(�)ṣeṛ] r. 1st cl. (sevati-te) 1. To serve, to gratify by service. 2. To rely or depend on. 3. To worship. 4. To follow, to practise, to be addicted to. 5. To enjoy, (sexually.) 6. To dwell in. 7. To watch over. With , 1. To enjoy. 2. To practise. With upa, 1. To practise. 2. To perform. 3. To enjoy. 4. To serve. With ni, 1. To pursue. 2. To employ. 3. To enjoy. 4. To inhabit. 5. To observe. 6. To attend. With pari, To take.
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Sev (सेव्).—[(�) sevṛ] r. 1st cl. (sevate) 1. To serve, to gratify by service. 2. To follow. 3. To use, to enjoy. 4. To attend to, to cultivate, to perform. 5. To enjoy, (sexually.) 6. To dwell in, to frequent. 7. To watch over. With , 1. To enjoy. 2. To practise. With upa, 1. To apply oneself to. 2. To perform. 3. To enjoy. 4. To serve. With ni, 1. To pursue. 2. To practise. 3. To employ. 4. To enjoy. 5. To inhabit. 6. To observe. 7. To attend. With pari, To take; preferably ṣe� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚev (शेव्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To worship (cf. sev).
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Sev (सेव्).� (akin to sap), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] Atm. 1. To follow, to apply one’s self to, [Բśٰ] 6, 35. 2. To study, Mahbhrata 3, 27. 3. To practise, [Բśٰ] 6, 29; to do, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 17, 49. 4. To enjoy, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 172, M. M. (cherish); [ʲñٲԳٰ] v. [distich] 24; carnally, [Բśٰ] 8, 365; to love, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 87, 1. 5. To inhabit, Mahbhrata 3, 2402. 6. To tarry somewhere (with acc.), [Բśٰ] 4, 131. 7. To frequent, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 9; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 39, 7; to search, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 41. 8. To stand at, to guard, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 98, 18. 9. To serve, to gratify, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 11. 10. To honour, [Բśٰ] 7, 38; to worship, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] ii. [distich] 27. sevita, 1. Pursued, used. 2. Protected. 3. Frequented, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 150, M. M. Comp. A-, adj. not frequented, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 144, M. M. Su-, adj. well served, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 21, M.M. sevya, 1. To be taken care of. 2. Venerable; with jana, Master, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 39. m., f. , and n. Names of plants. Comp. A-, adj. 1. not deserving to be served, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 286. 2. not deserving to be visitéd, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 31, 1. Dus-, adj. difficult to be treated, Mahbhrata 13, 2225. [Causal.] To worship, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] ii. [distich] 33.
� With the prep. , 1. To practise, [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 35, 6. 2. Toemploy for smearing with, [Ṛtusaṃhra] 6, 12 (v. r.). 3. To enjoy, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 67, 3; Mahbhrata 3, 16564.
� With sam sam-, To practise, [Բśٰ] 11, 174. samserita, Served.
� With upa upa, 1. To apply one’s self to, to practise, Mahbhrata 2, 159. 2. To perform, Mahbhrata 13, 7567. 3. To enjoy, Mahbhrata 3, 15382. 4. To serve, to honour, [Բśٰ] 4, 133. 5. To haunt, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 279. upasevita, Smeared, [Rmyaṇa] 2, 100, 33.
� With abhyupa abhi-upa, To observe, Mahbhrata 3, 13432.
� With samupa sam-upa, To enjoy, [Rmyaṇa] 1, 35, 23.
� With ni ni, ṣe, 1. To pursue, to attach one’s self to, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 209, M. M. 2. To practise, [Բśٰ] 4, 155. 3. To employ, [Śiśuplavadha] 9, 68. 4. To enjoy, Mahbhrata 3, 11877. 5. To inhabit, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 31, 1; [Rmyaṇa] 1, 31, 21. 6. To observe, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 26. 7. To attend, [Բśٰ] 9, 300.
� With sam sam, To worship, [Kirtrjunīya] 18, 24.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySev (सेव्).�sevate (sevati), [participle] sevita stay by ([accusative] or [locative]), inhabit, frequent, visit; serve, revere, worship; attend upon, devote one’s self to ([accusative]); practise, use, employ, enjoy (also sexually). [Causative] sevayati serve, worship.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śev (शेव्):�(cf. �sev) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ś𱹲ٱ, to worship, serve, [Dhtupṭha xiv, 36.]
2) Sev (सेव्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhtupṭha xiv, 30]) sevate (rarely ti; [perfect tense] siṣee, va, [Mahbhrata] etc.; [future] sevit [grammar]; 𱹾ṣyٱ, [ib.], ti, [Mahbhrata]; [Aorist] asiṣeat, 𱹾ṣṭ [grammar]; [infinitive mood] sevitum, [Mahbhrata] etc.; [indeclinable participle] sevitv, -sevya, [ib.]),
2) —to dwell or stay near or in ([locative case]), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa];
2) —to remain or stay at, live in, frequent, haunt, inhabit, resort to ([accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc.;
2) —to serve, wait or attend upon, honour, obey, worship, [ib.];
2) —to cherish, foster (a child), [Kathsaritsgara];
2) —to present with ([instrumental case]), [Raghuvaṃśa];
2) —to enjoy sexually, have sexual intercourse with ([accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc.;
2) —to refresh by soft breezes, fan (said of the wind), [Rmyaṇa; Klidsa; ʲñٲԳٰ];
2) —to devote or apply one’s self to, cultivate, study, practise, use, employ, perform, do, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
2) —to exist or be found in anything ([accusative]), [Rmyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Kathsaritsgara] :—[Passive voice] sevyate, to be followed or served etc., [Mahbhrata] :—[Causal] sevayati ([Aorist] asiṣeat), to attend upon, serve, honour, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś];
2) —to tend, cherish (plants), [Bhartṛhari] :‰ڶٱپ of [Causal] See 𱹲⾱ṣu:‰ڶٱپ 𱹾ṣaٱ, ti ڲ:‰ڱԳٱԲ seṣeyate, [ib.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢev (षेव्):�(ña, �) sevati, te 1. c. To serve, rely on, worship.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Sev (सेव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Seva.
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySev in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) an apple; a saltish/sweet vermicelli-like preparation of gram flour..—sev (से�) is alternatively transliterated as Seva.
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Starts with (+20): Seva, Sevaka, Sevala, Sevali, Sevanti, Sevati, Shevada, Shevadem, Shevadhipa, Shevadi, Shevadie vayr, Shevaga, Shevagil, Shevai, Shevaka-kkashu, Shevakhanda, Shevaladatta, Shevalaghosha, Shevalaghoshi, Shevalanem.
Full-text (+148): Nishev, Upanishev, Parisev, Seva, Asev, Sevin, Anusevin, Parinishev, Abhisevana, Vishev, Samsevana, Khev, Sevaka, Kev, Upasevaka, Upasev, Sevana, Anusev, Sevita, Upasevana.
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