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Spoken Sanskrit
English
भवान् मा ददातु, मा स्वीकरोतु - bhavAnmAdadAtu, mAsvIkarotu -
sent.
- Neithergive, nortakeanything.
Monier Williams
English
NEITHER, pron. (Not either, not the one or the other) expressed
by अन्यतरः -रा -रं or एकतरः -रा -रं or उभौ, or simply by the
dual in conjunction with the negative
as, ‘neither
of them can break the bow, धनुर् भंक्तुम् एकतरो शक्नोति or
उभौ शक्नुतः or simply शक्नुतः.
NEITHER,
conj.
expressed by the negative or च, or by the
prohibitive मा. Sometimes in conjunction with वा
as,
‘he took neither food nor clothes for his journey, यात्रार्थं
भक्ष्यं वस्त्रं वा जग्राह
‘take neither food nor clothes,
भक्ष्यं वस्त्रं वा मा गृहाण
‘do not eat the fruit neither touch
it, फलं मा खादत मा स्पृशत
‘he did not touch, neither did
he smell, नास्पृशद् चाजिघ्रत्.
Borooah
English
NEITH ER (conj.):
(1) न॥न वा,
only nine cate-
gories
n.
more nor less:
नवैव द्रव्याणि नाधिकानि
न्यूनानि वा,
V.
d.
(2) च॥न
n.
sex nor
age:
लिङ्गं वयः,
U.
(3) न॥न,
n.
very high nor very low:
नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचम्,
G.
(4) न॥न च,
nor father
n.
brothers:
पिता भ्रातरः,
Kat.
(5) च॥नापि,
S.
NEITH ER (pron. ):
(1)
expr.
with: एकः (का,
कं), अपि
or
एकतरः (रा, रं) and न,
“both, one, or
n.
”:
उपयमेकं नैकतरं वा
you can enjoy
n.
:
त्वयेकमपि भोक्तुं शक्यम्
(2) with उभ (= both)
and न।