हुंकार (huMkAra)

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Capeller Eng

English

 हुंकार m.
  the sound hum (v. हुम्).

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 हुं-कार a हुं-कृत &c.
   See हुम्.

 हुं—कार b m.
  the sound हुम् (esp.   expressive of menace or contempt &c.
  
 also applied to the trumpeting of an elephant,  to the roaring or grunting &c.
   of other animals,  to the twang of a bow &c.
  ),  MBh.
  
 R.
  &c.
  

Macdonell

English

 हुंकार huṃ-kāra,  m.
  the sound hum (expressive,  🞄of a threat or disgust)
 trumpeting 🞄(of on elephant),  lowing (of a cow),  twanging 🞄(of a bow)
 -kṛta,  pp. v. hum
 n.
  exclamation 🞄hum (expressive of anger)
 lowing (of a 🞄cow)
 rare (of thunder)
 -kṛti,  f.
  sound 🞄hum (= -kāra).

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Benfey

English

 हुंकार हुंकार,  i. e. हुम् (an imi-
tative sound),  -कार,  m.
 
 1. Uttering
a menacing sound,  Rājat. 5,  345.
 2.
Roaring,  bellowing,  Pañc. 162,  25 (of
an elephant).
 3. Twang (of a bow), 
Śāk. d. 52.

L R Vaidya

English

 hum-kAra {% m. %} 1. uttering the sound हुम्,  e.g. मौनव्रतं महाकष्टं हुंकारेणापि नश्यति
a menacing sound,  हुम्कारेणेव धनुषः स हि विघ्नानपोहति Sak.iii.,  R.vii.58
roaring in general
the grunting of a boar.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 हुंकार m. °das Yahen,  Śuk. t. o. 10 [p. 23,  4].

Capeller

German

 हुंकार m.
  = vor. p. p.

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