कर्णशोभन (karNazobhana)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   कर्णशोभन  karNazobhana  n.
   ornament for the ear

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 कर्ण—शो॑भन n.
  an ornament for the ear,  RV.
   viii,  78,  3.

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

कर्णशोभन
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕಿವಿಯನ್ನು ಅಲಂಕರಿಸುವ ಒಡವೆ /ಕರ್ಣಾಭರಣ
निष्पत्तिः - > शुभ (दीप्तौ) + णिच् - "ल्युः" (३-१-१३४)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > कर्णं शोभयति

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Vedic Reference

English

 Karṇa-śobhana denotes an ‘ornament for the ear’ in the
Rigveda, ^1 apparently for the use of men. Some deity is called
‘gold-eared’ in another passage of the Rigveda.^2 Hopkins^3
considers the use of ear-rings later than that of necklets and
wristlets.
1) viii. 78,  3.
2) i. 122,  14. See also i. 64,  10.
3) Journal of the American Oriental
Society,  17,  35.
Cf. Zimmer,  Altindisches Leben,  262.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 कर्ण्णशोभन त्रि०
  कर्ण्णं शोभयति शुभ--णिच्--ल्यु । कर्ण्णाभ-रणे “उत नः कर्ण्णशोभना पुरूणि” ऋ० ८,  ७८,  ३, 

Grassman

German

 karṇa-śóbhana,  n.,  Ohrschmuck.
-ā {687, 3}.

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