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श्वघ्निन् (zvaghnin)

 
Capeller Eng
English
श्वघ्नि॑न्
m.
 a gambler by profession.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
श्वघ्निन् zvaghnin
m.
 professional gambler
श्वघ्निन् zvaghnin
m.
 gamester
Monier Williams Cologne
English
श्वघ्निन् a See
p.
 1105, col. 2.
श्वघ्नि॑न् b
m.
 (prob.
fr.
 श्व-हन्, ‘a dog-killer’ or low fellow, but
accord.
 to some for स्व-घ्निन्, ‘one who destroys his own’) a gamester, professional gambler,
RV.
AV.
Monier Williams 1872
English
श्वघ्निन् श्वघ्निन्। See col. 2.
श्वघ्निन्, ई, m. (according to some श्व is for
स्व, and the word is thought to mean ‘one who
destroys his own, ’ others connect it with श्व-हन्),
Ved. a gamester, (Sāy. = देवन-शील।)
Macdonell
English
श्वघ्निन् śva-ghn-ín,
m.
 dice-player, professional 🞄gambler (V.).
Benfey
English
श्वघ्निन् श्वघ्निन् (? nom. sing.
घ्नी),
m.
 A gamester, Chr. 295, 10 =
Rigv. i. 92, 10.
Vedic Reference
English
Śva-ghnin in the Rigveda^1 and the Atharvaveda^2 clearly
means a ‘gamester’ or ‘professional gambler.’ It may origin-
ally have denoted a ‘hunter.’^3
1) i. 92, 10
ii. 12, 4
iv. 20, 3
viii. 45, 38.
2) iv. 16, 5.
3) Weber, Indische Studien, 18, 71.
Capeller
German
श्वघ्नि॑न्
m.
 Würfelspieler.
Grassman
German
śvaghnín, m., Spieler, Gewinner im Spiele.
-ī́ [N. s.] 1〉 〰 ‿iva kṛtnús {92, 10}
〰 ‿iva yás jigīvā́n lakṣám ā́dat {203, 4}
〰 ‿iva sanáye dhánānām {316, 3}
kṛtám ná 〰 ví [Page1433] cinoti dévane {869, 5}
{868, 9}
〰 ‿iva nivátā cáran {665, 38}.