स्नावन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wn̥ (“sinew, tendon”). Cognate with Latin nervus (“sinew, tendon”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “sinew, tendon”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”), Old English sinu (whence English sinew).
Noun
स्नावन् • (snā́van) n
- sinew, tendon, muscle
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.6:
- अस्थिभ्यस्ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः ।
यक्ष्मं पाणिभ्यामङ्गुलिभ्यो नखेभ्यो वि वृहामि ते ॥- asthibhyaste majjabhyaḥ snāvabhyo dhamanibhyaḥ .
yakṣmaṃ pāṇibhyāmaṅgulibhyo nakhebhyo vi vṛhāmi te . - Forth from thy marrows and thy bones, forth from thy tendons and thy veins
I banish thy disease from thy hands, thy fingers, and thy nails.
- asthibhyaste majjabhyaḥ snāvabhyo dhamanibhyaḥ .
- अस्थिभ्यस्ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः ।
- bow-string
Declension
| Neuter an-stem declension of स्नावन् (snā́van) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | स्नाव snā́va |
स्नाव्नी / स्नावनी snā́vnī / snā́vanī |
स्नावानि snā́vāni |
| Vocative | स्नावन् / स्नाव snā́van / snā́va |
स्नाव्नी / स्नावनी snā́vnī / snā́vanī |
स्नावानि snā́vāni |
| Accusative | स्नाव snā́va |
स्नाव्नी / स्नावनी snā́vnī / snā́vanī |
स्नावानि snā́vāni |
| Instrumental | स्नाव्ना snā́vnā |
स्नावभ्याम् snā́vabhyām |
स्नावभिः snā́vabhiḥ |
| Dative | स्नाव्ने snā́vne |
स्नावभ्याम् snā́vabhyām |
स्नावभ्यः snā́vabhyaḥ |
| Ablative | स्नाव्नः snā́vnaḥ |
स्नावभ्याम् snā́vabhyām |
स्नावभ्यः snā́vabhyaḥ |
| Genitive | स्नाव्नः snā́vnaḥ |
स्नाव्नोः snā́vnoḥ |
स्नाव्नाम् snā́vnām |
| Locative | स्नाव्नि / स्नावनि snā́vni / snā́vani |
स्नाव्नोः snā́vnoḥ |
स्नावसु snā́vasu |
Related terms
- स्नायु (snāyu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्नावन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1267/1.
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