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    apahnavaḥ

    See also apahnava.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 115, col. 1.
    apahnavaḥ

    1 Concealment, hiding; concealment of one's knowledge, feelings &c.

    2 Denial or disowning of the truth, dissimulation; °ve jñaḥ P. I. 3. 44; jñātaṃ mayā te hṛdayaṃ sakhe māpahnavaṃ kṛthāḥ Ks. 10. 92.

    3 Appeasing, satisfying.

    4 Love, affection.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 152.
    apahnavaḥ 1 Concealment, hiding; concealment of one's knowledge, feelings &c. sa kadācidupāsīna ātmāpahnavamātmanaḥ Bhāg.9.6.49. -2 Denial or disowning of the truth, dissimulation; ˚ve jñaḥ P.I.3.44; jñātaṃ mayā te hṛdayaṃ sakhe mā'pahnavaṃ kṛthāḥ Ks.10.92. -3 Appeasing, satisfying. -4 Love, affection.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 67.
    apahnavaḥ , puṃ, (apa + hnu + bhāve ap .) apalāpaḥ .
    snehaḥ . iti medinī ..
    (“ṛṇe deye pratijñāte pañcakaṃ śatamarhati .
    apahnave taddviguṇaṃ tanmanoranuśāsanam” ..
    iti manuḥ .)