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    asiknī

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 96.
    asiknī f. (-knī)

    1 A girl attending upon the inner or women's apartments.

    2 A river.

    E. a neg. and sita white, because her hair is not whitened by age: kna is substituted for ta, and the affix is ṅīp.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 75, col. 2.
    asiknī (knī) 3. f. Idem; a river.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 105, col. 3.
    asiknī asiknī. See 2. asita.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 213, col. 2.
    asiknī [sitā keśādau śubhrā jaratī, tadbhinnā avṛddhā, sita-knādeśaḥ ṅīp ca P. IV. 1. 39 Vārt.]

    1 A young maid-servant of the harem.

    2 Night (Nir.).

    3 N. of a river in the Punjaub, mentioned along with others in the line imaṃ me gaṃge yamune &c.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 34, col. 3.
    asiknī ásiknī, f. (of) ásita) night.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 120, col. 3.
    ásiknī a Ved. f. of 2. ásita, q.v.
    ☞ p. 120, col. 3.
    ásiknī b f. ‘the dark one’, the night, RV. iv, 17, 15; x, 3, 1
    ☞ p. 120, col. 3.
    a girl attending in the women's apartments, L.
    ☞ p. 120, col. 3.
    N. of a wife of Dakṣa, Hariv.
    ☞ p. 120, col. 3.
    N. of the river Akesines (afterwards called Candra-bhāgā) in the Pañjāb, RV. viii, 20, 25 and (asiknī́), x, 75, 5.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 79, col. 1.
    asiknī

    f. (-knī)

    1. A girl attending upon the inner or women's apart-
    ments.

    2. A river.

    E. a neg. and sita white, because her hair is not
    whitened by age: kna is substituted for ta, and the affix is ṅīp.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 293.
    asiknī [sitā keśādau śubhrā jaratī, tadbhinnā avṛddhā, asita takārasya ṅīp ca P.IV.1.39 chandasi knameke Vārt.] 1 A young maidservant of the harem. -2 Night (Nir.). -3 N. of a river in the Punjab, mentioned along with others in the line. imaṃ me gaṅge yamune...asikriyā marudvṛdhe... &c. Rv.10.75.5; karīṣiṇīmasiknīṃ ca kuśacīrāṃ mahānadīm Mb.6.9.23. a. black; tvad bhiyā viśa āyannasiknīḥ Rv.7.5.3. asiknyasyoṣadhe Mbh. on 4.1.39.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 63, col. 1.
    asiknī asiknī f. (sic filtrer) Vd. la libation du matin.

    Vd. l'Acésinès, affluent de l'Indus, auj. le Chenab.

    Servante de gynécée, appelée aussi asiknikā f.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 551.
    asiknī s. u. 2. asita .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 149, col. 3.
    asiknī s. 2. asita 4).

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 56.
    asiknī;
    asiknyantaḥpurapreṣyā dūtī sañcārikā smṛtā .. 491 ..
    2.1.1.491

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 553, col. 2.
    asiknī strī so—kta sitā keśādau śubhrā jaratī tadbhinnā
    avṛddhā knādeśaḥ ṅīp ca . antaḥpuracāriṇyāmavṛddhāyāṃ
    1 preṣyāyām, 2 nadībhede ca . 3 rātrau niru0 tasyāśca sūryya-
    tejaḥśūnyatayā asitatvāt tathātvam “tvacamasiknīṃ
    bhūmano divaspari” 9 . 73 . 5 . “tvadbhiyā viśaāyanna-
    siknīrasamānāḥ” ṛ0 7 . 5 . 3 . asiknīrasitavarṇṇā
    rājasyaḥ” bhā0 vīrasya prajāpateḥ 4 kanyābhede . asiknī-
    māvahat patnīṃ vīvaraṇasya prajāpateḥ” iti hari0 3 a0 .
    “chandasi knameke” vārtti0 ukteḥ chandasyevāyaṃ knādeśaḥ
    loke tu kvacit . “asikrī syādavṛddhāyāmityamaraḥ” .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 153.
    asiknī , strī, (na sitā śuklakeśā . chandasi kna-
    meka iti tasya knaḥ nāntattāt ṅīp ca .) avṛ-
    ddhāntaḥpuracāriṇī preṣyā .. ityamaraḥ .. nadī vi-
    śeṣaḥ . iti medinī .. (dakṣapatnī vīraṇasutā .
    yathā harivaṃśe . “asiknīmāvahatpatnīṃ vīraṇasya
    prajāpateḥ . sutāṃ sutapasā yuktām” iti ..)

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    Asiknī (a river in Bhāratav.). § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9λ, 330.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 47.
    Asiknī (‘black’) is the name in the Rigveda1 of the river

    known later as Candra-bhāgā, and to the Greeks as Akesines,

    now the Chenab in the Punjab. [Footnote] 1) viii. 20, 25; x. 75, 5; Nirukta, ix. 26. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 12.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 135.
    Asiknī (I) — R. in Bhāratavarṣa.

    Bhā. V. 19. 18.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 135.
    Asiknī (II) — the daughter of Pañcajana (Viraṇa-Vi. P.)

    the wife of Dakṣa1 and the mother of Haryaśvas who were

    ten thousand in number (five thousand-Vi. P.) of Śabalāśvas

    who were also a thousand in number2 and of sixty

    daughters.3 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. VI. 4. 51; Vi. I. 15. 89. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. VI. 5. 1, 24; Br.

    III. 2. 5, 21-30; Vi. I. 15. 90, 97. [Footnote] 3) Bhā. VI. 6. 1; Vi. I. 15. 102.

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 291, col. 2.
    Asiknī f.: Name of a river.

    Listed by Saṃjaya among the rivers of

    the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 22, 5; its water is

    used by people for drinking 6. 10. 13.