पिशुन

{ piśuna }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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पिशुन n.  कुरुक्षेत्र के कौशिक ब्राह्मण के सात पुत्रों में से एक । इसके अन्य भाइयों में पितृवर्तिन् प्रमुख था (पितृवर्तिन् देखिये) ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

piśuna a S Slanderous or calumnious.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   Slanderous or calumnious.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पिशुन  mfn.  mfn. back-biting, slanderous, calumnious, treacherous, malignant, base, wicked
a backbiter, informer, betrayer, [RV.] &c. &c.
( ifc.) showing, betraying, manifesting, telling of, memorable for, [Kālid.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.]
पिशुन  m.  m. cotton, [L.]
a crow, [L.]
N. of नारद
of a goblin dangerous to pregnant women, [MārkP.]
of a Brāhman, [Hariv.]
of a minister of दुष्यन्त, [Śak.]
पिशुन  n.  n. informing against, betraying, [MBh.]
saffron, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पिशुन [piśuna] a.  a. [पिश्-उनच् किच्च; [Uṇ.3.55] ]
(a) Indicating, manifesting, evincing, displaying, indicative of; शत्रूनामनिशं विनाशपिशुनः [Śi.1.75;] तुल्यानुरागपिशुनम् [V.2.14;] [R.1.53;] [Amaru.97.] (b) Memorable for, commemorating; क्षेत्रं क्षत्रप्रधनपिशुनं कौरवं तद् भजेथाः [Me.48.]
Slanderous, back-biting, calumniating; पिशुनजनं खलु बिभ्रति क्षितीन्द्राः [Bv.1.74.]
Betraying, treacherous.
Harsh, cruel, unkind.
Wicked, malicious; malignant.
Low, vile, contemptible; of a wicked person; पिशुनं भोजनं भुङ्क्ते ब्रह्महत्यासमं विदुः [Mb.13.136.16.]
Foolish, stupid.
नः A slanderer, back-biter, tale-bearer, base informer, traitor, calumniator; वरं प्राणत्यागो न च पिशुन- वाक्येष्वभिरुचिः; [H.1.116;] [Pt.1.34;] [Ms.3.161;] पिशुनता यद्यस्ति किं पातकैः [Bh.1.55.]
Cotton.
An epithet of Nārada.
A crow.
 N. N. of a goblin (said to be dangerous to pregnant women).
 N. N. of a writer on अर्थशास्त्र mentioned by Kauṭilya in connection with राज- पुत्ररक्षण; [Kau.A.1.17.]
नम् Betraying.
Saffron.-Comp.
-वचनम्, -वाक्यम्, -वादः   slander, detraction, calumny.

Shabda-Sagara

पिशुन  mfn.  ( -नः-ना-नं)
1. Cruel, wicked.
2. Vile, low, contemptible. 3. Stupid, a fool.
 n.  ( -नं) Saffron.
 m.  ( -नः)
1. A spy, an informer, a tale-bearer, a slanderer, a traitor.
2. A name of NĀRADA.
3. A crow.
4. Cotton.
 f.  ( -ना) A gramineous plant, “पिडिङ्शाक” (Trigonella corniculata.)
2. Indicating, making known, evincing. 3. Calumniating, back-biting.
4. unkind.
E. पिश् to be a part, उनन् Unādi aff., and the vowel unchanged.

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पिश् उनन्