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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
spandanaस्पन्दनspandaná mf(A/)n. making a sudden movement, kicking (as a cow), [AV.]
spandaná m. a kind of tree (the wood of which is made into bedsteads, chairs &c.), [VarBṛS.]
spandaná n. throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, quivering, twitching (twitchings and quiverings of the body are supposed to prognosticate good or bad luck, and are therefore minutely described in certain works; see above), trembling, agitation, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mṛcch.] &c.
throbbing with life, quickening (of a child in the womb), [Yājñ.]; [Suśr.]
quick movement, motion, [Kathās.]
w.r. for syand°, [RV. iii, 53, 19.]