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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
venaवेनvená mf(I)n. yearning, longing, eager, anxious, loving, [RV.]
vená m. longing, desire, wish, care, [ib.]
N. of the hymn, [RV. x, 123] (beginning with ayaṃ venaḥ), [ŚāṅkhBr.]
= yajña, [Naigh. iii, 17]
N. of a divine being of the middle region, [Naigh. v, 4]; [Nir. x, 38] (also applied to Indra, the Sun, Prajā-pati, and a Gandharva; in [AitBr. i, 20] connected with the navel)
of various men, (esp.) of the author of [RV. ix, 85]; [x, 123] (having the patr. bhārgava)
of a Rājarṣi or royal Ṛṣi (father of Pṛthu, and said to have perished through irreligious conduct and want of submissiveness to the Brāhmans; he is represented as having occasioned confusion of castes See [Mn. vii, 41]; [ix, 66]; [67], and as founder of the race of Niṣādas and Dhīvaras; according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, Vena was a son of Aṅga and a descendant of the first Manu; a Vena Rāja-śravas is enumerated among the Veda-vyāsas or arrangers of the Veda), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
v.l. for veṇa, q.v.