The corpus record — Sanskrit

sann

Adj

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 3 · 5.66/10k
Aitareya Upanisad 1 · 2.06/10k
Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 10 · 1.32/10k
Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 3 · 0.64/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. säna-

säna- Adj. alt (RV +), sanakd- alt, ehemalig, früher (RV +), sandjö Dual die beiden Alten (RV 1,62,7), sänaya-, sanayaalt, von alters bestehend (RV; AiGr II 2,213), sanätana- beständig, ewig (AV +;s. AiGr 112,594), sanyas- älter, alt (RV). - Pä. sanantana- ursprünglich, alt, ewig (PTSDict 675b), pkt. sanätana- beständig, immerwährend. - Iir., jav. hana- alt, greis (s. KEWA IH 426, Hinz, NÜ 114f.). - Idg. *seno-, gr. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. säna-, p. 723]

2. sänu-

sänu- n. m. Rücken (eines Tieres oder Dämons), Bergrücken, Gipfel (RV [NomAkkSg sänu, AkkSg sanum, LokSg sänavi, sänau, LokPl sänusu u.a.;, InstrSg snunä, AbISg snoh, u.a.) +; AiGr Ill 153f., Bee, Origins 110ff.); °snu-, °snu- etwas aufdem Rücken habend (RV ghrta°, ghrta°- u.a.; s. die Lit. in KEWA 11 457, 0.1516). - Mi., nu., dard., pä. sänu- n. m. "mountain rıdge’ u.a. (Tu 13340f.; s. auch AiGr II 1? Nachtr 30 … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. sänu-, p. 751]

3. säna-

säna- ("Fleischerei"), so TU 740 (s.v. sünä-) - sürakanda-, s Surapna-,o IT 495 - srkandu-, s 0.1292 (sv kanduy’) — [Mayrhofer, s.v. säna-, p. 553]

4. śaṇ

śaṇ cl. 1. 10. P. śaṇati, śaṇayati, to give; to go, Dhātup. xix, 35.

5. śān

śān (for √ śo), only in Desid. Ā. śīśāṃsate, to whet, sharpen, Dhātup. xxiii, 26 ( cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 6 ).

6. سَن

1. san cl. 1. P. , cl. 8. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xiii, 21 ; xxx, 2 ) sanati, te or sanoti, sanute ( Ā. rare and only in non-conjugational tenses; pf. sasāna, RV. ; p. sasavas, ib. f. sasanuṣī, Br. ; sasanivas or senivas Gr. ; sene, ib. ; aor. asāniṣam [ Subj. saniṣat Ā. saniṣāsmahe, saniṣanta] RV. ; Impv. saniṣantu, SV. ; seṣam, set, MaitrS. ; Br. ; asāta Gr. ; Prec. sanyāt, sāyāt, ib. ; fut. sanitā, ib. ; saniṣyati, RV. ; Br. ; inf. sanitum Gr. ), to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy, RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; ŚrS. ; to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute, RV. ; ( Ā. ) to be successful, be granted or fulfilled, ib. : Pass. sanyate or sāyate, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 : Caus. sānayati ( aor. asīṣaṇat) Gr. : Desid. of Caus. sisānayiṣati, ib. : Desid. sisaniṣati ( Gr. ) or siṣāsati (? sīṣatī, AV. iv, 38, 2 ), to wish to acquire or obtain, RV. ; TS. ; AV. ; to wish to procure or bestow, RV. ; AV. : Intens. saṃsanyate, sāsāyate, saṃsanti ( Gr. ), to gain or acquire repeatedly (only 3. pl. saniṣṇata, RV. i, 131, 5 ).

In the wild

sann Aitareya Upanisad aitup_2.5
sann Bhagavad Gita 4.6
śanāyā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.2
śanaṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.16
śanaṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.17
sāni Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.5

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. san (vol. 3, scan p. 755; entry #12089).

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