दानव

Hindi

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/, [d̪äː.nɐʋ]

दानव • (dānav) m

(Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

दानव • (dānav)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Vṛddhi derivative of दनु (danu)

दानव • (dānava) stem, m

(Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Masculine a-stem declension of दानव (dānava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दानवः dānavaḥ	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दानव dānava	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दानवम् dānavam	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवान् dānavān
Instrumental	दानवेन dānavena	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवैः / दानवेभिः¹ dānavaiḥ / dānavebhiḥ¹
Dative	दानवाय dānavāya	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ
Ablative	दानवात् dānavāt	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ
Genitive	दानवस्य dānavasya	दानवयोः dānavayoḥ	दानवानाम् dānavānām
Locative	दानवे dānave	दानवयोः dānavayoḥ	दानवेषु dānaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.

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