लवण

{ lavaṇa(m), lavaṇa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

LAVAṆA I   A demon. He was the son of a demon called Madhu. Madhuvana on the banks of the river Kālindī was the abode of this demon. This demon was a great oppressor of the Devas and Śatrughna had to kill him Śatrughna then constructed a beautiful city there and lived there. In recognition of the increasing prosperity of the city it was named Madhurā. After the death of Śatrughna his two sons lived there. [4th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata] .
LAVAṆA II   A King who was a grandson of Hariścandra. He once conducted a Rājasūya in his imagination and became a Caṇḍāla. [story in Jñānavāsiṣṭha] . This story was narrated to Śrī Rāma by Vasiṣṭha to teach him the truth that man does not realise that this whole universe is an illusion only because of his ignorance. Lavaṇa was the King of Uttarapāṇḍava, a country of great fame. He was the grandson of Hariścandra and wished to earn fame by performing a Rājasūya yāga as Hariścandra had done. Lavaṇa decided to perform the yāga in his mind only. He made grand preparations for the yajña. He invited the Ṛtviks and after invoking the devas inflamed the sacrificial fire. For one year he observed yāga like that and in the end gave gifts to the brahmins and the poor. It was all an imaginary performance that the King had in the course of a single day when he indulged in a reverie. In the evening as usual he continued his day to day duties. One who performs Rājasūya will have to bear woes and sorrows for a period of twelve years and since Lavaṇa had performed it mentally, Indra sent his agent to give Lavaṇa worries mentally. Indra's agent appeared in the court of King Lavaṇa in the guise of a magician. The magician bowing before the King with awe said, “Lord, I shall show you a magic. See it sitting on your throne. It will be as astounding as if seeing moon rise on the earth”. Saying this the magician took a bundle of peacockfeathers and waved it against the face of the King. That bundle was capable of producing different objects and visions. The King fixed his eyes on the several glittering spots on the feathers and soon he saw a relative of the Saindhava King approaching the court. Behind him was a beautiful horse. Holding the horse by the reins the new-comer addressed the King thus. “Lord, this horse is as good as Uccaiśśravas and it has been sent by the King of Sindhu to be presented to you. Best things should be given to the best people and only then the value of the thing would be correctly understood.” The magician who was standing near-by supported the statement of the new-comer. He said “Lord, what he says is true. This horse has wonderful powers. Take a tour of all the worlds riding on this horse”. The King sat staring at the horse and he sat thus for an hour and a half. The entire court was perplexed. After some time the King awoke from his meditation and looking at his courtiers in wonder he said thus: “I shall tell you what happened to me during the short period I was sitting in meditation. While I was looking at the peacock feathers of the magician I felt a desire to go hunting riding on this horse. So I went to the forest alone riding on this horse. Very quickly the horse took me a long distance deviating from the main path and I soon found myself in the dark depths of a huge forest. By the time we reached that forest my mind and body were equally tired and still we went on moving till evening came. Somehow we crossed the forest and reached Jāṅgala. There I found a cluster of lemon trees and to ease my body I caught hold of a creeper hanging from one of the lemon trees. As I did so, to my horror, I found the horse running away from me and leaving me alone. Tired by the day's travel I sat at a place and dozed. Darkness was creeping in and soon the whole place was in complete darkness. It was very cold also. Somehow I spent the night and when morning came, with hopes I walked around the place. The place was still and no living thing was in sight. As I roamed about I saw a forest- girl coming with a pot of rice. I approached her and asked for some rice. She did not pay any attention to my request and moved on. I followed her and she said she would give me rice if I promised to marry her. In despair I agreed to her condition and she was pleased with my reply. She gave me half of the rice and curry she was carrying to her father and also some lemon-juice to drink. After taking that food I rested for a while. Her name was Hārakeyūrī. As soon as her father came from the fields she told him everything. The caṇḍāla was immensely pleased to hear about our marriage and all of us went to their hut. The scene I saw at the hut was astonishing. At one place was the flesh of boars, horses, fowl and crows in a heap and on the intestines of animals hanging from ropes sat birds pecking at them. In the hands of children there were pieces of raw meat and flies hovered round them. The hut presented a disgusting atmosphere and yet I entered and sat on a leaf and my marriage with Hārakeyūrī was conducted there. The celebrations of the marriage lasted for seven days and all these days people danced and shouted amidst loud noises of drumming in a hilarious mood of drunkenness. Eight months passed by very soon and Hārakeyūrī became pregnant. She delivered a girl first and soon we had two or three children more. I had to do many cruel and nasty deeds to feed my family and gradually I became old. My hair became grey. At that time there occurred a great famine and those residing in the forests were put to great trouble. There was no water to drink as all ponds and lakes went dry. Some of us migrated to the vicinity of the Vindhya mountain where there were plenty of waterfountains. A few committed suicide. We also left the place and started walking, taking the children also along with us. After some time we sat under a palm tree completely exhausted. My wife began to weep profusely. She then kissed her children and lay down and started sleeping. Thirsty and hungry my children lay there awaiting death. Unable to witness the scene I jumped up from there deciding to commit suicide myself. Suddenly my vision faded and I was able to see this court and you all. This is the work of that magician”. The courtiers sat dumb-founded at the incredible story of the King. Suddenly the magician disappeared. The magician after making the King experience the woes of twelve years in a very short time left for the court of Indra. Next morning King Lavaṇa in the hope of seeing the place and people of his dream in reality near the mountain Vindhya started with his retinue on the false pretext that he was going to conduct a victory march When he entered a big forest he met with many familiar places and hunters of his dream. Then he saw the hut where he had lived. The same men and women were there all around. Then the saw an old lady lamenting thus: “Oh my dear sons, where did you go from my lap? My dear daughter, have you forsaken me? Oh prince, you came here abandoning all luxury and the beautiful girls of your palace and married my daughter. But God did not allow even her to be your permanent wife. The river of life has to take worthless and mean paths forced by circumstances. A very virtuous King had to come and live with a caṇḍāla girl.” Hearing this the King went to her and asked her all details. When she repeated the story the king knew that the lady was the mother of his caṇḍāla wife. The King and ministers were surprised to find that his vision was real and within that short period of his meditation he had lived a life of years. This perplexed the King. He then gave the old lady whatever she wanted and after consoling her started for the palace thinking about the wonderful happenings and mysteries of life.
LAVAṆA III   A demon who lived in the island of Rāmaṇīyaka. He had come to the island long before the serpents came to that place. The serpents saw him when they went there to live. [Śloka 2, Chapter 27, Ādi Parva] .
LAVAṆA IV   Another King of the family of Hariścandra. Yogavāsiṣṭha says that this King had participated in several Rājasūya yajñas.
LAVAṆA(M)   A hell. (See under Kāla I).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

 noun  एक यौगिक जो अम्ल के हाइड्रोजन का धातु द्वारा प्रतिस्थापन होने पर बनता है   Ex. सोडा एक लवण है ।

HYPONYMY:

लौहसार फॉस्फेट

ONTOLOGY:

रासायनिक वस्तु (Chemical) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

kok लवण

mar क्षार

tel లవణం

urd نمک

   See : नमक, लवणासुर

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

लवण n.  मधुवननिवासी एक राक्षस, जो मधु नामक राक्षस का पुत्र था । इसकी माता का नाम कुंभीनसी था । रुद्र की कृपा से इसे एक शूल प्राप्त हुआ था, जो हाथ में रहते यह अमर एवं युद्ध में अजेय रहता था । इसी शूल से इसने मांघातृ राजा का उसके सैन्य के सहित संहार किया था [वा. रा. उ. ६७.२१] ; [म. अनु. १४.२६७-२६८] । राम दाशरथि की आज्ञा से शत्रुघ्न ने इसपर आक्रमण किया, एवं इसे शूलरहित स्थिति में पकड कर इसका वध किया (शत्रुघ्न देखिये) ।
लवण II. n.  रामणीयक द्वीप में रहनेवाला एक असुर, जिसे नागों ने इस द्वीप में प्रवेश करते समय देखा था [म. आ. २३.३०७] |
लवण III. n.  (सू. इ.) हरिश्वंद्र के वंश का एक राजा । इसने कई राजसूय यज्ञ किये थे, जिनके के अभिमान के कारण इसका नाश हुआ [यो. वा. ३.१०४-११५] |

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

 noun  आम्लाच्या हायड्रोजनाचो धातू प्रतिस्थापन जातकच तयार जाता अशें एक योगीक   Ex. सोडा एक लवण

HYPONYMY:

फॉस्फेट

ONTOLOGY:

रासायनिक वस्तु (Chemical) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

mar क्षार

tel లవణం

urd نمک

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   Salt, whether sea-salt or fossile salt.
   Salt, saline.
   

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   Salt.
 n f  A low spot.
 a   Saline.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

 ना.  मीठ , क्षार ;
 ना.  वळण , वाकण ( नदीचे , रस्त्याचे ).

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : मीठ, क्षार, लवणासुर

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. मीठ , क्षार . - पु . क्षाररस . - वि . खारट ; खारे ; क्षारयुक्त . [ सं . ] सामाशब्द -
   नस्त्री .
   खोलगट , सखल स्थल ( जमिनीतील इ० ); बतखल . ( सामा . ) खोल , आंत गेलेला भांग ; खळगा . जसे - पायाची - मानेची - हाताची - लवण .
०जल  न. ( काव्य . ) ( खारे पाणी ) समुद्र . लवणजलविषे करुन । सर्व हा पसरला लंबायमान । [ सं . ]
   वळण ; वांकण ( रस्त्याचे , नदीचे इ० ).
०त्रय  न. सेंधेलोण , पादेलोण , बिडलोण ही तीन लवणे ; त्रिलवण . - योर १ . १७६ . [ सं . ]
०पंचक  न. संचळ ( पादेलोण ), सैंधव , बिडलोण , औद्भिद ( जमिनीमध्ये उकरुन निघालेल्या खार्‍या पाण्यापासून सूर्यकिरणांच्या किंवा अग्नीच्या साहाय्याने झालेले मीठ ) व समुद्राच्या पाण्यापासून झालेले मीठ . - योर १ . १७६ . [ सं . ]
   ( व . ) लहानसा ओढा ; नाला .
   उतार ; उतरती जागा .
०शाक   ख पुस्त्री . खारावलेली फळे , भाज्या ; लोणचे [ सं . ]
   लीनता ; लवणे . [ लवणे ] म्ह० लवण तेथे जीवन .
०सागर  पु. खारा समुद्र . कां लवणाची कुंजरी । सूदलिया लवणसागरी । - ज्ञा १५ . ३१८ . [ सं . ]
०भंजन  न. ( उप . )
   पूज्यतेचे व नम्रतेचे मोठे आडंबर करणे ; लवून नमस्कार करुन पूज्यतादर्शक शब्दांनी संबोधणे , बोलणे . ( क्रि० करणे ). पंडित भेटती समत्सर । लवण भंजन अतिनम्र । - एभा १० . १७३ .
   अत्यंत नम्रता , आदर ; आर्जव . [ लवणे + भजणे ] लवणा - वि . ( व . ) ओणवा . लवणा पड . लवणी - स्त्री . वांकलेल्या शरीराच्या अवयवाच्या खालील लवण लवण ; खळगी .
   बांक ; वक्रता ; कमान ( रस्त्याची इ० ); लवणांतील आंत गेलेला भाग . [ लवणे ] लवणे - अक्रि .
   वांकणे . लवलेले - वि . वाकलेले ; नमलेले . भारेलवे प्रतिपदी भू , शेष धरुं शके न लवलीला । - मोभीष्म ४ . ४० .
   वांकणे ; दबणे ; दबकणे .
   तळपणे ( वीज ).
   स्फुरणे ( डोळा ).
   कलणे ( मन , मनोवृत्ति ); वाहणे ( मनदेवता - पिंगळी ) ह्या अर्थी मन , मनदेवता , मनपिंगळी इ० शब्द कर्तृस्थानी योजतात .
   ( व . ) उडणे ; उडी मारणे . भिंतीवरुन लवला .
   लीन , नम्र होणे . ' गुरुचरणी त्यजुनि खेद लवतीस । - मोवन ४ . ७१ . [ सं . लीन ; नमन ; अप . नवन ; हिं . नौना , पं . नौणा ] लवन - पु . पाणी वाहून जाण्याचा पाट ; लवण अर्थ ३ , ४ पहा .

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : नुन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

लवण  mfn.  mf( आ)n. (derivation doubtful) saline, salt, briny, brinish, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. ( °णं कृत्वा, or कृत्य g. साक्षा-दि)
   tasteful, graceful, handsome, beautiful, [W.]
लवण  m.  m. saltness, saline taste, [W.]
   the sea of salt water (in, [MBh. vi, 236 &c.] one of the seven oceans which surround the द्वीपs in concentric belts), [IW. 420]
सवन    N. of a hell, [VP.] ( v.l.)
   of a राक्षस or दैत्य, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
   of a king belonging to the family of हरिश्चन्द्र, [Cat.]
लव   of a son of राम (= q.v.), [Śatr.]
   of a river, [L.]
बल   = and अस्थि-देव, [L.]
लवण  f.  n. (according to some also m. and f( आ).) salt ( esp. sea-salt, rock or fossil salt; but also factitious salt or salt obtained from saline earth), [AV.] &c. &c.
लवण  n.  n. oversalted food, [L.]
निर्-ल्°   lustre, beauty, charm, grace ( ifc. See, and लव-णा-कर)

ROOTS:

निर् ल्°

लम्बन   a partic. mode of fighting ( prob. w.r. for ), [Hariv.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लवण [lavaṇa] a.  a. [लू-ल्युट् पृषो˚ णत्वम्]
   Saline, saltish, briny; यतो यतस्त्वाददीत लवणमेवैवम् [Bṛi. Up.2.4.12.]
   Lovely, handsome.
   णः Saline taste.
   The sea of salt water.
  N. N. of a demon, son of Madhu, who was killed by Śatrughna; लवणेन विलुप्तेज्यास्तामिस्रेण तमभ्ययुः [R.15.2,5,17,26.]
  N. N. of a hell.
   णम् Salt, seasalt.
   A factitious salt. -Comp.
-अन्तकः   an epithet of Śatrughna.
-अब्धिः   the salt ocean. ˚जम् sea-salt.-अम्बुराशिः the ocean; आभाति वेला लवणाम्बुराशेः [R.13.] 15; [V.1.17.]
-अम्भस्  m. m. the ocean; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि [R.12.7;17.54.] (-n.) salt water.
   आकारः a salt-mine.
   a receptacle of salt water; i. e. the sea.
   (fig.) a mine of beauty.
-आलयः   the ocean.
   उत्तमम् rocksalt.
   nitre.
   उदः the ocean.
   the sea of salt water.
-उदकः, -उदधिः, -जलः   &c. the ocean; निनदमतिभृशं नराः प्रचक्रुर्लवणजलोद्भवसिंहनादमिश्रम् [Mb.7.] 39.31.
-क्षारम्   a kind of salt.
   A particular preparation made of sugar-cane juice.
-जलोद्भवः   a muscle, shell.
-त्रयम्   a combination of three kinds of salt, namely सैन्धव, विड and रुचक; L. D. B.
-धेनुः   a cow symbolically represented with salt.
-पाटलिका   a saltbag; Buddh.
-प्रगाढ a.  a. strongly impregnated with salt.
-मेहः   a kind of urinary disease.
-शाकम्   pickles; Gīrvāṇa.
-समुद्रः   the saltsea, the ocean.

Shabda-Sagara

लवण  mfn.  ( -णः-णा-णं)
   1. Salt, saline.
   2. Handsome, beautiful.
  n.  ( -णं) 1. Sea-salt.
   2. Rock or fossile salt.
   3. Factitious salt, or salt obtained by boiling clay found near the sea-shore, or any earth impregnated with saline particles.
  m.  ( -णः)
   1. The saline or salt taste, saltness.
   2. The sea of salt-water.
   4. The name of a Rākshasa mentioned in the Rāmāyana.
  f.  ( -णा)
   1. Saline, briny.
   2. Light, lustre, beauty.
   3. A small river in Tirhut.
    E. लू to cut, (rawness, or to assist digestion,) aff. ल्युट्, and the final letter made nasal by special rule.

ROOTS:

लू ल्युट्