सीमन्त

{ sīmantḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सीमन्त  m.  m. ( ifc. आ; cf. सीमा-न्त) parting of the hair, [AV.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
सीमन्तोन्-नयन   = below, [Yājñ. i, 11]

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सीमन्तोन् नयन

   a line of separation on the human body (14 are enumerated, corresponding to the joints of the bones or अस्थि-संघातs), [Suśr.]
   a boundary, limit, [MBh.]
    N. of a son of king भद्र-सेन, [Cat.]
   of a poet, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सीमन्तः [sīmantḥ]   [सीम्नोऽन्तः शकं˚]
   A boundary-line, landmark.
   The parting line of the hair; the hair parted on each side of the head so as to leave a line; सीमन्तः केशवेशे, सीमान्तोऽन्यः Sk. (Mar. भांग); सीमन्ते च त्वदुपगमजं यत्र नीपं वधूनाम् [Me.67;] [Śi.8.69;] [Mv.5.44.]
   A landmark.
   See सीमन्तोन्नयनम् below; [Y.1.11.] -Comp.
-उन्नयनम्   'parting of the hair', one of the twelve Saṁskāras or purificatory rites observed by women in the fourth, sixth or eighth month of their pregnancy.

Shabda-Sagara

सीमन्त  m.  ( -न्तः)
   1. A separation of the hair on each side, so as to leave a distinct line on the top of the head.
   2. A boundary line.
  mn.  ( -न्तः-न्तं) The head.
    E. सीमन् limit, (of the hair,) and अन्त end, form irr.

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सीमन् अन्त