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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From द्विगुण (dviguṇa).
Pronunciation
Verb
द्विगुणयति • (dviguṇayati) third-singular indicative (root द्विगुणय)
- (transitive) to double
Gāthā Saptaśatī :
- अपराह्णागतजामातुर् द्विगुणयति मोहनोत्कण्ठाम् ।
वध्वा गृहपश्चाद्भागमज्जनपिशुनो वलयशब्दः ॥- aparāhṇāgatajāmātur dviguṇayati mohanotkaṇṭhām.
vadhvā gṛhapaścādbhāgamajjanapiśuno valayaśabdaḥ. - The sound of bracelets, indicating the bathing of the bride in the back-portion of the house, double the longing for dalliance of the son-in-law who has arrived in the afternoon.
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References
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “द्विगुणय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 128
- Monier Williams (1899) “द्विगुणयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 504.