सेना
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; at the end of a compound also सेन (सेन)) ( etc.)
- missile, dart, spear (, )
- name of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified) (, , )
- a small army (consisting of 3 elephants, 3 chariots, 9 horse, and 15 foot) ()
- any drilled troop or band or body of men ()
- a kind of title or addition to the names of persons (also names of courtezans) (; compare 4-1, 152 etc.)
- name of a courtesan (abridged from कुबेरसेना (tr=kubera-senā)) ()
- name of the mother of शम्भव (शम्भव) (the third arhat of the present avasarpiṇī) ()
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáynaH inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynaH.
Origin
Proto-Indo-Iranian
*sáynaH