anūcāna

a. or --naḥ [anuvac-kānac ni- pātaḥ P. III. 2. 109; vedasya anuvacanaṃ kṛ- tavān anūcānaḥ Sk.] 1 One devoted to study, learned; especially one well- versed in the Vedas with their...

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[apte] a. or --naḥ [anuvac-kānac ni- pātaḥ P. III. 2. 109; vedasya anuvacanaṃ kṛ- tavān anūcānaḥ Sk.] 1 One devoted to study, learned; especially one well- versed in the Vedas with their Aṅgas so as to be able to repeat, read and teach them; yo'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān Ms. 2. 154; 5. 82; Y. 3. 24; idamūcuranūcānāḥ Ku. 6. 15. --2 Modest, unassuming; humble, well-behaved.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: ADJ
Occurrences: 23
Texts: 15

Occurrences

Appears in 17 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Amarakosa Astadhyayi Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Chandogyopanisad Garudapurana Gopathabrahmana Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Kumarasambhava Manusmrti Rajanighantu Sankhayanaranyaka Yajnavalkyasmrti mahabharata mahabharata

Top Texts by Occurrence

Mahābhārata 4 · 17.4%Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra 3 · 13.0%Chāndogyopaniṣad 2 · 8.7%Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa 2 · 8.7%Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2 · 8.7%

Concordance Sample

Manusmṛtisurface: anūcāne

aśrotriye tv ahaḥ kṛtsnam anūcāne tathā gurau

Rājanighaṇṭusurface: anūcānaḥ

vipro vaidyakapāragaḥ śuciranūcānaḥ kulīnaḥ kṛtī dhīraḥ kālakalāvid āstikamatir

Mahābhāratasurface: 'nūcānaḥ

ṛṣayaś cakrire dharmaṃ yo 'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān