Sanskrit lavaṇá (104)
According to Monier-Williams’ A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Sanskrit word lavaṇá is derived from the root lū connoting “to cut, sever, divide, pluck, reap, and gather.” It means “saline, salt, briny, brinish, and the sea of salt water.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root aṟuttal through the transformation of aṟuttal > lavaṇá. The following words, related to Sanskrit lavaṇá, also originate from the Tamil root aṟuttal.
lavaṇá-kaṭuka, saline and acrid. lavaṇá-kalāyi, a trough. lavaṇá-kashāya, saline and astringent. lavaṇá-kiṃṡukā, Cardiospermum halicacabum. lavaṇá-krītaka, a Cākrika who sells salt. lavaṇá-kshāra, a kind of salt. lavaṇá-khāni, a salt-mine; the district of Sambher in Ajmere celebrated for its fossil salt. lavaṇá-jala, having salt water. lavaṇá-jala-dhi or lavaṇá-jala-nidhi, receptacle of salt water. lavaṇá-jalôdbhava, sea-born, a muscle, shell. lavaṇá-tā, saltness, brinishness. lavaṇá-tikta, saline and bitter. lavaṇá-tṛiṇa, a kind of grass. lavaṇá-toya, having salt water; the sea, ocean. lavaṇá-tva, saltness. lavaṇá-dhenu, an offering of salt, a cow symbolically represented with salt. lavaṇá-parvata, a mountain symbolically represented with salt. lavaṇá-pāṭalikā, a salt-bag. lavaṇá-pura, name of a town. lavaṇá-pragāḍha, strongly impregnated with salt. lavaṇá-mada, a kind of salt. lavaṇá-mantra, a prayer accompanied with an offering of salt. lavaṇá-meha, a kind of urinary disease (discharging saline urine). lavaṇá-lāyikā, an instrument by which salt is given to a horse. lavaṇá-vāri, having salt water; sea, ocean. lavaṇá-samudra, the salt-sea. lavaṇá-sindhu, the salt-sea, sea, ocean. lavaṇá-sthāna, name of a place. lavaṇâkara, a salt-mine. lavaṇâcala, equal to lavaṇa-parvata. lavaṇântaka, slayer of the Rākshasa Lavaṇa. lavaṇâpaṇa, a salt market. lavaṇâbdhi, receptacle of salt water, the sea, ocean. lavaṇá-ja, sea-born, sea-salt. lavaṇâmbu-rāṡi, mass of salt water, the sea, ocean. lavaṇâmbhas, salt water. lavaṇârṇava or lavaṇâlaya, sea of salt water. lavaṇâṡva, name of a Brāhman. lavaṇâsura, name of an Asura. lavaṇôtkaṭa, oversalted food. lavaṇôttama, best salt, river or rock salt. lavaṇôttha, a kind of salt. lavaṇôtsa, name of a town. lavaṇôda, salt water. lavaṇôdadhi, receptacle of salt water, the sea, ocean. lavaṇôdaka, salt water, brine. lāva, cutting, cutting off, plucking, reaping, gathering; destroying, killing. lāvaka, a cutter, reaper. lāvya, to be cut or reaped. lū, cutting, dividing. lūna, cut, cut off, severed, lopped, clipped, reaped, plucked; nibbled off; knocked out; stung; pierced, wounded; destroyed, annihilated. lūna-dushkṛīta, one who has destroyed or annihilated hissins. lūna-dos, name of Vṛishāṇa. lūna-paksha, one whose wings have been clipped. lūna-bāhu, one whose arms have been cut off. lūna-māṉsa, one whose flesh is stung by. lūna-yavam, after the barley has been cut, after barley-harvest. lūna-visha, having poison in the tail. lūnaka, cut, divided; wound, anything cut or broken. lūni, the act of cutting or reaping. lūnīya, nominal verb of lūna. lūyamāna, being cut or plucked or gathered. loluva, cutting much or often. lolūyā, determination to cut. lolūyā-vat, resolved to cut or cut off. láva, the act of cutting, reaping (of corn), mowing, plucking or gathering (of flowers); that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, hair; anything cut off, a section, fragment, piece, particle, bit, little piece; a minute division of time. láva-vat, lasting only for a moment. láva-ṡas, in small pieces, bit by bit; in minute divisions or instants, after some moments. lavâpavāha, subtraction of fractions. lavêpsu, wishing to cut or reap. lavaka, reaping, a reaper. lavaṃga, the clove tree; cloves. lavaṃga-kalikā, cloves. lavaṃga-pushpa, the flower of the clove tree. lavaṃga-latā, Limonia scandens. lavaṃgaka, cloves. lavana, one who cuts, a cutter, reaper. lavana-kartṛi, a mower, reaper. lavanīya, to be cut or reaped or mown. lavāka, an implement for cutting, sickle, reaping-hook; the act of cutting. lavānaka, an implement for cutting, sickle reaping-hook. lavi, cutting, sharp, edged (as a tool or instrument); an iron instrument for cutting or clearing. lavitavya, to be cut. lavitra, equal to lavānaka. lavya, to be cut or mown or hewn down. lavaṇaya, to salt, season with salt. lavaṇasya, to desire salt, long for salt. lavaṇita, salted, seasoned with salt. lavaṇiman, saltness. lāvaṇa, saline, salt, salted, cooked or dressed with salt. lāvaṇa-saindhava, situated on the seacoast. lāvaṇika, dealing in salt; a vessel holding salt, salt-cellar. lāvaṇya, saltness, the taste or property of salt.