As a Hindi name
दानव · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ दानवी] कश्यप कै वे पुत्र जो 'दनु' नाम्नी पत्नी से उत्पन्नहुए । असुर । राक्षस — Śabdasāgara
दानव · dānava · s.m.
A class of demons; a demon; a giant, a Titan — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 504
दानव · masculine
Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)
दानव
relating to the Danavas
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दानव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dānava m. (fr. 2. dānu) a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods or Devas, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number, MBh. i, 252; sometimes as 100 &c.)
dānava mf(ī)n. belonging to the D˚, MBh.; R. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods or Devas, &c. (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reck…
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dānava m. (fr. 2. dānu) a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods or Devas, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number, MBh. i, 252; sometimes as 100 &c.)
dānava mf(ī)n. belonging to the D˚, MBh.; R. &c.
dānava m. (-vaḥ) A demon, a Titan or giant. E. danu the mother of these beings, and aṇ affix of descent.
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