As a Hindi name
दीपन · noun · masculine
[वि॰ दीपनीय, दीपित, दीप्य] · प्रकाशित । प्रज्वलित या प्रकाशित करने का काम । प्रकाश के लिये जलाने का काम · जठराग्नि को तीव्र करने की क्रिया । भूख को उभारने की क्रिया — Śabdasāgara
दीपन · adj
दीपन करनेवाला । जठराग्निवर्धक । अग्निमांद्य दूर करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
दीपन · dīpan · adj.
(f. -ī) Kindling, inflaming, setting on fire, burning, causing light or heat; exciting, stimulating, digestive, tonic — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 555
Cited formation "दीपन" is दी + -पन: दी means "elder sister", and the suffix -पन forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(10) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दीपन" is दीप + -न: दीप means "light", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दीपन" is दीपना + -न: दीपना means "to be lit; to burn, shine", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of kindling &c.
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Dictionary citations
dīpana mf(ī)n. kindling, inflaming, setting on fire, MBh.; Hariv.; Kālid.
digestive, stimulating (cf. agni- and anala-), Suśr.
dīpana m. N. of certain digestive plants (= mayūra-śikha, śāliñca-śāka or kāsa-marda), L.
an onion, L.
dīpana n. the act of kindling &c., R.; Pañc.; Daś.
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