As a Hindi name
वेण · noun · masculine
मनु के अनुसार एक प्राचीन वर्णसंकर जाति जिसकी उत्पत्ति वैदेहक माता और अंबष्ठ पिता से मानी गई है · सूर्यवंशी राजा पृथु के पिता का नाम · बाँर की वस्तुओं को बनाने का काम करनेवाली एक जाति । बँसोर । धरिकार (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वेण · weṇ · s.m.
= वेणु veṇu, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1211
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a musician (by caste, the son of a Vaideha and an Ambaṣṭhī), (cf. vaiṇa)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "veṇa" is the vocative of "veṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
veṇa m. (cf. veṇu and vīṇā) a worker in reed, Viṣṇ., Sch.
a musician (by caste, the son of a Vaideha and an Ambaṣṭhī), Mn. x, 19; 49 (cf. vaiṇa)
the son of an Ugra and a Kṣatriyā (who lives as a necromancer and conjuror), L.
v.l. for vena, q.v.
veṇa (ṛ) veṇṛ r. 1st cl. (veṇati-te) 1 To go, to move. 2 To know. 3 To reflect or remember. 4 To discern. 5 To hold or take a musical instrument. 6 To play on an instrument. 7 To take. The root is also read venṛ.
veṇā f. See next.
veṇā f. N. of a woman, HPariś.
Alternative readings
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