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maun I. a quiet, silent; वह ~ बैठा था he was sitting --; ~ रहना to keep --. II. mu silence; ~ स्वीकृति acquiescence; मौनं स्वीकृति लक्षणम् silence is (half) consent.

vilakṣaṇ·tā fc (a) peculiarity: स्वभाव की ~ -- of temperament; रहन-सहन की ~ -- of living. (b) queerness: रीति-रिवाजों की ~ -- of rites and customs.