f. fr. bṛk/at-Name of a particular metre of 36 (originally 8+ 8+12+8) syllables or (later) any metre containing 36 syllables (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'(tīka-) mfn.) etc.
f. a variety of the bṛhatī- (q.v) metre (having twelve instants in the second line, and eight instants in each of the other three lines; seeupariṣṭād-bṛhatī-and purastād-bṛhatī-).
f.Name of a variety of the bṛhatī- (q.v) metre (having twelve syllables in the last pāda-, and eight syllables in each of the three preceding lines; seepurastād-bṛ-).
noun (feminine) (du.) heaven and earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(pl.) name of particular bricks forming part of the sacrificial fire-altar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mantle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular Solanum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place containing water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a symbolical expression for the number 36 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several women (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of two wks (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reservoir (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 583)
Solanum indicum Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 583)
Solanum melongena Swartz (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 583)
Solanum torvum Swartz (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 583)
Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad et Wendl. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 583)
speech (a sense inferred from certain passages) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the lute of Nārada or Viśvāvasu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wrapper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] name of a marman; a part of the body between the breast and backbone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] name of a sirā Frequency rank 2421/72933
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