ग्राम्य a. [ग्राम-यत्] 1 Relating to or used in a village; संत्यज्य ग्राम्यमाहारम् Ms.6.3;7.12. -2 Living in a village, rural, rustic; अल्पव्ययेन सुन्दरि ग्राम्यजनो मिष्टमश्नाति Chand. M.1. -3 Domesticated, tame (as an animal). -4 Cultivated (opp. वन्य 'growing wild'). -5 Low, vulgar, used only by low people (as a word); चुम्बनं देहि मे भार्ये कामचाण्डालतृप्तये R. G., or कटिस्ते हरते मनः S. D.574, are instances of ग्राम्य expressions; तस्मात्संप्रति- पत्तिरेव हि वरं न ग्राम्यमत्रोत्तरम् Mu.5.18; Bhāg.5.2.17. -6 Indecent, obscene. -7 Relating to sexual pleasures. -8 Relating to a musical scale. -म्यः 1 A villager; Y.2.166. -2 A tame hog. -3 The first two signs of the zodiac, Aries and Taurus. -म्या The Indigo plant. -म्यम् 1 A rustic speech. -2 Food prepared in a village. -3 Sexual intercourse. -4 Acceptance. -5 The Prakṛit and other dialects. -Comp. -अश्वः an ass. -कर्मन् n. 1 the occupation of a villager -2 sexual pleasure; ग्राम्यकर्मणैव विस्मृतकालावधिः Bhāg.5.14.31. -कुङ्कुमम् safflower. -धर्मः 1 the duty of a villager. -2 sexual intercourse, copulation. -3 the right of a villager (as opp. to that of a 'recluse'). -धान्यम् crops growing in a village; दश ग्राम्याणि धान्यानि भवन्ति व्रीहियवा- स्तिलमाषा अणुप्रियङ्गवो गोधूमाश्च मसूराश्च खल्वाश्च खलकुलाश्च ... । Bṛi. Up.6.3.13. -पशुः a domestic animal; Bhāg. 6.15.16. -बुद्धि a. boorish, clownish, ignorant. -मृगः a dog; ग्राम्यमृग इव हविस्तदयं (न भजते) Śi.15.15. -वल्लभा a harlot, prostitute. -वादिन् m. a village bailiff; Ts.2.3.1.3. -सुखम् sexual intercourse, copulation; cf. अविदित्वा सुखं ग्राम्यं वैतृष्ण्यं नैति पूरुषः Bhāg.9.18.4.
a. referring to, coming from, prepared in or inhabiting villages; tame; cultivated; raised by cultivation; rustic, coarse; m. villager; domestic animal; n. sensuality.
m. domestic cock; -tâ, f., -tva, n. coarse diction; -dharma, m. villager's duty; sensuality; -mriga, m. (domestic animal), dog; -sûkara, m. domestic hog.
adjective allowed in a village (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cultivated (a plant) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
living (in villages) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prepared in a village (as food) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to a musical scale (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to the sensual pleasures of a village (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to villages (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rustic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tame (an animal) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
used or produced in a village (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vulgar (speech) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) food prepared in a village (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rustic or homely speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sensual pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sexual intercourse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Prākṛt and the other dialects of India as contra-distinguished from the Sanskṛt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective not rustic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not tame (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
townmade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wild (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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