m. a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin etc.;regarded as the emblem of kāma-deva-[ seemokara-ketana-etc. below] or as a symbol of the 9th arhat- of the present avasarpiṇī-;represented as an ornament on gates or on head-dresses) etc.
मकरः [मं विषं किरति कॄ-अच् Tv.] 1 A kind of seaanimal, a crocodile, shark; झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि Bg.1.31; मकरवक्त्र Bh.2.4. (Makara is regarded as an emblem of Cupid; cf. comps. below). -2 The sign Capricornus of the zodiac. -3 An array of troops in the form of a Makara; दण्डव्यूहेन तन्मार्गं यायात्तु शकटेन वा । वराहमकराभ्यां वा ... Ms.7.187; Śukra.4.11. -4 An ear-ring in the shape of a Makara. -5 The hands folded in the form of a Makara. -6 N. of one of the nine treasures of Kubera. -7 The tenth arc of thirty degrees in any circle. -Comp. -अङ्कः an epithet of 1 the god of love. -2 the ocean. -अश्वः an epithet of Varuṇa. -आकरः, -आवासः the ocean; प्रविश्य मकरावासं यादोगणनिषेवितम् Mb.7.11.19. -आलयः 1 the ocean. -2 a symbolical expression for the number 'four'. -आसनम् a kind of Āsana in yoga; मकरासनमावक्ष्ये वायूनां स्तम्भकारणात् । पृष्ठे पादद्वयं बद्ध्वा हस्ताभ्यां पृष्ठबन्धनम् ॥ Rudrayāmala. -कुण्डलम्
an ear-ring in the shape of a Makara; हेमाङ्गदलसद्- बाहुः स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलः (रराज) Bhāg.8.15.9. -केतनः, -केतुः, -केतुमत् m. epithets of the god of love. -ध्वजः 1 an epithet of the god of love; संप्राप्तं मकरध्वजेन मथनं त्वत्तो मदर्थे पुरा Ratn.1.3; तत्प्रेमवारि मकरध्वजतापहारि Ch. P. 41. -2 a particular array of troops. -3 the sea. -4 a particular medical preparation. -राशिः f. the sign Capricornus of the zodiac. -वाहनः N. of Varuṇa. -संक्रमणम् the passage of the sun into the sign Capricornus. -सप्तमी the seventh day in the bright half of Māgha.
मकरन्दः [मकरमपि द्यति कामजनकत्वात् दो-अवखन्डने क पृषो˚ मुम् Tv.] 1 The honey of flowers, flower-juice; निषिद्धै- रप्येभिर्लुलितमकरन्दो मधुकरैः Ve.1.1; मकरन्दतुन्दिलानामरविन्दाना- मयं महामान्यः Bv.1.6,8. -2 A kind of jasmine. -3 The cuckoo. -4 A bee. -5 A kind of fragrant mango tree. -6 (In music) A kind of measure. -न्दम् A filament.
m. kind of marine monster (perhaps crocodile or shark): regarded as an emblem of Kâma and used as an ornament on gates and on head-dresses; Capricorn (sign of the zodiac); kind of military array shaped like a makara (two triangles joined at the a pex).
f. N.; -kundala, n. ear-ring in the shape of a makara; -ketana, m. (having the makara for his emblem), Kâma; -ketu, m. id.: -mat, m. id.; -damsh- trâ, f. N.; -dhvaga, m. (having the makara as his emblem), Kâma; kind of military array shaped like a makara.
m. flower-juice; N.; N. of a pleasure-garden near Uggayinî; -kanâ-ya, den. Â. resemble drops of flower juice; -½udyâna, n. N. of a pleasure-gar den; -lâñkhana, m. (having a makara ashis emblem), Kâma; -½âkara, m. receptacle of makaras, ocean; -½aksha, m. (makara-eyed), N. of a Râkshasa; -½âlaya, m. abode of makaras, ocean; -½âvâsa, m. id.
m. sun (hot-rayed); (á)-tegas, a. keen-edged, sharp-pointed; im petuous, energetic; m. sun; -dîdhiti, m. sun; -dyuti, m. id.; -bhâs, -rasmi, -ruki, m. id.; -vîrya, a. powerful; -sri&ndot;ga,a. sharp horned; (á)-heti, a. bearing sharp missiles.
n. ceremony of giving a name; -karman, n. id.; -kîrtana, n. mentioning the name of (g.); -gotra, n. du. personal and family name; -graha, m., -grahana, n. mention of a name; -grâhá, m. id.: (-gr&asharp;ha)-m, abs. mentioning the name; -gâti-graha, m.: -na, n. mention of the name and rank (of the caste).
Is the name of an animal, probably the ‘crocodile,’ which is included in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Samhitās.
noun (masculine) a kind of sea-monster (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular magical spell recited over weapons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular species of insect or other small animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an army of troops in the form of a Makara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ear-ring shaped like a Makara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 10th sign of the zodiac (Capricornus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 8 magical treasures called Padminī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 9 treasures of Kubera (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 10th arc of 30 degrees in any circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the hands folded in the form of a Makara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) crystalline red sulphide of mercury (Rāy, Priyadaranjan (0), 16)
name of an aphrodisiac
name of Kāma
name of an alchemical preparation Frequency rank 13104/72933
noun (masculine) (in music) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a bee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fragrant species of mango (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of jasmine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
honey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various authors and wks (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indian cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the juice of flowers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a hired labourer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a workman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
artisan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mechanic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
servant of any kind (who is not a slave) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) the calling of a person by the name of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ceremony of naming a child after birth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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