m.in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' mere, nothing but (exempli gratia, 'for example'vijñāna-ghan/a-,"nothing but intuition") (seeambu--, ayo--)
घन a. [इन् मूर्तौ अप् घनादेशश्च Tv.] 1 Compact, firm, hard, solid; संजातश्च घनाघनः Māl.9.39.; नासा घनास्थिका Y.3.89; R.11.18. -2 Thick, close, dense; घनविरलभावः U.2.27; R.8.91; Amaru.59. -3 Thick-set, full, fully developed (as breasts); घटयति सुघने कुचयुगगगने मृगमदरुचि रूषिते Gīt.7; अगुरु-चतुष्कं भवति गुरू द्वौ घनकुचयुग्मे शशिवदना$सौ Śrut.8; Bh.1.8; Amaru.31. -4 Deep (as sound); दधानः सौधानामलघुषु निकुञ्जेषु घनताम् Māl.2.12; Mu.1.21. -5 Uninterrupted, permanent. -6 Impenetrable. -7 Great, excessive, violent. -8 Complete; अभ्यङ्गभङ्ग्या पापस्य न्यस्तं घनमपश्यतः Ks.4.53. -9 Auspicious, fortunate. -1 Coarse, gross. -11 Engrossed by, full or replete with; मा ते मलीमसविकारघना मतिर्भूत् Māl.1.32; निर्वृति˚ U.6.11. -नः A cloud; घनोदयः प्राक् तदनन्तरं पयः Ś.7.3; घनरुचिरकलापो निःसपत्नो$स्य जातः V.4.22. -2 An iron club, a mace; प्रतिजघान घनैरिव मुष्टिभिः Ki.18.1. -3 The body. -4 The cube of a number (in math.). -5 Extension, diffusion. -6 A collection, multitude, quantity, mass, assemblage. -7 Talc. -8 Phlegm. -9 Any compact mass or substance. -1 Hardness, firmness. -11 A particular manner of reciting Vedic texts : thus the padas नमः रुद्रेभ्यः ये repeated in this manner would stand thus :-- नमो रुद्रेभ्यो रुद्रेभ्यो नमो नमो रुद्रेभ्यो ये ये रुद्रेभ्यो नमो नमो रुद्रेभ्यो ये. -नम् 1 A cymbal, a bell, a gong. -2 Iron. -3 Tin. -4 Skin, rind, bark. -5 A mode of dancing; (neither quick nor slow). ind. closely; घटयति घनं कण्ठा- श्लेषे रसान्न पयोधरौ Ratn.3.9. -Com. -अत्ययः, -अन्तः 'disappearance of the cloud', the season succeeding the rains, autumn (शरद्); घनव्यपायेन गभस्तिमानिव R.3.37. -अज्ञानी N. of Durgā. -अम्बु n. rain; घनाम्बुभिर्भूरि विलम्बिनो घनाः Subhās. -आकरः the rainy season. -आगमः, -उदयः 'the approach of clouds', the rainy season; घनागमः कामिजनप्रियः प्रिये Ṛs.2.1. -आमयः the date-tree. -आश्रयः the atmosphere, firmament. -उत्तमः the face. -उदधिः a particular sea (hell ?). -उपलः hail. -ऊरू a woman having
thick thighs; कुरु घनोरु पदानि शनैः शनैः Ve.2.2. -ओघः gathering of clouds. -कफः hail. -कालः the rainy season. -क्षम a. what may be hammered; Bhāvapr. 5.26.53. -गर्जितम् 1 thunder, peal or thundering noise of clouds, roar of thunder. -2 a deep loud roar. -गोलकः alloy of gold and silver. -घनः the cube of a cube. -जम्बाल thick mire. -ज्वाला lightning. -तालः a kind of bird (सारंग). -तोलः the Chātaka bird. -धातुः lymph. -ध्वनि a. roaring. (-निः) 1 a deep or low tone. -2 the muttering of thunder clouds; अनुहुंकुरुते घनध्वनिं न हि गोमायुरुतानि केशरी Śi.16.25. -नाभिः smoke (being supposed to be a principal ingredient in clouds; Me.5). -नीहारः thick hoar-frost or mist. -पदम् the cube root. -पदवी 'the path of clouds', firmament, sky; क्रामद्भिर्घनपदवीमनेकसंख्यैः Ki.5.34. -पाषण्डः a peacock. -फलम् (in geom.) the solid or cubical contents of a body or of an excavation. -मानम् the measurement by the exterior of a structure; Māna. 39-64. -मूलम् cube root (in math.) -रसः 1 thick juice. -2 extract, decoction. -3 camphor. -4 water (m. or n.). -रूपा candied sugar. -वरम् the face. -वर्गः the square of a cube, the sixth power (in math). -वर्त्मन् n. the sky; घनवर्त्म सहस्रधेव कुर्वन् Ki.5.17. -वल्लिका, -वल्ली lightning. -वाच् a raven. -वातः 1 a thick oppressive breeze or air. -2 N. of a hell; Jaina. -वीथिः the sky; घनवीथिवीथिमवतीर्णवतः Śi.9.32. -शब्दः thunder, peal of thunder. -वासः a kind of pumpkin gourd. -वाहनः 1 Śiva. -2 Indra. -श्याम a. 'dark like a cloud', deep-black, dark. (-मः) an epithet (1) of Rain (2) of Kṛiṣṇa. -संवृत्तिः profound secrecy. -समयः the rainy season. -सारः 1 camphor; घनसारनीहारहार &c. Dk.1 (mentioned among white substances). -2 mercury. -3 water. -4 a big cloud; घनसारस्तु कर्पूरे महामेघे च चन्दने Nm. -स्वनः, -शब्दः, -रवः the roaring of clouds. -हस्त- संख्या the contents of an excavation or of a solid in math.).
अघन a. Not solid, a hollow moulding; घनं वाप्यघनं वापि कुर्यात्तु शिल्पवित्तमः Māna.62.17. -मानम् Measurement by the interior of a structure; एवं तद् घनमानमुक्तमघनमानं वक्ष्यते$धुना Māna;33.331-35.
अपघनः [अपहन्यते संहत्य कर्म कृत्वा वियुज्यते, हन्-अप्-घनादेशः P.III.3.77]. A limb or member of the body, as a hand or foot (cf. अङ्ग प्रतीको$वयवो$पघनो$थ कलेवरम् ।) (अपघनो$- ङ्गम् III.3.81; अङ्गं शरीरावयवः स च न सर्वं किं तु पाणिः पादश्चेत्याहुः Sk. and Kāśikā); but it is also used in the sense of 'the body'; लौहोद्घनघनस्कन्धा ललितापघनां स्त्रियम् Bk.7.62 (where the commentators take अपघन to mean the body itself). -a. Free from the obstruction of clouds; cloudless.
जघनम् [वक्रं हन्ति हन् यङ् अच् पृषो˚; Uṇ.5.32] 1 The hip and the lions, the buttocks; घटय जघने काञ्चीमञ्च स्रजा कबरीभरम् Gīt.12. -2 The pudenda. -3 Rear-guard, the reserve of an army. -4 A fault. जघनं स्यात् कटेः पूर्वे श्रोणिभागापराधयोः Nm. -Comp. -अर्धः 1 the hinder part. -2 rear-guard. -कूपकौ (dual) the hollows of the lions of a handsome woman. -गौरवम् weight of the hips; Ś.8.8. -चपला 1 an unchaste or libidinous woman; पत्यौ विदेशयाते परमसुखं जघनचपलायाः Pt.1.173; प्रिया यथा स्याज्जघनचपला Bṛi. S.14.3. -2 a woman active in dancing. -विपुला 1 a woman having stout hips. -2 N. of a metre.
लङ्घनम् [लङ्घ्-ल्युट्] 1 Leaping, jumping. -2 Going by leaps, traversing, passing over, going, motion in general; यूयमेव पथि शीघ्रलङ्घनाः Ghaṭ.8. -3 Mounting, ascending, rising up to (fig. also); नभोलङ्घना R.16.33; जनो$यमुच्चैःपदलङ्घनोत्सुकः Ku.5.64 'wishing to attain or aspire to a high position'. -4 Assulting, storming, capturing; as in दुर्गलङ्घनम्. -5 Exceeding, going beyond, overstepping, violating, transgression; आज्ञा- लङ्घनम्, नियमलङ्घनम् &c. -6 Disregarding, despising, treating with contempt, slighting; प्रणिपातलङ्घनं प्रमार्ष्टुकामा V.3; M.3.22. -7 An offence, affront, insult. -8 A harm, an injury; as in आतपलङ्घनम् q. v. -9 Fasting, abstinence; प्रचक्रमे लङ्घनपूर्वकं क्रमः Śi.12.25 (where it menans 'leaping' also). -1 One of the paces of a horse. -11 Sexual union, impregnating.
लङ्घनीय laṅghanīya लङ्घ्य laṅghya
लङ्घनीय लङ्घ्य a. 1 To be traversed or passed over, passable. -2 To be violated. -3 To be overtaken; आत्मोद्धतैरपि रजोभिरलङ्घनीयाः Ś.1.8. -4 To be neglected, or disregarded; मृदुर्हि राजा सततं लङ्घ्यो भवति सर्वशः Mb.12. 56.21. -5 To be fasted; see लङ्घ्.
m. rainy season; -tâ, f. density, solidity; condition of a cloud; -tâm asa, a. pitch dark; -timira, n. cataract (of the eye); -tva, n. density, toughness; -pad avî, f. (cloud-path), sky; -vartman,n., -vîthi, f. id.; -vâri, n. rain-water; -vyapâ ya, m. disappearance of the clouds, autumn; -samaya, m. rainy season; -sâra, a. firm, strong; m. camphor.
n. overleaping (g.); infringement; -la&ndot;ghin, a. overstepping, infringing (--°ree;); -lashanîya, -lashya, fp. de sirable; -lashita, pp. n. desire, wish.
m. (V.), n. buttock, posterior; rump; hip; pudenda; n. back part (of an altar); rear-guard of an army: -kapalâ, f. lascivious woman; a metre; -vipula, a. hav ing large buttocks: â, f. a. metre; -½ardhá, m. hinder part; rear-guard.
n. leaping; bounding or passing over, crossing (g., --°ree;), traversing (a road: --°ree;); curvetting (of a horse); rising to or towards (--°ree;); sexual union (with a female); capture (of a fort); conquest; transgression (of a command etc.); disdain; offence, injury; exposure (to heat: --°ree; w. âtapa-); fasting; -anîya, fp. to be crossed or traversed; -overtaken; -transgressed (command); who may be insulted; -ya, fp. to be leapt or passed over, -crossed; -traversed (road); -transgressed; -neglected; attainable; assailable; to be made to fast.
a. boasting; n., â, f. prais ing; -anîya, fp. to be praised, praiseworthy, honourable: -tâ, f. praiseworthiness; -â, f. boastfulness; commendation, praise; fame; -in, a. boasting or proud of (--°ree;); haughty; famous, for (--°ree;); praising; -ya, fp. to be praised, praiseworthy, honourable: -m, ad. worthily, -tara, cp. greatly to be praised, -tâ, f. fame.
noun (masculine neuter) a collection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mode of dancing (neither quick nor slow) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular method of reciting the (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a peculiar form of a temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an iron club (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any brazen or metallic instrument or plate which is struck (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any compact mass or substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus Rotundus
cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
darkness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ifc. mere (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mace (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
metals [loha]
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nothing but (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
phlegm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quantity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
slaying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
solid body (in geom) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
talc (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bulbous root of Cyperus Hexastachys communis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the cube (of a number) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vulgar people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
weapon shaped like a hammer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a doṣa of mercury Frequency rank 1006/72933
adjective complete (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dark (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deep (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dense (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
densely filled with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
firm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fortunate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gross (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
killer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
solid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of Moringa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Flacourtia cataphracta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Pinus Webbiana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a deep sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus rotundus (Ray, Rasārṇava)
the muttering of thunder clouds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
meghanāda Frequency rank 23926/72933
noun (masculine neuter) camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
decoction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extract (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Moraṭa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Pīluparṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dakṣiṇa-āvarta-pārada ("mercury or some peculiar form of it") (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) offence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of leaping or passing beyond or over (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transgression (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trespass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a thick or rainy cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant in rut (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mutual collision or contact (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) buttock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hip and loins (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mons veneris (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pudenda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rear-guard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the hinder part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the hinder part of an altar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) ascending (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attack (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attaining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bounding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
capture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conquest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crossing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
curvetting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disdain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fasting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hunger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impregnating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
insult (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping over (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mounting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
neglect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
offence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of a horse's paces (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rising to or towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sexual union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
starving system (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stepping across (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of leaping or jumping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transgression (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
traversing (gen. or comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
violation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wrong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an implement for striking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hammer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mallet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa
name of Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) abstention from food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crossing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fasting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping over (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
offence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
striking against (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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