m. a knot, tie, knot of a cord, knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money (), bunch or protuberance of any kind (especially if produced by tying several things together) etc.
m. a relater, narrator (?,"one who understands the joints or divisions of time, of the year, etc."[fr. granthi-seekāla-granthi-],an astrologer, fortune-teller ) on Va1rtt. 15
ग्रन्थिः 1 A knot, bunch, protuberance in general; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; so मेदोग्रन्थि. -2 A tie or knot of a cord, garment &c; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्म- ग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19; Mk.1.1; Ms.2.4; Bh.1. 57. -3 A knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money; hence, purse, money, property; कुसीदाद् दारिद्य्रं परकरगतग्नन्थिशमनात् Pt.1.11. -4 The joint or knot of a reed, cane &c. Mv.3.32. -5 A joint of the body. -6 Crookedness, distortion, falsehood, perversion of truth. -7 Swelling and hardening of the vessels of the body. -8 A difficult portion; ग्रन्थग्रन्थिं तदा चक्रे मुनिर्गूढं कुतूहलात् Mb.1.1.8. -9 A bell, gong; गृहीत्वा ग्रन्थिमुसलं मूढो भिक्षुरवादयत् Ks.65.135. -Comp. -छेदकः, -भेदः, -मोचकः a cut-purse, a pick pocket; अङ्गुलीग्रन्थिभेदस्य छेदयेत् प्रथमे ग्रहे Ms.9.277; Y.2.274; Ś.6. -पर्णः, -र्णम् 1 N. of a fragrant tree; न ग्रन्थिपर्णप्रणयाश्चरन्ति कस्तूरिकागन्धमृगा- स्तृणेषु Vikr.1.17. -2 a kind of perfume. -बन्धनम् 1 tying together the garments of the bride and the bridegroom at the marriage ceremony. -2 tying a knot. -3 a ligament. -मूलम् garlic. -वज्रकः a kind of steel. -हरः a minister.
ग्रन्थिकः 1 An astrologer, a fortuneteller; ग्रन्थिकस्तु करीरे स्याद्दैवज्ञे गुग्गुलुद्रुमे' इति विश्वलोचनः; Mb.14.7.7. -2 The name assumed by Nakula when at the palace of Virāṭa. -3 A kind of disease of the outer ear. -4 A Bamboo-shoot; L. D. B. -कम् 1 The plant Piper longum (Mar. गांठी पिंपळमूळ). -2 The gum-resin (गुग्गुलु).
noun (masculine) a bell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a complaint (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a joint of the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a knot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bunch or protuberance of any kind (esp. if produced by tying several things together) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cynodon dactylon Pers. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 551)
Cyperus rotundus Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 551)
crookedness (lit. and fig.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
difficulty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
doubt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
knot of a cord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money (Pañcat.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several plants and bulbous roots (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swelling and hardening of the vessels (as in varicocele) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the joint of a reed or cane (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of Piper longum Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 551)
tie (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of disease of the outer ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of plant or substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a name assumed by Nakula (when master of the horse to king Virāṭa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a relater (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an astrologer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
narrator (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of resin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bdellium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Capparis aphylla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) granthiparṇaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of disease of women (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of poisonous plant
pepper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Capparis aphylla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Flacourtia sapida (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective one who reads books (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strung together (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
well-read (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) -parṇaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Artemisia vulgaris Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 552)
Polygonum aviculare Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 552) Frequency rank 23913/72933
noun (masculine) name of a particular joint of the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the knot which ties together the 3 threads forming the sacred cord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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