स्मृतिरत्नमहोदधि

m. N. of wks.

अति ind. [अत्-इ]

1 A prefix used with adjectives and adverbs, meaning 'very', 'too', 'exceedingly', 'excessively', 'very much', and showing उत्कर्ष; Sur- passing, superior अत्याश्रमानयं सर्वानू Mb.12.12.6. नातिदूरे not very far from; ˚कृश very lean; ˚भृशम् +very much; also with verbs or verbal forms; ˚सिक्तमेव भवता Sk.; स्वभावो ह्यतिरिच्यते &c.

-2 (With verbs) Over, beyond; अति-इ go beyond, overstep; so ˚क्रम् ˚चर् ˚वह् &c. In this case अति is regarded as a preposition उपसर्ग.

-3 (a) (With nouns or pronouns) Beyond, past, sur- passing, superior to, eminent, respectable, distingui- shed, higher, above, (used with acc. as a कर्मप्रवचनीय, or as first member of Bah. or Tat. Comp. ज्याशब्दस्तावुभौ शब्दावति रामस्य शुश्रुवे Rām. 6.75.37. in which last case it has usually the sense of eminence or higher degree: अतिगो, ˚गार्ग्यः, = प्रशस्ता गौः, शोभनो गार्ग्यः; ˚राजन् an excellent king; or the sense of अतिक्रान्त must be understood with the latter member which will then stand in the accusative case; अतिमर्त्यः = मर्त्यमतिक्रान्तः; ˚मालः, अतिक्रान्तो मालाम्; so अतिकाय, ˚केशर, q. v.):, अत्यादित्यं + हुतवहमुखे संभृतं तद्धि तेजः Me 1.45. Surpassing the sun. अति देवानू कृष्णः Sk.; मानुषानतिगन्धर्वान् सर्वान्गन्धर्व लक्षये /Mb; ˚मानुषं कर्म a deed which is beyond human power, i. e. a superhuman action; ˚कशः past the whip (as a horse), unmanageable; ˚त्यद् surpassing that; ˚त्वाम्, ˚त्वान् him or them that surpasses or surpass thee, so ˚मां, ˚यूयं +&c. +(b) (With nouns derived from roots) Extravagant, exaggerated, inordinate, excessive, extraordinary; e. g. ˚आदरः excessive regard; ˚आशा extravagant hope; so + ˚भयं, ˚तृष्णा, ˚आनन्दः &c. &c.; अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धो नष्टो मानात्सुयोधनः । विनष्टो रावणो लौल्यादति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ॥ cf. 'ex- tremes are ever bad.' (c) Unfit, idle, improper, in the sense of असंप्रति or क्षेप 'censure'; अतिनिद्रम् = निद्रा सम्प्रति न युज्यते Sk. The गणरत्नमहोदधि gives the following senses of अतिः--विक्रमातिक्रमाबुद्धिभृशार्थातिशयेष्वति । e. g. अतिरथः रथाधिकं विक्रमवान्; ˚मतिः बुद्ध्यतिक्रमः; ˚गहनं वुद्धेरविषयः; ˚तप्तं भृशतप्तं; ˚वेगः अतिशयितो वेगः. Cf. also प्रकर्षे लङ्घने$प्यति Nm.

अप्रतीत a.

1 Not pleased or delighted; को न्वनेनाप्रतीतेन (संप्रीयेत) Rām.2.48.2.

-2 Unapproached; unassail- able. Av.7.25.1.

-3 Unopposed.

-4 (In Rhet.) Not understood or clearly intelligible (as a word), one of the defects of a word (शब्ददोष); अप्रतीतं यत्केवले शास्त्रे प्रसिद्धम् K. P.7, i. e. a word is said to be अप्रतीत if it be used in a sense which it has in particular classes of works only (and not in general or popular use); e. g. सम्यग्ज्ञानमहाज्योतिर्दलिताशयताजुषः (where आशय = वासना occurs in Yogaśāstra only).

इन a.

1 Able, strong, powerful, mighty.

-2 Bold, determined.

-3 Glorious.

-नः 1 A lord, master. लोके भवाञ्जगदिनः कलयावतीर्णः Bhāg.1.7.27.

-2 The sun; तपत्विनः Śi.2.65. भजति कल्पमिनः प्रतिपद्ययम् Rām. Ch.4.21. (cf. इनो भागो धामनिधिरंशुमाल्यब्जिनीपतिः Ak.

-3 A king; न न महीनमहीनपराक्रमम् R.9.5.

-4 The lunar mansion Hasta.

-Comp. -कान्तः sunstone (सूर्यकान्त); Bh.2.37. यदचेतनो$ पि पादैः स्पृष्टः प्रज्वलति सवितुरिनकान्तः.

-सभम् a royal court or assembly. P.II.4.23.

उच्चैः ind. [cf. Uṇ.5.12]

1 Aloft, high, on high, above, upwards (opp. नीचम्-चैः); पश्चादुच्चैर्भवति हरिणः Ś.4. v. l.; विपद्युच्चैः स्थेयम् Bh.2.28; उच्चैरुदात्तः P.I.2.29.

-2 Loudly, with a loud noise; उच्चैर्विहस्य; R.2.12,51; Bg.1.12.

-3 Powerfully, intensely, very much, greatly; विदधति भयमुच्चैर्वीक्ष्यमाणा वनान्ताः Ṛs.1.22; आश्लेष- मर्पय मदर्पितपूर्वमुच्चैः Amaru.133.

-4 (Used as an adj. in comp. or by itself) (a) high, noble; जनो$यमुच्चैः पदलङ्- घनोत्सुकः Ku.5.64,6.75; ˚कुलं चात्मनः Ś4.17; किं पुन- र्यस्तथोच्चैः Me.17; Ratn.4.16. (b) distinguished, pre- eminent, famous; उच्चैरुच्चैःश्रवास्तेन Ku.2.47, M.5.17.

-Comp. -कर a. making acutely accented.

-घुष्टम् 1 clamour, great uproar.

-2 loud proclamation.

-घोष a. boisterous, crying, roaring; वयोधा उच्चैर्घोषाभ्येति या व्रतम् Av.9.1.8.

(-षः) 1 loud noise.

-2 a form of Rudra

-द्विष् a. having strong or powerful enemies; निबोध यज्ञांशुभुजामिदानीमुच्चैर्द्विषामीप्सितमेतदेव Ku.3.14.

-भुजतरु a. having trees like outstretched arms; Me.38.

-वादः high praise; जामदग्न्यस्य दमन इति को$यमुच्चैर्वादः U.5.

-शिरस् a. high-minded, one of high rank, magnanim- ous; क्षुद्रे$पि नूनं शरणं प्रपन्ने ममत्वमुच्चैःशिरसां सतीव Ku.1.12.

-श्रवस्-स a.

1 long-eared.

-2 deaf. (m.)

1 N. of the horse of Indra (said to be churned out of the ocean); उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानाम् Bg.1.27; उच्चैरुच्चैःश्रवास्तेन् हयरत्नमहारि च Ku.2.47.

-2 N. of a horse of the god sun.

-स्वर a. high-sounding. (

-रः) a loud sound or voice.

गणः [गण् कर्मणि कर्तरि वा अच्]

1 A flock, multitude, group, troop, collection; गुणिगणगणना, भगणः

-2 A series, a class.

-3 A body of followers or attendants.

-4 Particularly, a troop of demigods considered as Śiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of Gaṇeśa, a demigod of this troop; गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनाम् &c.; गणा नमेरुप्रसवावतंसाः Ku.1.55,7.4,71; Me.35.57; Ki.5.13.

-5 Any assemblage or society of men formed for the attainment of the same objects.

-6 A company, association.

-7 A tribe, class.

-8 A series of lunar mansions classed under three heads (of god, men and demons).

-9 A sect (in philosophy, religion).

-1 A small body of troops (a sub-division of अक्षौहिणी), consisting of 27 chariots, as many elephants, 81 horses and 135 foot; Mb.1.2.21.

-11 A number (in math.).

-12 A foot (in prosody).

-13 (In gram.) A series of roots or words belonging to the same rule and called after the first word of that series; e. g. भ्वादिगण i. e. the class of roots which begin with भू.

-14 An epithet of Gaṇeśa.

-Comp. -अग्रणी m. N. of Gaṇeśa.

-अचलः N. of the mountain Kailāsa, as the residence of the Gaṇas of Śiva.

-अधिपः, -अधिपतिः 1 N. of Śiva; Śi.9.27.

-2 N. of Gaṇeśa.

-3 the chief of a troop of soldiers or of a class of disciples, of a body of men or animals.

-अन्नम् a mess, food prepared for number of persons in common; Ms.4.29,219.

-अभ्यन्तर a. one of a troop or number. (

-रः) the leader or mem- ber of any religious association; Ms.3.154.

-ईशः N. of Gaṇapati, Śiva's son (see गणपति below). ˚जननी an epithet of Pārvatī. ˚भूषणम् red-lead.

-ईशानः, -ईश्वरः 1 an epithet of Gaṇeśa.

-2 of Śiva.

-उत्साहः the rhinoceros.

-कारः 1 a classifier.

-2 an epithet of Bhīmasena.

-कृत्वस् ind. for a whole series of times, for a number of times.

-गतिः a particular high number.

-चक्रकम् a dinner eaten in common by a party of virtuous men.

-छन्दस् n. metre regulated and measured by feet.

-तिथ a. forming a troop or collection.

-दीक्षा 1 initiation of a number or a class.

-2 performance of rites for a number of persons.

-दीक्षिन् a.

1 one who officiates for a number of per- sons or for various castes (as a priest).

-2 one who has been initiated into the worship of Ganeśa.

-देवताः (pl.) groups of deities who generally appear in classes of troops; Ak. thus classifies them:-- आदित्यविश्ववसव- स्तुषिता भास्वरानिलाः । महाराजिकसाध्याश्च रुद्राश्च गणदेवताः ॥

-द्रव्यम् 1 public property, common stock; Y.2.187.

-2 a variety of articles.

-धरः 1 the head of a class or number.

-2 the teacher of a school.

-नाथः, -नाथकः 1 an epithet of Śiva.

-2 of Gaṇeśa.

-3 the leader of the attendants of any god; Bhāg.5.17.13.

-4 the head of an assemblage or corporation; Bṛi. S.15.4.

-नायिका an epithet of Durgā.

-पः, पतिः 1 N. of Śiva.

-2 N. of Gaṇeśa. [He is the son of Śiva and Pārvatī, or of Pārvatī only; for according to one legend, he sprang from the scurf of her body. He is the god of wisdom and remover of obstacles; hence he is invok- ed and worshipped at the commencement of every important undertaking. He is usually represented in a sitting posture, short and fat, with a protuberant belly, and four hands; riding a mouse; and with the head of an elephant. This head has only one tusk, the other having been lost in a scuffle between him and Paraśurāma when he opposed the latter's en- trance to Śiva's inner apartments; (whence he is called Ekadanta, Ekadaṁṣṭra &c.). There are seve- ral legends accounting for his elephant head. It is said that he wrote the Mahābhārata at the dictation of Vyāsa who secured his services as a scribe from the god Brahman].

-3 also an epithet of Bṛihas- pati and Indra.

-4 the leader of a class or troop.

-पर्वत see गणाचल.

-पाठः a collection of gaṇas or series of words falling under the same grammatical rule.

-पीठकम् the breast, bosom.

-पुङ्गवः the head of a tribe or class. (pl.) N. of a country and its people; Bṛi. S.4.24.

-पूर्वः the leader of a tribe or class; (ग्रामणी); Mb.13.23.2. ˚तापनी N. of a Upaniṣad.

-भर्तृ m.

1 an epithet of Śiva; गणभर्तृरुक्षा Ki.5.42.

-2 N. of Gaṇeśa.

-3 the leader of a class.

-भोजनम् mess, eating in com- mon.

-यज्ञः a rite common to all.

-रत्नमहोदधिः a collection of grammatical gaṇas by Vardhamāna.

-राज्यम् N. of an empire in the Deccan; Bṛi. S.14. 14.

-रात्रम् a series of nights.

-वल्लभः a general of the army (सेनानायक); Rām.2.81.12.

-वृत्तम् see गणच्छन्दस्.

-हासः, -हासकः a species of perfume.

दलः लम् [दल्-अच्]

1 (a) A piece, portion, part, fragment; वापीष्वन्तर्लीनमहानीलदलासु Śi.4.44. (b) A piece torn or split off. (c) Tearing, cutting.

-2 A degree.

-3 A half, the half.

-4 A sheath, scabbard.

-5 A small shoot or blade, a petal, leaf; ताम्बूलीनां दलैस्तत्र रचितापानभूमयः R.4.42; Ś.3.2,21.

-6 The blade of any weapon.

-7 A clump, heap, quantity.

-8 A detachment, a body of troops.

-9 Alloy or adultera- tion.

-Comp. -आढकः 1 foam.

-2 a cuttle-fish bone.

-3 a ditch, moat.

-4 a hurricane, high wind.

-5 red chalk.

-6 wild sesamum.

-7 the Kunda creeper.

-8 a Sūdra.

-9 the headman of a village.

-1 an elephant's ear.

-आढ्यम् mud on the banks of a river.

- उदर a. having a tapering (leaf-like) belly; पूररेचकसंविग्नवलि- वल्गुदलोदरम् Bhāg.4.24.51.

-कपाटः a folded leaf.

-कोमलम् a lotus.

-कोषः the Kunda creeper.

-निर्मोकः the Bhūrja tree.

-पुष्पा the Ketaka plant.

-सूचिः, -ची f. a thorn.

-स्नसा the fibre or vein of a leaf.

दोषा ind. At night; दोषा$पि नूनमहिमांशुरसौ किलेति Śi.4. 46,62. -f.

1 The arm.

-2 The darkness of night, night; घर्मकालदिवस इव क्षपितदोषः K.37 (where the word means 'a fault or sin' also).

-Comp. -आस्यः, -तिलकः a lamp.

-करः 1 The moon; यामित्रवेधविहितानपहृत्य दोषान् । दोषाकरः सुखमनेकविधं विधत्ते ॥ Jyotistattvam.

-2 a mine of faults; दोषाकरो$पि कुटिलो$पि कलङ्कितो$पि Udb.

मही 1 Earth; as in महीपाल, महीमृत् &c.; मही रम्या शय्या Bh.3.79.

-2 Ground, soil; चेरतुः संयुगमहीं सासारौ जलदाविव Rām.6.17.34.

-3 Landed property or estate, land.

-4 A country, kingdom.

-5 N. of a river falling into the gulf of Cambay.

-6 (In geom.) The base of any plane figure.

-7 A large army (Ved).

-8 A cow; ŚB. on MS.1.3.49.

-9 Earth (as a substance, stones, bricks &c); Ms.7.7.

-1 Space.

-Comp. -इनः, -ईश्वरः a king; न न महीनमहीनपराक्रमम् R.9. 5.

-कम्पः an earthquake.

-क्षित् m. a king, sovereign; भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् Bg.1.25; R.1.11,85; 19.2.

-जः 1 the planet Mars; इयं महीजे विधुजे शराष्टौ Samayapradīpa.

-2 N. of Narakāsura.

-3 a tree. (

-जा) N. of Sītā. (

-जम्) wet ginger.

-जीवा the horizon.

-तलम् surface of the earth.

-दुर्गम् an earth fort; Ms. 7.7.

-धरः 1 a mountain; महीधरं मार्गवशादुपेतम् R.6.52; Ku.6.89.

-2 an epithet of Viṣṇu.

-ध्रः 1 a mountain; महीध्रादुत्तुङ्गादवनिमवनेश्चापि जलधिम् Bh.2.1; Śi.15.54; R.3.6;13.7.

-2 a symbolical expression for the number, 'seven'.

-3 an epithet of Viṣṇu

-नाथः, -पः, -पतिः, -पालः, -पुरन्दरः, -भुज् m.,

-मघवन् m.,

-महेन्द्रः a king; अलं महीपाल तव श्रमेण R.2.34; तां प्रत्यभिव्यक्तमनो- रथानां महीपतीनां प्रणयाग्रदूत्यः 6.12; प्रविश्य कृष्णासदनं महीभुजा Ki.1.26; also Śāhendra.2.82.

-पतनम् humble obei- sance (as by falling on the ground.)

-पुत्रः, -सुतः, -सूनुः 1 the planet Mars; तनयकृताश्च शुचो महीसुते Bṛi. S.

-2 epithets of the demon Naraka.

-पुत्री, -सुता an epithet of Sītā.

-पृष्ठम् the surface of the earth.

-प्रकम्पः an earthquake.

-प्ररोहः, -रुह् m.,

-रुहः a tree; अकुसुमान् दधतं न महीरुहः Ki.5.1; Śi.2.49.

-प्राचीरम्, -प्रावरः the sea.

-भर्तृ m. a king.

-भृत् m.

1 a mountain; अथ जयाय नु मेरुमहीभृतः Ki.5.1.

-2 a king, sovereign.

-मण्डलम् 1 the circumference of the earth.

-2 the whole earth.

-लता an earthworm.

-सुरः a Brāhmaṇa.

f. remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of orﾠ upon (loc. orﾠ comp.), calling to mind ( smṛitimapitenayānti, « they are not even thought of»), memory TĀr. ChUp. MBh. etc.;