vṛiddhi-ṡrāddha

vṛiddhi

(in law) forfeiture, deduction ib. ;
2) f. growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness RV. etc. etc.;
rising, rise ( arghasya, « of price») Var. ;
prosperity, increasing welfare, rising in rank orﾠ reputation ib. Rājat. ;
elevation (of ground) VarBṛS. ;
prolongation (of life) Pañcat. ;
swelling (of the body) Suṡr. ;
enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle orﾠ hydrocele) ib. ;
swelling orﾠ rising (of the sea orﾠ of the waters), waxing (of the moon) MBh. ;
gain, profit R. Subh. ;
profit from lending money etc., usury, interest Mn. Yājñ. MBh. ;
(the various kinds of interest recognized by Hindū lawyers are,
1. kāyikāvṛiddhi, « body-interest» i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, orﾠ interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body orﾠ principal;
2. kālikāv-, « timeinterest» i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, etc., but most usually computed by the month;
3. cakrav-, « wheel-interest» i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest;
4. kāritāv-, « stipulated interest», at a rate higher than the usual legal rate;
5. ṡikhā-v-, « interest growing like a lock of hair» i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily;
6. bhoga-lābha, « advantage < accruing to a creditor> from the use» of objects handed over to him as security e.g.. of lands, gardens, animals, etc.:
« lawful interest» is called dharma-v-, « usurious interest» a-nyāya-v-, « interest at the highest legal rate» parama-v-) IW. 264 ;
the second modification orﾠ increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions e.g.. ā is the Vṛiddhi of the vowel a;
ai of i, ī, andﾠ e;
au of u, ū, andﾠ o;
cf. 2. vṛiddha andﾠ kṛita-vṛiddhi) VPrāt. Pāṇ. Rājat. Sarvad. ;
one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling etc.;
andﾠ a remedy for phlegm. leprosy, andﾠ worms) Suṡr. Bhpr. ;
N. of the 11th of the astrological Yogas. ( orﾠ the Yoga star of the 11th lunar mansion) L. ;
= vṛiddhi-ṡrāddha GṛS. ;
m. (with bhaṭṭa) N. of a poet Cat.

vṛiddhi-ṡrāddha

- dīpikā f. - prayoga m. - vidhi m. N. of wks.