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  • 1 wag

    [wæg] past tense, past participle wagged
    1. verb
    ( especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side:

    The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.

    يَهُز، يُحَرِّكُ ذَنَبَه
    2. noun
    a single wagging movement:

    The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.

    هَزَّة الذَّنَب

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  • 2 wag

    هَزَّ من جانب لآخر (ذيل الكلب)‏ \ wag: (esp. of a dog’s tail) to move from side to side.

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  • 3 kibas

    wag (tail), sway to and fro, flap (ears, wings)

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  • 4 mengipaskan

    wag (tail, ear); ward off (with wing, hand, etc)

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  • 5 вилять хвостом

    1) General subject: fawn, wag the tail (о собаке), wriggle the tail, fawn on, fawn upon
    2) Biology: fawn (о собаке), wag

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  • 6 खञ्जनः _khañjanḥ

    खञ्जनः [खञ्ज्-ल्युट्] A species of the wag-tail; स्फुट- कमलोदरखेलितखञ्जनयुगमिव शरदि तडागम् Gīt.11; नेत्रे खञ्जनगञ्जने S. D; एको हि खञ्जनवरो नलिनीदलस्थः Ś. Til.4,5.
    -ना A kind of wag-tail.
    -2 Mustard.
    -नम् Going lamely.
    -Comp. -रतम् the cohabitation of saints.

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  • 7 भद्र _bhadra

    भद्र a. [भन्द्-रक् नि˚ नलोपः Uṇ.2.28]
    1 Good, happy, prosperous.
    -2 Auspicious, blessed; as in भद्रमुख.
    -3 Foremost, best, chief; पप्रच्छ भद्रं विजितारिभद्रः R.14. 31.
    -4 Favourable, propitious; भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवा भद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः Ṛv.1.89.8.
    -5 Kind, gracious, excellent, friendly, good; often used in voc. sing. in the sense of 'my good sir', or 'my good friend', 'my good lady', 'my dear madam'.
    -6 Pleasant, enjoy- able, lovely, beautiful; न तु कृच्छ्रादपि भद्रं निजकान्तं सा भजत्येव Pt.1.181.
    -7 Laudable, desirable, praiseworthy.
    -8 Beloved, dear.
    -9 Specious, plausible, hypocritical.
    -1 Skilful, expert; भद्रो$स्मि नृत्ये कुशलो$स्मि गीते Mb.4. 11.8.
    -द्रम् 1 Happiness, good fortune, welfare, blessing, prosperity; भद्रं भद्रं वितर भगवन् भूयसे मङ्गलाय Māl.1.3; 6.7; त्वयि वितरतु भद्रं भूयसे मङ्गलाय U.3.48; oft. used in pl. in this sense; सर्वो भद्राणि पश्यतु; भद्रं ते 'god bless you', 'prosperity to you'.
    -2 Gold.
    -3 A fragrant grass.
    -4 Iron, steel.
    -5 The seventh Karaṇa.
    -द्रः- 1 A bullock.
    -2 A species of wag-tail.
    -3 A term applied to a particular kind of elephants.
    -4 An im- postor, a hypocrite; Ms.9.258.
    -5 N. of Śiva.
    -6 An epithet of mount Meru.
    -7 The Devadāru tree.
    -8 A kind of Kadamba. (भद्राकृ means 'to shave'; भद्राकरणम् shaving).
    -Comp. -अङ्गः an epithet of Bala- rāma.
    -अश्वः N. of a Dvīpa.
    -आकार, -आकृति a. of auspicious features.
    -आत्मजः a sword.
    -आश्रयः the sandal tree.
    -आसनम् 1 a chair of state, splendid seat, a throne.
    -2 a particular posture in meditation.
    -ईशः an epithet of Śiva.
    -एला large cardamoms.
    -कपिलः an epithet of Śiva.
    -कल्पः N. of the present age; Buddh.
    -कान्तः a beautiful lover or husband.
    -कारक a. propitious.
    -काली N. of Durgā; जयन्ती मङ्गला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी Durgāpūjāmantra; भद्रकाल्यै पुरुषपशु- मालभतापत्यकामः Bhāg.5.9.12.
    -काष्ठम् the tree called Devadāru.
    -कुम्भः a golden jar filled with water from a holy place, particularly from the Ganges (esp. used at the consecration of a king).
    -गणितम् The construction of magical diagrams.
    -गौरः N. of a mountain; Mark. P.
    -घटः, -घटकः a vessel from which a lottery is drawn
    -दारु m., n. a sort of pine.
    -नामन् m.
    1 a wag-tail.
    -2 the wood-pecker.
    -निधिः certain vessels of copper etc. fashioned for gifts; एवं तु तं भद्रनिधिं सुविद्वान् कृत्वासने प्रावरणोपयुक्ते Vāman P.
    -नृपतिः a gracious king.
    -पीठम् 1 a splendid seat, chair of state, throne; औदुम्बरं भद्रपीठमभिषेकार्थमाहृतम् Rām.2.14.34; उपतस्थुः प्रकृतयो भद्रपीठोपवेशितम् R.17.1.
    -2 a kind of winged insect.
    -बलनः an epithet of Balarāma.
    -मुख a. 'of an auspicious face', used as a polite address, 'good sir', 'gentle sir'; Ś.7; ततो भद्रमुखात्राहं स्थास्ये स्थाणु- रिवाचलः Mark. P. (
    -खी) good lady; V.2.
    -मुस्तकः (-मुस्ता) Cyperus Rotunda (Mar. नागरमोथा).
    -मृगः an epithet of a particular kind of elephant.
    -रेणुः N. of Indra's elephant.
    -वर्मन् m. a kind of jasmine.
    -वाच् f. a kind or friendly speech.
    -विराज् N. of a metre; ओजे तपरौ जरौ गुरुश्चेन् म्सौ जूगौ भद्रविराट् V. Ratna.
    -शाखः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
    -श्रयम्, -श्रियम् sandal- wood.
    -श्रीः f. the sandal tree.
    -सोमा an epithet of the Ganges.

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  • 8 कर्करः _karkarḥ

    कर्करः a.
    1 Hard, solid.
    -2 Firm.
    -रः 1 A hammer.
    -2 A mirror.
    -3 A bone, broken piece (of skull); fragment; अन्तःशीर्णकरङ्कर्करपयः Māl.5.19.
    -5 m., n. Stone, limestone (Mar. कंकर).
    -4 A strap or rope of leather.
    -Comp. -अक्षः a wag-tail.
    -अङ्गः the Khañjana bird.
    -अन्धुकः a blind well; cf. अन्धकूप.

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  • 9 कलाटीनः _kalāṭīnḥ

    कलाटीनः The white water wag-tail.

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  • 10 काकः _kākḥ

    काकः [कै शब्दकरणे-कन् Uṇ.3.43]
    1 A crow; काको$पि जीवति चिराय बलिं च भुङ्क्ते Pt.1.24.
    -2 (Fig.) A con- temptible fellow, base or impudent person.
    -3 A lame man.
    -4 Bathing by dipping the head only into water (as crows do).
    -5 A sectarial mark (तिलक).
    -6 A kind of measure.
    -7 N. of a Dvīpa.
    -का N. of several plants काकनासा, काकोली &c.
    -की 1 A female crow.
    -काकी see Mbh. on IV.1.63.
    -कम् 1 A multitude of crows.
    -2 A modus coeundi.
    -Comp. -अक्षिगोलकन्याय see under न्याय.
    -अञ्ची = काकजङ्घा q. v.
    -अदनी The Gunja plant.
    -अरिः an owl.
    -इक्षुः A reed.
    -उडुम्वरः, (-रिका) The fig-tree.
    -उदरः a snake; काकोदरो येन विनीतदर्पः Kavirāja; काकोदरसोदरः खलो जगति Bv.1.76.
    -उलूकिका, -उलूकीयम् the natural enmity of the owl and the crow; Mbh. on IV.2.14; Vārt.2. (काकोलूकीयम् is the name of the third Tantra in the Pañchatantra).
    -कङ्गुः -कङ्गुनी f. A kind of corn.
    -Comp. -कला N. of a plant.
    -चिञ्चा, -जङ्घा the Gunja plant.
    -चरित्रम् A part of the science of Omens based on the sound of crows.
    -च्छदः, -च्छदिः 1 a wag-tail.
    -2 a side-lock of hair; see काकपक्ष below.
    -जम्बुः A kind of rose-apple tree.
    -जातः the (Indian) cuckoo.
    -तालीय a. [काकताल-छ Mbh. on V.3.16] (anything) taking place quite unexpectedly and accidentally, an accident; अहो नु खलु भोः तदेतत् काकतालीयं नाम Māl.5; काक- तालीयवत्प्राप्तं दृष्ट्वा$पि निधिमग्रतः H. Pr.3; sometimes used adverbially in the sense of 'accidentally'; फलन्ति काक- तालीयं तेभ्यः प्राज्ञा न बिभ्यति Ve.2.15. ˚न्याय see under न्याय.
    -तालुकिन a. contemptible, vile.
    -तिक्रा, -तिन्दुका, -तुण्डिका different kinds of trees.
    -तुण्डम् A kind of head of an arrow (see फलम्). काकतुण्डेन वेध्यानां वेधं कुर्यात् Dhanur.66.
    -दन्तः (lit.) the tooth of a crow; (fig.) anything impossible or not existing; ˚गवेषणम् searching after impossibilities (said of any useless and unprofitable task).
    -ध्वजः the submarine fire; cf. और्व.
    -नासा, -नासिका, -नासिकी different kinds of trees.
    -निद्रा a light slumber (easily broken).
    -पक्षः, -पक्षकः side-locks of hair on the temples of boys and young men (especially of the Kṣatriya caste]; काकपक्षधरमेत्य याचितः R.11.1,31,42;3.28; U.3.
    -पदम् 1 the sign (
    ^) in Mss. denoting that something has been left out.
    -2 an incision in the skin. (
    -दः) a particular mode of sexual inter- course.
    -पुच्छः, -पुष्टः the [Indian] cuckoo.
    -पेय a shallow; काकपेया नदी Sk.
    -भीरुः an owl.
    -मद्गुः a gallinule water-hen, घृतं हृत्वा तु दुर्बुद्धिः काकमद्गुः प्रजायते Mb.13.111.22.
    -मर्दः, -मर्दकः a kind of gourd [Mar. कवंडळ].
    -माची, -चिका a kind of tree (Mar. कावळी)
    -मृगगोचरित a. following the manner of the crow in drinking, of the deer in eating and of the cow in making water; एवं गोमृगकाकचर्यया व्रजंस्तिष्ठन्नासीनः शयानः काकमृगगोचरितः पिबति खादत्यवमेहति स्म Bhāg.5.5.34.
    -यवः barren corn (the ear of which has no grain); यथा काकयवाः प्रोक्ता यथारण्यभवास्तिलाः । नाममात्रा न सिद्धौ हि धनहीनास्तथा नराः ॥ Pt.2.9. तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे यथा काकयवा इव Mb; (काकयवाः = निष्फलतृणधान्यम्).
    -रुतम् the shrill sound of a crow (considered as a sign of future good or evil under different circumstances);
    -रुहा a. kind of tree (Mar. बांडगूळ).
    -वन्ध्या a woman that bears only one child.
    -स्नानम् Bathing like a crow.
    -स्पर्शः 1 The touching of a crow.
    -2 A ceremony performed on the tenth day after a death, consisting in the offering of rice to crows.
    -स्वरः a shrill tone (as that of a crow).

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  • 11 खञ्ज _khañja

    खञ्ज a. [खञ्ज्-अच्] Lame, crippled, halt; पादेन खञ्जः Sk.; Ms.8.274; कृशः काणः खञ्जः (श्वा) Bh.1.64.
    -Comp. -खेटः, -खेलः the wag-tail.

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  • 12 खञ्जनकः _khañjanakḥ

    खञ्जनकः A wag-tail; (also खञ्जनिका in this sense).

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  • 13 खञ्जरीटः _khañjarīṭḥ _टकः _ṭakḥ _खञ्जलेखः _khañjalēkhḥ

    खञ्जरीटः टकः खञ्जलेखः The wag-tail; Bv.2.78; Ms.5.14; Y.1.174; Amaru.99.

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  • 14 गूढ _gūḍha

    गूढ p. p. [गुह्-क्त]
    1 Hidden, concealed, kept secret.
    -2 Covered.
    -3 Invisible, latent.
    -4 Secret, private.
    -5 Disguised.
    -ढम् 1 A solitary or private place.
    -2 A private part.
    -3 A mystery.
    -4 One of the शब्दालङ्कारs. ind. Secretly; संवत्सरं तत्र विहृत्य गूढम् Mb.3.176.1.
    -Comp. -अङ्गः a tortoise.
    -अङ्घ्रिः a snake.
    -अर्थ a. having a hidden meaning (cf. ˚चन्द्रिका-तत्त्वदीपिका-दीपिका &c. N. of different commentaries).
    -र्थः the hidden or mystic sense; A. L.
    -आत्मन् (the compound word being गूढोत्मन् thus accounted for in Sk.; भवेद् वर्णागमाद् हंसः सिंहो वर्णविपर्ययात् । गूढोत्मा वर्णविकृतेर्वर्णलोपात्पृषोदरः) the Supreme soul.
    -आलेख्यम् Cipher writing; Kau. A.1.12.
    -उत्पन्नः, -जः one of the 12 kinds of sons in Hindu-law; he is a son born secretly of a woman, when her husband is absent, the real father being unknown; गृहे प्रच्छन्न उत्पन्नो गूढजस्तु सुतः स्मृतः Y.2.129; Ms.9.159,17.
    -चार -चारिन् a. going about secretly; Y.2.268. (-m.) a spy, secret emissary.
    -नीडः the wag-tail.
    -पथः 1 a hidden path.
    -2 a by-path.
    -3 the mind, intellect.
    -पाद्, -पादः a snake.
    -पुरुषः a spy, secret emissary, disguised agent; गूढपुरुषोत्पत्तिः Kau. A.1.11.
    -पुष्पकः the Bakula tree.
    -भाषितम् secret intelligence, private communication.
    -मार्गः 1 a passage under-ground.
    -2 a defile.
    -मैथुनः a crow.
    -वर्चस् m.
    1 'a concealed witness', one placed to overhear secretly what has been said by the defendant.
    -2 a frog. -a. of concealed glory; तल्लक्षणज्ञा अपि गूढवर्चसम् Bhāg. 1.19.28.

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  • 15 चरटः _caraṭḥ

    चरटः The wag-tail.

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  • 16 तण्डकः _taṇḍakḥ

    तण्डकः [तण्ड्-ण्वुल्]
    1 A juggler, a cheat.
    -2 Froth, foam.
    -3 A wag-tail.
    -कः -कम् 1 Complete perform- ance or preparation.
    -2 Decoration.
    -3 The upright post of a house.
    -4 A composition abounding in compounds.

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  • 17 नील _nīla

    नील a. (
    ला -ली f.; the former in relation to clothes &c., the latter in relation to animals, plants &c.)
    1 Blue, dark-blue; नीलस्निग्धः श्रयति शिखरं नूतनस्तोयवाहः U.1.33.
    -2 Dyed with indigo.
    -लः 1 the dark-blue or black colour.
    -2 Sapphire.
    -3 The Indian fig-tree.
    -4 N. of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma.
    -5 'The blue mountain', N. of one of the principal ranges of mountains.
    -6 A kind of bird, the blue Mainā.
    -7 An ox of a dark-blue colour.
    -8 One of the nine treasures of Kubera; see नवनिधि.
    -9 A mark.
    -1 An auspicious sound or proclamation.
    -ला 1 The indigo plant.
    -2 A Rāgiṇī.
    -ले f. (du.)
    1 The two arteries in front of the neck.
    -2 A black and blue mark on the skin; (for other senses see नीली.)
    -लम् 1 Black-salt.
    -2 Blue vitriol.
    -3 Antimony.
    -4 Poison.
    -5 Indigo, in- digo dye.
    -6 Darkness.
    -Comp. -अक्षः 1 a goose.
    -अङ्गः the Sārasa bird.
    -अञ्जनम् 1 antimony.
    -2 blue vitriol.
    -अञ्जना, -अञ्जसा lightning.
    -अब्जम्, -अम्बुजम्, -अम्बु- जन्मन् n. the blue lotus.
    -अभ्रः a dark-cloud.
    -अम्बर a. dressed in dark-blue clothes.
    (-रः) 1 a demon, goblin.
    -2 the planet Saturn.
    -3 an epithet of Balarāma.
    -अरुणः early dawn, the first dawn of day.
    -अश्मन् m. a sapphire.
    -उल्पलम् a blue lotus; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया समिल्लतां छेत्तुमृषिर्व्यवस्यति Ś.1.18.
    -उपलः the blue stone, lapis lazuli
    -कण्ठः 1 a peackock; केकाभिर्निलकण्ठस्तिर- यति वचनम् Māl.9.3; Me.81; कस्त्वं, शृली, मृगय भिषजं, नीलकण्ठः प्रिये$हम् Subhāṣ.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva.
    -3 a kind of gallinule.
    -4 a blue-necked jay.
    -5 a wag-tail
    -6 a sparrow.
    -7 a bee. (
    -ठम्) a radish. ˚अक्ष = रुद्राक्ष q. v.
    -केशी the indigo plant.
    -ग्रीवः an epithet of Śiva.
    -छदः 1 the date-tree.
    -2 an epithet of Garuḍa.
    -जम् blue steel.
    -जा N. of the river Vitastā.
    -तरु the cocoanut tree.
    -तालः, -ध्वजः the Tamāla tree.
    -पङ्कः, -पङ्कम् darkness.
    -पटलम् 1 a dark mass, a black coating or covering.
    -2 a dark film over the eye of a blind man; Pt.5.
    -पत्रः the pomegranate tree.
    (-त्रम्), -पद्मम् the blue water-lily.
    -पिच्छः a falcon.
    -पिटः a collection of annals and royal edicts; Buddh.
    -पुष्पिका 1 the indigo plant.
    -2 linseed.
    -फला the egg-plant (Mar. वांगें).
    -भः 1 the moon.
    -2 a cloud.
    -3 a bee.
    -मणिः, -रत्नम् 1 the sapphire; नेपथ्योचित- नीलरत्नम् Gīt.5; Bv.2.42.
    -2 an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa; also नीलमाधवः.
    -मीलिकः a fire-fly.
    -मृत्तिका 1 iron pyrites.
    -2 black earth.
    -राजिः f. a line of darkness, dark mass, thick darkness; निशाशशाङ्कक्षतनीलराजयः Ṛs. 1.2.
    -लोहित a. dark-blue, purple. (
    -तः) 1 a purple colour.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva; ममापि च क्षपयतु नीललोहितः पुनर्भवं परिगतशक्तिरात्मभूः Ś.7.35; Ku.2.57.
    -वर्ण a. dark-blue, bluish. (
    -र्णम्) a radish.
    -वसन, -वासस् a. dressed in dark-blue clothes; see नीलाम्बर.
    -वसनः the planet Saturn.
    -वृन्तकम् cotton.
    -स्नेहः (= दृढस्नेहः) Intense love. (नीलो नीलीरागः तत्सदृशः स्नेहः । नीलीरागः स्थिरप्रेमा इति यादवः) गृहं विक्रयकाले$पि नीलस्नेहेन रक्षति Chārudatta 3.12.

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  • 18 भण़्डकः _bhaṇ&tod;ḍakḥ

    भण़्डकः A species of wag-tail.

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  • 19 मदिरा _madirā

    मदिरा 1 Spirituous liquor; काङ्क्षत्यन्यो वदनमदिरां दोहद- च्छद्मनास्याः Me.8 (v. l.); Śi.11.49.
    -2 A kind of wag- tail.
    -3 N. of Durgā.
    -4 N of a metre; सप्तभकारकृताबसितौ च गुरुः कविभिः कथिता मदिरा V. Ratna. (com.).
    -Comp. -उत्कट, -उन्मत्त a. intoxicated with spirituous liquor.
    -गृहम्, -शाला an ale-house, dram-house, a tavern.
    -मदान्ध a. dead drunk.
    -सखः the mango tree.

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  • 20 मात्र _mātra

    मात्र a. (
    -त्रा, -त्री f.) [मा-त्रन्] An affix added to nouns in the sense of 'measuring as much as', 'as high or long, or broad as', 'reaching as far as', as in ऊरुमात्री भित्तिः; पञ्चदशयोजनमात्रमध्वानमतिचक्राम K.; (in this sense the word may as well be considered to be मात्रा at the end of comp. q. v. below).
    -त्रः A Brāhmaṇa of the lower order (by brith).
    -त्रम् 1 A measure, whether of length, breadth, height, size, space, dis- tance or number; अग्रे तिष्ठत मात्रं मे Bhāg.6.11.5; usually at the end of comp, i. e. अङ्गुलिमात्रम् a 'finger's breadth'; किंचिन्मात्रं गत्वा 'to some distance'; क्रोशमात्रे 'at the distance of a Krośa', रेखामात्रमपि 'even the breadth of a line, as much as a line'; रेखामात्रमपि क्षुण्णादा मनोर्वर्त्मनः परम्, (न व्यतीयुः) R.1.17; so क्षणमात्रम्, निमिष- मात्रम् 'the space of an instant', शतमात्र 'a hundred in number'; so गजमात्र 'as high or big as an elephant'; तालमात्र, यवमात्र &c.
    -2 The full measure of anything, the whole or entire class of things, totality; जीवमात्रम् or प्राणिमात्रम् 'the entire class of living beings'; मनुष्य- मात्रो मर्त्यः 'every man is mortal'; वस्तुमात्रपक्षको$नुपसंहारी (हेतुः) Tarka K.; मानुषमात्रदुष्करं कर्मानुष्ठितम् Dk.
    -3 The simple measure of anything, the one thing and no more, often translateable by 'mere', 'only', 'even'; जातिमात्रेण H.1.58 'by mere caste', टिट्टिभमात्रेण समुद्रो व्याकुलीकृतः 2.149. 'by a mere wag-tail', वाचामात्रेण जाप्यसे Ś.2 'merely by words'; so अर्थमात्रम्, संमानमात्रम् Pt.1.83; used with past participles मात्र may be translated by 'as soon as', 'no sooner than', 'just'; विद्धमात्रः R.5.51 'as soon as pierced'; 'when just pierced'; भुक्तमात्रे 'just after eating'; प्रविष्टमात्र एव तत्र- भवति Ś.3 &c.
    -4 An element, elementary matter; अहं पयो ज्योतिरथानिलो नभो मात्राणि देवा मन इन्द्रियाणि Bhāg. 1.59.31.

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