Apte Dictionary

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Entry आकृति

आकृतिākṛtif.Form, figure, shape (of anything); गन्धाकृतिः Bhāg.5.11.1. गोवर्धनस्याकृतिरन्वकारि Śi.3.4.
1. Form, figure, shape (of anything); गन्धाकृतिः Bhāg.5.11.1. गोवर्धनस्याकृतिरन्वकारि Śi.3.4.
2. Bodily form, body; किमिव हि मधुराणां मण्डनं नाकृती- नाम् Ś.1.2; विकृताकृति Ms.11.52; घोरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, सौम्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
3. Appearance; Often times a good or noble appearance, good form; न ह्याकृतिः सुसदृशं विजहाति वृत्तम् Mk.9.16; यत्राकृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसन्ति Subhāṣ. आकृतिमनुगृह्णन्ति गुणाः Vb.2.
4. Specimen, character.
5. Tribe, species.
6. A form ascertained by senses; मनस्याकृतयो मग्ना Mb.12.24.19. Compare आकृतिस्तु शरीरे स्याद्रूपसामान्ययोरपि.
7. A metre.
8. (Arth.) The number twentytwo.
Derived forms and compounds
- -गणः a list of words belonging to a certain grammatical rule which does not give every word belonging to that rule, but only specimens, a list of specimens (frequently occurring in the Gaṇapāṭha); Exempli gratia, for example अर्श आदिगण, स्वरादिगण, चादि गण etc.
- -च्छत्रा the plant Achyranthes Aspera (Marâthî आघाडा)-योगः A certain class of constellations.
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