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Entry गौण

गौणgauṇaa.(णी f.) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
1. (णी Feminine) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
2. Subordinate, secondary, unessential; गुणवचनत्वाद् गौणः शब्दः ŚB. on MS.1.2.15.
3. (In Grammar) Indirect or less immediate (Opposite of मुख्य or प्रधान); गौणे कर्मणि दुह्यादेः प्रधाने नीहृकृष्वहाम् Sk.
4. Figurative, metaphorical, used in a secondary sense (as a word or sense); तदा गौणमनन्तस्य नामानन्तेति विश्रुतम् Mb.12.182.33.
5. Founded on some resemblance between the primary and secondary sense of a word; as in गौणीलक्षणा.
6. Relating to enumeration or multiplication.
7. Attributive.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पक्षः the minor or weaker side of an argument etc.
- -साध्य, -अवसान -अवसाना, -सारोपा a kind of ellipse; Sarva. S.15.289.
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