घटghaṭaA large earthen water-jar, pitcher, jar, watering-pot; आकाशमेकं हि यथा घटादिषु पृथग्भवेत् Y. 3.144; कूपे पश्य…
[घट-अच्]
- A large earthen water-jar, pitcher, jar, watering-pot; आकाशमेकं हि यथा घटादिषु पृथग्भवेत् Y. 3.144; कूपे पश्य पयोनिधावपि घटो गृह्णाति तुल्यं जलम् Bh.2.49.
- The sign Aquarius of the zodiac (also called कुम्भ).
- An elephant's frontal sinus.
- Suspending the breath as a religious exercise.
- A measure equal to 2 droṇas.
- A part of a column; स्तम्भं विभज्य नवधा वहनं भागो घटोऽस्य भागोऽन्यः Bṛi. S.53.29.
- A border.
- A peculiar form of a temple; Bṛi. S.56.18,26.
- The head; 'घटः समाधिभेदे ना शिरः कूटकटेषु च' Medinī; Mb.1.155.38.
Derived forms and compounds
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-आटोपः covering for a carriage or any article of furniture.
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-उदरः Name of Gaṇeśa; घटोदरः शूर्पकर्णो गणाध्यक्षो मदोत्कटः Ks.55.165.
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-उद्भवः, -जः, -योनिः, -संभवः epithets of the sage Agastya.
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-ऊधस् Feminine (forming घटोध्नी) a cow with a full udder; गाः कोटिशः स्पर्शयता घटोध्नीः R.2.49.
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-कञ्चुकि Neuter a rite practised by Tāntrikas and Śāktas (in which the bodices of different women are placed in a receptacle (घट) and the men present at the ceremony are allowed to take them out one by one and then cohabit with the woman to whom each bodice belongs); Āgamapr.
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-कर्परः
- Name of a poet.
- a piece of a broken jar, pot-sherd; जीयेय येन कविना यमकैः परेण तस्मै वहेयमुदकं घट- कर्परेण Ghāṭ.22.
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-कारः, -कृत् Masculine a potter; Bṛi. S.15. 1;16.29.
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-ग्रहः a water-bearer.
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-दासी a procuress; Compare कुम्भदासी.
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-पर्यसनम् the ceremony of performing the funeral rites of a patita or apostate (who is unwilling to go back to his caste etc.) during his very life-time.
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-भवः, -योनिः Agastya.
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-भेदनकम् an instrument used in making pots.
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-राजः a water-jar of baked clay.
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-स्थापनम् placing a water-pot as a type of Durgā for nine days (नवरात्रम्).
