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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry घोर

  1. घोरghoraa.Terrific, frightful, horrible, awful; शिवाघोरस्वनां पश्चाद्बुबुधे विकृतेति ताम् R.12.39; or तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे…

    [घर्-अच् Uṇ.5.64]

    1. Terrific, frightful, horrible, awful; शिवाघोरस्वनां पश्चाद्बुबुधे विकृतेति ताम् R.12.39; or तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव Mb.; घोरं लोके वितत- मयशः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.6; Ms.1.5;12.54.
    2. Violent, vehement.
    3. Vedic Venerable, awful, sublime.
    4. Unsteady, displeasing; शान्ता घोराश्च मूढाश्च Sāṅ. K.38.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः Name of Śiva.

    • -रा Night.

    • -रम्

      1. Horror, awfulness; अथापि मेऽ- विनीतस्य क्षात्रं घोरमुपेयुषः Bhāg.4.8.36.
      2. Poison.
      3. Venerableness; Vāj.2.32.
      4. Magic formulæ and charms; मा नो घोरेण चरताभि धृष्णु Rv.1.34.14.
      5. Saffron.

    • -आकृति, -दर्शन

      1. Adjective frightful in appearance, terrific, hideous.
      2. (नः) an owl.
      3. a hyena.

    • -घुष्यम् bell-metal.

    • -घोरतरः Śiva.

    • -पुष्पम् brass.

    • -रासनः, -रासिन्, -वाशनः -वाशिन् Masculine a jackal.

    • -रूपः an epithet of Śiva. -Adjective of a frightful appearance; Ms.7.121.

    In the Gita3·111·4917·5

    तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥

    tatkiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava. — Arjuna said:- If thou holdest the intelligence to be greater than works, O Janardana, why then dost thou, O Keshava, appoint me to a terrible work? 3·1
    • घोरेghorelocative singular of the neuter form of the adjective ghora (tremendous, terrible).
    • घोरम्ghoramnominative or accusative singular of the neuter form of the adjective ghora (tremendous, terrible).
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