Apte Dictionary

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Entry निर्यूह

निर्यूहniryūha1 A pinnacle, turret, projection (on columns or gates); अनेकविधप्रासादहर्म्यवलभीनिर्यूहशतसंकुलम् (अपश्यत्)…
1. 1 A pinnacle, turret, projection (on columns or gates); अनेकविधप्रासादहर्म्यवलभीनिर्यूहशतसंकुलम् (अपश्यत्) Mb.1.3.133; वितर्दिनिर्यूहविटङ्कनीडः Śi.3.55. (where Mālli. renders निर्यूह by मत्तवारणाख्य अपाश्रयः and quotes Vaijayantī perhaps it was so called from its resemblance to the shape of an elephant in rut); चारु- तोरणनिर्यूहा Rām.
2. A chaplet, crest, head-ornament; बद्धाभरणनिर्यूहाः Mb.5.155.12.
3. A peg projecting from a wall.
4. Wood placed in a wall for pigeons to build their nests or to perch upon; Śi.3.55.
5. A door, gate.
6. Extract, decoction.
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