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Entry भङ्गि

भङ्गिbhaṅgiङ्गी [ṅgī], ङ्गी f.
1. ङ्गी ṅgī, ङ्गी Feminine
2. Breaking, fracture, breach, division.
3. Undulation.
4. Bending, contracting; दृग्भङ्गीभिः प्रथममथुरासंगमे चुम्बितोऽस्मि Ud. S.13.
5. A wave.
6. A flood, current.
7. A crooked path, tortuous or winding course.
8. A circumlocutory or round-about way of speaking or acting, periphrasis; भङ्ग्यन्तरेण कथनात् K. Parasmaipada1; इति भङ्ग्या व्यज्यते-कथ्यते etc.; बहुभङ्गिविशारदः Dk.
9. A pretext, disguise, semblance; यः पाञ्चजन्यप्रतिबिम्बभङ्ग्या धाराम्भसः फेनमिव व्यनक्ति Vikr.1.1.
10. Trick, fraud, deceit.
11. Irony.
12. Repartee, wit.
13. A step; यानादवातरददूरमहीतलेन मार्गेण भङ्गिरचितस्फटिकेन रामः R.13.69.
14. An interval.
15. Modesty.
16. A fashion or mode; नानाश्रमलतापुष्पभङ्गीरचितकुन्तलाम् Bm.1.233; भङ्ग्यन्तरेण Indeclinable in an indirect manner; in another manner.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भक्तिः Feminine division into a series of waves or wave-like steps, a wavy staircase; Compare Me.62.
- -भाषणम् crooked speeches (with hidden meaning); पांसुलजनभङ्गिभाषणरतः Dk.2.8.
- -भूत Adjective resembling.
- -विकारः distortion of the features; a wry face, grimace.
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