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Entry विवरम्

विवरम्vivaram1 A fissure, hole, cavity, hollow, vacuity; यच्चकार विवरं शिलाघने ताडकोरसि स रामसायकः R.11.18;9. 61;19.7…
1. 1 A fissure, hole, cavity, hollow, vacuity; यच्चकार विवरं शिलाघने ताडकोरसि स रामसायकः R.11.18;9. 61;19.7; धीरनादभरितकर्णविवरं प्रिये मदयन्तिके इति व्याहरति Māl.7.
2. An interstice, interval, intervening space; तानहं विवरं दृष्ट्वा प्राहिण्वं यमसादनम् Mb.3.171.29; Bhāg.5. 1.12; अयमरविवरेभ्यश्चातकैर्निष्पतद्भिः Ś.7.7.
3. A solitary place; विवरेऽपि नैनमनिगूढमभिभवितुमेष पारयन् Ki.12.37.
4. A fault, flaw, defect, weak point.
5. A breach, wound.
6. The number 'nine'.
7. Expansion, opening, widening.
8. The lower region (पाताल); ज्योतिषां विवराणां च यथेदमसृजद्विभुः Bhāg.6.1.5.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रः Expansion.
- -नालिका a flute, fife.
- -प्रवेशः entrance into a chasm (one of the means of getting one's desired object); Pt.5.
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