अधरadharaa.Lower (opp. उत्तर), (lit. not held up); tending downwards; under, nether, downwards; ˚वासः under garment…
[न ध्रियते; धृ-अच्, न. त.]
- Lower (Opposite of उत्तर), (Literal not held up); tending downwards; under, nether, downwards; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवासः under garment; असितमधरवासो विभ्रतः Ki.4.38; Compare अम्बर; सुवर्णसूत्राकलिताधराम्बराम् Śi.1.6; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedओष्ठ lower or nether lip, see below. (In this sense अधर partakes of the character of a pronoun).
- Low, mean, vile; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedउत्तरम् See below; lower in quality, inferior.
- Silenced, worsted, not able to speak; See हीन, हीनवादिन्.
- Previous, preceding as in अधरेद्युः quod vide, which see
Derived forms and compounds
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-रः The nether (or sometimes the upper) lip; in general denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपत्रम्. प्रवेपमानाधरपत्रशोभिना Ku.5.27 leaf-like lower lip; बिम्बाधरालक्तकः M.3.5.; पक्कबिम्बाधरोष्ठी Me.84; पिबसि रतिसर्वस्वमधरम् Ś.1.21;1.23;3.23; Compare अधरं खलु बिम्बनामकं फलमाभ्यामिति भव्यमन्वयम् । लभतेऽधरबिम्ब इत्यदः पदमस्या रदनच्छदे वदत् ॥ Name2.24.
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-रा The nadir; (अधोदिश्) or the southern direction.
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-रम्
- The lower part (of the body); पृष्ठवंशाधरे त्रिकम् Ak.
- Pudendum Muliebre (also Masculine).
- Address. speech (Opposite of उत्तर); statement, sometimes used for reply also.
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-उत्तर
- Adjective
- higher and lower, inferior and superior, worse and better; राज्ञः समक्षमेवाक्योः denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedव्यक्तिर्भविष्यति M.1; व्यत्यये कर्मणां साम्यं पूर्ववच्चा- धरोत्तरम् Y.1.96.
- former; prior and later; sooner and later; यश्चाधरोत्तरानर्थान् विगीतान्नावबुध्यते Ms.8.53.
- in a contrary way, topsy-turvy, upside down (the natural order of things being inverted); श्रुतं भवद्भिरधरोत्तरम् Ś.5. you have (certainly) learnt in a contrary way, id est, that is to consider good as bad and vice versa; (it might perhaps also mean "have you, id est, that is the members of the King's court", heard this mean or base reply अधरं च तदुत्तरम्; (यदि न प्रणयेद्राज दण्ड) स्वाम्यं च न स्यात्कस्मिंश्चित् प्रवर्तेताधरोत्तरम् Ms.7.21. (अधरम् Equivalent to शूद्रादि, उत्तरम् Equivalent to प्रधानम्); अधर्मेण जितो धर्मः प्रवृत्तमधरोत्तरम् Mb.
- nearer and further.
- question and answer;
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-ओष्ठः, -औष्ठः Parasmaipada वार्त्तिक ओत्वोष्ठदोःसमासे वा. the lower lip; अङ्गुलिसंवृतdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Ś.3. 24; Me.84 (-ष्ठम्) the lower and upper lip.
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-कंटकः a prickly plant; Hedysarum Alhagi (धमासा Marâthî).
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-कंटिका a plant, Asparagus racemosus (Marâthî लघुशतावरी).
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-कण्ठः the lower part of the neck.
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-कायः अधरं कायस्य the lower part of the body.
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-पानम् kissing, Literal drinking the lower lip.
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-मधु, -अमृतम् the nectar of the lips.
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-स्वस्तिकम् the nadir.
