अब्धिabdhiThe ocean, receptacle of water; (fig. also) दुःख˚, कार्य˚, ज्ञान˚ &c.; store or reservoir of anything.
[आपः धीयन्ते अत्र, धा-कि]
- The ocean, receptacle of water; (Figurative also) दुःखdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, कार्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, ज्ञानdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.; store or reservoir of anything.
- A pond, lake.
- (In Mathematics) A symbolical expression for the number 7; sometimes for 4.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अग्निः
- the submarine fire. कफः, फेन: froth, foam.
- the cuttle-fish bone, being regarded as the froth of the ocean.
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-ज
- Adjective born in the ocean. (-जः)
- the moon.
- The conch.
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-जम्
- Salt. (-जौ) (dual) Name of the Aśvins.
- (जा) spirituous liquor (produced from the ocean).
- the Goddess Lakṣmī.
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-झषः a sea-fish.
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-डिण्डिरः froth, foam.
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-द्वीपा
- the earth.
- a portion of land surrounded by the ocean.
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-नगरी Name of Dwārakā, the capital of Kṛiṣṇa.
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-नवनीतकः the moon (the butter of the ocean).
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-मण्डूकी the pearloyster.
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-शयनः Name of Viṣṇu (so called from his resting in the ocean at the destruction and renovation of the world).
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-सारः a gem.
Source: ApteApte entry