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• -अग्निः a bird (digesting in the throat or gizzard).

• -अवसक्त Adjective clinging to the neck.

• -आगत Adjective come to the throat (as the breath or soul of a dying person).

• -आभरणम् a neck-ornament, necklace; परि- क्षितं काव्यसुवर्णमेतल्लोकस्य कण्ठाभरणत्वमेतु Vikr.1.24; Compare names like सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण.

• -आश्लेषः Neck-embrace; Me.3; कण्ठाश्लेषपरिग्रहे शिथिलता Pt.4.6; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedउपगूढ Bh.3.28.

• -उक्ताम् personal testimony.

• -कुब्जः a kind of fever.

• -कूणिका the Indian lute.

• -ग Adjective reaching or extending to the throat; हृद्गाभिः पूयते विप्रः कण्ठगाभिस्तु भूमिपः Ms.2.62.

• -गत

  1. Adjective
  2. being at or in the throat, coming to the throat; id est, that is on the point of departing; न वदेद्यावनीं भाषां प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि Subhāṣ; Pt.1.296.
  3. approaching or reaching the throat.

• -तटः, -तटम्, -टी the side of the neck.

• -तलासिका the leather or rope passing round the neck of a horse.

• -त्रः A necklace; शुक्लकेयूरकण्ठत्राः Mb.5. 143.39.

• -दघ्न Adjective reaching to the neck.

• -नालम् Stalklike throat, a throat, neck; कण्ठनालादपातयत् R.15.52. also.

• -नाली, -नडिकः a kite.

• -नीलकः

  1. a large lamp or torch, a whisp of lighted straw etc. (Marâthî मशाल). पाशः, पाशकः a rope tied round an elephant's neck.
  2. a halter in general.

• -बन्धः a rope for an elephant's neck.

• -भूषणम्, -भूषा a short necklace; विदुषां कण्ठभूषात्वमेतु Vikr.18.12.

• -भङ्गः Stammering.

• -मणिः

  1. a jewel worn on the neck.
  2. (Figurative) a dear or beloved object.
  3. Thyroid Cartilage.

• -रोधम् Stopping or lowering the voice.

• -लग्न

  1. Adjective
  2. clinging to the throat.
  3. suspended round the neck.
  4. throwing the arms round the neck (in embraces); कण्ठेलग्ना.

• -लता

  1. a collar.
  2. a horse's halter.

• -वर्तिन् Adjective being at or in the throat, id est, that is on the point of departing; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्राणैः R. 12.54.

• -शालुकम् a hard tumour in the throat.

• -शुण्डी swelling of the tonsils.

• -शोषः

  1. (Literal)
  2. drying up or parching of the throat.
  3. (Figurative) fruitless expostulation.

• -सज्जनम् hanging on, by, or round the neck.

• -सूत्रम् a kind of embrace; (thus defined: यत्कुर्वते वक्षसि वल्लभस्य स्तनाभिघातं निबिडोपगृहात् । परिश्रमार्थं शनकैर्विदग्धा- स्तत्कण्ठसूत्रं प्रवदन्ति सन्तः ॥); कण्ठसूत्रमपदिश्य योषितः R.19.32.

• -स्थ

  1. Adjective
  2. being in the throat.
  3. guttural (as a letter).
  4. being in the mouth, ready to be repeated by rote.
  5. learnt and ready to be repeated.