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Results for गृञ्जन

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गृञ्जनgṛñjana1 A small red variety of garlic or onion (prohibited as food for द्विज); लशुनं गृञ्जनं चैव पलाण्डुं कवकानि च ।…
1. 1 A small red variety of garlic or onion (prohibited as food for द्विज); लशुनं गृञ्जनं चैव पलाण्डुं कवकानि च । अभक्ष्याणि द्विजातीनाममेध्यप्रभवाणि च ॥ Ms.5.5; Y.1.176.
2. A turnip.
3. The tops of hemp chewed to produce intoxication, the Gānjā.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नम् The meat of an animal destroyed by poisoned arrow; 'अथ गृञ्जनं विषदिग्धपशोर्मांसे' Medinī. । Mb.13.9.39.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गृञ्जनgṛñjanam. (n. L.) a kind of onion or garlic or a small red variety of it (prohibited as food) Mn. v, 5 Ya1jn5. i, 176…
1. masculine gender (neuter gender Lexicographers) a kind of onion or garlic or a small red variety of it (prohibited as food) Mn. v, 5 Ya1jn5. i, 176 Bhpr.
2. masculine gender Nya1yam. etc.
3. masculine gender a turnip W.
4. masculine gender the tops of hemp chewed to produce an inebriating effect (the Ga1n5ja Ganja) W.
5. neuter gender poisoned flesh (meat of an animal destroyed by a poisoned arrow) Lexicographers
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गृञ्जनकgṛñjanakam. (= ˚न) a kind of onion or garlic Car. i, 27; vi, 9
1. masculine gender (Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन) a kind of onion or garlic Car. i, 27; vi, 9
2. neuter gender the two side-pieces of the hilt of a sword Gal.
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