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Results for गृध्नु

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गृध्नुgṛdhnua.Greedy, covetous; अगृध्नुराददे सोऽर्थम् R.1.21; प्राप्तो वेलामहीध्रं मलयमहमहिग्रासगृध्नुः क्षणेन Nāg.4.25.

    [गृध्-क्नु]

    1. Greedy, covetous; अगृध्नुराददे सोऽर्थम् R.1.21; प्राप्तो वेलामहीध्रं मलयमहमहिग्रासगृध्नुः क्षणेन Nāg.4.25.
    2. Eager, desirous; ये चान्ये गुणगृध्नवः Bhāg. 3.14.2.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गृध्नुgṛdhnu[gridh-nú] a. quick, hasty; greedy, eager (for, lc., --˚); (u)-tâ, f. greed; eagerness for (--˚).

    [gridh-nú] adjective quick, hasty; greedy, eager (for, locative, --˚); (u)-tâ, feminine; also equal for greed; eagerness for (--˚).

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  2. अगृध्नुagṛdhnu[a-gridhnu] a. liberal.

    [a-gridhnu] adjective liberal.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गृध्नुgṛdhnumfn. (Pa1n2. 3-2, 140) hasty, swift RV. i, 70, 11 and 162, 20 TBr. ii
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Pa1n2. 3-2, 140) hasty, swift fg-veda i, 70, 11 and 162, 20 TBr. ii
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective greedily desirous of (locative case [R. ii] or in compound Megh. 9 [varia lectio] BhP. iii, 14, 20)
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (अ-, "not greedy" Ragh. i, 21)
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective ([confer, compare Gothic gairns, gairnja; Lithuanian godu4s .])
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  2. गुणगृध्नुguṇagṛdhnumfn. desiring good qualities BhP. iii, 14, 20.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective desiring good qualities BhP. iii, 14, 20.

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  3. गृध्नुताgṛdhnutāf. greediness L.
    1. feminine greediness Lexicographers
    2. feminine great desire for (in compound) Katha1s.
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