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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गृध्रgṛdhraa.Greedy, covetous.

    [गृध्-क्रन्]

    Greedy, covetous.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ध्रः, -ध्रम् A vulture; मार्जारस्य हि दोषेण हतो गृध्रो जरद्गवः H.1.53; R. 12.5,54.

    • -ध्री The female vulture; Y.3.256.

    • -कूटः Name of a mountain near Rājagṛiha.

    • -पतिः, -राजः the lord of the vultures, an epithet of Jaṭāyu; अस्यैवा- सीन्महति शिखरे गृध्रराजस्य वासः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.25.

    • -वाज, -वाजित Adjective furnished with vulture feathers (as an arrow).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गृध्रgṛdhra[grídh-ra] a. id.; m. (î, f.) vulture: -kûta, m. N. of a mountain (vulture-peak); -drishti, a. vulture-eyed…

    [grídh-ra] adjective the same; masculine (î, feminine; also equal for) vulture: -kûta, masculine noun of a mountain (vulture-peak); -drishti, adjective vulture-eyed; -pati, -râg, -râga, masculine vul ture-king, epithet of Gatâyu.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गृध्रgṛdhramfn. desiring greedily or fervently RV.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective desiring greedily or fervently fg-veda
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective eager for, desirous of (in compound) MBh. vii, 210 Pan5cat. BhP. xi
    3. masculine gender a vulture fg-veda AV. TS. v AdbhBr. Mn. etc.
    4. masculine gender Name of a son of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण BhP. x, 61, 16
    5. masculine gender of a R2ishi ऋषि in the 14th Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर VP.
    6. masculine gender of a Rakshas रक्षस् Gan2P.
    7. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedध्रिका Hariv. 223; ([confer, compare Old German gi1r Page361,3; modern German geier .])
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  2. गृध्रकूटgṛdhrakūṭam. "vulture-peak", N. of a mountain near Ra1jagr2iha राजगृह MBh. xii, 1797 Lalit. &c. Hit.

    masculine gender "vulture-peak", Name of a mountain near Ra1jagr2iha राजगृह MBh. xii, 1797 Lalit. etc. Hit.

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  3. गृध्रचक्रgṛdhracakram. du. the vulture and the Cakra-va1ka चक्र-वाक W.

    masculine gender dual number the vulture and the Cakra-va1ka चक्र-वाक W.

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  4. गृध्रजम्बूकgṛdhrajambūkam. N. of an attendant of S3iva शिव L. (˚म्भूक MS.)

    masculine gender Name of an attendant of S3iva शिव Lexicographers (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedम्भूक manuscript)

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  5. गृध्रदृष्टिgṛdhradṛṣṭimfn. vulture-eyed MBh. xii, 5309.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective vulture-eyed MBh. xii, 5309.

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  6. गृध्रनखीgṛdhranakhīf. "vulture-clawed", Asteracantha longifolia Sus3r. i
    1. feminine "vulture-clawed", Asteracantha longifolia Sus3r. i
    2. feminine the jujube Lexicographers
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  7. गृध्रपतिgṛdhrapatim. "lord of vultures", Jat2a1yu जटायु R. iii, 56, 41.

    masculine gender "lord of vultures", Jat2a1yu जटायु R. iii, 56, 41.

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  8. गृध्रपत्त्रgṛdhrapattram. "vulture-feathered", N. of an attendant of Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2576

    masculine gender "vulture-feathered", Name of an attendant of Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2576

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