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Results for गौण

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Apte Dictionary

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

गौणgauṇaa.(णी f.) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
1. (णी Feminine) [गुणमधिकृत्य प्रवृत्ता गौणी, तत आगतः अण्]
2. Subordinate, secondary, unessential; गुणवचनत्वाद् गौणः शब्दः ŚB. on MS.1.2.15.
3. (In Grammar) Indirect or less immediate (Opposite of मुख्य or प्रधान); गौणे कर्मणि दुह्यादेः प्रधाने नीहृकृष्वहाम् Sk.
4. Figurative, metaphorical, used in a secondary sense (as a word or sense); तदा गौणमनन्तस्य नामानन्तेति विश्रुतम् Mb.12.182.33.
5. Founded on some resemblance between the primary and secondary sense of a word; as in गौणीलक्षणा.
6. Relating to enumeration or multiplication.
7. Attributive.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पक्षः the minor or weaker side of an argument etc.
- -साध्य, -अवसान -अवसाना, -सारोपा a kind of ellipse; Sarva. S.15.289.
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गौणिकgauṇikaa.Relating to the three qualities (सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्); Ms.12.41.
1. Relating to the three qualities (सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्); Ms.12.41.
2. Having qualities.
3. Subordinate.
4. Resembling a sack.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

गौणgauṇa[gauna] a. (î) subordinate, secondary; figurative: i-ka, a. (î) relating to the three fundamental qualities.

[gauna] adjective (î) subordinate, secondary; figurative: i-ka, adjective (î) relating to the three fundamental qualities.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गौणgauṇamf(ई)n. (fr. गुण्/अ), relating to a quality MBh. xii, 13138 f.
1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from गुण्/अ), relating to a quality MBh. xii, 13138 feminine
2. mf(ई)neuter gender having qualities, attributive W.
3. mf(ई)neuter gender subordinate, secondary, unessential MBh. xii, xiii Pat. KapS. etc. (with कर्मन्, [in grammar] the less immediate object of an action Vop. xxiv, 13)
4. mf(ई)neuter gender metaphorical, figurative W.
5. mf(ई)neuter gender secondary (applied to the month reckoned from full moon to full moon) W.
6. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to multiplication or enumeration W.
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गौणत्वgauṇatvan. the state of being subordinate or secondary Vop. Ka1tyS3r. Sch.

neuter gender the state of being subordinate or secondary Vop. Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator

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गौणपक्षgauṇapakṣam. the minor or weaker side of an argument W.

masculine gender the minor or weaker side of an argument W.

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गौणसाध्यवसानाgauṇasādhyavasānāf. (scil. लक्षणा) a kind of ellipse Sarvad. xv, 289.

feminine (scilicet लक्षणा) a kind of ellipse Sarvad. xv, 289.

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गौणसारोपाgauṇasāropāf. (scil. लक्षणा) a kind of ellipse ib.

feminine (scilicet लक्षणा) a kind of ellipse ibidem

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गौणिकgauṇikamf(ई)n. relating to the three qualities (of सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्) Mn. xii, 41
1. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to the three qualities (of सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्) Mn. xii, 41
2. mf(ई)neuter gender Equivalent to गुणे साधु gaRa कथा*दि
3. mf(ई)neuter gender Equivalent to गुणम् अधी*ते वेद वा gaRa उक्था*दि and वसन्ता*दि
4. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to or connected with qualities W.
5. mf(ई)neuter gender subordinate W.
6. mf(ई)neuter gender (from गोणी), resembling a sack, gaRa अङ्गुल्य्-आदि .
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गौण्डकिरीgauṇḍakirīf. (in music) N. of a Ra1gin2i1 रागिणी (cf. गोण्ड्˚).

feminine (in music) Name of a Ra1gin2i1 रागिणी (confer, compare गोण्ड्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).

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