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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi1 A knot, bunch, protuberance in general; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; so मेदोग्रन्थि.
    1. 1 A knot, bunch, protuberance in general; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; so मेदोग्रन्थि.
    2. A tie or knot of a cord, garment etc.; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्म- ग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19; Mk.1.1; Ms.2.4; Bh.1. 57.
    3. A knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money; hence, purse, money, property; कुसीदाद् दारिद्य्रं परकरगतग्नन्थिशमनात् Pt.1.11.
    4. The joint or knot of a reed, cane etc. Mv.3.32.
    5. A joint of the body.
    6. Crookedness, distortion, falsehood, perversion of truth.
    7. Swelling and hardening of the vessels of the body.
    8. A difficult portion; ग्रन्थग्रन्थिं तदा चक्रे मुनिर्गूढं कुतूहलात् Mb.1.1.8.
    9. A bell, gong; गृहीत्वा ग्रन्थिमुसलं मूढो भिक्षुरवादयत् Ks.65.135.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -छेदकः, -भेदः, -मोचकः

      1. a cut-purse, a pick pocket; अङ्गुलीग्रन्थिभेदस्य छेदयेत् प्रथमे ग्रहे Ms.9.277; Y.2.274; Ś.6. पर्णः, र्णम् Name of a fragrant tree; न ग्रन्थिपर्णप्रणयाश्चरन्ति कस्तूरिकागन्धमृगा- स्तृणेषु Vikr.1.17.
      2. a kind of perfume.

    • -बन्धनम्

      1. tying together the garments of the bride and the bridegroom at the marriage ceremony.
      2. tying a knot.
      3. a ligament.

    • -मूलम् garlic.

    • -वज्रकः a kind of steel.

    • -हरः a minister.

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  2. उद्ग्रन्थिudgranthia.Untied (fig. also).
    1. Untied (Figurative also).
    2. Free from worldly ties or attachments.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi[granth-í] m. knot; knot in a garment for keeping money, etc.; joint: -ka, m. narrator, rhapsodist…

    [granth-í] masculine knot; knot in a garment for keeping money, etc.; joint: -ka, masculine narrator, rhapsodist; astrologer; -kkhedaka, masculine cut-purse.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi(also) the point of a moustache, Nalac.
    1. (also) the point of a moustache, Nalac.
    2. masculine gender a knot, tie, knot of a cord, knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money (Pan5cat.), bunch or protuberance of any kind (especially if produced by tying several things together) fg-veda ix, 97, 18 & x, 143, 2 AV. TS. etc.
    3. masculine gender the joint of a reed or cane Prab. v, i, 8
    4. masculine gender joint of the body Mr2icch. i, 1 Dhu1rtas. Sa1h.
    5. masculine gender a complaint, (knotting id est) swelling and hardening of the vessels (as in varicocele) R. Sus3r.
    6. masculine gender "a knot tied closely and therefore difficult to be undone", difficulty, doubt ChUp. Kat2hUp. Mun2d2Up. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender a bell Katha1s. lxv, 135 feminine
    8. masculine gender Name of several plants and bulbous roots (ग्रन्थि-पर्ण, हिता*वली, भद्र-मुस्ता, पिण्डा*लु) Lexicographers (confer, compare उदर-, कटु-, काल-, कृमि-, केश-, गो-, दाम-, etc.)
    9. masculine gender crookedness (literally and figuratively) Lexicographers
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  2. अङ्गुलीग्रन्थिaṅgulīgranthim. a finger-Joint, Ka1tyS3r.

    masculine gender a finger-Joint, Ka1tyS3r.

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  3. उदरग्रन्थिudaragranthim. "knot in the abdomen", disease of the spleen (a chronic affection not uncommon in India).

    masculine gender "knot in the abdomen", disease of the spleen (a chronic affection not uncommon in India).

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  4. उद्ग्रन्थिudgranthimfn. untied, free (from worldly ties) BhP.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective untied, free (from worldly ties) BhP.

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  5. कटुग्रन्थिkaṭugranthim. dried ginger L.
    1. masculine gender dried ginger Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender the root of long pepper Lexicographers
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  6. कर्मग्रन्थिप्रथमविचारkarmagranthiprathamavicāram. id.

    masculine gender the same

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  7. कालग्रन्थिkālagranthim. "a joint of time", year L.

    masculine gender "a joint of time", year Lexicographers

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