ग्रामgrāmaA village, hamlet; पत्तने विद्यमानेऽपि ग्रामे रत्नपरीक्षा M.1; त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं…
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- A village, hamlet; पत्तने विद्यमानेऽपि ग्रामे रत्नपरीक्षा M.1; त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् । ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे स्वात्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥ H.1.129; R.1.44; Me.3.
- A race, community; कथा ग्रामं न पृच्छसि Rv.1.146.1.
- A multitude, collection (of anything); Exempli gratia, for example गुणग्राम, इन्द्रियग्राम; Bg.8.19;9.8. शस्त्रास्त्र- ग्रामकोविदः Bm.1.611,613.
- A gamut, scale in music; स्फुटीभवद्ग्रामविशेषमूर्च्छनाम् Śi.1.1.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अक्षपटलिकः a village archioist; Hch.7.23.
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-अधिकृतः, -अधिपः, -अधिपतिः, -अध्यक्षः, -ईशः, -ईश्वरः superintendent, head, chief of a village; ग्रामाधिपस्य तरुणीमहं भार्यां सदा भजे Ks.64.115; Ms.7.115.
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-अन्तः the border of a village, space near a village; Ms.4.116;11.78.
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-अन्तरम् another village.
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-अन्तिकम् the neighbourhood of a village.
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-अन्तीय Adjective situated in the neighbourhood of a village; Ms.8.24.
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-यम् space near a village.
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-आचारः a village custom.
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-आधानम् hunting.
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-उपाध्यायः
- the village priest. कण्टकः 'the village-pest', one who is a source of trouble to the village.
- a tale-bearer.
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-काम
- Adjective
- one wishing to take possession of a village.
- fond of living in villages.
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-कायस्थ a village scribe.
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-कुक्कुटः a domestic cock; Ms.5.12,19.
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-कुमारः
- one beautiful in a village.
- a village-boy.
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-कूटः
- the noblest man in a village.
- a Śūdra.
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-गृह्य Adjective being outside a village.
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-गृह्यकः a village-carpenter.
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-गोदुहः the herdsman of a village.
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-घातः plundering a village; Ms.9.274.
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-घोषिन् Adjective sounding among men or armies (as a drum); प्रवेदकृद् बहुधा ग्रामघोषी Av. 5.2.9. -Masculine an epithet of Indra.
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-चर्या sexual intercourse; (स्त्रीसंभोग).
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-चैत्यः a sacred fig-tree of a village; नीडारम्भैर्गृहबलिभुजामाकुलग्रामचैत्याः Me.23.
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-ज, -जात
- Adjective
- village-born, rustic.
- grown in cultivated ground; Ms.6.16.
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-जालम् a number of villages, a district.
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-णीः
- the leader or chief of a village or community; तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्रक्षोग्रामणिमुख्ययोः Mb.7.19.3.
- a leader or chief in general.
- a barber.
- an epithet of Viṣṇu.
- a libidinous man.
- a yakṣa; उन्नह्यन्ति रथं नागा ग्रामण्यो रथयोजकाः Mb.12.11.48. (-Feminine)
- a whore, harlot.
- the indigo plant. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुत्रः a bastard, the son of a harlot.
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-तक्षः a village-carpenter; ParasmaipadaV.4.95.
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-देवता the tutelary deity of a village.
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-द्रुमः a sacred tree in a village.
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-धर्मः
- the observances or customs of a village.
- sexual intercourse.
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-धान्यम् a cultivated grain (like rice); ग्रामधान्यं यथा शून्यं यथा कूपश्च निर्जलः Mb.12.36.48. See ग्राम्यधान्यम्.
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-पालः
- the guardian of a village.
- army for the protection of a village.
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-पुरुषः the chief of a village.
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-प्रेष्यः the messenger or servant of a community or village.
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-मद्गुरिका
- a riot, fray, village tumult.
- Name of a fish (or a plant) -मुखम् a market.
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-मृगः a dog.
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-याजकः, -याजिन्
- Masculine
- 'the village priest,' a priest who conducts the religious ceremonies for all classes and is consequently considered as a degraded Brāhmaṇa; Ms.4.25.
- the attendant of an idol.
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-युद्धम् a riot, fray.
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-लुण्ठनम् plundering a village.
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-वासः
- (ग्रामेवासः also)
- a villager.
- residence in a village.
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-विशेषः a variety of scales in music; स्फुटीभवद्ग्रामविशेषमूर्च्छना Śi.
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-वृद्धः an old villager; प्राप्यावन्तीनुदयनकथाकोविदग्रामवृद्धान् Me.3.
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-षण्डः an impotent man (क्लीब).
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-संकरः the common sewer or drain of a village.
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-संघः a villagecorporation.
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-सिंहः a dog; व्यमुञ्चन्विविधा वाचो ग्रामसिंहास्त- तस्ततः Bhāg.3.17.1.
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-स्थः
- Adjective
- a villager.
- a covillager.
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-हासकः a sister's husband.