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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रीवाgrīvāThe neck, the back part of the neck; ग्रीवाभङ्गाभिरामं मुहुरनुपतति स्यन्दने दत्तदृष्टिः Ś.1.7.

    [गिरत्यनया, गॄ-वनिप् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Uṇ.1.152]

    The neck, the back part of the neck; ग्रीवाभङ्गाभिरामं मुहुरनुपतति स्यन्दने दत्तदृष्टिः Ś.1.7.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अङ्कुशः a camel.

    • -घण्टा a bell hanging down from the neck of a horse.

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  2. ग्रीवालिकाgrīvālikāSee ग्रीवा.

    See ग्रीवा.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रीवाgrīvāf. the back part of the neck, nape, neck (in the earlier literature generally pl.; cf. also Pa1n2. 4-3, 57)…
    1. feminine the back part of the neck, nape, neck (in the earlier literature generally plural; confer, compare also Pa1n2. 4-3, 57) fg-veda VS. AV. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' [confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-2, 114] f(आ). MBh. i, 6662)
    2. feminine of that the rest of a word is to be suppliedव quod vide
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  2. कम्बुग्रीवाkambugrīvāf. a shell-like neck (i.e. one marked with three lines, cf. above) L.

    feminine a shell-like neck (id est one marked with three lines, confer, compare a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) Lexicographers

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  3. ग्रीवाक्षgrīvākṣam. "having (eyes i.e.) spots in the neck" g. शिवा*दि (v.l.)

    masculine gender "having (eyes id est) spots in the neck" gaRa शिवा*दि (varia lectio)

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  4. ग्रीवाघण्टाgrīvāghaṇṭāf. a bell hanging down from the neck of a horse L.

    feminine a bell hanging down from the neck of a horse Lexicographers

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  5. ग्रीवाबिलgrīvābilan. the hollow in the nape of the neck L.

    neuter gender the hollow in the nape of the neck Lexicographers

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  6. ग्रीवालिकाgrīvālikāf. the neck W.

    feminine the neck W.

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  7. सामग्रीवादsāmagrīvādam. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  8. सामग्रीवादार्थsāmagrīvādārtham. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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