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Results for चीरम्

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Apte Dictionary

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

चीरम्cīramA rag, a tattered cloth, a long stripe or garment; Ms.6.6; क्षौमं दुकूलमजिनं चीरं वल्कलमेव वा Bhāg.7.13.39.
[चि-क्रन् दीर्घश्च; Uṇ.2.26]
1. A rag, a tattered cloth, a long stripe or garment; Ms.6.6; क्षौमं दुकूलमजिनं चीरं वल्कलमेव वा Bhāg.7.13.39.
2. A bark.
3. A cloth or garment in general; दर्भचीरं निव- स्याथ दण्डाजिनविभूषितः Mb.3.39.23.
4. A necklace of pearls consisting of four strings.
5. A stripe, stroke, line.
6. A manner of writing with strokes.
7. Lead.
8. A crest.
9. The dress of a Buddhist priest.
Derived forms and compounds
- -परिग्रह, -वासस्
  
  Adjective
  
  clothed in bark; Ku.6.92; Ms.11.12.
  
  dressed in rags or tatters. (-Masculine) an epithet of Śiva.
- -भवन्ती the elder sister of a wife.
- -मोचनम् Name of a Tīrtha; चीरमोचनतीर्थान्तर्गणरात्रं तपस्यता Rāj. T.1.149.
Source: ApteApte entry
प्राचीरम्prācīramAn enclosure, fence, wall.

An enclosure, fence, wall.

Source: ApteApte entry