तिर्यच्tiryacतिर्यञ्च [tiryañca], तिर्यञ्च a. (तिरश्ची f., rarely तिर्यञ्ची)
- तिर्यञ्च tiryañca, तिर्यञ्च Adjective (तिरश्ची Feminine, rarely तिर्यञ्ची)
- Oblique, transverse, horizontal, awry; तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्ताच्च व्यापको महिमा हरेः Ku.6.71.
- Crooked, curved.
- Crossing over, traversing.
- Winding.
- Lying in the middle or between. -Masculine,-Neuter
- An animal (going horizontally as distinguished from man who walks erect), a lower or irrational animal; बन्धाय दिव्ये न तिरश्चि कश्चित् पाशा- दिरासादितपौरुषः स्यात् Name3.2; Ku.1.48.
- A bird.
- (With Jainas) The organic world, or plants.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अन्तरम् intermediate space measured across, breadth.
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-अयनम् the annual revolution of the sun.
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-ईक्ष Adjective looking obliquely.
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-ईशः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.
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-गः an animal.
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-गतिः transmigration of animals.
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-गुणनम् oblique multiplication.
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-जः Adjective born or begotten by an animal; यस्माद्बीजप्रभावेण तिर्यग्जा ऋषयोऽभवन् Ms.1. 72.
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-जनः an animal; Bhāg.2.7.46.
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-जातिः Feminine the brute kind (Opposite of man).
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-ज्या an oblique chord.
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-दिश् Feminine any horizontal region (opposed to nadir and zenith.)-प्रमाणम् breadth.
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-प्रेक्षणम् a side-look.
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-प्रेक्षण प्रेक्षिन् Adjective looking obliquely; Bhāg.5.26.36.
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-यानः a crab.
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-योनः an animal; Ms.7.149.
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-योनिः Feminine animal creation or race; तिर्यग्योनौ च जायते Ms.4.2.
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-सूत्रम् a cross-line.
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-स्रोतस्
- Masculine
- the animal world.
- an animal, a beast or bird.
