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Results for निर्यूह

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Apte Dictionary

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

निर्यूहniryūha1 A pinnacle, turret, projection (on columns or gates); अनेकविधप्रासादहर्म्यवलभीनिर्यूहशतसंकुलम् (अपश्यत्)…
1. 1 A pinnacle, turret, projection (on columns or gates); अनेकविधप्रासादहर्म्यवलभीनिर्यूहशतसंकुलम् (अपश्यत्) Mb.1.3.133; वितर्दिनिर्यूहविटङ्कनीडः Śi.3.55. (where Mālli. renders निर्यूह by मत्तवारणाख्य अपाश्रयः and quotes Vaijayantī perhaps it was so called from its resemblance to the shape of an elephant in rut); चारु- तोरणनिर्यूहा Rām.
2. A chaplet, crest, head-ornament; बद्धाभरणनिर्यूहाः Mb.5.155.12.
3. A peg projecting from a wall.
4. Wood placed in a wall for pigeons to build their nests or to perch upon; Śi.3.55.
5. A door, gate.
6. Extract, decoction.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निर्यूहniryūhan. (m. L.; often v.l. and prob. only w.r. for निर्-व्यूह) prominence, projection
1. neuter gender (masculine gender Lexicographers; often varia lectio and probably only wrong reading for निर्-व्यूह) prominence, projection
2. neuter gender a kind of pinnacle or turret MBh. Hariv. R. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).)
3. neuter gender a helmet, crest or any similar head-ornament MBh. Hariv. (Equivalent to आपीड Lexicographers)
4. neuter gender a peg or bracket Lexicographers
5. neuter gender wood placed in a wall for doves to build upon W.
6. neuter gender a door, gate Hariv.
7. masculine gender extract, juice, decoction R. Sus3r. (confer, compare निर्-यास, निर्-यूष)
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नागनिर्यूहnāganiryūham. a peg in a wall (= -दन्त) L.

masculine gender a peg in a wall (Equivalent to -दन्त) Lexicographers

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