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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रीहिvrīhiRice; as in बहुव्रीहि q. v.

    [व्री-हि किच्च]

    1. Rice; as in बहुव्रीहि quod vide, which see
    2. A grain of rice.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अगारम् a granary.

    • -काञ्चनम् a kind of pulse (Marâthî मसुरा).

    • -मयः a sacrifial cakeश

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. व्रीहिvrīhi[vrîhí] m. rice: pl. grains of rice: (i)-mat, a. mixed with rice; growing rice (field); -máya, a. made of…

    [vrîhí] masculine rice: plural grains of rice: (i)-mat, adjective mixed with rice; growing rice (field); -máya, adjective made of rice.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रीहिvrīhim. (of doubtful derivation) rice pl. grains of rice (not mentioned in RV., but in AV. named together with यव…
    1. masculine gender (of doubtful derivation) rice plural grains of rice (not mentioned in fg-veda, but in AV. named together with यव, माथ, and तिल; eight principal sorts are enumerated by native authorities) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender a field of rice Ka1tyS3r.
    3. masculine gender rice ripening in the rainy season W.
    4. masculine gender any grain Lexicographers
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  2. अणुव्रीहिaṇuvrīhim. a fine sort of rice L.

    masculine gender a fine sort of rice Lexicographers

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  3. आशुव्रीहिāśuvrīhim. rice ripening quickly in the rainy season.

    masculine gender rice ripening quickly in the rainy season.

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  4. कृष्णव्रीहिkṛṣṇavrīhim. a black sort of rice Ka1tyS3r. Sus3r. (cf. S3Br. v, 3, 1, 13.)

    masculine gender a black sort of rice Ka1tyS3r. Sus3r. (confer, compare S3Br. v, 3, 1, 13.)

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  5. बहुव्रीहिbahuvrīhimfn. possessing much rice
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective possessing much rice
    2. masculine gender a relative or adjective compound (in which, as in the word बहु-व्रीहि itself [confer, compare तत्-पुरुष], the last member loses its character of a substantive and together with the first member serves to qualify a noun) Pa1n2. 2-2, 23; 35 etc.
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  6. बहुव्रीहिवत्bahuvrīhivatind. like a Bahu-vri1hi बहु-व्रीहि or relative compound Pa1n2. 8-1, 9.

    indeclinable like a Bahu-vri1hi बहु-व्रीहि or relative compound Pa1n2. 8-1, 9.

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  7. महाव्रीहिmahāvrīhim. (मह्/आ-) large rice TS. AitBr. &c.

    masculine gender (मह्/आ-) large rice TS. AitBr. etc.

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  8. महाव्रीहिमयmahāvrīhimayamfn. consisting of large rice Hcat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective consisting of large rice Hcat.

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