अद्रिadriA mountain.
[अद्-क्रिन् Uṇ.4.65; according to Nir.From दृ to tear or अद् to eat.]
- A mountain.
- A stone, especially one for pounding Soma with or grinding it on.
- A thunderbolt (आदृणाति येन Nir.).
- A tree.
- The sun. Compare अद्रिः शैलेऽर्कवृक्षयोः । Nm.
- A mass of clouds (probably so called from its resemblance to a mountain); a cloud (आदरयितव्यो भवति ह्यसौ उदकार्थं Nir.) mostly Vedic
- A kind of measure.
- The number-Compound
Derived forms and compounds
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-ईशः, -पतिः
- -नाथः etc.
- the lord of mountains, the Himālaya.
- Name of Śiva (Lord of Kailāsa).
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-कटक the ridge of mountain; नितम्बः पश्चिमश्रोणीभागेऽ- द्रिकटकेऽपि च । Nm.
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-कर्णी Adjective plant (अपराजिता) Clitoria Ternatea Lin. (Marâthî पांढरी गोकर्णी).
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-कीला अद्रयः कुलपर्वताः कीलाः शङ्कव इव यस्याः the earth. (-लः) Name of the mountain विष्कुम्भ.
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-कुक्षिः a mountain cave, mountain side अस्मिन्नहमद्रिकुक्षौ व्यापारितः R.2.38.
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-ज
- Adjective अद्रौ जायते; जन्-ड produced from, or found among mountains, mountainborn. अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम् Rv.4.41.5. (-जा)
- a plant (सैंहली). (Marâthî सिंहपिंपळी). कन्या, तनया सुता etc. Pārvatī. (-जम्) red chalk (शिलाजतु).
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-जात
- Adjective mountain-born.
- (तः) forest conflagration.
- the 'Sun-born', Haṁsa or Swan.
- the Supreme Being.
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-जूत, -दुग्ध
- Vedic तृ. त. expressed or extracted by means of stones. रथो ह वामृतजा अद्रिजूतः Rv.3.58.8. तनया, नन्दिनी Name of Pārvatī.
- Name of a metre of 4 lines, each having 23 syllables.
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-द्विष् -भिद्-हन् Masculine [अद्रिं द्वेष्टिं भिनत्ति वा, द्विष्-भिद्-हन्-क्विप्] the enemy or splitter of mountains (or clouds personified), eptihet of Indra अहनद्वज्रेणाद्री- निवाद्रिहा Mb.8.2.9.
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-द्रोणि
- -णी Feminine
- a mountain valley Dk.2.8.
- a river taking its rise in a mountain.
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-पतिः -राजः etc. See denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश.
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-बर्हस् Adjective Vedic अद्रेर्बर्ह इव बर्हो यस्य as strong or hard as a mountain; mountain-high (?); पीयूषं द्यौरदितिरद्रिबर्हाः Rv.1.63.3.
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-बुध्न Adjective अद्रेर्बुध्न इव बुध्नो यस्य rooted in a mountain or rock; as hard as a stone or mountain. अयं निधिः सरमे अद्रिबुध्नः Rv.1.18.7.
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-भूः Adjective अद्रौ भवति जायते mountain-born. (-भूः) Name of a plant (आखुकर्णी or अपराजिता. Marâthî उंदिरकानी, गोकर्णी) -मातृ Vedic [अद्रि मेघः तज्जलं मिमीते, अद्रेर्माता वा मा-तृच्] producing water from clouds (मेघजलनिर्मातृ); having a mountain for the mother (?). कोशं दिवोऽद्रिमातरम् Rv.9.86.3.
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-वह्निः forest conflagration.
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-शय्यः (having the mountain कैलास for his bed) Name of Śiva; Compare denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedइन्द्र, -शृङ्गम्, -सानु mountain peak.
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-सुत (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedषुत), -संहत Adjective prepared or expressed by means of stones.
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-सारः अद्रेः सार इव ष. त 'the essence of mountains', iron. -Adjective hard like a mountain; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमय made of iron or very hard ततः सुबाहुस्त्रिंशद्भिरद्रिसारमयैः शरैः Mb.7.18.17.
