Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -रिः

  1. A hill, mountain, an elevation; पश्याधः खनने मूढ गिरयो न पतन्ति किम् Subhāṣ.; ननु प्रवातेऽपि निष्कम्पा गिरयः Ś.6.
  2. a huge rock.
  3. *** A disease of the eyes.
  4. An honorific title given to Saṁnyāsins;Exempli gratia, for example आनन्दगिरिः
  5. (In math.) The number 'eight'.
  6. A ball with which children play (गेन्दुक).
  7. A cloud.
  8. A peculiar defect in quicksilver.

• -रिः

  1. Feminine
  2. Swallowing.
  3. A rat; mouse (written also गिरी in this sense).
  4. Compound इन्द्रः a high mountain.
  5. an epithet of Śiva.
  6. the Himālaya mountain.
  7. a term for the number 'eight'.

• -ईशः

  1. an epithet of the Himālaya mountain.
  2. an epithet of Śiva; सुतां गिरीशप्रतिसक्तमानसाम् Ku.5.3.

• -कच्छपः a species of tortoise living in mountains.

• -कण्टकः Indra's thunderbolt.

• -कदम्बः, -म्बकः a species of the Kadamba tree.

• -कन्दरः a cave, cavern.

• -कर्णिका the earth.

• -काणः a blind or one-eyed man.

• -काननम् a mountain-grove.

• -कूटम् the summit of a mountain.

• -गङ्गा Name of a river.

• -गुडः a ball for playing with.

• -गुहा a mountain-cave.

• -चर Adjective roaming or wandering on a mountain; गिरिचर इव नागः प्राणसारं बिभर्ति Ś.2.4. (-रः) a thief.

• -ज

  1. Adjective mountain-born.
  2. (जम्) talc.
  3. red chalk.
  4. benzoin.
  5. bitumen.
  6. iron.
  7. (जा) Name of Pārvatī (the daughter of Himālaya).
  8. the hill plantain (पर्वतकदली)
  9. the Mallikā creeper.
  10. an epithet of the Ganges. तनयः, नन्दनः, सुतः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
  11. of Gaṇeśa. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedधवः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपतिः an epithet of Śiva; Ks.56.43. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमलम् talc.

• -जालम् a range of mountains.

• -ज्वरः Indra's thunderbolt.

• -त्रः Name of Śiva; अहं गिरित्रश्च Bhāg.8.6.15.

• -दुर्गम् a hill-fort, any stronghold among mountains; नृदुर्गं गिरिदुर्गं वा समाश्रित्य वसेत्पुरम् Ms.7.7,71.

• -द्वारम् a mountain-Passive

• -धातुः red chalk; बालार्कसमवर्णेन तेजसा गिरिधातुना Rām.2.95.19. (Vartious reading)-ध्वजम् Indra's thunderbolt.

• -नगरम् Name of a district in Dakṣiṇāpatha.

• -णदी or नदी a mountain-torrent, rill.

• -णद्ध (नद्ध) Adjective enclosed by a mountain.

• -नन्दिनी

  1. Name of Pārvatī.
  2. of the Ganges.
  3. a river in general (flowing from a mountain;) कलिन्दगिरिनन्दिनी- तटसुरद्रुमालम्बिनी Bv.4.3.

• -णितम्बः (नितम्बः) the declivity of a mountain.

• -पीलुः Name of a fruit-tree.

• -पुष्पकम् bitumen.

• -पृष्ठः the top of a hill; Ms.7.147.

• -प्रपातः the declivity or slope of a mountain;

• -प्रस्थः the tableland of a mountain; Rām.2.

• -प्रिया a female of the Bos Grunniens.

• -बान्धवः an epithet of Śiva -भिद् Masculine an epithet of Indra. (-Feminine) a river (breaking through a mountain).

• -भू

  1. Adjective mountain-born. (-भूः Feminine)
  2. an epithet of the Ganges.
  3. of Pārvatī.

• -मल्लिका the Kuṭaja tree.

• -मानः an elephant, especially a large and powerful one.

• -मृद् Feminine,

• -मृद्भवम्

  1. red chalk.
  2. mountain soil.

• -राज्

  1. Masculine
  2. a high mountain.
  3. an epithet of the Himālaya.

• -राजः the Himālaya mountain.

• -व्रजम् Name of a city in Magadha.

• -शालः a kind of bird.

• -शृङ्गः an epithet of Gaṇeśa. (-गम्) the peak of a mountain.

• -षद् (सद्) Masculine an epithet of Śiva.

• -सानु Neuter table-land.

• -सारः

  1. iron.
  2. tin.
  3. an epithet of the Malaya mountain.

• -सुतः the Maināka mountain.

• -सुता an epithet of Pārvatī.

• -स्रवा a mountaintorrent; गिरिस्रवाभिः सर्वाभिः पृष्ठतोऽनुगता शुभा Mb.13.14.25.

• गिरि giri री rī यकः yakḥ गिरियाकः giriyākḥ, (री) यकः गिरियाकः A ball for playing with.