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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for ग्रन्थ

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थgranthaBinding, stringing together (fig. also).

    [ग्रन्थ् संदर्भे भावे घञ्]

    1. Binding, stringing together (Figurative also).
    2. A work, treatise, composition, literary production, book; ग्रन्थारम्भे, ग्रन्थकृत्, ग्रन्थसमाप्ति etc.
    3. Wealth, property.
    4. A verse consisting of 32 syllables, written in the Anuṣṭubh metre.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कर्तृ Masculine

    • -कारः

      1. -कृत् Masculine a writer, an author; ग्रन्थारम्भे समुचितेष्टदे- वतां ग्रन्थकृत्परामृशति K. Parasmaipada1. कुटी, कूटी a library.
      2. a studio.

    • -विस्तरः विस्तारः voluminousness, diffuse style; Bṛi S.1.2.

    • -संधिः a section or chapter of a work; (for the several names by which sections, or chapters of works in Sanskṛit, are called, see under अध्याय).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थgrantham. tying, binding, stringing together L.
    1. masculine gender tying, binding, stringing together Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedथ्/इ, a knot TS. vi, 2, 9, 4 (varia lectio)
    3. masculine gender honeycomb Pa1n2. 4-3, 116 vArttika
    4. masculine gender an artificial arrangement of words (especially of 32 syllables Equivalent to श्लोक Jain.), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to अर्थ "meaning" VarBr2S. Va1kyap. Sarvad.) Nir. i, 20 Pa1n2. MBh. Up. etc.
    5. masculine gender a section (of Ka1t2h.)
    6. masculine gender the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Na1nak Nanak Sha1h Shah and according to others (confer, compare RTL. pp. 158-177)
    7. masculine gender wealth, property Jain. Scholiast or Commentator (confer, compare उत्तर-, निर्-, षड्- .)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थgrantha[granth-a] m. knot; composition; verse (of 32 syllables); treatise, book; text, word ing; chapter; -ana, n.…

    [granth-a] masculine knot; composition; verse (of 32 syllables); treatise, book; text, word ing; chapter; -ana, neuter connecting, tying.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · ग्रन्थ

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