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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 ग्रन्थि

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi1 A knot, bunch, protuberance in general; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; so मेदोग्रन्थि.
    1. 1 A knot, bunch, protuberance in general; स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौ Bh.3.2; so मेदोग्रन्थि.
    2. A tie or knot of a cord, garment etc.; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्म- ग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19; Mk.1.1; Ms.2.4; Bh.1. 57.
    3. A knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money; hence, purse, money, property; कुसीदाद् दारिद्य्रं परकरगतग्नन्थिशमनात् Pt.1.11.
    4. The joint or knot of a reed, cane etc. Mv.3.32.
    5. A joint of the body.
    6. Crookedness, distortion, falsehood, perversion of truth.
    7. Swelling and hardening of the vessels of the body.
    8. A difficult portion; ग्रन्थग्रन्थिं तदा चक्रे मुनिर्गूढं कुतूहलात् Mb.1.1.8.
    9. A bell, gong; गृहीत्वा ग्रन्थिमुसलं मूढो भिक्षुरवादयत् Ks.65.135.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -छेदकः, -भेदः, -मोचकः

      1. a cut-purse, a pick pocket; अङ्गुलीग्रन्थिभेदस्य छेदयेत् प्रथमे ग्रहे Ms.9.277; Y.2.274; Ś.6. पर्णः, र्णम् Name of a fragrant tree; न ग्रन्थिपर्णप्रणयाश्चरन्ति कस्तूरिकागन्धमृगा- स्तृणेषु Vikr.1.17.
      2. a kind of perfume.

    • -बन्धनम्

      1. tying together the garments of the bride and the bridegroom at the marriage ceremony.
      2. tying a knot.
      3. a ligament.

    • -मूलम् garlic.

    • -वज्रकः a kind of steel.

    • -हरः a minister.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi(also) the point of a moustache, Nalac.
    1. (also) the point of a moustache, Nalac.
    2. masculine gender a knot, tie, knot of a cord, knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money (Pan5cat.), bunch or protuberance of any kind (especially if produced by tying several things together) fg-veda ix, 97, 18 & x, 143, 2 AV. TS. etc.
    3. masculine gender the joint of a reed or cane Prab. v, i, 8
    4. masculine gender joint of the body Mr2icch. i, 1 Dhu1rtas. Sa1h.
    5. masculine gender a complaint, (knotting id est) swelling and hardening of the vessels (as in varicocele) R. Sus3r.
    6. masculine gender "a knot tied closely and therefore difficult to be undone", difficulty, doubt ChUp. Kat2hUp. Mun2d2Up. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender a bell Katha1s. lxv, 135 feminine
    8. masculine gender Name of several plants and bulbous roots (ग्रन्थि-पर्ण, हिता*वली, भद्र-मुस्ता, पिण्डा*लु) Lexicographers (confer, compare उदर-, कटु-, काल-, कृमि-, केश-, गो-, दाम-, etc.)
    9. masculine gender crookedness (literally and figuratively) Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ग्रन्थिgranthi[granth-í] m. knot; knot in a garment for keeping money, etc.; joint: -ka, m. narrator, rhapsodist…

    [granth-í] masculine knot; knot in a garment for keeping money, etc.; joint: -ka, masculine narrator, rhapsodist; astrologer; -kkhedaka, masculine cut-purse.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · ग्रन्थि

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