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Results for घोर

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. घोरghoraa.Terrific, frightful, horrible, awful; शिवाघोरस्वनां पश्चाद्बुबुधे विकृतेति ताम् R.12.39; or तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे…

    [घर्-अच् Uṇ.5.64]

    1. Terrific, frightful, horrible, awful; शिवाघोरस्वनां पश्चाद्बुबुधे विकृतेति ताम् R.12.39; or तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव Mb.; घोरं लोके वितत- मयशः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.6; Ms.1.5;12.54.
    2. Violent, vehement.
    3. Vedic Venerable, awful, sublime.
    4. Unsteady, displeasing; शान्ता घोराश्च मूढाश्च Sāṅ. K.38.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः Name of Śiva.

    • -रा Night.

    • -रम्

      1. Horror, awfulness; अथापि मेऽ- विनीतस्य क्षात्रं घोरमुपेयुषः Bhāg.4.8.36.
      2. Poison.
      3. Venerableness; Vāj.2.32.
      4. Magic formulæ and charms; मा नो घोरेण चरताभि धृष्णु Rv.1.34.14.
      5. Saffron.

    • -आकृति, -दर्शन

      1. Adjective frightful in appearance, terrific, hideous.
      2. (नः) an owl.
      3. a hyena.

    • -घुष्यम् bell-metal.

    • -घोरतरः Śiva.

    • -पुष्पम् brass.

    • -रासनः, -रासिन्, -वाशनः -वाशिन् Masculine a jackal.

    • -रूपः an epithet of Śiva. -Adjective of a frightful appearance; Ms.7.121.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. घोरghoramf(/आ)n. (cf. √घुर्) venerable, awful, sublime (gods, the An3giras अङ्गिरस्, the R2ishis ऋषि s) RV. AV. ii…
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender (confer, compare √घुर्) venerable, awful, sublime (gods, the An3giras अङ्गिरस्, the R2ishis ऋषि s) fg-veda AV. ii, 34, 4
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender terrific, frightful, terrible, dreadful, violent, vehement (as pains, diseases, etc.) VS. AV. TS. ii S3Br. xii etc. (in compound, gaRa काष्ठा*दि)
    3. masculine gender "the terrible", S3iva शिव Lexicographers (confer, compare -घोरतर)
    4. masculine gender Name of a son of An3giras अङ्गिरस् S3a1n3khBr. xxx, 6 A1s3vS3r. xii, 13, 1 ChUp. MBh. xiii, 4148
    5. masculine gender Name of a cucurbitaceous plant Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender (scilicet गति) Name of one of the 7 stations of the planet Mercury VarBr2S. vii, 8 and 11
    7. neuter gender venerableness VS. ii, 32
    8. masculine gender awfulness, horror AV. S3Br. ix Kaus3. BhP. iv, 8, 36 Gobh. ii, 3 Scholiast or Commentator
    9. masculine gender "horrible action", magic formulas or charms fg-veda x, 34, 14 A1s3vS3r. S3a1n3khS3r. R. i, 58, 8
    10. masculine gender a kind of mythical weapon MBh. v, 3491
    11. masculine gender poison Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender saffron Lexicographers (confer, compare धीर and गौर).
    13. masculine gender (also) a jackal, Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. घोरghora[gho-rá] a. [√ghu] awful, sublime; terrible, dreadful; violent (pain, etc.); n. horror, terror; magic; spell.

    [gho-rá] adjective [√ghu] awful, sublime; terrible, dreadful; violent (pain, etc.); neuter horror, terror; magic; spell.

    Source: Macdonell

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