दुर्गdurgasee दुर्ग (p. 487) .
- see दुर्ग (page and participle 487) .
- masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (2. दुर् and √गम्) difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable AV. Mn MBh. etc.
- masculine gender bdellium Lexicographers
- masculine gender Name of an Asura असुर (supposed to have been slain by the goddess Durga1 दुर्गा, SkandaP.) and of several men (gaRa नडा*दि Pa1n2. 4-1, 99), especially of the commentator on Ya1ska यास्क 's Nirukta निरुक्त
- masculine gender also abridged for दुर्ग-गुप्त, दुर्गा-दास etc. (see below)
- neuter gender (masculine gender only Pan5c. v, 76; Bn.) a difficult or narrow passage, a place difficult of access, citadel stronghold (confer, compare अब्-, गिरि- etc.)
- neuter gender rough ground, roughness, difficulty, danger, distress fg-veda AV. Mn. MBh. etc.
Source: Monier-Williams