Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 मेखला

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मेखलाmekhalā1 A belt, girdle, waist-band, zone in general (fig. also); anything which girds or surrounds; मही सागरमेखला…
1. 1 A belt, girdle, waist-band, zone in general (Figurative also); anything which girds or surrounds; मही सागरमेखला 'the sea-girt earth'; रत्नानुविद्धार्णवमेखलाया दिशः सपत्नी भव दक्षिणस्याः R.6.63; Ṛs.6.3.
2. Particularly, the girdle or zone of a woman; नितम्बबिम्बैः सदुकूलमेखलैः Ṛs. 1.4,6; R.8.64; मेखलागुणैरुत गोत्रस्खलितेषु बन्धनम् Ku.4.8.
3. The triple girdle worn by the first three castes; मौञ्जी त्रिवृत् समा श्लक्ष्णा कार्या विप्रस्य मेखला । क्षत्रियस्य तु मौर्वी ज्या वैश्यस्य शणतान्तवी ॥ Ms.2.42.
4. The slope of a mountain (नितम्ब); आमेखलं संचरतां घनानाम् Ku.1.5; Me.12.
5. The hips.
6. A sword-belt.
7. A sword-knot or string fastened to the hilt.
8. The girth of a horse.
9. Name of the river Narmadā.
10. The cords or lines drawn round an alter; विधिना विहिते कुण्डे मेखलागर्तवेदिभिः Bhāg.11.27.36.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पदम् the hips.
- -बन्धः investiture with the girdle.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मेखलाmekhalāf. see below.
1. feminine see below.
2. feminine a girdle, belt, zone (as worm by men or women, but especially that worn by the men of the first three classes; according to to Mn. ii, 42 that of a Bra1hman Brahman ought to be of मुञ्ज [according to to ii, 169 Equivalent to यज्ञो*पवीत quod vide]; that of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय, of मूर्वा; that of a Vais3ya वैश्य, of शण or hemp, IW. page and participle 240) AV. etc.
3. feminine etc.
4. feminine the girth of a horse Katha1s.
5. feminine a band or fillet Lexicographers
6. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) anything girding or surrounding (confer, compare सागर-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
7. feminine investiture with the girdle and the ceremony connected with it VarBr2S.
8. feminine a sword-belt, baldric Lexicographers
9. feminine a sword-knot or string fastened to the hilt Lexicographers
10. feminine the cords or lines drawn round an altar (on the four sides of the hole or receptacle in which the sacrificial fire is deposited) BhP.
11. feminine the hips (as the place of the girdle) Lexicographers
12. feminine the slope of a mountain (confer, compare नेतम्ब) Ka1lid.
13. feminine a particular part of the fire-receptacle Hcat.
14. feminine Hemionitis Cordifolia Lexicographers
15. feminine Name of the river Narma-da1 नर्म-दा (probably wrong reading for मेकला) Lexicographers
16. feminine of a place (?) Va1s., Introduction
17. feminine of various women Viddh. Katha1s.
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

मेखलाmekhalā[mékha-lâ] f. belt, girdle (of men and women); girth (of horses); the triple girdle of the three twice-born…

[mékha-lâ] feminine; also equal for belt, girdle (of men and women); girth (of horses); the triple girdle of the three twice-born castes (the Brâhman's being made of Muñga, the Ksha triya's of a bow-string, and the Vaisya's of wool, flax, or hemp); zone (figurative, -ly of anything that girds or surrounds); investiture with the girdle; slope (of a mountain); noun: -pa da, neuter place of the girdle, hip.

Source: Macdonell

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