श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

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 विरल

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विरलviralaa.Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; विपर्यासं यातो घनविरलभावः क्षितिरुहाम्…
    1. Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; विपर्यासं यातो घनविरलभावः क्षितिरुहाम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.27;1.2; भवति विरलभक्तिर्म्लानपुष्पापहारः R.5.74.
    2. Fine, declicate.
    3. Loose, wide apart.
    4. Rare, scarcely found, unfrequent; विरला हि तेषामुप- देष्टारः K.; स्तिमितोन्नतसंचारा जनसंतापहारिणः । जायन्ते विरला लोके जलदा इव सज्जनाः ॥ Pt.1.29.
    5. Few, little (referring to number or quantity); तत्त्वं किमपि काव्यानां जानाति विरलो भुवि Bv.1.117; विरलातपच्छविः Śi.9.3.
    6. Remote, distant, long (as time, distance etc.).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लम् Curds, coagulated milk.

    • -लम् Indeclinable Scarcely, rarely, not frequently.

    • -जानुक Adjective bandy-legged, bow-kneed.

    • -द्रवा a kind of gruel.

    • -पातक Adjective sinning rarely.

    • -पार्श्वग Adjective having scanty retinue.

    • -भक्ति Adjective monotonous.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विरलviralamf(आ)n. (perhaps from विर = विल for बिल + ल, "possessing holes") having interstices, separated by intervals…
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (perhaps from विर Equivalent to विल for बिल plus ल, "possessing holes") having interstices, separated by intervals (whether of space or time), not thick or compact, loose, thin, sparse, wide apart MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender rare, scarcely found, unfrequent, scanty, few Ka1v. Katha1s. etc. (in the beginning of a compound and 699164 अम् indeclinable sparsely, rarely, seldom; विरलः with or without कोपि, one here and there)
    3. neuter gender sour curds (Equivalent to दधि) Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विरलvirala[virala] a. far apart, sparse; loose; rare, unfrequent, scanty, few; viralah ± ko~pi, one here and there; ˚-&…

    [virala] adjective far apart, sparse; loose; rare, unfrequent, scanty, few; viralah ± ko~pi, one here and there; ˚-and -m, adverb, -ial, -ially sparsely; rarely: -tâ, feminine; also equal for rareness.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · विरल

morphology by sanskrit_parser

Analysis unavailable: the morphological analyzer is not running on this server.