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    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 26.
    aṅgāraḥ, aṅgāram [aṅg-āran Uṇ.3.134.] 1 Charcoal (whether heated or not); ghṛtakumbhasamā nārī taptāṅgārasamaḥ pumān; uṣṇo dahati cāṅgāraḥ śītaḥ kṛṣṇāyate karam H.1.80; nālāstrārthāgnicūrṇe tu gandhāṅgārau tu pūrvavat Śukra.4.1035. tvayā svahastenāṅgārāḥ karṣitāḥ Pt.1 you have ruined yourself with your own hands; cf. "to dig a mine under one's feet." kurukulāṅgāra Ve.6 destroyer or pest of the Kuru family. -2 The planet Mars. -3 A plant hitāvalī, ˚kuṣṭakaḥ- hitāvalī. -4 N. of a prince who fought with king Māndhātr. -ra a. Red, of a red colour. -ram Red colour. -Comp. -avakṣepaṇam [aṅgārā avakṣipyante anena karaṇe lyuṭ] also -avakṣāyaṇam (Śat. Br.xiv) a vessel or pincers (Mar. cimaṭā) to throw or extinguish coals -karkariḥ () f. A thick cake baked on burning coals -kārin a. [aṅgāraṃ karoti kṛ-ṇini] one who prepares coal for sale, Mb.2; mālākāra iva grāhyo bhāgo nāṅgārakāravat Śukra.4.223. -kuṣṭhakaḥ [aṅgāravarṇaṃ kuṣṭhamiva-kan] N. of a plant hitāvalī. -dhānī [aṅgārā dhīyante asyām; dhā- ādhāre lyuṭ ṅīp], -dhānikā also -dhārikā [svārthe kan] a portable fire-pan, brazier. -paripācitam [tṛ. ta.] roasted food or meat. -parṇam [aṅgāramiva parṇaṃ yasya] N. of a grove or forest. (-rṇaḥ) [astyarthe ac] N. of Chitraratha, king of the Gandharvas. [On one occasion, while he was sporting with his wife, he saw Kuntī with her five sons proceeding to the capital of Pāñchāla in disguise. He accosted them and asked them to tell him where they were going, or to fight. Arjuna accepted the challenge; but Aṅgāraparṇa finding Arjuna to be a very skilful warrior gave him a secret lore called Chākṣuṣī (enabling one to see the smallest things) and took from him in return a lore called Agniśirāstra and became a friend of the Pāṇḍavas.] -pātrī -śakaṭī a portable fire-pan. -puṣpaḥ [aṅgāramiva lohitavarṇaṃ puṣpaṃ yasya saḥ] the plant iṅgudī. -pūrikā (see aṅgārakarkariḥ) -mañjarī, -mañjī [aṅgārā raktavarṇā mañjarī yasyāḥ] a shrub Cesalpinia Banducella (raktakaraṃjavṛkṣa). -vallarī, -vallī [aṅgārā iva raktaphalatvāt raktā] N. of various plants, karaṃja, bhārgī, guñjā. also Guilandina Bonducella (Mar. sāgaragoṭī). -vṛkṣaḥ Balanites Aegiptiaca (Mar. hiṃgaṇabeṭa). -veṇuḥ [karma.] a sort of bamboo. -sadanam A portable fire-pan.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 15.
    aṅgāraḥ , puṃ, klī, (agi + āran idito numdhāto-
    riti num .) dagdhakāṣṭhakhaṇḍaṃ . tattu niragni
    sāgni ca . kayalā āṅgarā iti bhāṣā . tat-
    paryyāyaḥ . alātaṃ 2 ulmūkaṃ 3 . ityamaraḥ ..
    ālātaṃ 4 ulmūkaṃ 5 . iti taṭṭīkā .
    (ghṛtakummasamā nārī taptāṅgārasamaḥ pumān .)
    vol. 1, p. 15.
    aṅgāraḥ , puṃ, (raktaṃ raktavarṇṇamaṅgaṃ yasya sa bahuvrīhiḥ
    pṛṣodarāditvāt sādhu .) maṅgalagrahaḥ . iti medinī ..
    hitāvalī . iti vaidyakaṃ ..