aṇḍaḥ

aṇḍaḥ, aṇḍam [amanti saṃprayogaṃ yānti anane; am-ḍa Uṇ.1.111] 1 The testicles. -2 The scrotum. -3 An egg; oft. used with reference to the world as having sprung from the primordial, egg of Brahman; śabdairanekairaśaniprarūḍhai- rbhindannivāṇum Rām.5.54.33. brahmāṇḍacchatradaṇḍaḥ Dk.1. -4 The musk bag. -5 semen virile. -6 N. of Śiva. -Comp. -ākarṣaṇam castration. -ākāra, -ākṛti a. [bahu.] egg-shaped, oval, elliptical. (-raḥ-tiḥ) an ellipse. -kaṭāhaḥ, -ham [aṇḍaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ kaṭāhamiva] the shell of the brahmāṇḍa or mundane egg. -koṭarapuṣpī [aṇḍamiva koṭare madhye puṣpaṃ yasyāḥ.] N. of a plant ajāntrī or nīlavuhnā. -kośaḥ-ṣaḥ, -ṣakaḥ [ṣa. ta.] the scrotum. -ja a.. [aṇḍāta jāyate; jan-ḍa born from an egg. romajaṃ vālajaṃ carma vyāghnajaṃ cāṇḍajaṃ bahu Rām.6.75.12. (-jaḥ) 1 a bird, oviparous being; mūkāṇḍajam (kānanam) Ku. 3.42. -2 a fish. -3 a snake. -4 a lizard. -5 Brahmā. (-jā) musk. -dharaḥ [ṣa. ta.]N. of Śiva. -vardhanam, -vṛddhiḥ f. swelling of the scrotum, hydrocele. -sū a oviparous.