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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 125, col. 2.
    abdhiḥ [āpaḥ dhīyaṃte atra, dhā-ki]

    1 The ocean, receptacle of water; (fig. also), duḥkha°, kārya°, jñāna° &c.; store or reservoir of anything.

    2 A pond, lake.

    3 (In Math.) A symbolical expression for the number 7; sometimes for 4.

    Comp.

    agniḥ the submarine fire.

    kaphaḥ, phenaḥ

    1 froth, foam.

    2 the cuttle-fish bone, being regarded as the froth of the ocean.

    ja a. born in the ocean. (

    jaḥ)

    1 the moon.

    2 The conch. (

    jau) (dual) N. of the Aśvins. (

    )

    1 spirituous liquor (produced from the ocean).

    2 the Goddess Lakṣmī.

    jhaṣaḥ a sea-fish.

    dvīpā

    1 the earth.

    2 a portion of land surrounded by the ocean.

    nagarī N. of Dvārakā, the capital of Kṛṣṇa.

    navanītakaḥ the moon (the butter of the ocean).

    maṃḍūkī the pearl-oyster.

    śayanaḥ N. of Viṣṇu (so called from his resting in the ocean at the destruction and renovation of the world).

    sāraḥ a gem.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 166.
    abdhiḥ [āpaḥ dhīyante atra, dhā-ki] 1 The ocean, receptacle of water; (fig. also) duḥkha˚, kārya˚, jñāna˚ &c.; store or reservoir of anything. -2 A pond, lake. -3 (In Math.) A symbolical expression for the number 7; sometimes for 4. -Comp. -agniḥ the sub- marine fire. -kaphaḥ, -phena: 1 froth, foam. -2 the cuttle-fish bone, being regarded as the froth of the ocean. -ja a. born in the ocean. (-jaḥ) 1 the moon. -2 The conch. -jam Salt. (-jau) (dual) N. of the Aśvins. (-) 1 spirituous liquor (produced from the ocean). -2 the Goddess Lakṣmī. -jhaṣaḥ a sea-fish. -ḍiṇḍiraḥ froth, foam. -dvīpā 1 the earth. 2 a portion of land surrounded by the ocean. -nagarī N. of Dwārakā, the capital of Kṛiṣṇa. -navanītakaḥ 1 the moon (the butter of the ocean). -maṇḍūkī the pearl-oyster. -śayanaḥ N. of Viṣṇu (so called from his resting in the ocean at the destruction and renovation of the world). -sāraḥ a gem.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 71.
    abdhiḥ , puṃ, (āpo jalāni dhīyante'tra, ap + dhā
    + adhikaraṇe kiḥ, upapadasamāsaḥ .) samudraḥ .
    ityamaraḥ ..