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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 43, col. 1.
    adriḥ [ad-krin Uṇ. 4. 65; according to Nir. fr. dṝ to tear or ad to eat.]

    1 A mountain.

    2 A stone, especially one for pounding Soma with or grinding it on.

    3 A thunderbolt (ādṛṇāti yena Nir.).

    4 A tree.

    5 The sun.

    6 A mass of clouds (probably so called from its resemblance to a mountain); a cloud (ādarayitavyo bhavati hyasau udakārthaṃ Nir.) mostly Ved.

    7 A kind of measure.

    8 The number

    7

    Comp.

    — īśaḥ, patiḥ, nāthaḥ &c.

    1 the lord of mountains, the Himālaya.

    2 N. of Śiva (Lord of Kailāsa).

    — karṇī a plant (aparājitā) Clitoria Ternatea Lin.

    — kīlā [adrayaḥ kulaparvatāḥ kīlāḥ śaṃkava iva yasyāḥ] the earth. (

    — laḥ) N. of the mountain viṣkuṃbha.

    — kukṣiḥ a mountain cave, mountain side R. 2. 38.

    — ja a. [adrau jāyate; jaṇ-ḍa] produced from, or found among, mountains, mountain-born. (

    — jā)

    1 a plant (saiṃhalī).

    2

    — kanyā, tanayā-sutā &c. Pārvatī. (

    — jaṃ) red chalk (śilājatu).

    — jāta a. mountain-born. (

    — taḥ)

    1 forest conflagration.

    2 the ‘Sun-born’, (pb) Hamsa or Swan.

    3 form.

    4 the Supreme Being.

    — jūta, dugdha Ved. [tṛ. ta.] expressed or extracted by means of stones.

    — tanayā, naṃdinī

    1 N. of Pārvatī.

    2 N. of a metre of

    4 lines, each having 23 syllables.

    — dviṣ, bhid m. [adriṃ dveṣṭi bhinatti vā, dviṣ-bhid-kvip] the enemy or splitter of mountains (or clouds personified), epithet of Indra.

    — droṇi-ṇī f.

    1 a mountain valley.

    2 a river taking its rise in a mountain.

    — patiḥ rājaḥ &c. See °īśa.

    — barhas a. Ved. [adrerbarha iva barho yasya] as strong or hard as a mountain; mountain-high (?).

    — budhna a. [adrerbudhna iva budhno yasya] rooted in a mountain or rock; as hard as a stone or mountain.

    — bhū a. [adrau bhavati jāyate] mountain-born. (

    — bhūḥ) N. of a plant ( ākhukarṇī or aparājitā).

    — mātṛ Ved. [ adriḥ meghaḥ tajjalaṃ mimīte, adrermātā vā mā-tṛc] producing water from clouds ( maghajalanirmātṛ); having a mountain for the mother (?).

    — vahniḥ forest conflagration.

    — śayyaḥ (having the mountain kailāsa for his bed) N. of Śiva; cf. °īśa, °iṃdra,

    — śṛṃgaṃ, sānu mountain peak.

    — suta (°ṣuta),

    — saṃhata a. prepared or expressed by means of stones.

    — sāraḥ [adreḥ sāra iva ṣa. ta.] ‘the essence of mountains’, iron. (

    — a.) hard like a mountain; °maya made of iron or very hard.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 57.
    adriḥ [ad-krin Uṇ.4.65; according to Nir.fr. dṛ to tear or ad to eat.] 1 A mountain. -2 A stone, especially one for pounding Soma with or grinding it on. -3 A thunderbolt (ādṛṇāti yena Nir.). -4 A tree. -5 The sun. cf. adriḥ śaile'rkavṛkṣayoḥ | Nm. -6 A mass of clouds (probably so called from its resemblance to a mountain); a cloud (ādarayitavyo bhavati hyasau udakārthaṃ Nir.) mostly Ved. -7 A kind of measure. -8 The number -Comp. -īśaḥ, -patiḥ -nāthaḥ &c. 1 the lord of mountains, the Himālaya. -2 N. of Śiva (Lord of Kailāsa). -kaṭaka the ridge of mountain; nitambaḥ paścimaśroṇībhāge'- drikaṭake'pi ca | Nm. -karṇī a. plant (aparājitā) Clitoria Ternatea Lin. (Mar. pāṃḍharī gokarṇī). -kīlā [adrayaḥ kulaparvatāḥ kīlāḥ śaṅkava iva yasyāḥ] the earth. (-laḥ) N. of the mountain viṣkumbha. -kukṣiḥ a mountain cave, mountain side asminnahamadrikukṣau vyāpāritaḥ R.2.38. -ja a. [adrau jāyate; jan-ḍa] produced from, or found among mountains, mountainborn. abjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam Rv.4.41.5. (-jā) 1 a plant (saiṃhalī). (Mar. siṃhapiṃpaḻī). -2 -kanyā, -tanayā -sutā &c. Pārvatī. (-jam) red chalk (śilājatu). -jāta a. mountain-born. (-taḥ) 1 forest conflagration. -2 the 'Sun-born', Haṁsa or Swan. -3 the Supreme Being. -jūta, -dugdha Ved. [tṛ. ta.] expressed or extracted by means of stones. ratho ha vāmṛtajā adrijūtaḥ Rv.3.58.8. -tanayā, -nandinī 1 N. of Pārvatī. -2 N. of a metre of 4 lines, each having 23 syllables. -dviṣ-bhid-han m. [adriṃ dveṣṭiṃ bhinatti vā, dviṣ-bhid-han-kvip] the enemy or splitter of mountains (or clouds personified), eptihet of Indra ahanadvajreṇādrī- nivādrihā Mb.8.20.9. -droṇi-ṇī f. 1 a mountain valley Dk.2.8. -2 a river taking its rise in a mountain. -patiḥ -rājaḥ &c. See ˚īśa. -barhas a. Ved. [adrerbarha iva barho yasya] as strong or hard as a mountain; mountain-high (?); pīyūṣaṃ dyauraditiradribarhāḥ Rv.10.63.3. -budhna a. [adrerbudhna iva budhno yasya] rooted in a mountain or rock; as hard as a stone or mountain. ayaṃ nidhiḥ sarame adribudhnaḥ Rv.10.108.7. -bhūḥ a. [adrau bhavati jāyate] mountain-born. (-bhūḥ) N. of a plant (ākhukarṇī or aparājitā. Mar. uṃdirakānī, gokarṇī) -mātṛ Ved. [adri meghaḥ tajjalaṃ mimīte, adrermātā vā mā-tṛc] producing water from clouds (meghajalanirmātṛ); having a mountain for the mother (?). kośaṃ divo'drimātaram Rv.9.86.3. -vahniḥ forest conflagration. -śayyaḥ (having the mountain kailāsa for his bed) N. of Śiva; cf. ˚īśa, ˚indra, -śṛṅgam, -sānu mountain peak. -suta (˚ṣuta), -saṃhata a. prepared or expressed by means of stones. -sāraḥ [adreḥ sāra iva ṣa. ta] 'the essence of mountains', iron. -a. hard like a mountain; ˚maya made of iron or very hard tataḥ subāhustriṃśadbhiradrisāramayaiḥ śaraiḥ Mb.7.18.17.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 35.
    adriḥ , puṃ, (adiśadīti krin ..) sūryyaḥ . parbbataḥ .
    vṛkṣaḥ . ityamaraḥ .. parimāṇaviśeṣaḥ . iti śabda-
    ratnāvalī .. (śākhī . mānabhedaḥ . saptāṅkaḥ .
    parbbatamūṣikā ..)