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    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 33.
    ajiraḥ a. [aj gatau kiran vībhāvābhāvaḥ Uṇ.1.53.] Quick, swift (śīghra) -raḥ 1 A sort of mouse, hairy mole. -2 A kind of ceremony in pronouncing curses -ram 1 A court-yard, an enclosed space, arena; uṭa- jājiraprakīrṇa K.39, āsthānaniketanājiram Ki.1.16; so raṇa˚ sāvitra iti vikhyātaḥ praviveśa raṇājiram Rām.7.27.34 gṛha˚ &c. -2 The body. -3 Any object of sense. -4 The wind, air. -5 A frog. - 1 N. of a river. -2 N. of Durgā. -raḥ N. of a snake-priest. -Comp. -adhirāja [karma˚] Ved. 'a quick emperor', epithet of death. -śocis a. [ajiraṃ śociryasya] glittering, having tremalous or flashing light.