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Ghra, Ghr: 9 definitions

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा).�1 P. (jighrati, jaghrau, aghrt-aghrsīt, ٲ-ghrṇa)

1) Smell, smell at, perceive by smell; स्पृशन्नपि गज� हन्त� जिघ्रन्नपि भु�- ङ्गम� (spṛśannapi gajo hanti jighrannapi bhuja- ṅgama�) H.3.14; Bv.1.99; Manusmṛti 2.98.

2) To kiss. -Caus. (貹ⲹپ) To cause to kill, to smell; अजिघ्रपंस्तथैवाऽन्या- नोषधीरालिपंस्तथ� (ajighrapaṃstathaiv'ny- noṣadhīrlipaṃstath) Bhaṭṭikvya 15.19. (Prepositions like ava, , upa, vi, sam &c. are added to this root without any material change of meaning; gandhamghrya corvy� Meghadūta 21; 峾ǻ岹ܱ貹ᾱԲԳٲ R.1.43; see Bhaṭṭikvya 2.1;14.12; R.3.3; 13.7; Manusmṛti 4.29 also.)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा).—r. 1st cl. (jighrati) To smell, to receive smell.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा).—i. 1, jighra (ep. ii. 2, پ, Mahbhrata 14, 668), [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahbhrata 1, 7982). 1. To smell, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 98. 2. To sniff at, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 26, 35. 3. To perceive, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 3, 36. 4. To kiss (or, rather, To smell as a token of affection; see Wilson, Hindu Dr. vol. i. p. 45 n.), Mahbhrata 9, 2940. Anomalous ptcple. of the pres. jighr- ṇa, Mahbhrata 1, 5781. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ٲ, also in the sense of an act, Having scented. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. 1. ٲvya, n. Smell, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 7. 2. ghreya, n. Smell, Mahbhrata 2, 200. Comp. A-, adj. unfit to be smelt, Man, 11, 67. Anomalous absolut. ᾱṛt, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 7059.

� With the prep. ava ava, 1. To smell, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 218. 2. To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 20, 21.

� With , 1. To smell, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 11, 149. 2. To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 70, 16.

� Ptcple. of the pf. pass. 岵ٲ, in active sense, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 4478.

� With up upa-, 1. To smell, Mahbhrata 3, 14504. 2. To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 4, 9.

� With samup sam-upa-, To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 72, 4.

� With sam sam-, 1. To smell, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 23, 32. 2. To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 72, 4.

� With upa upa, 1. To smell, Mahbhrata 5, 4059; to smell at, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 209. 2. To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 72, 30.

� With samupa sam-upa, To kiss, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 22, 1.

� With pari pari, To kiss all over, Mahbhrata 11, 616.

� With vi vi, 1. To trace, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 13, 28. 2. To smell, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3. 2, 18.

� Cf. and dhrna; perhaps also [Latin] frgro.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा).�jighrati (jighrate & پ) [participle] ٲ (—� [with] act. & pass. mg) smell, sniff, kiss, perceive.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा):—[irregular] [class] 1. or [class] 3. [Parasmaipada] jighrati ([Pṇini 7-3, 78]; [Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te and [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] پ; [Aorist] aghrt, or aghrsīt, [ii, 4, 78]; Prec. ghryt or ghrey, [vi, 4, 68]; [Aorist] [Passive voice] 3. [dual number] aghrstm, [ii, 4, 78; Kśik-vṛtti]; [irregular] [indeclinable participle] jighritv, [Harivaṃśa 7059]),

—to smell, perceive odour, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa xiv; Manu-smṛti ii, 98; Mahbhrata; Harivaṃśa; 峾ⲹṇa];

—to perceive, [Bhgavata-purṇa i, 3, 36];

—to smell at, snuffle at, [峾ⲹṇa; Varha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhit lxii, 1; Hitopadeśa];

—to kill, [Mahbhrata ix, 2940] :

—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] 貹ⲹپ ([Aorist] ajighrapat or ghrip, [Pṇini 7-4, 6]), to cause any one ([accusative])

—to smell at ([accusative]), [Bhaṭṭi-kvya xv, 109] :—[Intensive] 𲵳īⲹٱ, [Pṇini 7-4, 31.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghr (घ्रा):�(jighrati) 1. a. To smell.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ghr (घ्रा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṃg, P.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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