kha ख the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. & [Inscr.] confounded with ṣa). am, m. the sun, [L.] khá n. (√ khan) a cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, aperture, [RV.] an aperture of the human body (of which there are nine, viz. the mouth, the two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation), [AV. xiv, 2, 1] and [6]; [Prāt.]; [KaṭhUp.]; [Gaut.]; [Mn.] &c. (hence) an organ of sense, [BhP. viii, 3, 23] (in anat.) the glottis, [W.] ‘the hole made by an arrow’, wound, [Mn. ix, 43] the hole in the nave of a wheel through which the axis runs, [RV.]; [ŚBr. xiv] vacuity, empty space, air, ether, sky, [ŚBr. xiv]; [PraśnUp.]; [Mn. xii, 120] &c. heaven, [L.] Brahma (the Supreme Spirit), [W.] (in arithm.) a cypher, [Sūryas.]; [Sāh.] the Anusvāra represented by a circle (bindu), [L.] N. of the tenth astrological mansion, [VarBṛ.] talc, [L.] a city, [L.] a field, [L.] happiness (a meaning derived fr. su-kha, duḥ-kha), [L.] action, [L.] understanding, [L.] [cf. Gk. χάος; Lat. halo.] khac खच् cl. 1. P. °cati (only p.p. °cat), to come forth, project (as teeth), [Kathās. xxiii]; [xxvi] : cl. 9. P. khacñāti, to be born again, [Dhātup. xxxi, 59]; to cause prosperity, [ib.]; to purify, [ib.] : cl. 10. P. khacayati, to fasten, bind, [ib.] [xxxv, 84.] khad खद् cl. 6. P. khadati (pr. p. khadát), to be steady or firm or solid, [ŚBr. i, 4, 7, 10]; to strike, hurt, kill, [Dhātup. iii, 13]; (for √ khād) to eat, [ib.] khaj खज् cl. 1. P. °jati, to churn or agitate, [Dhātup. vii, 57.] khal खल् cl. 1. P. °lati ([Nir. iii, 10]), to move or shake, [Dhātup. xv, 38]; to gather, [ib.] (cf. √ khall.) kham खम् ind. g. cādi (v.l.) khan खन् cl. 1. P. khánati (impf. ákhanat; perf. cakhāna, 3. pl. cakhnur, [R. i]; Ā. cakhne, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 98]; pr. p. Ā. khánamāna, [RV. i, 179, 6]; [MBh. iii, 1897]; Impv. khanatāt, [AitBr.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 1, 44], [Kāś.]]; Pot. khanyāt or khāyāt, [Vop.]; Pass. khāyáte [[TS. vi]; [ŚBr. iii]] or khanyate, [MBh. xii]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]; inf. khanitum, [Pañcat.]), to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; to pierce (said of an arrow), [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.) : Caus. khānayati (once khan°, [R. ii, 80, 12]), to cause to dig or dig up, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. cikhaniṣati, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 42], [Kāś.] : Intens. caṅkhanyate or cākhāyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43]; caṅkhanti or cākhāti, [Vop.] [cf. χαίνω, χανῶ, χώννυμι; Old Germ. ginēm, ginōm; Mod. Germ. gähne; Angl.Sax. cina, cinan; Lat. cuniculus, canalis.] khaḍ खड् cl. 10. P. khāḍayati, to divide, break, [Dhātup. xxxii, 44] (cf. √ khaṇḍ.) khav खव् (cl. 9. P. khaunāti, or khunāti) v.l. for √ khac, [Dhātup. xxxi, 59.] khaṭ खट् cl. 1. P. °ṭati, to desire, [Dhātup.] ind. a particle of exclamation, [TĀr. iv, 27.] khaṣ खष् cl. 1. P. °ṣati, to hurt, injure, kill, [Dhātup. xvii, 35] (cf. √ kaṣ.) khabha खभ kha—bha m. ‘shining in the air’, a planet, [L.] khaṇa खण m. the backbone, [Gal.] khaṇḍ खण्ड् cl. 1. Ā. °ṇḍate, to break, divide, destroy, [Dhātup. viii, 31] : cl. 10. P. khaṇḍayati, to break, tear, break into pieces, crush, cut, divide, [Pañcat.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] (aor. acakhaṇḍat) ; to destroy, remove, annihilate, [Rājat. v, 281]; [Naiṣ. v, 4]; to defeat, conquer, [Bhaṭṭ. xii, 17]; to refute; to interrupt, disturb, [R. iii, 14, 14]; [Kathās.]; to disregard (an order), [Rājat. vi, 229]; [Kathās. cxxiv, 79]; ‘to disappoint, deceive, cheat’, see khaṇḍita. khaśa खश for khasa, q.v. khañj खञ्ज् cl. 1. P. khañjati, to limp, walk lame, [Suśr. ii, 1, 76]; [Naiṣ. xi, 107]; [cf. Gk. σκάζω; Germ. hinke.] mfn. (nom. khan) limping, [Vop. iii, 134.] khadā खदा f. a hut, stable (a natural cavern?), [Kauś.] khaga खग kha—ga mfn. moving in air, [MBh. iii, 12257] kha—ga m. a bird, [Mn. xii, 63]; [MBh.] &c. N. of Garuḍa (cf. -ga-pati), [Gal.] any air-moving insect (as a bee), [R. ii, 56, 11] a grasshopper, [L.] the sun, [Hcat.] a planet, [Gol.] air, wind, [MBh. iii, 14616] a deity, [L.] an arrow, [L.] kha-ga &c. See 3. khá. khajā खजा khájā f. a churning stick (‘a poker’ Sch.), [MBh. iv, 231] a ladle, [L.] the hand with the fingers extended, [L.] churning, stirring, [W.] killing, [L.] khaja खज khája m. stirring, agitating, churning, [Car.] contest, war (cf. -kṛ́t, &c.), [Naigh. ii, 17] a churning stick, [MBh. xii, 7784]; [Suśr.] a ladle, spoon, [L.], Sch. khakkh खक्ख् v.l. for √ kakh (to laugh) q.v., [Dhātup. v, 6.] khalā खला khálā f. a mischievous woman, [Amar.] N. of a daughter of Raudrāśva, [Hariv.]; [VāyuP. ii, 37, 122] khalī खली khálī f. sediment or deposit of oil, [Car.]; [Bhartṛ. ii, 98.] ind. fr. °la, q.v. khala खल khála m. (n. g. ardharcādi) a threshing-floor, granary, [RV. x, 48, 7]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] &c. earth, mould, soil, [L.] place, site, [L.] khála m. contest, battle, [Naigh.]; [Nir.] sediment or dregs of oil, [Pañcat. ii, 53] (= khaḍa) butter-milk boiled with acid vegetables and spices, [Suśr. i], [vi] a mischievous man, [Mṛcch.]; [Cāṇ.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat.] &c. the sun, [L.] Xanthochymus pictorius (tamāla), [L.] the thorn-apple, [L.] khale खले loc. of °la, q.v. khali खलि m. sediment of oil or oil-cake, [L.] = -druma, [Npr.] khall खल्ल् (= √ khal) cl. 1. Ā. khallate, to shake, be loose, [Suśr. ii, 15, 5.] khalu खलु khálu ind. (as a particle of asseveration) indeed, verily, certainly, truly, [R.]; [Śak.] &c. (as a continuative particle) now, now then, now further, [RV. x, 34, 14]; [TS.] &c.; (as a particle in syllogistic speech) but now, = Lat. atqui [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c. [ is only exceptionally found at the beginning of a phrase; it is frequently combined with other particles, thus átha kh°, u kh°, vaí kh°, kh° vaí, = now then, now further, [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; in later Sanskṛt frequently does little more than lay stress on the word by which it is preceded, and is sometimes merely expletive; it is also a particle of prohibition (in which case it may be joined with the ind.p. [khalu kṛtvā, ‘desist from doing that’], [Nir. i, 5] [also °tam]; [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 18]; [Śiś. ii, 70]); or of endearment, conciliation, and inquiry, [L.]; na khalu, by no means, not at all, indeed not, [R.] &c.] khamb खम्ब् cl. 1. P. °bati, to go or move, [Dhātup. xi, 35] (v.l.) khanī खनी (ī), f. a mine, [L.] (f. of °na, q.v.) khana खन khaná mfn. digging, rooting up, [AV. xvi, 1, 3] (cf. mṛt-kh°) khani खनि khaní mfn. ([Uṇ.]) digging or rooting up, [AV. xvi, 1, 7] (is), f. a mine (esp. of precious stones), [Ragh. xvii, 66]; [xviii, 21]; [VarBṛS. lxxx, 10]; [Vop.] a quarry, cave, [W.] khaḍī खडी f. (= khaṭī) chalk, [L.] khaḍū खडू f. (?) id., [Uṇ., Sch.] = khaṭṭi, [ib.] khaḍa खड m. (g. madhv-ādi) dividing, breaking, [L.] buttermilk boiled with acid vegetables and spices, [Car. vi, 9]; [Suśr. i], [vi] N. of a man g. aśvādi m. n. (= khaṭa) a kind of small grass, straw, [L.] kharā खरा khárā f. Andropogon serratus, [L.] kharī खरी khárī f. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 30]; [Siddh.]) a she-ass, [Kathās. lxiii] ‘a she-mule’, see kharī-vātsalya N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, [MBh. ix, 2624.] f. of °ra, q.v. khara खर khára mf(A)n. hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid (opposed to mṛdú and ślakṣṇá), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. solid (opposed to drava, fluid), [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 69]; [Pat.], [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 35] and [iv, 2, 16] dense (clouds), [R. vi, 87, 3] sharp, hot (wind), [Suśr. i, 20, 22] hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. sharp-edged, [L.] cruel, [W.] khára m. a donkey (so called from his cry), [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. a mule, [L.] an osprey, [L.] a heron, [L.] a crow, [L.] a thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade or perhaps Alhagi Maurorum), [L.] N. of a fragrant substance, [Gal.] a quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (cf. ἐσχάρα), [ŚBr. v, 1, 2, 15] [xiv]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.] a place arranged for building a house upon, N. of the 25th year of the sixty years' Bṛhaspati cycle, [VarBṛS.] a Daitya or demon, [L.] N. of the Asura Dhenuka, [Hariv. 3114]; [BhP. ii, 7, 34] N. of a Rakṣas slain by Rāma (younger brother of Rāvaṇa), [MBh. iii, 15896]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Ragh.] N. of an attendant [of the Sun (= Dharma), [L.]; of Śiva, [L.]] of a Rudra (?), [Hariv.] (v.l.) kharb खर्ब् cl. 1. P. °bati, to go or move, [Dhātup. xi, 27] ; [cf. Old Germ. hwarb, hwarp, hwirbu, &c.; Goth. bi-hvairba, ‘to go round’.] khard खर्द् cl. 1. P. °dati, to bite, sting, sting venomously, [Dhātup. iii, 23.] kharj खर्ज् cl. 1. P. °jati, to creak (like a carriage-wheel), [KātyŚr.]; to worship, treat with respect or courtesy, [Dhātup. vii, 54]; to pain, make uneasy, [ib.]; to cleanse, [ib.] kharu खरु mfn. white, [L.] foolish, idiotic, [Uṇ.] harsh, cruel, [ib.] desirous of improper or prohibited things, [L.] m. a tooth, [L.] a horse, [L.]; [Uṇ.] pride, [L.] love or Kāma (the god of love), [Uṇ.] N. of Śiva, [L.] f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 44], Vārtt.) a girl who chooses her own husband, [Pāṇ.]; [Siddh.] kharv खर्व् (= √ garv) cl. 1. P. °vati, to be proud or haughty, [Dhātup. xv, 73.] khasā खसा f. a kind of perfume (murā), [L.] N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (one of the wives of Kaśyapa and mother of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas), [Hariv.] khasa खस m. itch, scab, any irritating disease of the skin, [L.] m. pl. N. of a people and of its country (in the north of India), [Mn. x, 44]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [AV.Pariś.] &c. m. a native of that country (considered as a degraded Kṣatriya), [Mn. x, 22] khaṭī खटी f. chalk, [L.] khaṭū खटू m. or f. (?), an ornament worn on the wrist or ancle, [W.] khaṭa खट m. phlegm, phlegmatic or watery humor (cf. kapha), [L.] a blind well, [VarBṛS.], Sch. an axe, hatchet, chisel (ṭaṅka), [L.] a plough, [L.] a kind of blow (‘the closed or doubled fist, as for striking’, [W.]), [L.] grass (used to thatch houses; cf. kaṭa, khaḍa), [L.] a fragrant kind of grass, [L.] khaṭu खटु = °ṭa, the fist, [Divyāv. xiii.] khaṭṭ खट्ट् cl. 10. P. °ṭṭayati, to cover, screen, [Dhātup. xxxii, 88.] khaṅkha खङ्ख m. N. of a minister of king Bālāditya, [Rājat. iii, 483]; [497]; [522 ff.] khaṅga खङ्ग khaṅgá for khaḍgá, q.v. khaṇḍa खण्ड mf(A)n. broken, having chasms or gaps or breaks, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 30], [Kāś.] deficient, defective, crippled (cf. ṣaṇḍa), [Āp.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 18, 18], Sch. (in comp. or ifc. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 38]; [Pat.]) not full (as the moon), [KātyŚr.], Sch.; [Subh.] m. n. (g. ardharcādi) ‘a break or gap’, cf. kedāra-kh° a piece, part, fragment, portion, [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Megh.] &c. (indoḥ kh° or tārādhipa-kh° [cf. also khaṇḍendu] ‘the crescent’, [Prasannar.]) treacle or molasses partially dried, candied sugar, [Bhpr.]; [Naiṣ.]; [Sāh.] a section of a work, part, chapter (e.g. of [AitĀr.]; [KenUp.] &c.) a continent, [Gaṇit.] (in alg.) a term in an equation, [Gaṇit.] m. n. a party, number, multitude, assemblage, [MBh.] (sometimes not to be distinguished from ṣaṇḍa), [R. i, 30, 15] &c. (ifc. m. or n. cf. [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 38] and [51]) m. a flaw in a jewel, [L.] a calf with horns half grown, [Gal.] (in music) a kind of measure m. pl. N. of a people (v.l. ṣaṇḍa), [VarBṛS.] n. a variety of sugar-cane, [W.] black salt (viḍ-lavaṇa), [L.] (cf. uttara-, karka-, kāla-, kāśī-, śrī-, sitā-.) khaṇḍu खण्डु ? (‘a kind of sugar’, [W.]) g. arīhaṇādi (cf. khāṇḍava.) khañjā खञ्जा f. N. of several metres (one consisting of 2 × 28 short syllables + 1 long and 30 short syllables + 1 long; another containing 30 short syllables + 1 long and 28 short syllables + 1 long; another containing 2 × 36 short syllables + 1 Amphimacer). khañja खञ्ज mfn. (g. kaḍārādi) id., [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; [Bhartṛ.] (with pādena, ‘limping with one leg’), [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 20], [Kāś.] khajit खजित् kha—jit m. ‘conquering heaven’, N. of a Buddha, [L.] khalin खलिन् mfn. one who possesses threshing-floors (said of Śiva), [MBh. xiii, 1172] m. pl. N. of a class of Dānavas, 7282 ff. khallī खल्ली f. shooting pain in the extremities, [Car. i, 14, 21] and [28, 16]; [vi]; [Bhpr. vii, 36, 160 f.] (= khali) Pinus longifolia, [Npr.] khalla खल्ल m. a little case or cap formed by rolling up paper &c. (used for holding any small articles of grocery), [Suśr. i], [vi] (= khalva) a mill, stone or vessel for grinding drugs, [Bhpr.] a kind of cloth or clothes, [L.] leather, leather garments, [L.] a leather water-bag, [L.] a canal, cut, creek, trench, [L.] the Cātaka (kind of cuckoo), [L.] n. a slender waist, [L.] khalli खल्लि f. (= kallī) shooting pain in the extremities, [Car. vi, 26.] khaluj खलुज् m. (kha-luk?) darkness, [L.] khalva खल्व khálva m. a kind of grain or leguminous plant, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Kauś.]; [Gṛhyās.] (= khalla) a mill or stone for grinding drugs, [Bhpr.] khalyā खल्या khályā f. a multitude of threshing-floors, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 50] N. of a woman g. tikādi (v.l.) khalya खल्य khálya mfn. being on a threshing-floor, [VS. xvi, 33]; [MaitrS. ii] fit for a threshing-floor (‘fit for oil-cake’ &c.?), [Pāṇ. v, 1, 7] khálya &c. See khála. khanya खन्य khánya mf(A)n. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 123]) coming from excavations or ditches, [TS. vii, 4, 13, 1.] khaḍga खड्ग khaḍgá as, m. (fr. √ khaḍ for khaṇḍ?) a sword, scymitar, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Kathās.]) a large sacrificial knife, [W.] a rhinoceros, [MaitrS. iii, 14, 21] = [VS. xxiv, 40] (khaṅgá), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. a rhinoceros-horn, [L.] a Pratyeka-buddha (so called because he is a solitary being like a rhinoceros; cf. eka-cara and -cārin), [L.] N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue, [MBh. ix, 2569] of the son of a merchant, [Kathās. lvi, 151] khaḍgá (am), n. iron, [L.] khaḍgi खड्गि (for °ḍgin). kharam खरम् kháram ind. in a sharp way, [R. iii, 29, 9] khariṃ खरिं (in comp. for °rīm acc. of °rī, q.v.) kharjū खर्जू f. (= °ju) itching, [Uṇ.] a kind of insect, worm, [Uṇ.] kharja खर्ज mfn., [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 59], [Kāś.] kharju खर्जु f. scratching, itching, itch, scab, [L.] a kind of insect, worm, [L.] the wild date tree, [L.] kharma खर्म n. harshness, [Vāsav. 288] = pauruṣa (virility, for pāruṣya?), [L.] wove silk, [Vāsav. 288.] kharva खर्व kharvá mfn. (cf. á-, tri-) mutilated, crippled, injured, imperfect, [TS. ii, 5, 1, 7] low, dwarfish, [L.] kharvá (as, am), m. n. a large number (either 10, 000, 000, 000 [[L.]], or 37 cyphers preceded by 1 [R. vi, 4, 59]) kharvá (as), m. N. of one of the nine Nidhis or treasures of Kubera, [L.] Rosa moschata, [L.] kharya खर्य mfn. fr. °ra, g. gav-ādi. See khára. khastha खस्थ kha—stha mfn. standing in the air, [MBh.] khatta खत्त m. N. of an astronomer. khaṭvā खट्वा f. a bedstead, couch, cot, [Kauś.]; [Mn. viii, 357] &c. (khaṭvāṃ samārūḍha, lying on the sick-bed, [MBh. v, 1474] = [xii, 10599]) a swing, hammock, [L.] a kind of bandage, [Suśr.] N. of a plant (kola-śimbī), [L.] khaṭṭā खट्टा f. for khaṭvā, q.v. khaṭṭa खट्ट mfn. sour, [Gal.] khaṭṭi खट्टि m. a bier (the bed on which the corpse is carried to the pile), [L.] khaṭya खट्य mfn. fr. °ṭa, g. gav-ādi ([Kāś.]) See khaṭa. khaṣpa खष्प m. (√ khan, [Uṇ.]) violence, oppression, [Uṇ.] anger, passion, [ib.] khadhūpa खधूप kha—dhūpa m. air-pervading perfume, [Bhaṭṭ.] a rocket, fire-work, [W.] khaṇḍin खण्डिन् mfn. ‘annihilating, removing’ See yaśaḥ- consisting of pieces, [W.] divided, comminuted, [W.] m. the wild kidney-bean (vanamudga), [L.] a N. of Harṣa (cf. khaṇḍana-kāra), [SŚaṃkar.] khaṇḍya खण्ड्य mfn. to be broken or divided, fragile, destructible, [W.] to be destroyed or removed, [Bhaṭṭ. xii, 17] (a- neg.) khaśīra खशीर m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 375] (v.l. khāś°). khaśaya खशय kha—śaya m. ([Pāṇ. vi, 3, 18], [Kāś.]) ‘resting or dwelling in the air’, N. of a Jina, [Gal.] (cf. -sama.) kha-śaya &c. See 3. khá, p. 334. khaśera खशेर m. id., [Gal.] khaśeṭa खशेट m. = khaliśa, [L.] khacara खचर kha—cara mfn. moving in the air, flying, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] kha—cara m. a bird, [R.] a planet, [Sūryas.]; [Gol.] the sun, [L.] a cloud, [L.] the wind, [L.] an aerial spirit, Vidyādhara, [Kathās. cx, 139] a Rakṣas or demon, [L.] (in music) a kind of Rūpaka or measure, [L.] kha—cara m. pl. N. of a fabulous people, [VarBṛS.] khacita खचित mfn. prominent (?), [Dhūrtas.] (ifc. or with instr.) inlaid, set, studded (e.g. maṇi-kh°, inlaid with jewels), [MBh. vii] [xiii]; [Hariv.]; [Megh.] &c. (= karambita, ‘combined with’, [L.]) khadūra खदूर kha—dūra See khaḍūra kha-dūra °raka, &c. See 3. khá. khadana खदन n. juice, [Gal.] firmness, solidity, [Dhātup.] khadikā खदिका f. pl. fried or parched grain, [L.] (cf. khājika.) khadirā खदिरा (ā), f. a sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica; ‘a kind of vegetable’, [NBD.]), [L.] khadirī खदिरी (ī), f. id., [L.] khadira खदिर khadirá as, m. Acacia Catechu (having very hard wood, the resin of which is used in medicine, called Catechu, Khayar, Terra japonica), [RV. iii, 53, 19]; [AV.]; [TS.] &c. N. of Indra, [L.] the moon, [L.] N. of a man g. aśvādi khagaṇa खगण kha—gaṇa m. N. of a prince (son of Vajranābha), [VP.]; [BhP. ix, 12, 3.]