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gṛdhगृध्cl. 4. P. gṛ́dhyati (perf. 3. pl. jagṛdhur, [BhP. v, 4, 1]; jāgṛdhúr, [RV. ii, 23, 16]; aor. ágṛdhat, [RV. x, 34, 4]; fut. gardhiṣyati, [ŚBr. iii]; pr. p. gṛ́dhyat, [RV. iv, 38, 3]; ind.p. gṛddhvā, [BhP. x, 64, 40]), to endeavour to gain, [RV. iv, 38, 3]; [AV. viii, 6, 1]; to covet, desire, strive after greedily, be desirous of or eager for (loc. [[RV.]; [AV.] &c.] or acc. [ĪśUp.]; [MBh. iv, 276]; [BhP. v], [vi], [x]) : Caus. P. gardhayati, to be greedy, [Dhātup. xxxii, 124]; to make desirous or greedy, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 69], [Kāś.]; Ā. °yate, to deceive, cheat, [ib.]; [Bhaṭṭ. viii, 43] : Intens. 2. sg. impf. ajarghāḥ, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 14], [Kāś.];
[cf. anu-, prati-; abhi-ghṛdhna, pra-gardhin; cf. also Old Germ. gir: Mod. Germ. gier: Engl. greedy (?) : Goth. gredags, gaurs: Hib. greadaim, ‘I burn’; greadhnach, ‘joyful, glad’; gradh, ‘love, charity; dear’; graidhneog, ‘a beloved female’, &c.: Lith. godus, gedu: Slav. glad, ‘hunger’.]
gṛdhūगृधूm. air voided downwards (apāna), [Uṇvṛ.]
intellect (cf. [MBh. v, 932]), [ib.]
= kutsita, [ib.]
gṛdhuगृधुmfn. libidinous, [Uṇvṛ.]
m. (= gṛtsa) the god of love, [Uṇ. i, 24.]
gṛdhnuगृध्नुgṛdhnú mfn. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 140]) hasty, swift, [RV. i, 70, 11] and [162, 20]; [TBr. ii]
greedily desirous of (loc. [[R. ii]] or in comp. [Megh. 9] [v.l.] [BhP. iii, 14, 20])
(a-, ‘not greedy’, [Ragh. i, 21])
[cf. Goth. gairns, gairnja; Lith. godùs.]
gṛdhrīगृध्रीgṛ́dhrī f. a female vulture, [Yājñ. iii, 256]; [Prab. iv, 3]
= °dhrikā, [Hariv. 223];
gṛdhraगृध्रgṛ́dhra mfn. desiring greedily or fervently, [RV.]
eager for, desirous of (in comp.), [MBh. vii, 210]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP. xi]
gṛ́dhra m. a vulture, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. v]; [AdbhBr.]; [Mn.] &c.
N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP. x, 61, 16]
of a Ṛṣi in the 14th Manv-antara, [VP.]
of a Rakṣas, [GaṇP.]
[cf. Old Germ. gīr ; Mod. Germ. geier.]
gṛdhyāगृध्याgṛ́dhyā f. greediness after, desire for (in comp.), [MBh. xii, 11274]; [xiii, 5590.]
gṛdhyaगृध्यgṛ́dhya mfn. longed for greedily, [Bhaṭṭ. vi, 55]
gṛ́dhya m. ? [AV. xii, 2, 38]
gṛdhninगृध्निन्mfn. eagerly longing for, [R. ii, 79, 12.]
gṛdhnutāगृध्नुताgṛdhnu—tā f. greediness, [L.]
great desire for (in comp.), [Kathās.]
gṛdhrāṇāगृध्राणाf. = gṛdhra-pattrā, [L.]
gṛdhrāṇaगृध्राणmfn. ‘greedy as a vulture’, eagerly desiring, [BhP. v, 7, 13]
gṛdhrasīगृध्रसीgṛdhra—sī f. (metrically also -si) rheumatism affecting the loins, [Car. i, 5] and [20]; [vi, 5] and [24]; [Suśr.]
gṛdhrikāगृध्रिकाf. (= °dhrī) N. of a daughter of Kaśyapa by Tāmrā (mother of vultures), [Hariv. 222.]
gṛdhrarājगृध्रराज्gṛdhra—rāj m. = -pati, [BhP. iv, 19, 16.]
gṛdhrasadगृध्रसद्gṛdhra—sád mfn. sitting on a vulture, [TS. iv, 4, 7, 1.]
gṛdhrakūṭaगृध्रकूटgṛdhra—kūṭa m. ‘vulture-peak’, N. of a mountain near Rājagṛha, [MBh. xii, 1797]; [Lalit.] &c., [Hit.]
gṛdhranakhīगृध्रनखीgṛdhra—nakhī f. ‘vulture-clawed’, Asteracantha longifolia, [Suśr. i]
the jujube, [L.]
gṛdhrapatiगृध्रपतिgṛdhra—pati m. ‘lord of vultures’, Jaṭāyu, [R. iii, 56, 41.]
gṛdhrarājaगृध्रराजgṛdhra—rāja m. id., [R. iii], [vi.]
gṛdhravājaगृध्रवाजgṛdhra—vāja mfn. = -vājita, [MBh. ix, 1413.]
gṛdhravaṭaगृध्रवटgṛdhra—vaṭa N. of a Tīrtha, [VarP. clvi.]
gṛdhrayātuगृध्रयातुgṛ́dhra—yātu (gṛ́dh°), m. a vulture-shaped demon, [RV. vii, 104, 22.]
gṛdhracakraगृध्रचक्रgṛdhra—cakra m. du. the vulture and the Cakra-vāka, [W.]
gṛdhradṛṣṭiगृध्रदृष्टिgṛdhra—dṛṣṭi mfn. vulture-eyed, [MBh. xii, 5309.]
gṛdhreśvaraगृध्रेश्वरm. N. of a mountain, [ĀdityaP.]
gṛdhraśīrṣanगृध्रशीर्षन्gṛ́dhra—śīrṣan (gṛ́dh°), mf(zRI)n. vulture-headed, [TĀr. i, 28, 1.]
gṛdhrapattrāगृध्रपत्त्राgṛdhra—pattrā f. the plant Dhūmra-pattrā, [L.]
gṛdhrapattraगृध्रपत्त्रgṛdhra—pattra m. ‘vulture-feathered’, N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2576]
gṛdhravājitaगृध्रवाजितgṛdhra—vājita mfn. (= gārdhra-v°) furnished with vulture-feathers (an arrow), [xiv, 2454.]
gṛdhravaktrāगृध्रवक्त्राgṛdhra—vaktrā f. ‘vulture-faced’, N. of a goddess, [Kālac.]
gṛdhrajambūkaगृध्रजम्बूकgṛdhra—jambūka m. N. of an attendant of Śiva, [L.] (°mbhūka MS.)
gṛdhraputrikāगृध्रपुत्रिकाgṛdhra—putrikā f. id., [Gal.]
gṛdhramojāntakaगृध्रमोजान्तकgṛdhra—mojāntaka m. N. of a son of Śvaphalka, [Hariv. 1918]; [2084]
v.l. gandha-mokṣa.