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granthग्रन्थ्grath or cl. 9. P. grathnā́ti (fut. p. granthiṣyat, [Kāṭh. xxv, 8]; perf. 3. pl. jagranthur or grethur, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 6]; [Siddh.]; ind.p. granthitvā or grath°, [23], [Kāś.]), to fasten, tie or string together, arrange, connect in a regular series, [TS. vi f.]; [Kāṭh. xxv, 8]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to string words together, compose (a literary work), [Prab. vi, 5] : cl. 1. P. Ā. grathati, °te, [Dhātup.] (v.l.); P. granthati, [xxxiv, 31]; Ā. granthate (aor. agranthiṣṭa), to be strung together or composed (a literary work), [Bhāradv.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 89] : Caus. P. Ā. granthayati, °te, to string together, [MBh. iv, 262]; [cf. κλώθω; Lat. glut-en ?]
grath or cl. 1. Ā. grathate or granth°, to be crooked (lit. and fig.), [Dhātup. ii, 35.]
granthaग्रन्थm. tying, binding, stringing together, [L.]
= °thí, a knot, [TS. vi, 2, 9, 4] (v.l.)
honeycomb, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 116], Vārtt.
an artificial arrangement of words (esp. of 32 syllables = śloka, [Jain.]), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to artha ‘meaning’, [VarBṛS.]; [Vākyap.]; [Sarvad.]), [Nir. i, 20]; [Pāṇ.]; [MBh.]; [Up.] &c.
a section (of [Kāṭh.])
the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nānak Ṣāh and others (cf. [RTL. pp. 158]-[177])
wealth, property, [Jain.], Sch. (cf. uttara-, nir-, ṣaḍ-.)
granthiग्रन्थिgranthí m. a knot, tie, knot of a cord, knot tied in the end of a garment for keeping money ([Pañcat.]), bunch or protuberance of any kind (esp. if produced by tying several things together), [RV. ix, 97, 18] & [x, 143, 2]; [AV.]; [TS.] &c.
the joint of a reed or cane, [Prab. v, 1, 8]
joint of the body, [Mṛcch. i, 1]; [Dhūrtas.]; [Sāh.]
a complaint, (knotting i.e.) swelling and hardening of the vessels (as in varicocele), [R.]; [Suśr.]
‘a knot tied closely and therefore difficult to be undone’, difficulty, doubt, [ChUp.]; [KaṭhUp.]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
a bell, [Kathās. lxv, 135 f.]
the point of a moustache, [Nalac.]
N. of several plants and bulbous roots (granthi-parṇa, hitāvalī, bhadra-mustā, piṇḍālu), [L.] (cf. udara-, kaṭu-, kāla-, kṛmi-, keśa-, go-, dāma-, &c.)
m. crookedness (lit. and fig.), [L.]
granthinग्रन्थिन्granthín mfn. strung together (?), [RV. x, 95, 6]
one who reads books, well-read, [Mn. xii, 103.]
granthībhūग्रन्थीभूgranthī-√ bhū to become bulbous, [Bālar. ii, 34/35.]
granthīkaग्रन्थीकn. the root of long pepper, [L.]
granthanāग्रन्थनाf. id., [L.]
granthanaग्रन्थनn. (ifc.) stringing, tying or connecting together (as a chaplet or book), arranging, composing, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 15, [Pat.] (v.l. gaḍu or gaḍuka), [Vet. i, 9/10]
granthikaग्रन्थिकm. a relater, narrator (?, ‘one who understands the joints or divisions of time, of the year, &c.’ [fr. granthi cf. kāla-granthi], an astrologer, fortune-teller, [L.]), [MBh. xiv, 2039]; [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 29] and [iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 15
a kind of disease of the outer ear, [Suśr.]
a kind of plant or substance, [Car. vi, 18]
a N. assumed by Nakula (when master of the horse to king Virāṭa), [MBh. iv, 63] and [319]
= saha-deva, [L.]
m. n. Capparis aphylla, [L.]
a kind of resin, bdellium, [L.]
n. = °nthīka, pepper, [Suśr. iv, 37, 35]; [vi, 42, 23]
= °nthiparṇaka, [L.]
a kind of disease of women, [Gal.]
granthilāग्रन्थिलाf. N. of two kinds of Dūrvā grass and of a kind of Cyperus, [L.]
granthilaग्रन्थिलmfn. knotted, knotty g. sidhmādi
m. N. of several plants and roots (Flacourtia sapida, Capparis aphylla, Amaranthus polygonoides, Asteracantha longifolia, Cocculus cordifolius, hitāvalī), [L.]
a kind of perfume, [L.]
n. = °nthīka, [L.]
green or undried ginger, [L.]
granthitaग्रन्थितmfn. for grath°, [L.]
granthakṛtग्रन्थकृत्grantha—kṛt m. = -kartṛ, [MBh. xiii, 694.]
granthimatग्रन्थिमत्granthi—mat mfn. tied, bound, [Kum. iii, 46]
granthi—mat m. ‘knotty’, Heliotropium indicum, [Bhpr. v, 3, 225]
granthitvaग्रन्थित्वgranthi—tva n. the becoming knotty, hardening, [Suśr.]
granthakāraग्रन्थकारgrantha—kāra m. id., [MBh. xiii, 690]; [Vedāntas. 1], Sch.
granthakūṭīग्रन्थकूटीgrantha—kūṭī for -kuṭī.
granthakuṭīग्रन्थकुटीgrantha—kuṭī f. a library, [L.]
a study, [W.]
granthibhedaग्रन्थिभेदgranthi—bheda m. = -cchedaka, [Mn. ix, 277]; [Yājñ. ii, 274.]
granthiphalaग्रन्थिफलgranthi—phala m. ‘knotty-fruited’, Feronia elephantum, [L.]
Vangueria spinosa, [L.] : the plant Sākuruṇḍa, [L.]
granthidalāग्रन्थिदलाgranthi—dalā f. a kind of bulbous root, [L.]
granthidalaग्रन्थिदलgranthi—dala m. ‘knotty-leaved’, a kind of perfume (coraka), [L.]
granthiharaग्रन्थिहरgranthi—hara m. removing difficulties, [L.]
granthilībhūग्रन्थिलीभूgranthilī-√ bhū to become bulbous, [Car. i, 1], Sch.
granthimūlāग्रन्थिमूलाgranthi—mūlā f. = -dūrvā, [L.]
granthimūlaग्रन्थिमूलgranthi—mūla n. ‘bulb-rooted’, garlic, [L.]
granthinikāग्रन्थिनिकाf. a kind of bulbous plant, [Gal.] (cf. chinna-g°.)
granthāvṛttiग्रन्थावृत्तिf. a quotation (?), [L.]
granthakartṛग्रन्थकर्तृgrantha—kartṛ m. a book-maker, author, [W.]
granthaparṇīग्रन्थपर्णीgrantha—parṇī f. ‘knot-leaved’, a kind of Dūrvā grass, [L.]
granthasaṃdhiग्रन्थसंधिgrantha—saṃdhi m. a section of a work, chapter, [L.]
granthidūrvāग्रन्थिदूर्वाgranthi—dūrvā f. a kind of Dūrvā grass, [L.]
granthiparṇāग्रन्थिपर्णाgranthi—parṇā f. the plant Jatukā, [L.]
granthiparṇīग्रन्थिपर्णीgranthi—parṇī f. = °nthap°, [L.]
granthiparṇaग्रन्थिपर्णgranthi—parṇa m. id., [L.]
granthi—parṇa n. = -parṇaka, [L.]
granthakaraṇaग्रन्थकरणgrantha—karaṇa n. composition of books or treatises, [W.]
granthibhedakaग्रन्थिभेदकgranthi—bhedaka m. id., [Jain.] (in Prākṛt gaṇṭhi-bheyaga), [Śak. vi] (v.l. for granthi-cchedaka).
granthibandhamग्रन्थिबन्धम्granthi—bandham ind. (with √ grath) so as to form a knot (in tying), [Bālar.]
granthibarhinग्रन्थिबर्हिन्granthi—barhin m. = -parṇaka, [L.]
granthimocakaग्रन्थिमोचकgranthi—mocaka m. = -cchedaka, [W.]
granthipattraग्रन्थिपत्त्रgranthi—pattra m. = -dala (coraka), [L.]
granthavistāraग्रन्थविस्तारgrantha—vistāra m. diffuseness of style, voluminousness, [W.]
granthavistaraग्रन्थविस्तरgrantha—vistara m. a voluminous text, [VarBṛS. i, 2]
a multitude of Granthas (of 32 syllables each), [BrahmabUp.]; [AmṛtabUp.]
granthibandhanaग्रन्थिबन्धनgranthi—bandhana n. tying a knot, [W.]
tying together the garments of the bride and bridegroom at the marriage ceremony, [W.]
granthicchedakaग्रन्थिच्छेदकgranthi—cchedaka m. (= -bheda) a purse-cutter, pickpocket, [Śak. vi, 1/2] (in Prākṛt)
granthimatphalaग्रन्थिमत्फलgranthi—mat-phala m. ‘bulb-fruited’, Artocarpus Lacucha, [L.]
granthiparṇakaग्रन्थिपर्णकgranthi—parṇaka a kind of fragrant plant, [Kād. iii, 1538.]
granthivīsarpaग्रन्थिवीसर्पgranthi—vīsarpa m. a kind of erysipelas, [Car. vi, 11.]
granthivajrakaग्रन्थिवज्रकgranthi—vajraka m. a kind of steel, [L.]
granthivīsarpinग्रन्थिवीसर्पिन्granthi—vīsarpin mfn. having the °rpa disease, [ib.]
granthiparṇamayaग्रन्थिपर्णमयgranthi—parṇa—maya mfn. made of the perfume °thiparṇa, [Hcat. i, 7.]