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mṛgaमृगmṛgá m. (prob. ‘ranger’, ‘rover’) a forest animal or wild beast, game of any kind, (esp.) a deer, fawn, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer, [RV.] &c. &c.
the deer or antelope in the moon (i.e. the spots on the disk supposed to resemble those of an antelope as well as a hare)
the disk or antelope in the sky (either the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras or the sign of the zodiac Capricorn; also in general the 10th arc of 30 degrees in a circle), [Sūryas.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
an elephant with partic. marks (accord. to [L.] ‘one the secondary marks of whose body are small’), [R.]; [Var.]
a large soaring bird, [RV. i, 182, 7] &c.
N. of a demon or Vṛtra in the form of a deer slain by Indra, [ib.] [i, 80, 7] &c.
of a celestial being (occupying a partic. place in an astrol. house divided into 81 compartments), [VarBṛS.]; [Hcat.]
of a partic. class of men whose conduct in coitus resembles that of the roebuck, [L.]
of the district in Śāka-dvīpa inhabited principally by Brāhmans, [MBh.] (B. maṅga); of the Brāhmans themselves, [VP.] (v.l. maga)
of a horse of the Moon, [VP.]
musk (= mṛga-nābhi or -mada), [VarBṛS.]
a partic. Aja-pāla sacrifice, [L.]
search, seeking, asking, requesting, [L.]
mṛgaṇāमृगणाf. seeking, research, [L.]
mṛgavaमृगवm. or n. (?) a partic. high number, [Buddh.]
mṛgayāमृगयाmṛ́gayā , (ā), f., see below.
f. hunting, the chase (acc. with √ at, gam, car &c. dat. with √ yā, nir-√ yā and vi√ har, to go hunting), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
Chase personified (as one of the attendants of Revanta), [VarBṛS.]
mṛgayaमृगयmṛ́gaya m. N. of a demon conquered by Indra, [RV.]
mṛgayuमृगयुmṛgayú m. a huntsman, [AV.] &c. &c.
a jackal, [L.]
N. of Brahmā, [L.]
mṛgaṇyuमृगण्युmṛgaṇyú mfn. hunting wild animals, [RV. x, 40, 4.]
mṛgadṛśमृगदृश्mṛga—dṛś m. the zodiacal sign Capricorn, [L.]
mṛga—dṛś f. a fawn-eyed woman, [Pañcat.]; [Śiś.]; [Rājat.] &c.
mṛgadyūमृगद्यूmṛga—dyū mfn. delighting or taking pleasure in deserts, [ib.]
mṛga—dyū m. a hunter, [W.]
mṛgahanमृगहन्mṛga—han or mṛga—hantṛ, m. ‘deer-slayer’, a huntsman, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
mṛgarājमृगराज्mṛga—rāj m. ‘king of beasts’, a lion, [R.]; [BhP.] &c.
the zodiacal sign Leo, [L.]
a tiger, [Nal.]
mṛgatṛṣमृगतृष्mṛga—tṛṣ ([L.]), mṛga—tṛṣā ([Kām.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇā ([Hit.]; [Dhūrtas.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇi ([BhP.]), or mṛga—tṛṣṇikā ([R.]; [Śak.] &c.), f. ‘deer-thirst’, mirage, vapour floating over sands or deserts, fancied appearance of water in deserts.
mṛgatvaमृगत्वmṛga—tva n. the state or condition of a deserts, [R.]; [Pur.]
mṛgavyaमृगव्यn. hunting, the chase, [Rājat.]; [MārkP.]
the butt or mark in archery, a target, [W.]
mṛgayasमृगयस्mṛgayás m. a wild animal, [RV. ii, 38, 7.]
mṛgadhūmaमृगधूमmṛga—dhūma m. or n. (?) N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]
mṛgadharaमृगधरmṛga—dhara m. ‘having deer-like marks’, the moon, [Śiś.]
N. of a minister of Prasena-jit, [Buddh.]
mṛgaśāvaमृगशावmṛga—śāva (comp.) or (ifc.)
mṛgaśaphaमृगशफmṛga—śaphá m. a stag's hoof, [MaitrS.]
mṛgaśirāमृगशिराmṛga—śira, n. ([Jyot.]) or mṛga—śi°rā, f. ([L.]) the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras.
mṛgaśiraमृगशिरmṛga—śira, n. ([Jyot.]) or mṛga—śi°rā, f. ([L.]) the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras.
mṛgadāvaमृगदावmṛga—dāva m. ‘deer-park’, N. of the place where Gautama Buddha first preached, [MWB. 402.]
mṛgadviṣमृगद्विष्mṛga—dviṣ m. a lion, [A.],
mṛgadyutमृगद्युत्mṛga—dyut mfn. attacking or hunting a deer, [Bhaṭṭ.]
mṛgajātiमृगजातिmṛga—jāti f. pl. the deer species, whole race of deer, [MBh.]
mṛgajalaमृगजलmṛga—jala n. ‘deer-water’, mirage (see -tṛṣ), [MW.]
mṛgakākaमृगकाकmṛga—kāka m. du. a deer and a crow, [MW.]
mṛgalekhāमृगलेखाmṛga—lekhā f. a deer-like streak on the moon, [Ragh.]
mṛgamāsaमृगमासmṛga—māsa m. the month Mārgaśīrṣa, [VarBṛS.]
mṛgamadaमृगमदmṛga—mada m. (also pl.) musk, [Gīt.]; [Śrutab.] &c.
mṛgamayaमृगमयmṛga—maya mf(I)n. produced or coming from wild animals, [Nir.]
mṛgamukhaमृगमुखmṛga—mukha m. the zodiacal sign Capricorn, [VarBṛ.] (cf. mṛgāsya).
mṛganābhiमृगनाभिmṛga—nābhi m. ‘deer's navel’, musk, [Ṛtus.]; [Kum.] &c.
a musk-deer, [Ragh.] (cf. nābhi)
mṛgapadaमृगपदmṛga—pada n. = mṛryāḥ padam, g. kukkuty-ādi.
mṛgapatiमृगपतिmṛga—pati m. ‘lord of the beasts’, a lion, [Hariv.]; [BhP.] &c.
a tiger, [MBh.]
‘antelope's lord’, a roebuck, [Hariv.]
mṛgapotaमृगपोतmṛga—pota ([MW.]) or mṛga—po°taka ([R.]), m. a young deer, fawn.
mṛgarājaमृगराजmṛga—rāja m. ‘king of beasts’, a lion, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] &c.
the zodiacal sign Leo, [VarBṛS.]
a tiger, [MBh.]
the moon (see ja-lakṣman)
N. of a poet, [Cat.]
mṛgarasāमृगरसाmṛga—rasā f. a species of plant, [L.]
mṛgaripuमृगरिपुmṛga—ripu m. ‘enemy of wild animals’, the lion, [L.]
the sign Leo, [Gaṇit.]
mṛgarkṣaमृगर्क्षmṛga—rkṣa (m° + ṛkṣa) n. sg. an antelope or a bear, [R.]
mṛgatṛṣāमृगतृषाmṛga—tṛṣ ([L.]), mṛga—tṛṣā ([Kām.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇā ([Hit.]; [Dhūrtas.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇi ([BhP.]), or mṛga—tṛṣṇikā ([R.]; [Śak.] &c.), f. ‘deer-thirst’, mirage, vapour floating over sands or deserts, fancied appearance of water in deserts.
mṛgatoyaमृगतोयmṛga—toya n. the water of a mirage, [Nīlak.]
mṛgavīthīमृगवीथीmṛga—vīthikā or mṛga—vī°thī, f. ‘deer-track’, N. of that portion of the moon's course which includes the constellations Śravaṇā and Śata-bhiṣaj and Pūrva-bhadrapadā, [VP.] (cf. mṛgākhya).
mṛgavadhūमृगवधूmṛga—vadhū f. a female deer, doe, [Kāv.]
mṛgavanaमृगवनmṛga—vana n. a forest abounding in wild animals, a park, [Ragh.]
mṛgavatīमृगवतीmṛga—vatī f. N. of the mythical progenitress of bears and Sṛmaras, [R.]
mṛgayūthaमृगयूथmṛga—yūtha n. a herd of deer, [R.]
mṛgabhakṣāमृगभक्षाmṛga—bhakṣā f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, [L.]
mṛgadhūrtaमृगधूर्तmṛga—dhūrta or mṛga—dhūr°taka, m. ‘animal-deceiver’, a jackal, [L.]
mṛgadharmaमृगधर्मmṛga—dharma ([TāṇḍyaBr.], Sch.) mfn. having the nature of game.
mṛgaśīrṣaमृगशीर्षmṛga—śīrṣá n. the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras, [TS.]; [Br.]; [BhP.]
mṛga—śīrṣá mfn. born under that N°, [VarBṛS.] (v.l. mārgaś°, mārgaśira)
mṛga—śīrṣá m. the month Mārgaśīrṣa, [ib.]
a partic. position of the hands (also °ṣaka), [Cat.]
N. of a serpent-king, [Kāraṇḍ.]
mṛgaśṛṅgaमृगशृङ्गmṛga—śṛṅga n. a stag's horn, [Vait.]
mṛgaśirasमृगशिरस्mṛgá—śiras (mṛgá-), n. N. of the 3rd (or 5th) Nakṣatra (q.v.) containing 3 stars (one of which is λ Orionis; it is figured by an antelope's head), [AV.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [VarBṛS.]
mṛgá—śiras mfn. born under that Nakṣ°, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 37], Sch.
mṛgá—śiras m. a partic. position of the hands, [Cat.]
mṛgacārinमृगचारिन्mṛga—cārin mfn. acting like a deer (as certain devotees; cf. go-c°), [ib.]
mṛgacakraमृगचक्रmṛga—cakra n. the zodiac (?), [Divyāv.]
mṛgacaryāमृगचर्याmṛga—caryā f. the acting like a deer (a kind of penance), [MBh.]
mṛgadaṃśaमृगदंशmṛga—daṃśa or mṛga—daṃ°śaka, m. ‘animal-biter’, a hunting-dog, dog, [L.]
mṛgadarpaमृगदर्पmṛga—darpa m. musk, [VarBṛS.], Sch.
mṛgadvijaमृगद्विजmṛga—dvija m. pl. beasts and birds, [Mn. v, 20.]
mṛgahantṛमृगहन्तृmṛga—han or mṛga—hantṛ, m. ‘deer-slayer’, a huntsman, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
mṛgakṣīraमृगक्षीरmṛga—kṣīra n. doe's milk g. kukkuty-ādi (cf. mṛgī-k°).
mṛgalipsuमृगलिप्सुmṛga—lipsu mfn. wishing to catch or kill a deer, [MBh.]
mṛgamāṃsaमृगमांसmṛga—māṃsa n. deer's flesh, venison, [MW.]
mṛgamandāमृगमन्दाmṛga—mandā f. N. of the mythical progenitress of lions, Sṛmaras (and Camaras), [MBh.]; [R.] (cf. -vatī).
mṛgamandaमृगमन्दmṛga—manda m. a class of elephants, [R.]
mṛganetrāमृगनेत्राmṛga—netrā f. a woman with eyes like a fawn's, [L.]
mṛganetraमृगनेत्रmṛga—netra mf(A)n. having the Nakṣatra Mṛga for a leader, [BrahmaP.]; [Malamāsat.]
mṛgapipluमृगपिप्लुmṛga—piplu m. ‘deer-marked’, the moon, [L.]
mṛgaprabhuमृगप्रभुmṛga—prabhu m. ‘lord of beasts’, the lion, [Kathās.]
mṛgapriyaमृगप्रियmṛga—priya m. Jasminum Sambac, [L.]
a species of grass, [L.]
mṛgarūpinमृगरूपिन्mṛga—rūpin mfn. deer-shaped, being in the form of an antelope, [MW.]
mṛgasakthaमृगसक्थmṛga—saktha n. = mṛgasya sakthi, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 98.]
mṛgatīrthaमृगतीर्थmṛga—tīrtha n. ‘animal-track’, N. of the path by which the priests at the end of the Savana leave the sacred place to attend to their bodily wants, [ŚrS.]
mṛgatṛṣṇāमृगतृष्णाmṛga—tṛṣ ([L.]), mṛga—tṛṣā ([Kām.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇā ([Hit.]; [Dhūrtas.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇi ([BhP.]), or mṛga—tṛṣṇikā ([R.]; [Śak.] &c.), f. ‘deer-thirst’, mirage, vapour floating over sands or deserts, fancied appearance of water in deserts.
mṛgatṛṣṇiमृगतृष्णिmṛga—tṛṣ ([L.]), mṛga—tṛṣā ([Kām.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇā ([Hit.]; [Dhūrtas.]), mṛga—tṛṣṇi ([BhP.]), or mṛga—tṛṣṇikā ([R.]; [Śak.] &c.), f. ‘deer-thirst’, mirage, vapour floating over sands or deserts, fancied appearance of water in deserts.
mṛgavyādhaमृगव्याधmṛga—vyādha m. a huntsman, [MBh.]; [Rājat.]
the dog-star, Sirius, [AitBr.]; [Sūryas.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
of one of the 11 Rudras, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]
mṛgaṭaṅkaमृगटङ्कmṛga—ṭaṅka m. ‘a deer as a mark’ or ‘deer-marked’, the moon, [Āryabh.], Sch.
mṛgabhojanīमृगभोजनीmṛga—bhojanī f. coloquintida, [Suśr.]
mṛgadharmanमृगधर्मन्mṛga—dharman ([TāṇḍyaBr.]) mfn. having the nature of game.
mṛgaśāvakaमृगशावकmṛga—śāvaka ([VarBṛS.]) m. a young deer, fawn
mṛgaśāyikāमृगशायिकाmṛga—śāyikā f. the recumbent posture of an antelope (śayīta mṛgaśāyi°kām, ‘let him lie as still as an antelope’), [MBh.]
mṛgaśīrṣanमृगशीर्षन्mṛga—śīrṣan n. the Nakṣ° Mṛga-śiras, [L.]
mṛgaśreṣṭhaमृगश्रेष्ठmṛga—śreṣṭha m. ‘best of beasts’, ‘chief of animals’, a tiger, [MBh.]
mṛgabālakaमृगबालकmṛga—bālaka m. a young deer, [BhP.]
mṛgacaiṭakaमृगचैटकmṛga—caiṭaka (!) m. a wild cat, pole-cat, [W.]
mṛgagāminīमृगगामिनीmṛga—gāminī f. Embelia Ribes, [L.]
mṛgajālikāमृगजालिकाmṛga—jālikā f. a net for snaring game, [L.]
mṛgajīvanaमृगजीवनmṛga—jīvana m. one who lives by hunting, a hunter, [MBh.]
mṛgakānanaमृगकाननmṛga—kānana n. a forest abounding in game, park, [Kathās.]
mṛgaketanaमृगकेतनmṛga—ketana m. the moon, [Alaṃkārav.]
mṛgalocanāमृगलोचनाmṛga—locanā f. a fawn-eyed woman, [L.]
mṛgalocanīमृगलोचनीmṛga—locanī f. a fawn-eyed woman, [L.]
mṛgalocanaमृगलोचनmṛga—locana m. ‘deer-eyed’, the moon, [MW.]
mṛgalomikaमृगलोमिकmṛga—lomika mfn. ‘made of the hair of animals’, woollen, [Viṣṇ.]
mṛgamātṛkāमृगमातृकाmṛga—mātṛ°kā f. a species of wild animal, [Car.]; [Suśr.]
mṛga—mātṛ°kā f. a kind of red-coloured hare like deer, [L.]
mṛgamātṛkaमृगमातृकmṛga—mātṛka m.
mṛgamandraमृगमन्द्रmṛga—mandra m. a class of elephants, [R.]
mṛganābhijāमृगनाभिजाmṛga—nābhi-jā f. musk, [L.]
mṛganābhijaमृगनाभिजmṛga—nābhi-ja mf(A)n. coming from the musk-deer, [Subh.]
mṛganayanāमृगनयनाmṛga—nayanā f. a fawn-eyed woman, [MW.]