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rūpरूप्(prob. Nom. fr. rūpa) cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 79]) rūpayati, to form, figure, represent (esp. on the stage), exhibit by gesture, act, feign, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; to view, inspect, contemplate, [Kir. viii, 26]; [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 25], Sch.; (Ā. °yate) to show one's self, appear, [Vop.]
rūṣरूष्cl. 1. P. rūṣati, to adorn, decorate, [Dhātup. xvii, 27]; to cover, strew, smear (see rūṣita) : Caus. (or cl. 10. P.) rūṣayati, ‘to tremble’ or ‘to burst’ (visphuraṇe), [Dhātup. xxxv, 84]; [Vop.]
rūḍhaरूढrūḍhá mfn. mounted, risen, ascended, [AV.] &c. &c.
lifted up, imposed on, laden (see -paricchada)
grown together, healed, [R.]; [Suśr.]
sprung up, grown, increased, developed, produced from (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
budded, blown, [W.]
large, great, [MW.]
high, noble (see -vaṃśa)
diffused, spread about, widely known, current, notorious, famous, [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]
traditional, conventional, popular (opp. to yaugika and said of words which have a meaning not directly connected with their etymology; esp. in pl. applied to names of warrior tribes, which also denote the country inhabited by them), [Śiś.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch. &c.
acquainted or conversant with (loc.), [Gaṇit.]
certain, ascertained, [W.]
obscure, [MW.]
rūḍhá m. a scar (also n. and f(A). )
rūḍhá m. barley, [L.]
rūḍhi. See col. 2 and above.
rūḍhiरूढिf. rise, ascent (lit. and fig.), increase, growth, development, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
birth, production, [W.]
decision, [Rājat.]
fame, celebrity, notoriety, [Śiś.]
tradition, custom, general prevalence, current usage (esp. of speech), [Nyāyam.]; [Rājat.]
(in rhet.) the more amplified or popular or conventional meaning of words, the employment of a word in such a meaning (as opp. to yoga, q.v.), [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. i, 2, 55]; [Sāh.]; [Kpr.] &c.
rūkṣरूक्ष्(rather Nom. fr. rūkṣa) cl. 10. P. rūkṣayati ([Vop.] also rūkṣāpayati; aor. arurūkṣat), to be rough or harsh, [Dhātup. xxxv, 56]; to make dry or emaciated, [ŚBr.]; to soil, smear, [VarBṛS.]; to injure, offend, exasperate, [Jātakam.]
rūmaरूमm. or n. N. of a place, [Cat.] (v.l. rūpa).
rūpāरूपा(ā), f. N. of a river, [VP.]
rūpaरूपrūpá n. (perhaps connected with varpa, varpas; ifc. f.(A), rarely (ī)) any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour (often pl.), form, shape, figure, [RV.] &c. &c. (rūpeṇa ifc. in the form of ; rūpam-√ kṛ or √ bhū, to assume a form; often ifc. = ‘having the form or appearance or colour of’, ‘formed or composed of’, ‘consisting of’, ‘like to’; sometimes used after an adj. or p.p. to emphasize its meaning or almost redundantly, cf. ghora-r°; or connected with a verb, e.g. pacati-rūpam, he cooks very well, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57])
dreamy or phantom shapes (pl.), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
handsome form, loveliness, grace, beauty, splendour, [RV.] &c. &c.
nature, character, peculiarity, feature, mark, sign, symptom, [VS.] &c. &c.
likeness, image, reflection, [Mn.]; [Kathās.]
circumstances (opp. to ‘time’ and ‘place’), [Mn. viii, 45]
sort, kind, [R.]; [Suśr.]
mode, manner, way, [Kap.]
(ifc.) trace of [R.]
a single specimen or exemplar (and therefore a term for the number ‘one’), [VarBṛS.]; [Gaṇit.]
a partic. coin (prob. a rupee), [VarBṛS.]
a show, play, drama, [Daśar.]
(in alg.) the arithmetical unit
(pl.) integer number
known or absolute number, a known quantity as having specific form (and expressed by rū i.e. first syllable of ), [IW. 182]
(in gram.) any form of a noun or verb (as inflected by declension or conjugation), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 68] &c.
(in phil.) the quality of colour (one of the 17 or 24 Guṇas of the Vaiśeṣikas), [IW. 68]
(with Buddhists) material form i.e. the organized body (as one of the 5 constituent elements or Skandhas), [Dharmas. 22]; [MWB. 109]
(in dram.) a reflection or remark made under partic. circumstances when the action is at its height (garbhe), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.] &c.
(only [L.]) cattle
a beast
a sound, word
rereading a book (= granthāvṛtti)
rūpá m. a word of unknown meaning, [AV. xviii, 3, 40]
(pl.) N. of a people, [MBh.]
rūpá m. or n. N. of a place (v.l. rūma), [Cat.]
rūraरूरrūrá mfn. hot, burning (as fire, fever &c.), [AV.]; [TāṇḍBr.]
rūṣaरूषm. bitter and sour taste, [L.]
mf(A)n. bitter and sour, [L.] (cf. rūkṣa).
rūkṣāरूक्षा(ā), f. Croton Polyandrum or Tiglium, [L.]
rūkṣaरूक्षrūkṣá mf(A)n. (prob. fr. √ rūṣ; cf. 2. rukṣa) rough, dry, arid, dreary, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
emaciated, thin, [Suśr.]
rough to the taste, astringent, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]
not greasy or oily (as food or medicine), [Kathās.]; [Suśr.]
hard, harsh, unkind, cruel (as a person or speech), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
unpleasant, disagreeable, not soft (to the sight, smell &c.), [ib.]
dismal (as a house), [Pañcat.]
soiled, smeared, dirtied, [R.]; [Mudr.]
having the smell of an elephant in rut, [L.]
rūkṣá m. hardness, harshness, [L.]
the smell of the rut of an elephant, [L.]
a kind of grass (= varaka), [L.]
rūkṣá n. a good kind of iron, [L.]
the thick part of curds, [L.]
m. (prob. for Prākṛt rukkha = vṛkṣa) a tree, [L.]
rūpinरूपिन्rūpín mf(iRI)n. having or assuming a partic. form or figure, embodied, corporeal, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
having a beautiful form or figure, well-shaped, handsome, beautiful, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
(ifc.) having the form or nature or character of, characterised by, appearing as, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
rūpyāरूप्याf. a partic. fragrant substance, [Gal.]
rūpyaरूप्यmfn. well-shaped, beautiful, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 120]
stamped, impressed, [ib.]
to be denoted (or capable of being denoted) figuratively or metaphorically, [Sāh.]
(ifc.) formerly in the possession of or possessed by, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 54]
proceeding from or originating with (= tasmād āgataḥ), [ib.] [iv, 3, 82]
m. N. of a man g. tikādi
of a mountain, [Śatr.]
n. silver, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
wrought silver or gold, stamped coin, rupee, [L.]
collyrium, [L.]
rūkharaरूखरm. pl. N. of a Śaiva sect, [W.]
rūcakaरूचकw.r. for racaka, q.v.
rūpīkṛरूपीकृrūpī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to make rough, soil, besmear, [A.]
rūpaṇaरूपणn. figurative illustration, metaphorical description, [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.]
examination, investigation, proof, [Sāh.]
rūpakāरूपकाrū́pakā f. a female fox or jackal, [AV. xi, 9, 15]
rūpakaरूपकmfn. having form, figurative, metaphorical, illustrating by figurative language, [Sāh.]
m. a partic. coin (prob. a rupee), [Var.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.] (cf. -tāla)
[cf. Zd. urupi]
n. form, figure, shape, appearance (mostly ifc., with f(A). , = having the form of, composed or consisting of, similar to), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
image, likeness, [AitBr.]; [Kathās.]
feature, sign, symptom, [W.]
kind, species, [MaitrUp.]
(in rhet.) a figure of speech, metaphor, comparison, simile (esp. one in which iva, vat &c. are omitted, e.g. bāhu-latā, ‘a creeper-like arm’, paṇi-padma, ‘a lotus-like hand’ ; there are 3 or 4 varieties of Rūpaka, e.g. the ardha-r°, ‘partial metaphor’, khaṇḍa-r°, ‘imperfect metaphor’, and lalāma-r°, ‘flowery metaphor’), [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.] &c. (cf. [IW. 458])
a drama, play, theatrical performance (esp. of the principal class, as opp. to the upa-rūpakas or inferior dramas; of the former there are 10 species including the Nāṭaka or higher order of play and the Prahasana or farce), [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. ([IW. 471])
a partic. weight (= 3 Guñjās), [L.]
= mūrta or dhūrta, [L.]
rūpapaरूपपrūpa—pa m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
rūpatāरूपताrūpa—tā f. (ifc.) the state of being formed or composed of (e.g. duḥkha-r°, ‘the consisting of pain’), [Nīlak.]
rūpiṇaरूपिणm. N. of a son of Aja-mīḍha, [MBh.]
rūpikāरूपिकाf. swallow-wort, Asclepias Lactifera
rūpikaरूपिकm. or n. (?) coined gold or silver, money, [L.]
rūpitaरूपितmfn. formed, represented, exhibited, imagined, [Kāv.]; [Sarvad.]
rūvukaरूवुकm. the castor-oil tree, Ricinus Communis, [L.] (cf. ruvuka).
rūṣaṇaरूषणn. covering, strewing, [Chandom.]
soiling, [L.]
adorning, decoration, [MW.]
rūṣakaरूषकm. Gendarussa Vulgaris, [L.]
rūṣitaरूषितmfn. (sometimes confounded with ruṣita) strewed, covered, soiled, smeared with (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
adhering to (comp.), [BhP.]
perfumed with (comp.), [MBh.]
pounded, reduced to powder, [L.]
adorned, decorated, [L.]
= naṣṭa, [Prab.], Sch.
made rough or rugged (cf. rūkṣa), [W.]
rūkṣaṇaरूक्षणmfn. making thin, attenuating, [ŚārṅgS.]
n. the act of making thin, (esp.) medical treatment for reducing fat or corpulence, [Suśr.]
rūkṣatāरूक्षताrūkṣa—tā f. ([Kāv.] &c.) roughness, dryness, aridity, harshness, unkindness.
rūkṣitaरूक्षितmfn. made rough, rough (see a-r°)
soiled, smeared, [VarBṛS.]
injured, offended (-tva n.), [Jātakam.]
rūpabhājरूपभाज्rūpa—bhāj mfn. endowed with beauty, [Viṣṇ.]
rūpabhṛtरूपभृत्rūpa—bhṛt mfn. having form or beauty, [MW.]
(ifc.) having the appearance of [VarYogay.]
rūpadhṛkरूपधृक्rūpa—dhṛk mfn. (see dhṛk, p. 519) = next, [MW.]
rūpadhṛtरूपधृत्rūpa—dhṛt mfn. having the form or shape of (ifc.; e.g. kapi-r°, ‘monkey-shaped’; cf. vividha-r°), [Kathās.]
rūpaśasरूपशस्rūpa—śás ind. in various forms, according to peculiarity, [RV.]; [Kauś.]
rūpajñaरूपज्ञrūpa—jña mfn. See á-r°.
rūpakṛtरूपकृत्rūpa—kṛ́t mfn. making forms or figures (N. of Tvaṣṭṛ), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
rūpa—kṛ́t m. a sculptor, [Kathās.]
rūpasthaरूपस्थrūpa—stha mfn. possessed of form or shape, [RāmatUp.]
rūpatasरूपतस्rūpa—tas ind. according to form, by shape, in form, [Nal.]
rūpatvaरूपत्वrūpa—tva n. id. or the state of having form or figure, [Sarvad.]
= tā, [Kap.]
rūpavatरूपवत्rūpa—vat mfn. having form or colour, formed, embodied, corporeal, [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.]
having a beautiful form or colour, handsomely formed, handsome, beautiful (superl. -tama), [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.]; [Nir.] &c.
having the form or appearance of (ifc.), [MBh.]; [MārkP.]
rūpyadaरूप्यदrūpya—da mfn. one who gives silver, [Mn. iv, 230.]
rūpyakaरूप्यकSee suvarṇa-r°.
rūḍhamūlaरूढमूलrūḍha-mūla mfn. one who has taken root, [Bcar.]
rūḍhayogaरूढयोगrūḍha—yoga mfn. one whose Yoga or devotion has increased, [ib.]
rūkṣatvaरूक्षत्वrūkṣa—tva n. ([Śaṃk.]) roughness, dryness, aridity, harshness, unkindness.
rūkṣavācरूक्षवाच्rūkṣa—vāc f. rough speech, [MBh.]
rūpājīvāरूपाजीवाf. a harlot, [R.]
rūpājīvaरूपाजीवmf(A)n. making a living by beauty of form, living by prostitution, [Kām.]; [Daś.]
rūpāstraरूपास्त्रm. ‘having beauty for a weapon’, the god of love, [L.]
rūpāvalīरूपावलीf. a list or series of (grammatical) forms or of the variations of (grammatical) forms (caused by declension, conjugation &c.), [MW.]
N. of various works.
rūpāvatīरूपावतीf. N. of a woman, [ib.]
rūpāvataरूपावतm. N. of a prince, [Divyāv.]
rūpabhedaरूपभेदrūpa—bheda m. diversity or variety of forms or manifestations, [Kṛṣṇaj.]
(in gram.) diversity of phonetic form or sound
rūpa—bheda n. N. of a Tantra wk.
rūpadhātuरूपधातुrūpa—dhātu m. the element of form, original seat or region of form (with Buddhists; the other two element being kāma-dh°, q.v., and arūpa-dh°, ‘the element of formlessness’), [Buddh.]
rūpadharaरूपधरrūpa—dhara mfn. having the form or shape of, being of the colour of (ifc.; e.g. go-r°, cow-shaped; cf. kāma-r°), [Ragh.]; [VP.] &c.
rūpa—dhara m. N. of a king, [Kathās.]
rūpadheyaरूपधेयrūpa—dhéya n. form and colour, external appearance, [AV.]
beauty, [Naiṣ.] (cf. nāma-dh°.)
rūpaśikhāरूपशिखाrūpa—śikhā f. N. of a daughter of the Rākṣasa Agni-śikha, [Kathās.]
rūpadevaरूपदेवrūpa—deva m. N. of two poets, [Sadukt.]; [Cat.]
rūpaguṇaरूपगुणrūpa—guṇa mfn. possessing the quality of colour, [Mn. i, 77]
(ibc.) beauty of form
rūpahāniरूपहानिrūpa—hāni f. loss of form (in the Nyāya one of the 7 preventives of classification), [MW.]
rūpajīvaरूपजीवrūpa—jīva mfn. w.r. for rūpāj° below, [R.]
rūpakāraरूपकारrūpa—kāra m. a maker of images, sculptor, [Kathās.]
rūpalatāरूपलताrūpa—latā f. N. of a princess, [Kathās.]
rūpamālāरूपमालाrūpa—mālā f. N. of a grammatical wk. (also -vyākaraṇa)
rūpamālīरूपमालीrūpa—mālī (ī), f. N. of a metre, [Col.]
rūpamatīरूपमतीrūpa—matī (?) f. N. of a princess, [Inscr.]
rūpapatiरूपपतिrūpá—pati (rūpá-), m. lord of forms (N. of Tvaṣṭṛ), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
rūpapuraरूपपुरrūpa—pura n. N. of a town, [Cat.]
rūparāgaरूपरागrūpa—rāga m. (with, [Buddh.]) craving for life in a material form (either on earth or in heaven; one of the 10 fetters or Saṃyojanas), [MWB. 127.]
rūpasenaरूपसेनrūpa—sena m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathās.]
of a king, [Vet.]
rūpasvinरूपस्विन्mfn. (fr. an unused rūpas = rūpa + vin) handsome, beautiful (superl. °vi-tama), [PārGṛ.]; [Vet.]
rūpatamaरूपतमrūpá—tama (rūpá-), n. the best form or colour, [ŚBr.]
rūpavatīरूपवतीrūpa—vatī (atī), f. a handsome woman (N. of various women), [Buddh.]; [Kathās.]
of a river, [BhP.]
rūpiṇikāरूपिणिकाf. (dimin. fr. rūpiṇī) N. of a courtezan, [Kathās.]
rūḍhamanyuरूढमन्युrūḍha—manyu mfn. one whose passion has grown strong, [BhP.]
rūḍhavaṃśaरूढवंशrūḍha—vaṃśa mfn. of a high family, [Daśar.]
rūḍhavraṇaरूढव्रणrūḍha—vraṇa mfn. one whose wounds are healed, [R.]
rūḍhiśabdaरूढिशब्दrūḍhi—śabda m. a word used in its conventional sense (as opp. to yoga-ś°; thus śatru as a Rūḍhi-śabda means ‘enemy’, but as a Yogaśabda‘destroyer’), [APrāt.]; [Bhar.] &c.
rūkṣīkṛtaरूक्षीकृतrūkṣī-kṛta mfn. made, rough, soiled, besmeared, covered with (comp.), [Mṛcch.]
rūkṣabhāvaरूक्षभावrūkṣa—bhāva m. harsh or unfriendly behaviour, [Ratnāv.]
rūkṣaṇīyāरूक्षणीयाf. Coix Barbata, [L.]
rūkṣaṇīyaरूक्षणीयm. rum, spirit distilled from molasses, [L.]
rūpāśrayaरूपाश्रयm. a repository or receptacle of beauty
mfn. exceedingly handsome, [BhP.]
rūpadhārinरूपधारिन्rūpa—dhārin mfn. bearing a form, assuming a shape (catur-guṇa-r°, ‘having a 4 times greater shape’), [Pañcad.]
endowed with beauty, [VāmP.]
rūpaśālinरूपशालिन्rūpa—śālin mfn. possessed of beauty, handsome, beautiful, [MārkP.]; [Hcat.]; [Kathās.]
rūpagrahaरूपग्रहrūpa—graha mfn. apprehending forms, perceiving colours, [L.]
rūpa—graha m. the eye, [L.]
rūpakāntāरूपकान्ताrūpa—kāntā f. N. of a Surāṅganā, [Siṃhās.]
rūpakartṛरूपकर्तृrūpa—kartṛ m. ‘maker of forms or figures’, N. of Viśva-kṛt, [R.]
rūpamātraरूपमात्रrūpa—mātra n. only beauty, [MW.]
rūpanāśinरूपनाशिन्rūpa—nāśin mfn. destroying form or beauty, disfiguring, [MBh.]
rūpasiddhiरूपसिद्धिrūpa—siddhi m. N. of a man, [Kathās.]
of a grammatical wk.
rūpasvinīरूपस्विनीf. N. of a woman, [Siṃhās.]
rūpatarkaरूपतर्कrūpa—tarka m. (prob.) an assaye-master or inspector of a mint, [Pat.]
rūpavajrāरूपवज्राrūpa—vajrā f. N. of a Buddhist goddess, [Kālac.]
rūpeśvarīरूपेश्वरी(ī), f. N. of a goddess, [DevībhP.]