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dhvaja

dhvajá m. (n. only, [Hariv. 9245] and g. ardharcādi; fr. 2. dhvaj) a banner, flag, standard (ifc. f(A). ), [RV.] &c. &c.

a flag-staff, [W.]

mark, emblem, ensign, characteristic, sign, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

attribute of a deity (cf. makara-, vṛṣabha- &c.)

the sign of any trade (esp. of a distillery or tavern) and the business there carried on [Mn. iv, 85]

a distiller or vendor of spirituous liquors, [L.]

(ifc.) the ornament of (e.g. kula-dhvaja), [L.]

the organ of generation (of any animal, male or female), [Suśr.]; [L.] (cf. puṃ-, strī-)

a skull carried on a staff (as a penance for the murder of a Brāhman, [W.]; as a mark of ascetics and Yogīs, [MW.])

N. of a tree (= -vṛkṣa), [Cat.]

a place prepared in a peculiar way for building, [L.] (in pros.) an iambic

(in Gr.) a partic. kind of Krama-pāṭha

(in astrol.) N. of a Yoga

pride, arrogance, hypocrisy, [L.]

N. of a Grāma, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 109], Sch.