dur—ga See (p. 487).
durgá mfn. (2. dur and √ gam) difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
durgá m. bdellium, [L.]
N. of an Asura (supposed to have been slain by the goddess Durgā, [SkandaP.]) and of sev. men (g. naḍādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 99]), esp. of the commentator on Yāska's Nirukta
also abridged for durga-gupta, durgā-dāsa &c. (see below)
durgá n. (m. only [Pañc. v, 76]; Bombay? n.) a difficult or narrow passage, a place difficult of access, citadel, stronghold (cf. ab-, giri- &c.)
rough ground, roughness, difficulty, danger, distress, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.