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giri

loc. of gír.


f. id. g. kṛṣy-ādi.


girí m. (for gari, Zd. gairi cf. gurú, gárīyas; ifc. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 94]) a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground (often connected with párvata, ‘a mountain having many parts’ [cf. párvan] [RV.]; [AV.]), [RV.] &c.


the number ‘eight’ (there being 8 mountains which surround mount Meru), [Śrut.]


a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]; [Nir.]; [Sāy.]


a particular disease of the eyes, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 2], Sch. (kiri, [Kāś.]), [Uṇ.]


= -guḍa, [L.]


a peculiar defect in mercury, [L.]


= gairīyaka, [L.]


a honorific N. given to one of the ten orders of the Daś-nāmī Gosains (founded by ten pupils of Śaṃkarācārya; the word is added to the name of each member; cf. gairika)


N. of a son of Śvaphalka, [VP.]


girí f. (= girikā) a mouse, [L.], Sch.


girí mfn. coming from the mountains, [RV. vi, 66, 11]


girí f. venerable, [L.] ([R. iv, 37, 2], Sch.);


[cf. Slav. gora; Afghan. ghur.]