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.]