m. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).) Name of a monkey-king (who, with his army of monkeys headed by hanumat-, assisted rāmacandra- in conquering rāvaṇa-;he was believed to be the son of the Sun, and was re-established by rāma- in the throne of kiṣkindha- [ q.v ], usurped by his brother vālin-) etc.
noun (masculine) a conch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a goose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a hero (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of pavilion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a piece of water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a serpent of Pātāla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of weapon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a divine being (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey-king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the four horses of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu (the other three being Balāhaka) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of the ninth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva or Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the countenance of a friend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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