n. rarely m. (prob. fr.rad-) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity etc. etc. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body see under kha-;and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)
n. opening, fissure, chasm, hole; cavity; aperture of the body (of which ten are assumed, including a supposed one in the skull); defect, imperfection; weak or vulnerable point: -prahârin, a.striking at the vulnerable points (of an enemy); -½anvesh in, -½anusârin, a. watching for weak points.
Seems, in the phrase Ukṣṇo Randhra occurring in One passage of the Rigveda, to be the name of a place, but the sense is very doubtful. In the Pañcaviinśa Brāhmaṇa (xiii. 9, 13) Ukṣηo randhra is the name of a man.
noun (masculine neuter) a defect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular part of a horse's head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a slit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
aperture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cavity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
chasm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fault (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fissure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flaw (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
imperfection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 8th astrological mansion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the number "nine" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
opening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
split (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the vulva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
weak part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a defect in a gem Frequency rank 3185/72933
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