m. "the body of feeling"(the intermediate body which a dead person acquires through the śrāddha- after cremation, and with which, according to his works, he either enjoys happiness or suffers misery seeadhiṣṭhāna-d-, sambhogakāya-)
m. (in rhetoric) a subdivision of the śṛṅgāra- or sentiment of love (described as"successful love leading to union" , and opp. to vipralambha-,"disappointed love, separation") etc. (only ,"duration;joy;employment, use;a Partic. part of an elephant's trunk;a jaina- or Buddhist edict;a libertine ")
भोगः [भुज्-घञ्] 1 Eating, consuming. -2 Enjoyment, fruition. -3 Possession. -4 Utility, advantage. -5 Ruling, governing, government. -6 Use, application (as of a deposit). -7 Suffering, enduring, experiencing. -8 Feeling, perception. -9 Enjoyment of women, sexual enjoyment, carnal pleasure. -1 An enjoyment, an object of enjoyment or pleasure; भोगे रोगभयम् Bh.3.35; भोगा मेघवितानमध्यविलसत्सौदामिनीचञ्चलाः Bh.3.54; भोगो विभवभेदश्च निष्कृतिर्मुक्तिरेव च Brav. P.; Bg.1.32. -11 A repast, feast, banquet. -12 Food. -13 Food offered to an idol. -14 Profit, gain. -15 Income, revenue. -16 Wealth; भोगान् भोगानिवाहेयानध्यास्यापन्न दुर्लभा Ki.11.23. -17 The wages of prostitutes. -18 A curve, coil, winding. -19 The (expanded) hood of a snake; श्वसदसितभुजङ्गभोगाङ्गदग्रन्थि &c. Māl.5.23; R.1.7;11.59. -2 A snake. -21 The body. -22 An army in column. -23 The passing (of an asterism). -24 The part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 Nakṣatras. -Comp. -अर्ह a. fit to be enjoyed. (-र्हम्) property, wealth. -अर्ह्यम् corn, grain. -आधिः a pledge which may be used until redeemed. -आवली the panegyric of a professional encomiast; नग्नः स्तुतिव्रतस्तस्य ग्रन्थो भोगावली भवेत्; Abh. Ch.795; भोगावलीः कलगिरो$वसरेषु पेठुः Śi.5.67. -आवासः the apartments of women, harem. -करः a. affording enjoyment or pleasure. -गुच्छम् wages paid to prostitutes. -गृहम् the women's apartments, harem, zenana. -तृष्णा 1 desire of worldly enjoyments; तदुपस्थितमग्रहीदजः पितुराज्ञेति न भोगतृष्णया R.8.2; selfish enjoyment; Māl.2. -देहः 'the body of suffering', the subtle body which a dead person is supposed to carry with him, and with which he experiences happiness or misery according to his good or bad actions. -धरः a serpent. -नाथः a nourisher, supporter. -पतिः the governor or ruler of a district or province. -पत्रम् an Inām deed; Śukra. 2.295. -पालः a groom. -पिशाचिका hunger. -भुज् a. enjoying pleasures. -m a wealthy man. -भूमिः f. 'the land of enjoyment', heaven, paradise (where persons are said to enjoy the fruit of their actions). -भृतकः a servant who works only for livelihood. -लाभः 1 acquisition of enjoyment or profit. -2 well-being, welfare. -वस्तु n. an object of enjoyment. -सद्मन् n. = भोगावास q. v. -स्थानम् 1 the body, as the seat of enjoyment. -2 women's apartments.
भोगवत् a. 1 Giving pleasure or delight, delightful. -2 Happy, prosperous. -3 Having curves, ringed, coiled. -m. 1 A snake. -2 A mountain. -3 Dancing, acting, and singing together. -f. (-ती) 1 An epithet of the Ganges of Pātāla or the lower world (पातालगङ्गा); भोगवती च पाताले स्वर्गे मन्दाकिनी तथा Purāṇam; A. Rām. 6.9.8. -2 A female snake-demon; Mb.1.171.38. -3 N. of the city of the snake-demons in the lower world; आत्मतुल्यबलैर्गुप्तां नागैर्भोगवतीमिव Bhāg.1.11.11. -4 The night of the second day of a lunar month.
नाभोगः 1 A god. -2 A snake; नाभोगभोज्यो हरिणाधिरूढः सो$यं गरुत्मानिव राजतीन्दुः Rām. Ch.6.84. (Mark the paranomasia in the words नाभोगभोज्य and हरिणाधिरूढ).
संभोगः 1 Enjoyment (in general), pleasure, delight; सत्संभोगाफलाः श्रियः Subhāṣ. -2 Possession, use, occupation; संभोगो दृश्यते यत्र न दृश्येतागमः क्वचित् Ms.8.2. -3 Carnal enjoyment, sexual union, copulation; संभोगान्ते मम समुचितो हस्तसंवाहनानाम् Me.98. -4 A lecher, catamite. -5 A sub-division of the sentiment of love; see under शृङ्गार. -Comp. -वेश्मन् the chamber of a concubine.
a. (î) affording enjoy ment; -griha, n. women's apartments, harem; -tva, n. condition of enjoyment etc.; -dattâ, f. N.; -deva, m. N.; -deha, m. body of en joyment (subtle body assumed by dead persons, with which they enjoy pleasure or pain ac cording to the actions of their pastlife); -pati, m. (lord of the revenue), governor of a city or province, viceroy; -bhug, a. indulging in pleasure; m. wealthy man.
a. possessed of coils (serpent); m. serpent, Nâga: -î, f. female serpent; City of Serpents (in the lower re gions); 2. -vat, a. affording enjoyment, de lightful, leading an enjoyable life: -î, f. N. of the city of Uggayinî in the Dvâpara age; night of the second lunar day in a month; -varman, m. N.; -vastu, n. object of enjoy ment; -vâsa, m. sleeping apartment; -sena, m. N.; -½âyatana, n. seat of enjoyment; -½âvalî, f. panegyric poem by a professional panegyrist.
noun (masculine) a particular kind of military array (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any winding or curve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coil (of a serpent) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the expanded hood of a snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective a serpent or serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coiled (as a serpent) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
furnished with a hood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
furnished with windings or curves or rings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ringed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective delightful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
furnished with enjoyments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
happy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having or offering enjoyments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prosperous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a serpent-nymph (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the city of the serpent-demons in the subterranean regions (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sacred river of the serpent-demons (or a Tirtha in that river sacred to the serpent-king) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) completion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fulness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
satiety (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
circuit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
circumference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crease (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
curve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
curving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
effort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
environs (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
expanse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extension (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fulness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multifariousness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pains (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the expanded hood of the Cobra Capella (used by Varuṇa as his umbrella) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variety (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
winding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) consuming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoying (a woman or a lover) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoying repeatedly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
using (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
usufruct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (esp.) sexual intercourse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
illegal use of another's goods (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
means of subsistence or enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a great curve or coil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a great serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great hood (of a snake) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great winding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) cohabitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sexual union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in rhet.) a subdivision of the Śṛṅgāra or sentiment of love (described as "successful love leading to union" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a jaina or Buddhist edict (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a libertine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Partic. part of an elephant's trunk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
carnal or sensual enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
complete enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
delight in (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
employment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
joy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sexual union with (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
use (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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