m. the inside, middle, interior of anything, calyx (as of a lotus) etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).,"having in the interior, containing, filled with" etc.)
m. "offspring of the sky" id est the fogs and vapour drawn upwards by the rays of the sun during eight months and sent down again in the rainy season (see)
m. the bed of a river (especially of the Ganges) when fullest id est on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month bhādra- or in the height of the rains (the garbha- extends to this point, after which the tīra- or proper bank begins, and extends for 150 cubits, this space being holy ground)
m. plural (equals-kāla-or -samaya-,the time or) the days on which the offspring of the sky (Seeg/arbha-) shows the first signs of life (195 days or 7 lunar months after its first conception)
m.Name ofbrahmā- (so called as born from a golden egg formed out of the seed deposited in the waters when they were produced as the first creation of the Self-existent;according to ,this seed became a golden egg, resplendent as the sun, in which the Self-existent brahma- was born as brahmā- the Creator, who is therefore regarded as a manifestation of the Self-existent ) etc. (see)
गर्भः [गॄ-भन् Uṇ.3.152] 1 The womb, the belly; गर्भेषु वसतिः Pt.1; पुनर्गर्भे च संभवम् Ms.6.63. -2 A fœtus, embryo; act of conception, pregnancy; conception; नरपतिकुलभूत्यै गर्भमाधत्त राज्ञी P.2.75; गर्भो$भवद्भूधरराज-
पत्न्याः Ku.1.19; गर्भं वहति Pt.1.3 bears a child in the womb. -3 The time of conception; गर्भाष्टमे$ब्दे कुर्वित ब्राह्मणस्योपनायनम् Ms.2.36. -4 The child (in the womb); Ś.6; ततः कुमारं सुरगर्भकल्पम् Bu. Ch.2.19; cf. 'गर्भो भ्रूणे$- र्भके कुक्षौ' Medinī. -5 A child, brood or offspring of birds. -6 The inside, middle, or interior of anything (in comp. in this sense and translated by 'full of', 'filled with', 'containing' &c); हिमगर्भैर्मयूखैः Ś.3.4; शुक˚ कोटर 1.14;7.7; ˚पत्रम् U.3.5. inwardly situated; अग्निगर्भां शमीमिव Ś.4.4; R.3.9;5.17;9.55; Śi.9.62; Māl.3.12; Mu.1.12. -7 The offspring of the sky, i. e. the vapours and fogs drawn upwards by the rays of the sun during 8 months and sent down again in the rainy season; cf. Ms.9.35; नवमासधृतं गर्भं भास्करस्य गभस्तिभिः Rām.4.28.3. -8 An inner apartment, a lying-in-chamber. -9 Any interior chamber. -1 A hole. -11 Fire. -12 Food. -13 The rough coat of the jack-fruit (पनसकण्टक). -14 the bed of a river, especially of the Ganges on the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādrapada or in the very height of the rains when the river is fullest. -15 The fruit (of plants). -16 Joining, union. -17 The calyx of the lotus. -18 (In dramas) One of the Sandhis q. v. -Comp. -अङ्कः (also गर्भे$ङ्कः) an interlude during an act, as the scene of the birth of Kuśa and Lava in U.7, or the सीतास्वयंवर in Bālarāmāyaṇa. The S. D. thus defines it :-- अङ्कोदर- प्रविष्टो यो रङ्गद्वारामुखादिमान् । अङ्को$परः स गर्भाङ्कः सबीजः फलवानपि ॥ 279. -अवक्रान्तिः f. descent of the soul into the womb. -अवटः see गर्भभाजनम्. -अष्टमः 1 the eighth month from conception. -2 the eighth year from conception. -अस्पन्दनम् non-quickening of the fœtus. -आगारम् 1 uterus. -2 an inner and private room, the female apartments. -3 a lying-in-chamber. -4 the body or sanctuary of a temple, the chamber where the image of a deity is placed; एकैव देवं द्रष्टुं च गर्भागारमथाविशत् Ks.7.71. -आधानम् 1 impregnation; गर्भाधानक्षणपरिच- यान्नूनमाबद्धमालाः (बलाकाः) Me.9. -2 one of the Saṁskāras or purificatory ceremonies performed after menstruation to ensure or facilitate conception; (this ceremony legalizes in a religious sense the consummation of marriage); Y.1.11. -आशयः the uterus, the womb. -आस्रावः mis-carriage, abortion. -ईश्वरः one born rich (cf. 'born in the purple'); a sovereign or rich man by birth. ˚ता sovereignty attained by inheritance; प्राप्तैश्वर्यो भवेन्मूढो गर्भेश्वरतयान्यथा Rāj. T.5.199. -उत्पत्तिः f. the formation of the embryo. -उपघातः miscarriage of the embryo (applied to the sky); Bṛi. S.21.25. -उपघातिनी a cow or female miscarrying from unseasonable gestation. -उपपत्तिः f. formation of the embryo. -कर, -कार a. impregnating, procreative. -कालः 1 time of impregnation. -2 the time when the vapour collected in the air shows the first signs of life. -कोशः, -षः uterus. -क्लेशः pains caused by the embryo, the throes of parturition or childbirth. -क्षयः miscarriage. -गृहम्, -भवनम्, -वेश्मन् n. 1 an inner apartment, the body of a house; Mb.5.118.19; R.19.42. -2 a lying-in-chamber. -3 the sanctuary or body of a temple; निर्गत्य गर्भभवनात् Māl.1. -ग्रहणम् impregnation, conception. -ग्राहिका a midwife; Ks.34. -घातिन् a. causing abortion. -चलनम् quickening, motion of the fœtus in the uterus. -चेटः a servant by birth; नर्मभिर्गर्भचेटानां द्वास्थानां विक्रियाक्रमैः Rāj. T.3.153. -च्युत a. 1 fallen from the womb (as a child). -2 miscarrying. -च्युतिः f. 1 birth; delivery. -2 miscarriage. -दासः, -सी a slave by birth; (often used as a term of abuse or reproach.); यथा गर्भदासः कर्मार्थ एव स्वामिनो$नड्वाँश्च क्रीयते । ŚB. on MS.3.1.2. -दिवसाः certain days on which the vapours collected in the air show signs of life; Bṛi.21.5. -द्रुह् a. (nom. sing. ˚ध्रुक्-ड्) causing abortion. -धम् Ved. semen virile. -धरा pregnant. -धारणम्, -धारणा gestation, impregnation. -धिः Ved. 1 a breeding place, a nest; कपोत इव गर्भधिम् Rv.1.3.4. -2 cohabitation. -ध्वंसः abortion. -नाडी the umbilical cord. -नुद् a. causing abortion. -न्यासः 1 laying the foundation. -2 the foundations. -परिस्रवः secundines or fœtal membranes collectively. -पाकिन् m. rice ripening in sixty days. -पातः miscarriage after the fourth month of pregnancy. -पोषणम्, -भर्मन् n. nourishment of the fœtus, gestation; अनुष्ठिते भिषग्भिराप्तैरथ गर्भभर्मणि R.3.12. -भाजनम् the foundation pit, the excavation. -मण्डपः an inner apartment, a bed-chamber. -मासः month of pregnancy. -मोचनम् delivery, birth. -योपा a pregnant woman; (fig.) the Ganges overflowing its banks. -रक्षणम् protecting the fœtus. -रन्धिः complete cooking; स्थाल्य- ग्नितापात्पयसो$मितापस्तत्तापतस्तण्डुलगर्भरन्धिः Bhāg.5.1.22. -रूप a. childish, youthful, juvenile. -रूपः, -रूपकः a child, an infant, a youth. -लक्षण a. observing the signs of the rainy season. (-णम्) a symptom of pregnancy. -लम्भनम् a ceremony performed for the sake of facilitating and developing pregnancy. -वसतिः f., -वासः 1 the womb; असकृद्गर्भवासेषु वासं जन्म च दारुणम् Ms.12.78. -2 being in the womb. -विच्युतिः f. abortion in the beginning of pregnancy. -विपत्तिः death of the fœtus. -वेदना throes of child-birth. -व्याकरणम् the formation of the embryo. -शङ्कुः a kind of instrument for extracting the dead fœtus. -शय्या the abode of the fœtus or uterus. -संभवः, -संभूतिः f. becoming pregnant; वर्षद्वयं प्रविष्टस्य वर्तत$न्तःपुरे$त्र मे । तदेषा गर्भसंभूतिः कुतः संप्रति कथ्यताम् Ks.5.61. -संभवा a kind of cardamoms (Mar. एलची). -स्थ a. 1 situated in the womb. -2 interior, internal. -स्रावः abortion, miscarriage; वरं गर्भस्रावः Pt.1; Y.3.2; Ms.5.66.
m. womb; interior (--°ree; a. con taining -within); foetus, embryo; new-born child; child; offspring, brood (of birds); con ception; sprout: *-ka, m. wreath of flowers interwoven with the hair; -kâma, a. desirous of the fruit of the womb; -kâra, n. N. of a Sastra (producing fertility); -kâla, m. time of pregnancy; -gata, pp. lying in the womb; -griha, -geha, n. inner apartment, bed chamber; inner sanctuarycontaining the image of the deity; -graha, m., -grahana, n. conception; -kyuti, f. birth; -tâ, f., -tva, n. pregnancy; -dâsa, m. (î, f.) slave by birth (Pr.); -dvâdasa, m. pl. twelfth year after conception; -dharâ, a. f. pregnant;-dhâr ana, n. pregnancy; -purodâsa, m. cake offered during the pregnancy of a female animal; -bhartri-druh, a. injuring the foetus and the husband; -bharman, n. nurture of the foetus; -bhavana, n. inner sanctuary con taining the image of the deity; -bhâra, m. burden of the womb: -m dhri, become preg nant; -mandapa, m. inner apartment, bed chamber; -mâsa, m. month of pregnancy; -rûpaka, m. young man; -lakshana, n. sign of pregnancy; -vatî, a. f. pregnant; -vasati, f., -vâsa, m. womb; -vesman, n. inner chamber; lying-in room; -sâtana, n. causing of abortion; -samsravana, n. miscarriage; -samkarita, m. one of mixed extraction; -sambhava,m. conception; -sambhûti, f. id.; -stha, a. being in the womb; -sthâna, n. womb; -srâva, m. miscarriage.
m. child by a paramour; â, a. f. pregnant by a paramour; -ghnî, a.f. killing her paramour; -ga, -gâta, -gâtaka, a. begotten by a paramour; -tâ, f. adultery with (--°ree;).
a. containing a jest, meant in joke; -da, a. giving amusement, granting gladness: â, f. N. of a river (also called Revâ) now Nerbudda (which rises in the Vindhya range).
noun (masculine) a foetus or embryo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a foundation deposit
a woman's courses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adytum or sanctuary of a temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an inner apartment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any interior chamber (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brood or offspring (of birds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
calyx (as of a lotus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
child (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
interior of anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
joining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
middle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a ṣi (called Prājāpatya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sleepingroom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bed of a river (esp. of the Ganges) when fullest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bed of a river on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Bhādra or in the height of the rains (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fogs and vapour drawn upwards by the rays of the sun during eight months and sent down again in the rainy season (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the inside (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the rough coat of the Jaka fruit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the situation in a drama when the complication of the plot has reached its height (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a state of jīrṇasūta
name of an alchemical technique Frequency rank 322/72933
noun (feminine) delivery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
falling from the womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
miscarriage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an inner apartment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sleeping-room (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sanctuary or adytum of a temple (where the image of a deity is placed) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a chaplet of flowers worn in the hair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a period of two nights with the intermediate day (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) name of Suśrutasaṃhitā, Śār. 4 ["careful description of the embryo"; part of the Śārīra section in medical works] (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a gem supposed to contain and give out solar heat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a frothy substance on the sea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Bodhisattva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Brāhman who was changed into a swan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Buddha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a lake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the interior or calyx of a lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Bodhisattva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a commentator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of another author (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kubera (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a collyrium made from the juice of Curcuma xanthorrhiza (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ointment made from the calx of brass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cinnabar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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rasāñjana Frequency rank 16051/72933
noun (masculine) a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a treatise on the sacred syllable Om (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (supposed to be contained in the Śamī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Aśvattha tree or Ficus Religiosa (which strikes root in the fissures of other trees) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (a plant) whose leaves are still undeveloped (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impregnated by (abl. or instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pregnant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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noun (masculine) (in phil.) the soul invested with the Sūkṣma-śarira or subtle body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a golden fetus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a flamingo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vedanta teacher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (so called as born from a golden egg formed out of the seed deposited in the waters when they were produced as the first creation of the Self-existent) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the author of the hymn gveda 10,121 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various other persons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a worshipper of Hiraṇyagarbha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Vasiṣṭha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
patr. of Manu (son of Brahmā) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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