m. (for gari-, Zend gairi confer, comparegur/u-, g/arīyas-; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground (often connected with p/arvata-,"a mountain having many parts"[ confer, comparep/arvan-] ) etc.
m. a honorific N. given to one of the ten orders of the Das-nami Gosains (founded by ten pupils of śaṃkarācārya-;the word giri-is added to the name of each member; seegairika-)
m. " rāma-s's mountain", Name ofseveral mountains (especiallyaccording to to some, of citra-kūṭa- in Bundelkhand and of another hill near Nagpore, now called Ramtek).
गिरि a. [गॄ-इ किच्च Uṇ.4.142] Venerable, respectable, worshipful. -रिः 1 A hill, mountain, an elevation; पश्याधः खनने मूढ गिरयो न पतन्ति किम् Subhāṣ.; ननु प्रवाते$पि निष्कम्पा गिरयः Ś.6. -2 a huge rock. -3*** A disease of the eyes. -4 An honorific title given to Saṁnyāsins; e. g. आनन्दगिरिः -5 (In math.) The number 'eight'. -6 A ball with which children play (गेन्दुक). -7 A cloud. -8 A peculiar defect in quicksilver. -रिः f. 1 Swallowing. -2 A rat; mouse (written also गिरी in this sense). -Comp. -इन्द्रः 1 a high mountain. -2 an epithet of Śiva. -3 the Himālaya mountain. -4 a term for the number 'eight'. -ईशः 1 an epithet of the Himālaya mountain. -2 an epithet of Śiva; सुतां गिरीशप्रतिसक्तमानसाम् Ku.5.3. -कच्छपः a species of tortoise living in mountains. -कण्टकः Indra's thunderbolt. -कदम्बः, -म्बकः a species of the Kadamba tree. -कन्दरः a cave, cavern. -कर्णिका the earth. -काणः a blind or one-eyed man. -काननम् a mountain-grove. -कूटम् the summit of a mountain. -गङ्गा N. of a river. -गुडः a ball for playing with. -गुहा a mountain-cave. -चर a. roaming or wandering on a mountain; गिरिचर इव नागः प्राणसारं बिभर्ति Ś.2.4. (-रः) a thief. -ज a. mountain-born. (-जम्) 1 talc. -2 red chalk. -3 benzoin. -4 bitumen. -5 iron. (-जा) 1 N. of Pārvatī (the daughter of Himālaya). -2 the hill plantain (पर्वतकदली) -3 the Mallikā creeper. -4 an epithet of the Ganges. -तनयः, -नन्दनः, -सुतः 1 an epithet of Kārtikeya. -2 of Gaṇeśa. ˚धवः, ˚पतिः an epithet of Śiva; Ks.56.43. ˚मलम् talc. -जालम् a range of mountains. -ज्वरः Indra's thunderbolt. -त्रः N. of Śiva; अहं गिरित्रश्च Bhāg.8.6.15. -दुर्गम् a hill-fort, any stronghold among mountains; नृदुर्गं गिरिदुर्गं वा समाश्रित्य वसेत्पुरम् Ms.7.7,71. -द्वारम् a mountain-pass. -धातुः red chalk; बालार्कसमवर्णेन तेजसा गिरिधातुना Rām.2.95.19. (v. l.) -ध्वजम् Indra's thunderbolt. -नगरम् N. of a district in Dakṣiṇāpatha. -णदी or नदी a mountain-torrent, rill. -णद्ध (नद्ध) a. enclosed by a mountain. -नन्दिनी 1 N. of Pārvatī. -2 of the Ganges. -3 a river in general (flowing from a mountain;) कलिन्दगिरिनन्दिनी- तटसुरद्रुमालम्बिनी Bv.4.3. -णितम्बः (नितम्बः) the declivity of a mountain. -पीलुः N. of a fruit-tree. -पुष्पकम् bitumen. -पृष्ठः the top of a hill; Ms.7.147. -प्रपातः the declivity or slope of a mountain; -प्रस्थः the tableland of a mountain; Rām.2. -प्रिया a female of the Bos Grunniens. -बान्धवः an epithet of Śiva -भिद् m. an epithet of Indra. (-f.) a river (breaking through a mountain). -भू a. mountain-born. (-भूः f.) 1 an epithet of the Ganges. -2 of Pārvatī. -मल्लिका the Kuṭaja tree. -मानः an elephant, especially a large and powerful one. -मृद् f., -मृद्भवम् 1 red chalk. -2 mountain soil. -राज् m. 1 a high mountain. -2 an epithet of the Himālaya. -राजः the Himālaya mountain. -व्रजम् N. of a city in Magadha. -शालः a kind of bird. -शृङ्गः an epithet of Gaṇeśa. (-गम्) the peak of a mountain. -षद् (सद्) m. an epithet of Śiva. -सानु n. table-land. -सारः 1 iron. -2 tin. -3 an epithet of the Malaya mountain. -सुतः the Maināka mountain. -सुता an epithet of Pārvatī. -स्रवा a mountaintorrent; गिरिस्रवाभिः सर्वाभिः पृष्ठतो$नुगता शुभा Mb.13.14.25.
गिरिकः [गिरौ कायति कै-क] 1 N. of Śiva. -2 A ball for playing. -का 1 a small mouse. -2 N. of Vasu's queen; महिष्यामृतुमत्यां स गिरिकायां नराधिपः Bm.1.23.
गिरि giri (री rī) यकः yakḥ गिरियाकः giriyākḥ
गिरि (री) यकः गिरियाकः A ball for playing with.
n. mountain cave; -kshít, a. dwelling on mountains; -kakra vartin, m. prince of mountains, the Himâ laya; -kará, a. mountain-roaming; m. wild elephant; -ga, a. mountain-born: â, f.daughter of the mountain, ep. of Pârvatî; -nadî, f. mountain stream; -trá, a. moun tain-ruling, ep. of Siva; -durga, a. inac cessible owing to mountains; n. hill-fort; -dhâtu, m. pl. mountain ores; -nadikâ, f. mountain brook; -nadî, f.=giri-nadî; -pati, m. king of mountains, lofty mountain; -pri shtha, n. mountain ridge; -prapâta, m. preci pice; -prastha, m. mountain plain, plateau; -bhid, a. mountain-piercing; -râg, m. king of mountains, lofty mountain; -vâsin, a. dwelling in the mountains; -sá, a. dwelling in the mountains, ep. of Siva; -shad, a. sit ting on mountains (Rudra); -shth&asharp;, a.= giri-vâsin; -sutâ, f. daughter of the moun tain,ep. of Pârvatî.
Mountain ’ or * height,’ is a word that occurs repeatedly in the Rigveda. Thus reference is made to the trees on the hills, hence called ‘tree-haired’ (vrksa-keśāh), and to the streams proceeding from the hills to the sea (samudra,)? The term is frequently coupled with the adjectival parvata. The Rigveda mentions the waters from the hills, and the Atharvaveda6 refers to the snowy mountains. Actual names of mountains, as Mūjavant, Trikakud, Himavant, are very rare. References to Krauñca, Mahāmeru, and Maināg-a, are confined to the Taittirīya Aranyaka, while Nāvaprabhramśana can no longer be considered a proper name.
Descendant of Babhru/ is mentioned in the Aitareya Brāhmana (vii. i) as having been taught by Srauta the method of dividing the sacrificial animal (paśorvibhakti).
Is said in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa to have been one of the three Yatis who survived the slaughter of them by Indra. A Sāman, or Chant, of his is mentioned in the same Brāhmaṇa.
noun (masculine) a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular disease of the eyes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a peculiar defect in mercury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bitumen; śilājatu
cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
elevation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rising-ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the number "eight" (there being 8 mountains which surround mount Meru) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the doṣas of mercury
the kañcuka called adri Frequency rank 401/72933
noun (masculine) Bauhinia variegata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Bābhravya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Mahwa tree (Bassia) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) benzoin or gum benjamin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red chalk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ruddle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
talc (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
abhra
gairika
śilājatu Frequency rank 8775/72933
noun (feminine) śvetabuhvā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of lemon tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus heterophylla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
girikadalī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kṣudra-pāṣāṇa-bhedā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the goddess Pārvatī (as the daughter of the personified Himālaya mountain) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a chief of the Nāgas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a plant
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) aparājitā; Clitoria ternatea Linn.
a variety of Achyranthes with white blossoms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Indigofera tinctoria Linn.
Salvadora indica Wight.
Salvadora persica Linn.
the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a mouse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Vasu (daughter of the mountain Kolāhala and of the river) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) iron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the Malaya mountains (in the south of India) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Rudra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rudra-Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
śilājatu Frequency rank 4801/72933
noun (masculine) a country situated on the other side of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the inhabitants of that country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (with Jainas) name of a Sthavira (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva Frequency rank 61685/72933
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