cl.1 P. A1. (see) m/ethati-, te- (pr. p.f.mithat/ī-; perfect tensemimetha-; ind.p.mithitvā-), to unite, pair, couple, meet (as friend or antagonist), alternate, engage in altercation ; (A1.) to dash together (according to to also"to understand"or"to kill") .
f.Name of a city said to have been founded by mithi- or mithila- (it was the capital of videha- or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King janaka-) etc.
m. a pair (male and female;but also"any couple or pair" etc. etc., usually dual number,in later language mostly n.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).)
ind. (contracted from mithūy/ā-) invertedly, contrarily, incorrectly, wrongly, improperly etc. etc. (with Causal , ofkṛ-,to pronounce a word wrongly"once"[P.] or"repeatedly"[A1.] ;with pra-car-,to act wrongly ;with pra-vṛt-,to behave improperly ) ; falsely, deceitfully, untruly etc. (often withbrū-, vac-or vad-,to speak falsely, utter a lie;withkṛ-,to deny ;to break one's word, with na-kṛ-,to keep it) ; with bhū-, to turn out or prove false ; not in reality, only apparently ; to no purpose, fruitlessly, in vain etc. (in the beginning of a compound often = false, untrue, sham; mithyā- is personified as the wife of a-dharma-)
मिथ् 1 U. (मेथति-ते) 1 To associate with. -2 To unite, pair, copulate. -3 To hurt, injure, strike, kill. -4 To understand, perceive, know. -5 To wrangle, contradict. -6 To grasp, seize.
मिथस् ind. 1 Mutually, reciprocally, to each other; कामान्माता पिता चैनं यदुत्पादयतो मिथः Ms.2.147; oft. in comp. मिथःप्रस्थाने Ś.2.; मिथःसमयात् Ś.5. -2 In secret or private, secretly, privately; भर्तुः प्रसादं प्रतिनन्द्य मूर्ध्ना वक्तुं मिथः प्राक्रमतैवमेनम् Ku.3.2;6.1; R.13.1. -3 Alternately, by turns. -Comp. -असम्बन्धन्यायः a rule of interpretation according to which subsidiary portions (of a sentence) cannot be connected with one another. This rule is discussed by Jaimini and Śabara in 'गुणानां च परार्थत्वादसम्बन्धः समत्वात् स्यात्' MS.3.1.22 and भाष्य thereon. -कृत्यम् mutual obligation. -समयः mutual agreement.
मिथिलः N. of a king. -लाः (pl.) N. of a people. -ला [मथ्यन्ते$त्र रिपवः इति मिथिला Uṇ.1.57] N. of a city, capital of the country called Videha, q. v.; मिथिला वदत्ययोध्यां त्वं स्त्री परपुरुषानुरक्तासि Udb.
मिथुन a. [मिथ्-उनन् किच्च Uṇ.3.55] Paired, forming a pair, or couple. -नः Ved. A pair, couple. -नम् 1 A pair, couple; मिथुनं परिकल्पितं त्वया सहकारः फलिनी च नन्विमौ R.8.61; Me.18; U.2.5. -2 Twins. -3 Union, junction. -4 Sexual union, copulation, cohabitation -5 The third sign of the zodiac, Gemini. -6 (In gram.) A root compounded with a preposition. -Comp. -भावः 1 forming a couple, state of being a pair. -2 copulation. -यमकम् a particular kind of यमक; cf. Bk.1.12. -व्रतिन् a. practising cohabitation.
मिथ्या ind. [मिथ्-क्यप्] 1 Falsely, deceitfully, wrongly, incorrectly; oft. with the force of an adjective; मणौ महानील इति प्रभावादल्पप्रमाणे$पि यथा न मिथ्या R.18.42; यदुवाच न तन्मिथ्या 17.42; मिथ्यैव व्यसनं वदन्ति मृगयामीदृग्विनोदः कुतः Ś.2.5. -2 Invertedly, contrarily. -3 To no purpose, in vain, fruitlessly; मिथ्या कारयते चारैर्घोषणां राक्षसाधिपः Bk.8.44; मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति Bg.18.59. (मिथ्या वद्-वच् to tell a falsehood, lie. मिथ्या कृ 1 to falsify. -2 to contradict. मिथ्या भू to turn out false, be false. मिथ्या ग्रह् to misunderstand, mistake.) At the beginning of comp. मिथ्या may be translated by 'false, untrue, unreal, sham, pretended, feigned' &c. -Comp. -अध्यवसितिः f. a figure of speech, an expression of the impossibility of a thing by making it depend upon an impossible contingency; किंचिन्मिथ्यात्वसिद्ध्यर्थं मिथ्या- र्थान्तरकल्पनम् । मिथ्याध्यवसितिर्वेश्यां वशयेत् खस्रजं वहन् ॥ Kuval. -अपवादः a false charge. -अभिधानम् a false assertion. -अभियोगः a false or groundless charge. -अभिशंसनम् calumny, false accusation. -अभिशापः 1 a false prediction. -2 a false or unjust claim. -आचार a. 1 acting falsely. -2 hypocritical. (-रः) 1 wrong treatment (in medic.). -2 wrong or improper conduct. -3 a rogue, hypocrite; इन्द्रियार्थान् विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते Bg.3.6. -आहारः wrong diet. -उत्तरम् a false or prevaricating reply. -उपचारः 1 pretended kindness or service; मिथ्योपचारैश्च वशीकृतानां किमर्थिनां वञ्चयितव्यमस्ति H. -2 (in medic.) a wrong treatment of a malady. -कर्मन् n. a false act. -कारुणिक a. pretending to be kind; मिथ्याकारुणिको$सि निर्घृणतरस्त्वत्तः कुतो$न्यः पुमान् Pt. 5.14. -क्रोपः, -क्रोधः feigned anger. -क्रयः a false price. -ग्रहः useless obstinacy or persistence. -ग्रहः, ग्रहणम् misconception, misunderstanding. -चतुर्विधम् four types of lying; मिथ्यैतन्नाभिजानामि तदा तत्र न संनिधिः । अजातश्चास्मि तत्काटे इति मिथ्याचतुर्विधम् ॥ -चर्या hypocrisy. -जल्पितम् a false report or speech. -ज्ञानम् a mistake, error, misapprehension. -दर्शनम् heresy. -दृष्टिः f. heresy, holding heretic or atheistic doctrines. -निरसनम् denial by oath. -पण्डित a. educated or learned only in appearance. -पुरुषः a man only in appearance. -प्रतिज्ञ a. false to one's promise, perfidious. -प्रत्ययः an erroneous perception; यो हि जनित्वा प्रध्वंसते नैतदेवमिति स मिथ्याप्रत्ययः ŚB. on MS.1.1.2. -फलम् an imaginary advantage. -मतिः f. delusion, mistake, errror. -योगः wrong use or application. -लिङ्गधर a. being anything only in appearance. -वचनम्, -वाक्यम्, -वादः an untrue speech, a falsehood, lie. -वाक्, -वादिन् a. lying, false, untruthful; मिथ्यावादिनि दूति ...... K. P. -वार्ता a false report. -व्यापारः meddling with another's affairs. -वृत्त a. of vicious conduct; उद्योगं तव संप्रेक्ष्य मिध्यावृत्तं च रावणम् Rām.6.17.66. -साक्षिन् m. a false witness.
a. forming a pair; m. pair (a male and a female), couple (in general: in V. gnly. du., in C. mostly n. sg.); twins; n. other part, complement (rare); pairing, copulation; Gemini (sign of the zodiac); root compounded with a preposition (gr.): -tvá, n., -bhâva, m. forming a pair.
in. ad. [later form of mithuyâ] wrongly, incorrectly; falsely, untruly, deceit fully; not in reality, only in appearance; to no purpose, fruitlessly, in vain: -kri, act wrongly; break (one's word: w. na, keep --); deny; -brû, -vak, -vad, state falsely, lie, feign; -bhû, turn out or prove false; -pra vrit, behave in an unseemly manner towards (lc.).
m. feigned anger; -kraya, m. false price; -graha, m. fruitless obstinacy; -½âkâra, m. wrong or improper conduct; a. acting hypocritically; -galpita, (pp.) n. wrong or false talk;-gñâna, n. mis apprehension, error; -tva, n. falseness, un reality; -darsana, n. false appearance; -drish- ti, f. heresy; -½adhîta, n. wrong course of study; -½adhyavasiti, f. false supposition (a figure of speech in which the impossibility of a thing is expressed by making it depend on an impossible contingency: e. g. only one who wears a garland of air will secure the affec tions of a courtesan); -pandita, a. learned or clever only in appearance; -purusha, m. man only in appearance; -pratigña, a. false to one's promise, faithless; -pravâdin, a. speaking falsely, lying; -phala, n. imaginary advantage or reward; -buddhi, f. misappre hension; -½abhidhâ, f. false name; -½abhi dhâna, n. false statement; -½abhiyogin, a. making a false charge; -½abhisamsana, n. false accusation; -½abhisamsin, a. accusing falsely; -½abhisasta, pp. falsely accused; -½abhisasti, f. false charge; -½abhisâpa, m. id.; false prediction; -yoga, m. false em ployment; -½ârambha, m. wrong treatment; -vakana, n. telling an untruth; -vâkya, n. false statement, lie; -vâk, a. speaking falsely, lying; -vâda, m. false statement, lie; a. tell ing an untruth, lying; -vâdin, a. id.; -vyâ pâra, m. wrong occupation, meddling with what is not one's concern; -sâkshin, m. false witness; -stava, m. unfounded praise (pl.); -stotra, n. id. (pl.); -½âhâra, m. wrong diet; -½upakâra, m. pretended service or kind ness; wrong (medical) treatment.
n. sg. and du. bull and cow; -min, m. possessor of cattle; -mukha, m. kind of musical instrument; N. of several men; -mûtra, n. cow's urine; -mrigá, m. kind of buffalo; -mriga-kâka-karyâ, f. man ner of cows in walking, deer in standing, and crows in sitting; -medha, -yagña, m. cow-sacrifice.
indeclinable alternately (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
by contest or dispute (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in secret (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mutually (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
privately (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reciprocally (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to or from or with each other (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
together with (instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a city said to have been founded by Mithi or Mithila (it was the capital of Videha or the modern Tirhut) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) (in gram.) root compounded with a Preposition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
complement or companion of anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
copulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
couple
honey and ghee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pairing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sex
the other part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of the zodiac Gemini or the third arc of 30 degrees in a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
twins Frequency rank 2676/72933
noun (masculine) (in medicine) wrong treatment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a feigned or pretended service or kindness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indeclinable contrarily (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deceitfully (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
falsely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fruitlessly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
improperly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in vain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incorrectly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
invertedly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not in reality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
only apparently (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to no purpose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
untruly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wrongly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective faithless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
false to one's promise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
treacherous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) (with Jainas) perversion (as one of the 18 faults) or illusion (as the lowest of the 14 steps which lead to final emancipation) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
falsity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unreality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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