[ghuṇ-ka] A particular kind of insect found in timber. Comp. akṣaraṃ, lipiḥ f. an incision in wood or in the leaf of a book made by an insect or worm and resembl- ing somewhat the form of a letter. ºnyāyaḥ see under nyāya.

I. 1 A., 6 P. (ghoṇate, ghuṇati, ghu- ṇita) To roll, whirl, stagger, reel. II. 1 A. To take, receive.

The maxim of letters bored by an insect in wood. It takes its origin from the unex- pected and chance resemblance of an incision in wood or in the leaf of a book made by an insect to the form of some letter, and is used to denote any fortuitous or chance oc- currence.

m. = ghaṇḍa Un2. i, 114. 045741 377,3 69811

humming, Subh. 1326,3 69784.1

cl.1 A1. ṇṇate, = ghiṇṇ Dha1tup. xii, 2. 045742 377,3 69812

ṭaka, see ghuṭa. 045739 377,3 69808

n. cow-dung found in thickets L. 377,3 69809 f. See ṭaka. 045740 377,3 69810

(in Pra1kr2it Prakrit for Caus. of ghuṇ = ghūrṇ) cl.10 P. layati, to mix, stir together into a semi-fluid substance Bhpr. v, 11, 124 and 143. 046016 379,3 70217 n. buttermilk Sus3r. i, 45, 4, 3 379,3 70218 f. purslain L. (cf. araṇya-, kṣudra-, and vana-gholī.) 046017 379,3 70219 f. = lī L. 046018 379,3 70220

[ghuṇ-bhāve-lyuṭ] Shaking, reeling, whirling or turning round, revolving; maulighūrṇanacalat Gīt. 9; ghūrṇanāmātrapatanabhramaṇādarśanādikṛt S. D.