mfn. (fr. vṛdh; for 1. vardha, see above) increasing, augmenting, gladdening (See nandi- and mitra-v) 926,1 187705 m. the act of increasing, giving increase or prosperity RV. 926,1 187706 m. increase, augmentation W. 926,1 187707 m. Clerodendrum Siphonantus L. 119652 926,1 187708

1 Cutting, dividing.

2 In- creasing, causing increase or pros- perity.

3 Increase, augmentation. rdhaṃ 1 Lead.

2 Red lead.

a. [vṛdh-ṇic ṇvul] 1 In- creasing.

2 Cutting, dividing.

3 Filling. kaḥ A carpenter.

m. A carpenter.

a. [vṛdh śānac] Growing, increasing. naḥ 1 The castor-oil plant.

2 A kind of riddle.

3 N. of Viṣṇu.

4 N. of a district (said to be the same as the modern Bard- vāna).

5 Sweet citron. naḥ, naṃ 1 A pot or dish of a particular shape, [Page0949-c+ 55] lid.

2 A kind of mystical diagram.

3 A palace or temple built in the form of the above diagram.

4 A house having no door on the south side. nā N....

A kind of dish or pot, lid or cover.

a. [vṛdh-ṇic lyu lyud vā] 1 In- creasing, growing.

2 Causing to increase, enlarging, magnifying. naḥ 1 A bestower of prosperity.

2 A tooth growing over another tooth.

3 N. of Śiva. nī 1 A broom.

2 A bier.

3 A water-jar of a particular shape. naṃ 1 Grow- ing, thriving.

2 Growth, increase, prosperity, magnifying, enlarge- ment.

4 Elevation.

5 Exhilara- tion (of spirits), animation.

6 Educating,...

vār-dhi &c, see under vār, p. 943, col. 1. 122384 945,3 191987

A small vessel in which sacred water is kept.

[vardhaṃ chedaṃ karoti, vṛdh ṇic-āp ca tato bhāve lyuṭ] 1 Cutting, dividing.

2 Cutting the umbilical cord, or the ceremony connected with this act.

3 A festival on a birth-day.

4 Any festival in general when wishes for prosperity and other congra- tulatory expressions are offered; cf. pūrṇapātra.

See balīvarda.

1. 6. P. (barhati, bṛhati) 1 To grow, increase, expand.

2 To roar. WITH ud 1. to lift, raise; Ms. 1. 14; Bk. 14. 88. ni to destroy, remove; Śi. 1. 29.

See bṛh, bṛhat, and bṛhatikā.