I. 9 P. (vriṇāti-vrāṇīti) To choose, select; cf. vṛ. II. 4 A. (vrī- yate, vrīṇa) 1 To go, move.

2 To be chosen.

3 To cover, screen.

[vrī-hi kicca] 1 Rice; as in bahuvrīhi q. v.

2 A grain of rice. Comp agāraṃ a granary. kāṃcanaṃ a kind of pulse. rājikaṃ panic seed (= kaṃgū q. v.). śreṣṭhaḥ a kind of rice (śalidhānya).

4 P. (vrīḍyati) 1 To be ashamed, feel shame.

2 To throw, cast, send forth.

1 Shame; vrīḍādivābhyā- sagatairvililye Śi. 3. 40; vrīḍamāvahati me sa (śabdaḥ) saṃprati R. 11. 73.

2 Modesty, bashfulness; Śi. 10. 18. Comp. ānata, ānvita a. modest, bashful.

1 Shame.

2 Modesty.

3 Lowering, depression.

p. p. Put to shame, a- shamed, abashed.

m. (of doubtful derivation) rice pl. grains of rice (not mentioned in RV., but in AV. named together with yava, mātha, and tila; eight principal sorts are enumerated by native authorities) RV. &c 1043,2 210780 m. a field of rice Ka1tyS3r. 1043,2 210781 m. rice ripening in the rainy season W. 1043,2 210782 m. any grain L. 132470 1043,2 210783

f. pl. the fingers RV. i, 144, 5 (Naigh. ii, 5). 132454 1043,2 210762

f. pl. the fingers RV. i, 144, 5 (Naigh. ii, 5). 132454 1043,2 210762

n. (perhaps fr. vrī) overwhelming or superior power RV. ii, 23, 16. 132417 1043,1 210710

f. a N. applied to water VS. (r/eśī TS.) 132502 1043,3 210820

a. (yī f.) [vrīhi-ṭhak] 1 Fit for rice.

2 Sown with rice. yaṃ A field of rice, one fit for [Page1027-a+ 2] growing rice.

See under apa- vṛ, apavṛj-apavṛt.

See vlī. 093886 742,2 147495

a. Ved. Old, decayed. vriḥ 1 Time.

2 A bird.

raṇa &c, see pari-vri. 076050 600,3 118530

1 Equality, sameness, even- ness; Ku. 5. 31.

2 Likeness, re- semblance, similarity; spaṣṭaṃ prāpatsāmya- muvīṃdharasya Śi. 18. 38; H. 1. 45; Ki. 17. 51.

3 Equability.

4 Con- cord, harmony.

5 Indifference, impartiality, sameness of view; yeṣāṃ sāmye manaḥ sthitaṃ Bg. 5. 19.

9 P. (vlināti, rarely vlīnāti, [Page1027-b+ 2] caus. vlepayati) 1 To go, move.

2 To support, hold, maintain.

3 To [Page1027-c+ 2] choose, select.