aṃjaliḥ

Dictionary meanings for aṃjaliḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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aṃjaliḥ

Normalized lookup: amjalih

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[aṃj-ali Uṇ. 4. 2] 1 A cavity formed by folding and joining the open hands together, the hollow of the hands; hence, a cavity-ful of anything (changed to aṃjala or ºli after dvi and tri in dvigu comp., P. V. 4. 102); na vāryaṃjalinā pibet Ms. 4. 63; supūro mū- ṣikāṃjaṃliḥ Pt. 1. 25; araṇyabījāṃjali- dānalālitāḥ Ku. 5. 15; prakīrṇaḥ puṣpāṇāṃ haricaraṇayoraṃjāleraṃyaṃ Ve. 1. 1 a cavity- ful of flowers; so...

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