Dictionary meanings for gauṇa from Apte and Monier-Williams.
apte + mw
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (ṇī f.) [guṇamadhikṛtya pravṛ- ttā gauṇī, tata āgataḥ aṇ] 1 Subordi- nate, secondary, unessential.
2 (In gram.) Indirect or less im- mediate (opp. mukhya or pradhāna); gauṇe karmaṇi duhyādeḥ pradhāne nīhṛkṛṣvahāṃ Sk.
3 Figurative, metaphorical, used in a secondary sense (as a word or [Page0470-b+ 55] sense).
4 Founded on some re- semblance between the primary and secondary sense of a word; as in...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. guṇ/a), relating to a quality MBh. xii, 13138 f. 369,1 68120 mf (I) n. having qualities, attributive W. 369,1 68121 mf (I) n. subordinate, secondary, unessential MBh. xii, xiii; Pat.; KapS. &c (with karman, [ in Gr. ] the less immediate object of an action Vop. xxiv, 13) Page369,2 68122 mf (I) n. metaphorical, figurative W. 369,2 68123
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