Dictionary meanings for ghrā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (jighrati, jaghrau, aghrāt-aghrā- sīt, ghrāta-ghrāṇa) 1 To smell, smell at, perceive by smell; spṛśannapi gajo haṃti jighrannapi bhujaṃgamaḥ H. 3. 14; Bv. 1. 99.
2 To kiss. Caus. (ghrāpayati) To cause [Page0479-c+ 30] to smell; Bk. 15. 109. (Prepositions like ava, ā, upa, vi, saṃ &c. are added to this root without any material change of meaning; gaṃdhamāghrāya corvyāḥ Me. 21; āmodamupajighraṃtau R. 1. 43;...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
irr. cl.1. or cl.3. P. j/ighrati (Pa1n2. 7-3, 78; ep. also A1. te and cl.2 P. ghrāti; aor. aghrāt, or aghrāsīt, ii, 4, 78; Prec. ghrāyāt or ghrey, vi, 4, 68; aor. Pass. 3. du. aghrāsātām, ii, 4, 78 Ka1s3.; irr. ind.p. jighritvā Hariv. 7059), to smell,... mfn. (viii, 2, 56) smelled L. 379,3 70247 mfn. smelling (ghrātṛ) L. 379,3 70248 m. n. smelling, perception of odour S3Br. xiv; Mn.; BhP. 379,3 70249
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