gṛdhra

Dictionary meanings for gṛdhra from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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gṛdhra

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [gṛdh-kran] Greedy, cove- tous. dhraḥ, dhraṃ A vulture; mārjārasya hi doṣeṇa hato gṛdhro jaradgavaḥ H. 1. 56; R. 12. 50, 54. dhrī The female vulture. Comp. kūṭaḥ N. of a mountain near Rājagṛha. patiḥ- rājaḥ the lord of the vultures, an epithet of Jaṭāyu; asyaivāsīnmahati śikhare gṛdhrarājasya vāsaḥ U. 2. 25. vāja, vājita a. furnished with vulture feathers (as an arrow).

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