[guṇ-ac] 1 A quality(good or bad); suguṇa, durguṇa.

2 (a) A good quality, merit, virtue, excel- lence; katame te guṇāḥ Māl. 1; vasaṃti hi premṇi guṇā na vastuni Ki. 8. 37; R. 1. 9, 22; sādhutve tasya ko guṇaḥ Pt. 4. 108. (b) Eminence.

3 Use, advan- tage, good (with instr. usually); Pt. 5.; kaḥ sthānalābhe guṇaḥ 2. 20; H. 1. 52; Mu. 1. 15.

4 Effect, result, efficacy, good result; saṃbhāva- nāguṇamavehi...