a. 1 Conventional, become current in popular usage, accepted (as the meaning of a word, as opposed to its yaugika or etymolo- gical sense); dyaurna kācidathavāsti nirūḍhā saiva sā calati yatra hi cittaṃ N. 5. 57.

2 Unmarried.

3 Drawn out, purged. ḍhaḥ 1 Inherence (as of ‘redness’ in the word ‘red’).

2 (In Rhet.) The ac- cepted and popular meaning of a word. Comp. lakṣaṇā a lakshaṇā or secondary use of a...