niryūhaḥ

Dictionary meanings for niryūhaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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niryūhaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 A pinnacle, turret, pro- jection (on columns or gates); vita rdiniryūhaviṭaṃkanīḍaḥ Śi. 3. 55 (where Malli. renders niṃryūha by mattavāraṇākhya- upāśrayaḥ and quotes Vaijayantī; per- haps it was so called from its re- semblance to the shape of an ele- phant in rut); cārutoraṇaniryūhā Rām.

2 A chaplet, crest, head-ornament.

3 A peg projecting from a wall.

4 Wood placed in a wall for pigeons to build their...

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