Dictionary meanings for phalgu from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [phal u guk ca Uṇ. 1. 18] 1 Pithless, unessential; un- substantial; sāraṃ tato grāhyamapāsya pha- lgu Pt. 1.
2 Worthless, useless, un- important; Śi. 3. 76.
3 Small, minute.
4 Vain, unmeaning.
5 Weak, feeble, flimsy.
6 Untrue.
7 Beautiful, lovely. lguḥ f. 1 The spring season.
2 The opposite-leav- ed fig-tree.
3 N. of a river at Gayā.
4 A red powder of wild ginger (Mar. gulāla) thrown by the...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (/U, or vI) n. reddish, red TS. 718,1 142082 mf (/U, or vI) n. small, minute, feeble, weak, pithless, unsubstantial, insignificant, worthless, unprofitable, useless VS. &c 718,1 142083 f. Ficus Oppositifolia L. 718,1 142084 f. a red powder usually of the root of wild ginger (coloured with sappan sappan wood and thrown over one another by the Hindu1s Hindus at the Holi1 holī festival; cf. phalgūtsava) W. 718,1...