tiras

Dictionary meanings for tiras from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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tiras

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ind. [tṝ-asun svarādi] 1 Crookedly, obliquely, awry; sa tirya- ṅ yastiroṃ'cati Ak.

2 Without; apart from.

3 Secretly, covertly, invisibly.

4 Across, beyond, over.

5 Indirectly, badly. [In classical literature tiras is rarely used by it- self, but chiefly occurs in composi- tion with (a) kṛ, (b) dhā, and (c) bhū; see below.] Comp. kuḍya, prākāra a. looking through a wall. gata a. vanished,...

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