Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
num. a. [Uṇ. 5. 66](declin- ed in pl. only, nom. trayaḥ m., tisraḥ f. trīṇi n.) Three; ta eva hi trayo lokāsta eva traya āśramāḥ &c. Ms. 2. 229; priyata- mābhirasau tisṛbhirbabhau R. 9. 18; trīrṇi va- rṣāṇyudīkṣeta kumāryutṛmatī satī Ms. 9. 90. [Cf. L. tres; Gr. treis; A. S., Zend thri; Eng. three. ] Comp. aṃśaḥ 1. a three-fold share.
2. a third part.
3. three-fourths. akṣa a. triocular. akṣaḥ, akṣakaḥ...
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. tr/ayas f. nom. acc. tisr/as n. tr/īṇi ([ tr/ī RV. S3Br. xi ]) 3 RV. &c (tribh/is & tis/ṛbhis, &c RV.; only once tr/ibhis [ viii, 59, 5 ] with the later accentuation, cf. Pa1n2. 6-1, 177 and 180 f.; gen. trīṇ/ām [ RV. x, 185, 1; cf. Pa1n2. 7-1, 53 Ka1s3. ]... mfn. having 3 peaks or points or horns TS. vii (k/ud ev/a samān/ānām [ kup sam Ta1n2d2yaBr. xxii, 14 ] thrice excelling one's equals) AV. v, 23, 9 458,1...
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