Ghra, Ghrā: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGhrā (घ्रा).—1 P. (jighrati, jaghrau, aghrāt-aghrāsīt, ghrāta-ghrāṇa)
1) Smell, smell at, perceive by smell; स्पृशन्नपि गजो हन्ति जिघ्रन्नपि भुज- ङ्गमः (spṛśannapi gajo hanti jighrannapi bhuja- ṅgamaḥ) H.3.14; Bv.1.99; Manusmṛti 2.98.
2) To kiss. -Caus. (ghrāpayati) To cause to kill, to smell; अजिघ्रपंस्तथैवाऽन्या- नोषधीरालिपंस्तथा (ajighrapaṃstathaivā'nyā- noṣadhīrālipaṃstathā) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.19. (Prepositions like ava, ā, upa, vi, sam &c. are added to this root without any material change of meaning; gandhamāghrāya corvyāḥ Meghadūta 21; āmodamupajighnantau R.1.43; see Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.1;14.12; R.3.3; 13.7; Manusmṛti 4.29 also.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrā (घ्रा).—r. 1st cl. (jighrati) To smell, to receive smell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrā (घ्रा).—i. 1, jighra (ep. ii. 2, ghrāti, Mahābhārata 14, 668), [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 1, 7982). 1. To smell, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 98. 2. To sniff at, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 26, 35. 3. To perceive, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 3, 36. 4. To kiss (or, rather, To smell as a token of affection; see Wilson, Hindu Dr. vol. i. p. 45 n.), Mahābhārata 9, 2940. Anomalous ptcple. of the pres. jighrā- ṇa, Mahābhārata 1, 5781. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ghrāta, also in the sense of an act, Having scented. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. 1. ghrātavya, n. Smell, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 7. 2. ghreya, n. Smell, Mahābhārata 2, 200. Comp. A-, adj. unfit to be smelt, Man, 11, 67. Anomalous absolut. jighṛtvā, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 7059.
— With the prep. ava ava, 1. To smell, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 218. 2. To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 20, 21.
— With ā ā, 1. To smell, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 149. 2. To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 70, 16.
— Ptcple. of the pf. pass. āghrāta, in active sense, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 4478.
— With upā upa-ā, 1. To smell, Mahābhārata 3, 14504. 2. To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 4, 9.
— With samupā sam-upa-ā, To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 72, 4.
— With samā sam-ā, 1. To smell, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 23, 32. 2. To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 72, 4.
— With upa upa, 1. To smell, Mahābhārata 5, 4059; to smell at, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 209. 2. To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 72, 30.
— With samupa sam-upa, To kiss, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 22, 1.
— With pari pari, To kiss all over, Mahābhārata 11, 616.
— With vi vi, 1. To trace, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 13, 28. 2. To smell, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3. 2, 18.
— Cf. and dhrāna; perhaps also [Latin] frāgro.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrā (घ्रा).—jighrati (jighrate & ghrāti) [participle] ghrāta (—° [with] act. & pass. mg) smell, sniff, kiss, perceive.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrā (घ्रा):—[irregular] [class] 1. or [class] 3. [Parasmaipada] jighrati ([Pāṇini 7-3, 78]; [Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te and [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] ghrāti; [Aorist] aghrāt, or aghrāsīt, [ii, 4, 78]; Prec. ghrāyāt or ghrey, [vi, 4, 68]; [Aorist] [Passive voice] 3. [dual number] aghrāsātām, [ii, 4, 78; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; [irregular] [indeclinable participle] jighritvā, [Harivaṃśa 7059]),
—to smell, perceive odour, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Manu-smṛti ii, 98; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa];
—to perceive, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 3, 36];
—to smell at, snuffle at, [Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lxii, 1; Hitopadeśa];
—to kill, [Mahābhārata ix, 2940] :
—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] ghrāpayati ([Aorist] ajighrapat or ghrip, [Pāṇini 7-4, 6]), to cause any one ([accusative])
—to smell at ([accusative]), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya xv, 109] :—[Intensive] jeghrīyate, [Pāṇini 7-4, 31.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrā (घ्रा):—(jighrati) 1. a. To smell.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ghrā (घ्रा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jiṃgha, Pā.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 3.3b - Gauḍī Rīti < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 210 < [Volume 12 (1898)]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 11 - The Sense of Smell < [Part 4 - Some Aspects of Life in Caraka’s Times]
Dr. A.K. Coomaraswamy His understanding of < [October – December, 1988]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
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