Graiva: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGraiva (ग्रैव).—(-vī f.)
1) . [graiveya] (-yī f.) a. [ग्रीवायां भवः (grīvāyāṃ bhavaḥ); अण् ढञ् वा (aṇ ḍhañ vā)] Being on or belonging to the neck; ग्रैवेयाणा- मारवो बृंहितानि (graiveyāṇā- māravo bṛṃhitāni) Śiśupālavadha 18.1.
-vam, -yam 1 A collar or necklace; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.96.7.
2) A chain worn round the neck of an elephant; नास्रसत् करिणां ग्रैवं त्रिपदीच्छेदिनामपि (nāsrasat kariṇāṃ graivaṃ tripadīcchedināmapi) R.4.48,75; तूर्णवर्माण्यथो कक्षान् ग्रैवेयाण्यथ कम्बलान् (tūrṇavarmāṇyatho kakṣān graiveyāṇyatha kambalān) Mb.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGraiva (ग्रैव).—mfn,
(-vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) Belonging to the neck, &c. n.
(-vaṃ) 1. A necklace, a close necklace or collar. 2. A chain worn round the neck of an elephant, &c. E. grīvā the necklace, and aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGraiva (ग्रैव).—i. e. grīvā + a, n. A neckornament, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 48.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGraiva (ग्रैव).—[neuter] graiveya [masculine] [neuter] the chain on the neck of an elephant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Graiva (ग्रैव):—mfn. ([from] grīvā, [Pāṇini 4-3, 57]) representing the neck, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra xviii, 3, 1]
2) n. a necklace, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) a chain worn round the neck of an elephant, [Raghuvaṃśa iv, 48.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGraiva (ग्रैव):—(vaṃ) 1. n. A necklace; a chain.
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Starts with: Graivaksha.
Full-text: Graiveyaka, Graivaksha, Graivya, Tripadi, Graiveya, Srams.
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