Gridhnu, Gṛdhnu: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gṛdhnu can be transliterated into English as Grdhnu or Gridhnu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—a. [gṛdh-knu]
1) Greedy, covetous; अगृध्नुराददे सोऽर्थम् (agṛdhnurādade so'rtham) R.1.21; प्राप्तो वेलामहीध्रं मलयमहमहिग्रासगृध्नुः क्षणेन (prāpto velāmahīdhraṃ malayamahamahigrāsagṛdhnuḥ kṣaṇena) Nāg.4.25.
2) Eager, desirous; ये चान्ये गुणगृध्नवः (ye cānye guṇagṛdhnavaḥ) Bhāg. 3.14.2.
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—mfn. (-dhnuḥ-dhnuḥ-dhnu) Covetous, cupidinous, greedy. E. gṛdh to be greedy, knu aff.
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—[gṛdh + nu], adj. Greedy, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 9.
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—[adjective] rash, eager, greedy, desirous of ([locative] or —°).
1) Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु):—[from gṛdh] mfn. ([Pāṇini 3-2, 140]) hasty, swift, [Ṛg-veda i, 70, 11 and 162, 20; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii]
2) [v.s. ...] greedily desirous of ([locative case] [Rāmāyaṇa ii] or in [compound] [Meghadūta 9] [varia lectio] [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 14, 20])
3) [v.s. ...] (a-, ‘not greedy’ [Raghuvaṃśa i, 21])
4) [v.s. ...] cf. [Gothic] gairns, gairnja; [Lithuanian] godús.
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु):—[(dhnuḥ-dhnuḥ-dhnu) a.] Covetous.
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु):—(von gardh) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 140] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 145.]
1) hastig, rasch: sā.hurna gṛ.hnurasteva.śūraḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 70,] [11(6).] mā te gṛ.hnuraviśa.tāti.āya cchi.rā gātrāṇya.inā.mithū kaḥ [162, 20.] pari mā se.yā ghoṣā.jyānāṃ vṛñjantu gṛ.hnavaḥ [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 7, 16, 3.] —
2) heftig verlangend nach, gierig, begierig [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 429.] puṣpaṃ dṛṣṭvā phale gṛdhnuḥ [Daśaratha’s Tod 1, 7.] cātakastoyagṛdhnuḥ [Meghadūta 9.] guṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 14, 20.] agṛdhnurādade so rtham [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 21.]
Gṛdhnu (गृध्नु):—Ad. —
1) hastig , rasch. —
2) heftig verlangend nach (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , gierig , begierig.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gṛdhnu (ಗೃಧ್ನು):—[noun] a man wanting or taking all that one can get, with no thought of otherś needs or desires more than he needs or deserves; an avaricious, greedy man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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