Gridhnu, Gṛdhnu: 9 definitions
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Gridhnu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Gṛdhnu can be transliterated into English as Grdhnu or Gridhnu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGṛdhnu (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—mfn. (-dhnuḥ-dhnuḥ-dhnu) Covetous, cupidinous, greedy. E. gṛdh to be greedy, knu aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—[gṛdh + nu], adj. Greedy, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛdhnu (गृध्नु).—[adjective] rash, eager, greedy, desirous of ([locative] or —°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛdhnu (गृध्नु):—[(dhnuḥ-dhnuḥ-dhnu) a.] Covetous.
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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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGṛdhnu (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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gridhnuta.
Ends with: Agridhnu, Gunagridhnu.
Full-text: Gridhna, Gridhnuta, Gunagridhnu, Gunabhilashin, Jivitagridhnuta, Gunalubdha, Agridhnu, Knu.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)