Grishti, Gṛṣṭi: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Grsti or Grishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGṛṣṭi (गृष्टि).—f. [gṛhṇāti sakṛt garbham, graha kartari ktic pṛṣo° Tv.]
1) A cow which has had only one calf, a young cow (sakṛtprasūtā gauḥ) आपीनभारोद्वहनप्रयत्नाद् गृष्टिः (āpīnabhārodvahanaprayatnād gṛṣṭiḥ) R.2.18; स्त्री तावत्संस्कृतं पठन्ती दत्तनवनस्या इव गृष्टिः सूसूशब्दं करोति (strī tāvatsaṃskṛtaṃ paṭhantī dattanavanasyā iva gṛṣṭiḥ sūsūśabdaṃ karoti) Mṛcchakaṭika 3.
2) (In comp. with the names of other animals) Any young female animal; वासितागृष्टिः (vāsitāgṛṣṭiḥ) 'a young sheelephant.'
3) A woman who has one child only.
4) A bulbous plant (Mar. ḍukarakaṃda); Kau. A.2.1. -m. A boar.
Derivable forms: gṛṣṭiḥ (गृष्टिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛṣṭi (गृष्टि).—m.
(-ṣṭiḥ) 1. A cow that has had one calf. 2. A yam. 3. The jujube (Zizyphus jujuba.) E. ghṛṣ to grind, affix ktin and gha changed to ga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛṣṭi (गृष्टि).—f. A cow that has had one calf, Mahābhārata 13, 4919.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛṣṭi (गृष्टि).—[feminine] heifer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gṛṣṭi (गृष्टि):—f. a cow which has had only one calf, young cow, [Ṛg-veda iv, 18, 10; Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) (ifc. with names of other animals, [Pāṇini 2-1, 65]) any young female animal (e.g. vāsitā-g; a young female elephant, [Mahābhārata xi, 642])
3) Gmelina arborea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) a variety of Dioscorea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) m. for ghṛṣṭi, a boar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Name of a man, [Uttararāma-carita iv, 5/6 and 10/11.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛṣṭi (गृष्टि):—(ṣṭiḥ) 2. m. A cow that has had one calf; a yam; the jujube.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gṛṣṭi (गृष्टि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gaṃṭhi, Giṃṭhi.
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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 corpusGṛṣṭi (ಗೃಷ್ಟಿ):—[noun] a cow that has calved its first calf (till the second one is born).
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: Grishtika.
Ends with: Gogrishti, Mahagrishti, Vashitagrishti.
Full-text: Gogrishti, Ghrishti, Grishtika, Garshteya, Mahagrishti, Grishtyadi, Gimthi, Vashitagrishti, Ganthi, Kirutti, Kitti, Dhan, Badara.
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