(H1) | guṇá [p= 357,1] [L=65497]
m. |
( √ grah Un2. ) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g° q.v.) , string or thread , rope TS. vii Mr2icch. Kum. Ragh.
[L=65498] |
a garland |
W.
[L=65499] |
a bow-string |
R. iii , 33 , 16 (cāpa-) Ragh. ix , 54 R2itus. Hit.
[L=65500] |
(in |
geom.) a sinew
[L=65501] |
the string of a musical instrument , chord |
S3is3. iv , 57 : ifc. (f(ā). ) with numerals " fold , times " (» cátur- , tri- , daśa- , dví- , pañca- ; rarely the numeral stands by itself along with guṇá [e.g. viśiṣṭo daśabhir guṇaiḥ , " of ten times higher value " Mn. ii , 85] AV. x , 8 , 43 MBh. iii , 15649 Hariv. 509 ; [guṇa = bhāga] Pa1n2. 5-2 , 47 Ka1s3. )
[L=65502] |
a multiplier , co-efficient (in |
alg.)
[L=65503] |
subdivision , species , kind ( |
e.g. gandhasya guṇāḥ , the different kinds of smell MBh. xii , 6847)
[L=65504] |
the 6 subdivisions of action for a king in foreign politics (viz. peace , war , march , halt , stratagem , and recourse to the protection of a mightier king) |
Mn. vii , 160 Ya1jn5. i , 346 MBh. ii , 155
[L=65505] |
= |
upā*ya (q.v. , denoting the 4 ways of conquering an enemy) R. v , 81 , 41
[L=65506] |
" requisite " |
» °ṇo*pe*ta
[L=65507] |
a secondary element , subordinate or unessential part of any action ( |
e.g. sarva-guṇa mfn. " reaching to all subordinate parts " , hence " valid throughout " Ka1tyS3r. ) S3a1n3khS3r. A1s3vS3r. Ka1tyS3r. R. v , 1 , 71
[L=65508] |
an auxiliary act |
S3a1n3khBr. xxvi , 4
[L=65509] |
a secondary dish (opposed to |
anna i.e. rice or the chief dish) , side-dish Mn. iii , 224 ff.
[L=65510] |
( |
= -karman , in Gr.) the secondary or less immediate object of an action Pa1n2. 1-4 , 51 Sch.
[L=65511] |
a quality , peculiarity , attribute or property |
La1t2y. S3a1n3khGr2. Mn. iii , ix , &c
[L=65512] |
an attribute of the 5 elements (each of which has its own peculiar quality or qualities as well as organ of sense ; thus 1. ether has |
śabda , or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ ; 2. the air has tangibility and sound for its guṇas and the skin for its organ ; 3. fire or light has shape or colour , tangibility , and sound for its guṇas , and the eye for its organs ; 4. water has flavour , shape , tangibility , and sound for its guṇas , and the tongue for its organ ; 5. earth has the preceding guṇas , with the addition of its own peculiar guṇa of smell , and the nose for its organ) Mn. i , 20 and 76-78 MBh. xii , 6846 ff. S3ak. i , 1 BhP. iii , 5 , 35
[L=65513] |
(in |
sāṃkhya phil.) an ingredient or constituent of prakṛti , chief quality of all existing beings (viz. sattva , rajas , and tamas i.e. goodness , passion , and darkness , or virtue , foulness , and ignorance ; cf. RTL. pp. 31 ; 36 ; 163) Mn. i ; iii , 40 ; xii , 24 ff. Sa1m2khyak. Bhag. xiii f.
[L=65514] |
(hence) the number " three " |
VarBr2S. iic , 1
[L=65515] |
a property or characteristic of all created things (in |
nyāya phil. twenty-four guṇas are enumerated , viz. 1. rūpa , shape , colour ; 2. rasa , savour ; 3. gandha , odour ; 4. sparśa , tangibility ; 5. saṃkhyā , number ; 6. parimāṇa , dimension ; 7. pṛthaktva , severalty ; 8. saṃyoga , conjunction ; 9. vibhāga , disjunction ; 10. paratva , remoteness ; 11. aparatva , proximity ; 12. gurutva , weight ; 13. dravatva , fluidity ; 14. sneha , viscidity ; 15. śabda , sound ; 16. buddhi or jñāna , understanding or knowledge ; 17. sukha , pleasure ; 18. duḥkha , pain ; 19. icchā , desire ; 20. dveṣa , aversion ; 21. prayatna , effort ; 22. dharma , merit or virtue ; 23. adharma , demerit ; 24. saṃskāra , the self-reproductive quality)
[L=65516] |
an epithet |
Ka1tyS3r.
[L=65517] |
good quality , virtue , merit , excellence |
Mn. MBh. &c
[L=65518] |
the merit of composition (consistency , elegance of expression , |
&c ) Ka1vya7d. i , 41 f. Kpr. viii Sa1h. viii
[L=65519] |
the peculiar properties of the letters (11 in number , viz. the 8 |
bāhya-prayatnās [q.v.] and the 3 accents) Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 1-1 , 9 and 50 (cf. -mātra)
[L=65520] |
the first gradation of a vowel , the vowels |
a (with ar , al Pa1n2. 1-1 , 51) , e , o Nir. x , 17 RPra1t. xi , 6 Pa1n2.
[L=65521] |
an organ of sense |
L.
[L=65522] |
a cook ( |
cf. -kāra) L.
[L=65523] |
bhīma-sena |
(cf. -kāra) L.
(H2) | guṇa [p= 1326,2] [L=330400]
(also "power, might" ; |
āt, "by virtue of", "in consequence of", "by means of")