ghora घोर – terrible
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
terrible
Cappeller 1891 adjective
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ghorá ·a. awful, terrific, horrible, violent; n. awe, horror, magic, incantation.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
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ghora ghora, as, ā, am (said to be fr. rt. han with substitution of ghur for han), venerable, awful, sublime (in these senses Ved); terrific, frightful, terri- ble, horrible, dreadful, awful, violent, vehement; (as), m. the terrible, an epithet of Śiva; N. of an Āṅgi- rasa, a son of Aṅgiras; N. of Kutsa; (ā), f. the night; a kind of creeper, = deva-dālī; (scil. gati), N. of one of the seven stations of the planet Mercury; (am), n. venerableness; awfulness, horror; a horrible action, magic formulas and charms; poison; saffron; [cf. dhīra and gaura.]
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
ghorá Uṇ. 5,64. 1〉 adj. f. ā a〉 ehrfurchtgebietend, scheueinflössend, hehr; von Göttern ṚV. 1,167,4. ṚV. 1,169,7. ṚV. 2,12,5. ṚV. 4,6,6. ṚV. 4,16,17. ṚV. 6,61,7. ṚV. 6,67,4. ṚV. 7,66,13. von den Aṅgiras ṚV. 10,108,10. ṛṣàyaḥ AV. 2,34,4. (indraḥ) gho̱raḥ sankratvā̀ janiṣṭhā̱ aṣā̀ḻhaḥ ṚV. 7,28,2. ṚV. 7,20,6. — b〉 grausig, furchtbar (Gegens. śiva, śānta) AK. 1,1,7,20. H. 303. H. an. 2,415. MED. r. 30. ta̱nūḥ TS. 2,2,2,3. ŚAT. BR. 12,8,3,11. R. 3,8,12. rūpa M. 7,121. ākṛti HIT. 34,20. cakṣùḥ AV. 4,9,6. AV. 19,35,3. iṣùḥ AV. 5,18,15. gadā MBH. 1,8200. astra R. 1,56,5. R. 1,56,12 vana R. 3,8,23. R. 3,23,34 (ghoratama). varṣāṇi KAUŚ. 94. narakān M. 12,54. nādān N. 13,12. BRĀHMAṆ. 1,3. RAGH. 12,39. vāc LĀṬY. 3,11,3. R. 1,59,12. bhūtasaṃsāra M. 1,50. tasya pratigrahaḥ M. 4,86. mati MBH. 3,8733. carita INDR. 5. INDR. 62. karman BHAG. 3,1. nirṛti VS. 12,64. Agni AV. 7,70,5. paśavaḥ ŚAT. BR. 12,7,3,20. rākṣasa R. 4,63,18. VID. 212. VID. 262 (mahāghora). śakān R. 1,54,20. viśvāmitraḥ R. 1,64,3. schrecklich, furchtbar, heftig; von Schmerzen, Krankheiten u. s. w. SUŚR. 1,35,7. SUŚR. 1,95,10. ādhmāna SUŚR. 257,14. śopha SUŚR. 279,15. āpad M. 2,113. aparādha MBH. 1,5599. bhaya R. 1,74,12. tapas R. 43,15. R. 63,16. Am Anfange eines comp. (pūjane) betont gaṇa kāṣṭhādi zu P. 8,1,67. nach ghoram (pūjane) jedes verbum fin. tonlos ebend. 68. — 2〉 m. a〉 der Furchtbare, Bein. Śivaʼs H. an. MED. Vgl. aghoraghorarūpāya ghoraghoratarāya ca . namaḥ śivāya MBH. 12,10375. — b〉 N. pr. eines Āṅgirasa KAUṢ. BR. 30,6_in_Ind. St. 1,190. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,10. CHĀND. UP. 3,17,6. eines Sohnes des Aṅgiras MBH. 13,4148. des Kutsa Ind. St. 1,293. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 Nacht TRIK. 1,1,104. H. ś. 17. — b〉 eine best. Schlingpflanze (s. devadālī) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 (sc. gati) Bez. einer der sieben Stationen Mercurs (nach PARĀŚARA) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7,11. — 4〉 n. a〉 das ehrfurchtgebietende Wesen: namò vaḥ pitaro gho̱rāyà VS. 2,32. — b〉 das Grausige, Schauerliche; Schrecken: a̱nyatrà vāṃ gho̱raṃ ta̱nva1̱̀ḥ paraìtu AV. 6,140,3. AV. 16,1,8. di̱śo dìśo agne̱ parì pāhi gho̱rāt AV. 18,4,9. ŚAT. BR. 9,3,1,12. KAUŚ. 102. KAUŚ. 114. KAUŚ. 129. kṣātraṃ ghoram BHĀG. P. 4,8,36. Namentlich häufig mit krūraḥ yadi̱ha gho̱raṃ yadi̱ha krū̱raṃ yadi̱ha pā̱paṃ tacchā̱ntaṃ tacchi̱vam AV. 19,9,14. AV. 18,4,83. pl. AV. 12,5,13. — c〉 schaurige Handlung d. i. Zauberwerk und Zauberspruch: mā nò gho̱reṇà caratā̱bhi dhṛ̱ṣṇu ṚV. 10,34,14. atharvāṇo vedaḥ, bheṣajam — āṅgiraso vedaḥ, ghoram ĀŚV. ŚR. 10,7. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 16,2,13. vākyaṃ ghorābhisaṃhitam R. 1,58,8. — d〉 Gift RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — e〉 Safran (vgl. dhīra, gaura) H. ś. 131. — Vgl. aghora.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ghora 2〉b〉 pl. als Ṛṣi KĀṬH. AŚV. 1,1. — 4〉b〉 yāni kāni ca ghorāṇi sarvāṅgeṣu tavābhavan Ind. St. 5,370. — f〉 Bez. eines best. mythischen Geschosses MBH. 5,3491. — 5〉 f. ī (!) N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge der Durgā WILSON, Sel. Works 2,39. — Vgl. mahā˚.
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ghora 1〉b〉 ghorātighoraṃ narakaṃ nayanti Spr. (II) 2993.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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ghorá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā́) — a〉 scheueinflössend, ehrfurchtgebietend, hehr. — b〉 grausig, furchtbar. — c〉 schrecklich, furchtbar, überaus heftig (Schmerzen, Krankheiten u. s. w.). — 2〉 *Adv. ghoram (pūjane). — 3〉 m. — a〉 *Bein. Śivaʼs. — b〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer. — 4〉 f. ghorā — a〉 *Nacht. — b〉 *eine best. Cucurbitacee. — c〉 eine der sieben Stationen Mercurs. — 5〉 f. ghorī (!) N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge der Durgā. — 6〉 n. — a〉 ehrfurchtgebietendes Wesen. — b〉 das Grausige, Schaurige, Schrecken. — c〉 Zauberwerk, Zauberspruch. — d〉 ein best. mythisches Geschoss. — e〉 *Gift. RĀJAN. 6,224 — f〉 *Safran.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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ghora a. [ghar-ac Uṇ. 5. 64] 1 Terrific, frightful, horrible, awful; śivāghorasvanāṃ paścādbubudhe vikṛteti tāṃ ([Page 0479-b]) R. 12. 39; or tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava Mb.; ghoraṃ loke vitatamayaśaḥ U. 7. 6; Ms. 1. 50; Ms. 12. 54. 2 Violent, vehement. 3 Ved. Venerable, awful, sublime. — raḥ N. of Śiva. — rā Night. — raṃ 1 Horror, awfulness. 2 Poison. 3 Venerableness. 4 Magic formulæ and charms. 5 Saffron. Comp. — ākṛti, -darśana a. frightful in appearance, terrific, hideous. — (naḥ) an owl. — ghuṣyaṃ bell metal. — ghorataraḥ Śiva. — puṣpaṃ brass. — rāsanaḥ, -rāsin, -vāśanaḥ, -vāśin m. a jackal. — rūpaḥ an epithet of Śiva.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ghorá furchtbar, schrecklich, grausig, heftig, stark; n. Schrecken, Graus, Zauberwerk.
Burnouf 1866 adjective
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ghora ghora a. (ghur) épouvantable. — S. m. cerf blanc, Vd. — Surn. de Śiva. — S. f. ghorā la nuit ténébreuse. — S. n. effroi [que répand qqn. ou qqc.]. ghoracakṣus a. aux yeux effrayants, ép. des Dasyus, Vd. ghoradarśana a. (dṛś) qui a un aspect hor rible. ghorarāsana m. (rās) chacal, canis aureus. ghorasvara a. qui rend un son terrible.
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