grīvā ग्रीवा – neck

Original text · English · substantive feminine

grīvā grīvā, f. (said to be fr. 2. gṝ), the back part of the neck, the nape, the tendon of the trapezium muscle, the neck (in the earlier literature always pl.), the neck-part of the hide of an animal; [cf. asita- grīva, ṛkṣa-g˚, kambu-g˚, kalmāṣa-g˚; cf. also Lith. galwà; Russ. glava and golova.]

Original text · German · substantive feminine

grīvā́ f. Uṇ. 1,153. Hinterhals, Nacken AK. 2,6,2,39. H. 586. H. an. 2,520. MED. v. 6. Nach den beiden letzten Autorr. auch Nackensehne; ŚAT. BR. 12,2,4,10 werden zum Nacken vierzehn Wirbel gezählt, wornach die grīvāḥ bis in die Mitte der Rückengegend reichen. In engerem Sinne von der Gegend der Halswirbel wird es im SUŚR. (sg.) gebraucht. In älterer Zeit immer pl. ṚV. 10,163,2. VS. 5,22. yaṃ tè de̱vī nirṛ̀tirāba̱bandha̱ pāśàṃ grī̱vāsù VS. 12,65. VS. 20,8. AV. 6,134,1. AV. 9,7,3. AV. 10,2,4. AIT. BR. 1,25. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,2,16. ŚAT. BR. 8,6,2,11. kṛṣṇājinaṃ me grīvāsvābaddham ŚAT. BR. 11,8,4,3. der Hals am Thierfell ŚAT. BR. 3,3,4,8. ŚAT. BR. 4,5,2,6. prācīnagrīva ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,1. pratīcīna˚ ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,5. prāggrīva ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,14. sg. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 4,15,20. GṚHY. 1,5. M. 8,283. SUŚR. 1,255,19. SUŚR. 1,255,21. SUŚR. 1,340,11. SUŚR. 1,255,19. SUŚR. 1,341,10. SUŚR. 1,342,15. SUŚR. 1,350,13. urogrīva n. SUŚR. 208,8. vakagrīvā Hals PAÑCAT. 52,8. PAÑCAT. 52,9. (sāraṃgasya) grīvābhaṅga ŚĀK. 7. grīvābhagna VET. 17,6. grīvadaghná (sic) TS. 5,6,8,3. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 1,6662 (von einer Kuh). Wann ˚grī́va am Ende eines adj. comp. P. 6,2,114. Vom Halse eines Gefässes gebraucht VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,37. — Vgl. грива Mähne, гривьна collare aureum, asitagrīva, ṛkṣa˚, kambu˚, kalmāṣa˚, kṛṣṇa˚, tuvi˚, niṣka˚, nīla˚, bhagna˚, maṇi˚, vi˚, śiro˚.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

grīvā [giratyanayā, gṝ-vanip ni˚ Uṇ. 1. 152] The neck, the back part of the neck; grīvābhaṃga bhirāmaṃ muhuranupatati syaṃdane dattadṛṣṭiḥ Ś. 1. 7. Comp. — ghaṃṭā a bell hanging down from the neck of a horse.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

grīvā grīvā f. cou; la nuque ou tendon postérieur du cou.