Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

hrī ह्री – shame; moral restraint; modesty

verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

shame; moral restraint; modesty

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · verb

Original text · English · verb

hrī jihreti ·v pp. hrīta1 (& hrīṇa) be ashamed or abashed. C. hrepayati put to shame, confound. I. jehrīyate be greatly ashamed.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

hrī́2 ·f. shame, bashfulness.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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2. hrī, īs, f. shame, bashfulness, modesty; Modesty, Shame, (personified as daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma.)

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hrī 1 . hrī (connected with rt. 2. hṛ or hṝ, q. v.), cl. 3. P. jihreti (3rd pl. jihriyati), Perf. jihrāya or jihrayāñ-cakāra, hreṣyati, ahraiṣīt, hretum, to blush; to be ashamed, be modest; to be ashamed of (with abl. or gen., e. g. anyonyasya jihrīmaḥ, we are ashamed of one an- other, Kirāt. XI. 58): Caus. hrepayati, -yitum, Aor. ajihripat (according to some ajihrīpat), to put to shame, make to blush, confound: Desid. jihrīṣati: Intens. jehrīyate, jehrayīti, jehreti; [cf. probably Old Germ. hriuwan; Angl. Sax. hreowan.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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2. hrī́ (= 1. hrī) f. AK. 3,6,1,3. Scham, Schamhaftigkeit AK. 1,1,7,23. H. 311. HALĀY. 2,412. hrīs VOP. 3,80. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,9. KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,26. Spr. (II) 1230. madyādvinaśyati Spr. (II) 2991. aṅganānāṃ maṇḍanam Spr. (II) 3800. hrīrhatā bādhate dharmam Spr. (II) 7424. nāpaiti hrīrme MĀRK. P. 129,22. BHĀG. P. 3,31,33. BHĀG. P. 7,10,7. hriyameti Spr. (II) 2781. RAGH. 4,80. hriyā Ind. St. 2,216. R. 1,57,7. R. 1,57,15. R. 2,26,5. ṚT. 1,9. RAGH. 3,5. RAGH. 5,58. KATHĀS. 12,30. KATHĀS. 32,128. KATHĀS. 37,230. KATHĀS. 58,134. ˚niṣevin R. 3,22,30. ˚śriyau SUŚR. 1,114,16. ˚mūḍha MEGH. 69. ˚pada KUMĀRAS. 3,57. ˚bhaya Spr. (II) 974. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,12. SĀH. D. 40,10. RĀJA-TAR. 3,498. BHĀG. P. 2,6,44. am Ende eines adj. comp.: gata˚ BHĀG. P. 3,18,7. BHĀG. P. 3,18,11. BHĀG. P. 6,17,7. nirhrī VARĀH. BṚH. 18,17. Personificirt VS. 24,35. HARIV. 7740. HARIV. 9498. HARIV. 14035. R. 3,52,26. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 310. fg. BHĀG. P. 4,1,51.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. hrī , jihréti (lajjāyām) DHĀTUP. 25,3. P. 6,1,192. sich schämen KATHĀS. 45,265. DAŚAK. 160,11. BHAṬṬ. 3,53. ātmānujasya BHAṬṬ. 6,132. na jihrīyāt VĀGBH. 1,12,74. jihrāya P. 3,1,39. VOP. 10,3. RAGH. 15,44. RAGH. 17,73. BHAṬṬ. 5,102. jihriyus BHAṬṬ. 14,41. jihrayāṃ cakāra BHAṬṬ. 6,3. P. 3,1,39. jihrayāmāsa VOP. 10,3. partic. 1〉 hrīta beschämt, verlegen P. 8,2,56. VOP. 26,98. AK. 3,2,41. H. 1484. MBH. 3,910. MBH. 3,2561. MBH. 7,1462. KATHĀS. 34,20. KATHĀS. 34,252. KATHĀS. 48,44. KATHĀS. 66,87. KATHĀS. 81,24. KATHĀS. 103,55. RĀJA-TAR. 3,249. — 2〉 hrīṇa dass. P. VOP. AK. H. GOLĀDHY. GOLAPR. 4. ˚mukha R. 4,33,32. — caus. hrepayati P. 7,3,36. P. 7,3,86. VOP. 18,8. beschämen, verlegen machen (übertragen so v. a. übertreffen) RAGH. 6,49. KIR. 11,64. VEṆĪS. 17. KATHĀS. 34,171. BHAṬṬ. 5,65. BHAṬṬ. 16,2. partic. hrepita RAGH. 11,40. — intens. jehrīyate sich sehr schämen: jehrīyamāṇa (˚māna gedr.) SADDH. P. 4,24,b. — sam, partic. saṃhrīṇa beschämt BHAṬṬ. 4,42.

Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root · substantive feminine

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1. √hrī , jihreti sich Jmds (Gen.) oder einer Sache wegen (Abl.) schämen HEM. PAR. 1,101. hrīta und hrīṇa (NAIṢ. 3,67) beschämt, verlegen. — Caus. hrepayati beschämen, verlegen machen (in übertragener Bed. so v. a. übertreffen) KĀD. 240,8 (392,3). ŚIŚ. 18,23. VĀSAV. 77,1. — Intens. jehrīyate sich sehr schämen. — Mit sam, saṃhrīṇa beschämt.

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1. √hrī VII. MAITR. S. 1,9,8 (139,17). [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Original text · German · substantive feminine

2. hrī́ f. Scham, Schamhaftigkeit, Verlegenheit. Auch personificirt.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

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hrī — be ashamed

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

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hrī 3 P. (jihreti, hrīṇa -hrīta) 1 To blush, be modest. 2 To be ashamed (used by itself or with abl. or gen.); jihremyāryaputreṇa saha gurusamīpaṃ gaṃtuṃ Ś. 7. 6; anyonyasyāpi jihrīmaḥ kiṃ punaḥ sahavāsināṃ Ki. 11. 58; R. 15. 44; R. 17. 73; Bk. 3. 53; Bk. 5. 102; Bk. 6. 132. — Caus. (hrepayati-te) To put to shame (fig. also); cause to blush, make ashamed; sakaustubhaṃ hrepayatīva kṛṣṇaṃ R. 6. 49; hropitā hi bahavo nareśvarāḥ R. 11. 40; kiṃ vā jātyā svāmino hrepayaṃti Śi. 18. 23; Ki. 11. 64; Ki. 13. 41; Ve. 1. 17.

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hrī f. 1 Shame; raterapi hrīpadamādadhānā Ku. 3. 57; dāridryād hriyameti hrīparigataḥ prabhraśyate tejasaḥ Mk. 1. 14; R. 4. 80. 2 Bashfulness, modesty; hrīsannakaṃṭhī kathamapyuvāca Ku. 7. 85. Comp. — jita, -mūḍha a. overcome or confounded by shame; hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viralapreraṇā cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ Me. 68. — nirāsaḥ shamelessness. — yaṃtraṇā the constraint of bashfulness; R. 7. 23.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · verb

Original text · German · substantive feminine

2. hrī́ f. Scham.

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1. hrī, jihreti sich schämen. p. p. hrīta (u. hrīṇa) beschämt, verlegen. Caus. hrepayati beschämen, verlegen machen.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root · substantive feminine

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*hrī hrī. jihremi 3; p. jihrāya; f2. hreṣyāmi; a1. ahraiṣam; pp. hrīta et hrīṇa. Rougir de honte, de pudeur; rougir devant qqn., ab.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

hrī hrī f. pudeur, honte. hrīka a. pudique, modeste. — S. f. hrīkā pudeur, honte, crainte pudique. hrīku a. pudique, modeste. — S. m. laque; étain.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.34-3.38: Förderliche Mittel 1 occurrence

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