हृ
Sanskrit
Etymology
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Root
हृ • (√hṛ) (class 1 root)
- to take, bear, carry in or on (with instrumental), carry, convey, fetch, bring.
- to offer, present (esp. with बलिम्).
- to take away, carry off, seize, deprive of, steal, rob.
- to shoot or cut or hew off, sever (the head or a limb).
- to remove, destroy, dispel, frustrate, annihilate.
- to turn away, avert (the face).
- to take to oneself, appropriate (in a legitimate way), come into possession of (acc.), receive (as an heir), raise (tribute), marry (a girl).
- to master, overpower, subdue, conquer, win, win over (also by bribing).
- to outdo, eclipse, surpass.
- to enrapture, charm, fascinate.
- to withhold, withdraw, keep back, retain.
- to protract, delay (with कालम्, ‘to gain time’).
- (arithmetic) to divide. : Pass. ह्रियते (ep. also °ति ; aor. अहारि), to be taken or seized &c. AV. &c. &c.: Caus. हारयति, °ते (aor. अजीहरत् ; Pass. हार्यते), to cause to be taken or carried or conveyed or brought by (instr. or acc. ; cf. Pāṇ. 1-4, 53 Sch.) or to (dat.).
- to cause to be taken away, appropriate, seize, rob.
- to have taken from oneself, be deprived of, lose (esp. at play) Kāv. Kathās. ; ( हरयते) » प्र-√हृ
- ( हारापयति), to lose (at play) Pañcad. : Desid. जिहीर्षति, °ते (cf. जिहीर्षा, °षु), to wish to take to oneself or appropriate, covet, desire, long for.
- (with कालम्), to wish to gain time MBh. : Intens. जेह्रीयते ; जर्हरीति, जरीहरीति, जर्हर्ति, जरीहर्ति (cf. सं-√हृ) Gr. ([cf. Gk. χείρ.])
Derived terms
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899