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gir

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gir 1
gír mfn. (√1. gṝ) addressing, invoking, praising RV.
• (ī́r), f. invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song RV. (the Maruts are called 'sons of praise', sūnávo gíraḥ, i, 37, 10) AV.
• speech, speaking, language, voice, words (e.g. mānuṣīṃ giraṃ √1. kṛ, to assume a human voice Nal. i, 25
• girāṃ prabhaviṣṇuḥ [VarBṛS.] or pati {cf. VarYogay.} = gir-īśa, q.v
• tad-girā, on his advice Kathās. lxxv), OhUp. Mn. Yājñ. MBh. &c
• = gīr-devii, fame, celebrity W.
• a kind of mystical syllable RāmatUp. ; [Hib. gair, 'an outcry, shout'
• Gk. ?.] - 1

gir 2 
gir mfn. (√2. gṝ) ifc. 'swallowing', gara- and muhur-gír 

gir 3 
gír m.= girí, a mountain RV. V, 41, 14 and vii, 39, 5 Śiś. iv, 59. [Page 355, Column 2]