ghṛṇá m. heat, ardour, sunshine RV. i, 133, 6 ; vi, 15, 5 ; x, 37, 10
• (ā́), Ved. instr. ind. through heat or sunshine RV.
• (ā), f. a warm feeling towards others, compassion, tenderness MBh. iii, v R. Ragh. BhP.
• aversion, contempt (with loc.) Naish. i, 20 ; iii, 60
• horror, disgust Kād. vii, 199 and 236 Hcar. v, 186
• a kind of cucumber Gal. (cf. nir-, hṛṇīyā.)