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giri

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giri 1
giri loc. of 1. gír

giri 2
giri f. id., g. kṛṣy-ādi

giri 3 
girí m. (for gari, Zd. gairi, cf. gurú, gárīyas 
• ifc. Pāṇ. 6-2, 94) a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground (often connected with párvata, 'a mountain having many parts' [cf. párvan] RV. AV.) RV. &c 
• the number 'eight' (there being 8 mountains which surround mount Meru), Śrut 
• a cloud Naigh. i, 10 Nir. Sāy. 
• a particular disease of the eyes Pāṇ. 6-2, 2 Sch. (kiri Kāś.) Uṇ. 
• = -guḍa L. 
• a peculiar defect in mercury L. 
• = gairīyaka L. 
• a honorific N. given to one of the ten orders of the Daś-nāmī Gosains (founded by ten pupils of Śaṃkarâcārya 
• the word giri is added to the name of each member 
• cf. gairika) 
• N. of a son of Śvaphalka VP. 
• f. (= girikā) a mouse L. Sch. 
• mfn. coming from the mountains RV. vi, 66, 11 
• venerable L. (cf. R. iv, 37, 2 Sch.) ; [Slav. gora ; Afghan. ghur.]