○guṇa m. pl. the qualities perceived by the five senses and Manas GarbhUp. BhP.

• the six excellencies or advantages Hariv.

• the six acts or measures to be practised by a king in warfare (viz. saṃdhi, 'peace', vigraha, war', yāna, 'marching', āsana, sitting encamped', dvaidhī-bhāva', 'dividing his forces', saṃśraya, seeking the protection of a more powerful king') ib. Daś.

• n. an assemblage of six qualities or properties MW.

• mfn. sixfold, six times Hit. Kathās.

• having six excellencies or advantages Sarvad.

• ○ṇī-√kṛ, to make sixfold Jyot.