ugra- mfn. ( said to be fr. √ [ uc ] [ Uṇ. ii , 29 ] , but probably fr. a √ [ uj ] , or √ [ vaj ] , fr. which also [ ojas ] , [ vāja ] , [ vajra ] may be derived; compar. [ ugratara ] and [ ojῑyas ]; superl. [ ugratama ] and [ 'ojiṣṭha ] ) , powerful , violent , mighty , impetuous , strong , huge , formidable , terrible; high , noble; cruel , fierce , ferocious , savage; angry , passionate , wrathful; hot , sharp , pungent , acrid RV. AV. TS. R. Śak. Ragh. &c.; m. N. of Rudra or Śiva MBh. VP.; of a particular Rudra BhP.; N. of a mixed tribe ( from a Kshatriya father and Śūdra mother;the Ugra , according to Manu x , 9 , is of cruel or rude [ [ krūra ] ] conduct [ [ ācāra ] ] and employment [ [ vihāra ] ] , as killing or catching snakes &c.; but according to the Tantras he is an encomiast or bard ) Mn. Yājñ. &c.; a twice-born man who perpetrates dreadful deeds Comm. on Āp. i , 7 , 20 Āp. Gaut; the tree Hyperanthera Moringa L.; N. of a Dānava Hariv.; a son of Dhṛta-rāshṭra MBh.; the Guru of Narendrāditya ( who built a temple called Ugreśa ); a group of asterisms ( viz. [ pūrva-phālgunῑ ] , [ pūrvāṣāḍhā ] , [ pūrva-bhādrapadā ] , [ maghā ] , [ bharaṇῑ ] ); N. of the Malabar country; ( [ ā ] ) , f. N. of different plants , Artemisia Sternutatoria , Coriandrum Sativum , &c.; ( [ ῑ ] ) , f. a being belonging to the class of demons AV. iv , 24 , 2; ( [ am ] ) , n. a particular poison , the root of Aconitum Ferox; wrath , anger ; [ cf. Zd. [ ughra ]: Gk. ? , ? , Lat. [ 172 ,2 ] [ augeo ] &c. : Goth. [ auka ] , ` I increase ' ; Lith. [ ug-is ] , ` growth , increase ' ; [ aug-u ] , ` I grow ' , &c. ].