adriH [ ad-krin Uṇ. 4. 65 ; according to Nir. fr. dF to tear or ad to eat.] 1 A mountain. 2 A stone, especially one for pounding Soma with or grinding it on. 3 A thunderbolt ( AdfRAti yena Nir. ). 4 A tree. 5 The sun. 6 A mass of clouds (probably so called from its resemblance to a mountain); a cloud ( Adarayitavyo Bavati hyasO udakArTaM Nir. ) mostly Ved. 7 A kind of measure. 8 The number 7 Comp. — ISaH, patiH, nATaH &c. 1 the lord of mountains, the Himālaya. 2 N. of Śiva (Lord of Kailāsa). — karRI a plant ( aparAjitA ) Clitoria Ternatea Lin. — kIlA [ adrayaH kulaparvatAH kIlAH SaMkava iva yasyAH ] the earth. — (laH) N. of the mountain vizkuMBa . — kukziH a mountain cave, mountainside R. 2. 38. — ja a. [ adrO jAyate; jaR-qa ] produced from, or found among, mountains, mountain-born. — (jA) 1 a plant ( sEMhalI ). 2 — kanyA, -tanayA-sutA &c. Pārvatī. — (jaM) red chalk ( SilAjatu ). — jAta a. mountain-born. — (taH) 1 forest conflagration. 2 the ‘Sun-born’, ( pb ) Haṃsa or Swan. 3 form. 4 the Supreme Being. — jUta, -dugDa Ved. [ tf . ta .] expressed or extracted by means of stones. — tanayA, -naMdinI 1 N. of Pārvatī. 2 N. of a metre of 4 lines, each having 23 syllables. — dviz, -Bid m. [ adriM dvezwi Binatti vA, dviz-Bid-kvip ] the enemy or splitter of mountains (or clouds personified), epithet of Indra. — droRi-RI f. 1 a mountain valley. 2 a river taking its rise in a mountain. — patiH -rAjaH &c. See °ISa . — barhas a. Ved. [ adrerbarha iva barho yasya ] as strong or hard as a mountain; mountain-high (?). — buDna a. [ adrerbuDna iva buDno yasya ] rooted in a mountain or rock; as hard as a stone or mountain. — BU a. [ adrO Bavati jAyate ] mountain-born. — (BUH) N. of a plant ( AKukarRI or aparAjitA ). — mAtf Ved. [ adriH meGaH tajjalaM mimIte, adrermAtA vA mA-tfc ] producing water from clouds ( maGajalanirmAtf ); having a mountain for the mother (?). — vahniH forest conflagration. — SayyaH (having the mountain kElAsa for his bed) N. of Śiva; cf. °ISa, °iMdra , — SfMgaM, -sAnu mountain peak. — suta (°zuta) , — saMhata a. prepared or expressed by means of stones. — sAraH [ adreH sAra iva za . ta .] ‘the essence of mountains’, iron. ( — a. ) hard like a mountain; °maya made of iron or very hard.