arDa a. [ fD-Ric ac ; according to Nir. from Df , or fD ] Half, forming a half (divided into 2 parts); arDa-arDa the one half-the other half. — rDaH [ fD-GaY ] 1 A place, region, country; house, habitation ( Ved. ). 2 Increase ( vfdDi ). 3 Wind. 4 A part, portion, side. — rDaM, -rDaH 1 A half, half portion; sarvanASe samutpanne arDaM tyajati paMqitaH; gatamarDaM divasasya V. 2 ; pUrvArDaH first half; so uttara° latter half; dakziRa° southern half (half on the right side); so jaGana°, avara°, para° , grAma° &c.; yadarDe vicCinnaM Ś. 1. 9 divided in half; fjvAyatArDaM M. 27 ; R. 3. 59 , 12. 99 ; rAtrO tadarDaM gataM Bh. 3. 107 ; one part of two, apart, partly ( Ved. ); 2 Nearness, proximity; see arDadeva . arDa may be compounded with almost every noun and adjective; as first member of compound with nouns it means ‘a half of’, and forms an ekadoSisamAsa or tatpuruza ; °kAyaH = arDaM kAyasya ; °pippalI, °mArgaH ; °puruzaH &c.; with adjectives, it has an adverbial force; °SyAma half dark; °Bukta half eaten; so °pizwa, °pUrRa &c.; with numeral adjectives it may mean either ‘a half of’ or ‘with an additional half’; °SataM half of 100 i. e. 50; or arDena sahitaM SataM i. e. 150; with ordinal numerals ‘with a half of that ( pb ) number;’ °tftIyaM containing two and the third only half; i. e. two and a half; so °caturTa three and a half. Comp. — akzi n. side-look, wink;. Mk. 8. 42. — aMgaM half the body. — aMtaraM half the distance; °ekapadatA a fault in composition; see S. D. 575. — aMSaH a half, the half. — aMSin a. sharing a half. — arDaH, -rDaM 1 half of a half, quarter; carorarDArDaBAgAByAM tAmayojayatAmuBe R. 10. 56. 2 half and half. — avaBedakaH 1 pain in half the head, hemicrania ( Mar. arDaSiSI ). — (kaM) dividing in equal parts. — avaSeza a. having only a half left. — AkAraH 1 half the letter a . 2 N. of avagraha q. v. — AsanaM 1 half a seat; arDAsanaM gotraBidoDitazWO R. 6. 73 ; mama hi divOkasAM samakzamarDAsanopaveSitasya Ś. 7 (it being considered a mark of very great respect to make room for a guest &c. on the same seat with oneself). 2 greeting kindly or with great respect. 3 exemption from censure. — iMduH 1 the half or crescent moon. 2 semicircular impression of a fingernail, crescentshaped nail-print; N. 6. 25. 3 an arrow with a crescent-shaped head (= arDacaMdra below.); °mOli N. of Śiva Me. 56. — iMdra a. that of which a half belongs to Indra. — ukta a. half said or uttered; rAmaBadra iti arDokte mahArAja U. 1. — uktiH f. a broken speech; an interrupted speech. — udakaM water reaching half the body. — udayaH 1 the rising of the half moon. 2 partial rise. 3 a kind of parvan ; °AsanaM a sort of posture in meditation. — udita a. 1 half risen. 2 half uttered. — UrukaM a. [ arDamUroH arDoru tatra kASate ] reaching to the middle of the thighs. — (kaM) 1 a short petti-coat ( Mar. parakara ); see caMqAtaka . 2 mantle, veil. — kfta a. half done, incomplete. — ketuH N. of Rudra. — koSaH a moiety of one's treasure. — kOqavika a. measuring half a kuḍava. — KAraM, -rI a kind of measure, half a Khāri; P. V. 4. 101. — gaMgA N. of the river Kāverī; ( snAnAdO gaMgAsnAnArDaPaladAyinI ); so °jAhnavI . — garBa a. Ved. 1 in the middle of the womb. 2 N. of the rays of the sun. — gucCaH a necklace of 24 strings. — guMjA half a gunja. — golaH a hemisphere. — cakravartin , — cakrin m. N. of the nine black Vasudevas and the nine enemies of ( pb ) Viṣṇu. — caMdra a. crescent-shaped. — (draH) 1 the half moon, crescent moon; sArDacaMdraM biBarti yaH Ku. 6. 75. 2 the semicircular marks on a peacock's tail. 3 an arrow with a crescent-shaped head; arDacaMdramuKErbAREScicCeda kadalIsuKam R. 12. 96. 4 a crescent-shaped nail-print. 5 the hand bent into a semicircle, as for the purpose of seizing or clutching anything; °draM dA to seize by the neck and turn out; dIyatAmetasyArDacaMdraH Pt. 1. — (drA) N. of a plant ( karRasPowa ). — caMdrAkAra, -caMdrAkfti a. half-moonshaped. ( — raH, -tiH f. ) a meniscus. — caMdrikA N. of a climbing plant. — colakaH a short bodice. — jaratIyanyAyaH a kind of nyAya , see under nyAya . — tanuH f. half the body. — tiktaH N. of a plant ( nepAlaniMba ). — tUraH a kind of musical instrument. — dinaM, -divasaH 1 half a day, mid-day. 2 a day of 12 hours. — devaH 1 demi-god. 2 Ved. being near the gods; ( devAnAM samIpe vartamAnaH Sāy. ). — drORika a. measuring a half drona . — DAraH a knife or lancet with a single edge (one of the 20 surgical instruments mentioned by Suśruta). — nArAcaH a crescent-shaped iron-pointed arrow; gfDralakzaveDI arDanArAcaH V. 5. — nArAyaRaH a form of Viṣṇu. — nArISaH , — nArISvaraH a form of Śiva, (half male and half female). — nAvaM half a boat. — niSA midnight. — paMcASat f. twenty-five. — paRaH a measure containing half a paṇa. — paTaM half way. — (Te) midway Y. 2. 198. — pAdaH half a pāda or foot; arDapAdaM kizkuvizkaMBamudDftya Dk. 109. — pAdika a. having half a foot; Ms. 8. 325. — pAMcAlika a. born or produced in the ardhapanchāla . — pArAvataH a kind of pige...