dravyaM 1 A thing, substance, object, matter. 2 The ingredient or material of anything. 3 A material to work upon. 4 A fit or suitable object (to receive instruction, &c.): Mu. 7. 14 ; see adravya also. 5 An elementary substance, the substratum of properties, one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeṣikas; (the dravyas are nine:- - pfTivyaptejovAyvAkASakAladigAtmamanAMsi ). 6 Any possession, wealth, goods, property, money; tattasya kimapi dravyaM yo hi yasya priyo janaH U. 2. 19. 7 A medicinal substance or drug. 8 Modesty. 9 Bell-metal. 10 Spirituous liquor. 11 A wager, stake. 12 Anointing, plastering. 13 An ointment. 14 The ( pb ) animal-dye, lac. 15 Extract, gum. Comp. — arjanaM, -vfdDiH, -sidDiH f. acquisition of wealth. — oGaH f. affluence, abundance of wealth. — gaRaH a class of 37 similar substances (in Medic. ). — parigrahaH the possession of property or wealth. — prakftiH f. the nature of matter. — vAcakaM a substantive. — saMskAraH the consecration of articles for sacrifice &c.