grAmaH [ gras-man AdaMtAdeSaH ] 1 A village, hamlet; pattane vidyamAne'pi grAme ratnaparIkzA M. 1 ; tyajedekaM kulasyArTe grAmasyArTe kulaM tyajet . grAmaM janapadasyArTe svAtmArTe pfTivIM tyajet .. H. 1. 149 ; R. 1. 44 ; Me. 30. 2 A race, community. 3 A multitude, collection (of anything); e. g. guRagrAma , iMdriyagrAma ; Bg. 8. 19 , 9. 8. 4 A gamut, scale in music. Comp. — aDikftaH — aDyakzaH, -ISaH, -ISvaraH superintendent, head, chief of a village. — aMtaH the border of a village, space near a village; Ms. 4. 116. 11. 79. — aMtaraM another village. — atikaM the neighbourhood of a village. — aMtIya a. situated in the neighbourhood of a village. — yaM space near a village. — AcAraH a ( pb ) village custom. — ADAnaM hunting. — upADyAyaH the village priest. — kaMwakaH 1 ‘the village-pest’, one who is a source of trouble to the village. 2 a tale-bearer. — kAma a. 1 one wishing to take possession of a village. 2 fond of living in villages. — kukkuwaH a domestic cock. — kumAraH 1 one beautiful in a village. 2 a village-boy. — kUwaH 1 the noblest man in a village. 2 a Śūdra. — gfhya a. being outside a village. — goduhaH the herdsman of a village. — GAtaH plundering a village. — Gozin m. an epithet of Indra. — caryA sexual intercourse; ( strIsaMBoga ) — cEtyaH a sacred fig-tree of a village; Me. 23. — ja, -jAta a. 1 village-born, rustic. 2 grown in cultivated ground. — jAlaM a number of villages, a district. — RIH 1 the leader or chief of a village or community. 2 a leader or chief in general. 3 a barber. 4 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 5 a libidinous man. ( — f. ) 1 a whore, harlot. 2 the indigo plant. °putraH a bastard, the son of a harlot. — takzaH a village-carpenter. — devatA the tutelary deity of a village. — drumaH a sacred tree in a village. — DarmaH sexual intercourse. — pAlaH 1 the guardian of a village. 2 army for the protection of a village. — prezyaH the messenger or servant of a community or village. — madgurikA a riot, fray, village tumult. — muKaM a market. — mfgaH a dog. — yAjakaH , — yAjin m. 1 ‘the village priest’, a priest who conducts the religious ceremonies for all classes and is consequently considered as a degraded Brāhmaṇa. 2 the attendant of an idol. — yudDaM a riot, fray. — luMWanaM plundering a village. — vAsaH ( grAmevAsaH also) 1 a villager. 2 residence in a village. — zaMqaH an impotent man ( klIba ). — saMkaraH the common sewer or drain of a village. — saMGaH a village-corporation. — siMhaH a dog. — sTa a. 1 a villager. 2 a co-villager. — hAsakaH a sister's husband.