mArgaH [ mfj-SudDO, mArg-anvezaRe GaY vA ] 1 A way, road, path ( fig. also); agniSaraRamArgamAdeSaya Ś. 5 ; so vicAramArgaprahitena cetasA Ku. 5. 42 ; R. 2. 72. U. 3. 37. 2 A course, passage, the tract passed over; vAyorimaM parivahasya vadaMti mArgaM Ś. 7. 6. 3 Reach, range; Ki. 18. 40. 4 A scar, mark (left by a wound &c.); R. 4. 48 ; 14. 4. 5 The path or course of a planet. 6 Search, inquiry, investigation. 7 A canal, channel, passage. 8 A means, way. 9 The right way or course, proper course; sumArga, amArga . 10 Mode, manner, method, course; SAMti° R. 7. 71. 11 Style, direction; iti vEdarBamArgasya prARA daSa guRAH smftAH Kāv. 1. 41 ; vAcAM vicitramArgARAM 1 9 12 Custom, usage, practice; kula°, SAstra°, Darma° &c. 13 Hunting or tracing out game. 14 A title or head in law, ground for litigation. 15 A high style of acting, dancing, and singing. 16 (In dramaturgy) Hinting or indicating how anything is to happen. 17 (In geom.) A section. 18 The anus. 19 Musk. 20 The constellation called mfgaSiras . 21 The month called mArgaSIrza . Comp. — AgataH a traveller. — upadeSakaH a guide, leader. — toraRaM a triumphal arch erected on a road; R. 11. 5. — darSakaH a guide. — dragaH a city or town on the road. — DenuH , — DenukaM a measure of distance equal ( pb ) to 4 krośas. — baMDanaM a barricade. — rakzakaH a road-keeper, guard. — vawI an epithet of the tutelary deity of travellers. — SoDakaH a pioneer. — sTa a. travelling, way-faring. — harmyaM a palace on a high road.