punar ind. 1 Again, once more, anew; na punarevaM pravartitavyaM Ś. 6 ; kimapyayaM bawuH punavivakzuH sPuritottarADaraH Ku. 5. 83 ; so punarBU ‘to become a wife again’. 2 Back, in an opposite direction (mostly with verbs), punardA ‘to give back, restore’; punaryAi-gam &c. ‘to go back return’ &c 3 On the other hand, on the contrary, but, however, nevertheless, still (with an adversative force); prasAda iva mUrtaste sparSaH snehArdraSItalaH . adyApyAnaMdayati mAM tvaM punaH kvAsi naMdini U. 3. 14 ; mama punaH sarvameva tannAsti U. 3. 4 Further, furthermore; besides, punaH punaH ‘again and again,’ ‘repeatedly,’ ‘frequently’; punaH punaH ( pb ) sutanizidDacApalaM R. 3. 42 ; kiMpunaH ‘how much more,’ or ‘how much less’; see under kim: punarapi again, once more, and also; on the other hand. Comp. — arTitA a repeated request. — Agata a. come back, returned; Ms. 11. 196. — AgamaH, -manaM coming back, return; BasmIBUtasya dehasya punarAgamanaM kutaH Sarva. S. — ADAnaM, -ADeyaM renewing the consecrated fire; punardArakriyAM kuryAtpunarADAnameva ca Ms. 5. 168. — AvartaH 1 return. 2 repeated birth. — Avartin a. returning to mundane existence. — Avft f. — AvfttiH f. 1 repetition. 2 return to worldly existence, repetition of birth; Y. 3. 194. 3 revision, another edition (of a book &c). — ukta a. 1 said again, repeated, reiterated 2 superfluous, unnecessary; SaSaMsa vAcA punaruktayeva R. 2. 68 ; Śi. 7. 64. (-ktaM), punaruktatA 1 repetition. 2 superfluity, redundancy, uselessness, tautology, V. 5. 15 ; Bh. 3. 78. °janman m. a Brāhmaṇa ( dvijanman ). punaruktavadABAsaH seeming tautology, appearance of repetition, regarded as a figure of speech; e. g. BujaMgakuqalIvyaktaSaSiSuBrAMSuSItaguH . jagaMtyapi sayapa yAdavyAccetoharaH SivaH S. D. 632 ; (here the first impression of the tautology is removed when the passage is rightly understood: cf. also K. P. 9 under punaruktavadABAsa ). — uktiH f. 1 repetition. 2 superfluity, uselessness, tautology. — utTAnaM rising again, resurrection. — utpatti f. 1 reproduction. 2 return of birth, metempsychosis. — upagamaH return; kva yoDyAyAH punarupa mo daMqakAyAM vane vaH U. 2. 13. — upoQA, -UQA a woman married again. — gamanaM return, going again. — janman n. repeated birth, metempsychosis. — jAta a. born again. — RavaH, -navaH ‘growing again and again’, a fingernail. — dArakriyA marrying again, taking a second wife; Ms. 5. 168. — punA (punaH punA) N. of a river in Behār. — pratyupakAraH returning one's obligations, requital. — Bava a. born again. — (vaH) 1 transmigration, repeated or recurring birth; metempsychosis; mamApi ca kzapayatu nIlalohitaH punarBavaM parigataSaktirAtmaBUH Ś. 7. 35 ; Ku. 3. 5. 2 a fingernail. — Bavin m. the sentient soul. — BAvaH new birth, repeated ( pb ) birth. — BUH f. 1 a widow remarried. 2 re-existence. — BogaH 1 repeated enjoyment. 2 return of fruition. 2 repeated possession. — vacanaM 1 repetition. 2 repeated scriptural injunction. — vatsaH a weaned calf that begins to suck again. — vasuH (usually dual) 1 the seventh lunar mansion (consisting of two or four stars); gAM gatAviva divaH punarvasU R. 11. 36. 2 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 3 of Śiva. — vivAhaH remarriage. — saMskAraH ( punaHsaMskAraH ) repetition of any Saṃskāra or purificatory ceremony. — saMgamaH, -saMDAnaM ( punaH saMDAnaM &c.) 1 reunion. 2 rekindling the sacred fire when it has been extinguished. — saMBavaH ( punaH saMBavaH ) being born again (into the world), metempsychosis.