tiryac a. ( tiraScI f. , rarely tiryaM , cI ) 1 Oblique, transverse, horizontal, awry; Ku. 6. 71. 2 Crooked, curved. 3 Crossing over, traversing. 4 Winding. 5 Lying in the middle or between. — m. , — n. 1 An animal (going horizontally, as distinguished from man who walks erect), a lower or irrational animal; baMDAya divye na tiraSci kaScit pASAdirAsAditapOruzaH syAt N. 3. 20 ; Ku. 1. 48. 2 A bird. 3 (With Jainas) The organic world, or plants. Comp. — aMtaraM intermediate space measured across, breadth. — ayanaM the annual revolution of the sun. — Ikza a. looking obliquely. — ISaH an epithet of Kṛṣṇa — gaH an animal. — gatiH transmigration of animals. — janaH an animal. — jAtiH f. the brute kind ( opp. man). — pramARaM breadth. — prekzaRaM a side-look. — yAnaH a crab. — yonaH an animal. — yoniH f. animal creation or race; tiryagyonO ca jAyate Ms. 4. 200. — sUtraM a cross-line. — srotas m. 1 the animal world. 2 an animal, a beast or bird.