tri num. a. [ Uṇ. 5. 66 ] (declined in pl. only, nom. trayaH m. , tisraH f. trIRi n. ) Three; ta eva hi trayo lokAsta eva traya ASramAH &c. Ms. 2. 229 ; priyatamABirasO tisfBirbaBO R. 9. 18 ; trIrRi varzARyudIkzeta kumAryutfmatI satI Ms. 9. 90. [ Cf. L. tres ; Gr. treis ; A. S. , Zend thri ; Eng. three .] Comp. — aMSaH 1 a three-fold share. 2 a third part. 3 three-fourths. — akza a. triocular. — akzaH, -akzakaH an epithet of Śiva. — akzaraH 1 the mystic syllable om consisting of three letters; see under a . 2 a match-maker or Gawaka (that word consisting of three syllables.) 3 a genealogist. — (rI) knowledge, learning; see vidyA . — aMkawaM, -aMgawaM 1 three strings suspended to either end of a pole for carrying burdens. 2 a sort of collyrium. — (waH) N. of Śiva. — aMjanaM the three kinds of collyrium; i. e. kAlAMjana, rasAMjana , and puzpAMjana . — aMjalaM, -li three handfuls taken collectively. — aDipatiH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — aDizWAnaH the soul. — (naM) spirit, life ( catanya ). — aDvagA , — mArgagA, -vartmagA epithets of the river. Ganges (flowing through the three worlds). — anIka a. having the three properties of heat, rain and cold; Rv. 3. 56. 3. — (kA) an army consisting of horses, elephants and chariots. — aMbakaH (also triyaMbaka in the same sense though rarely used in classical literature) ‘having three eyes’, N. of Śiva; triyaMbakaM saMyaminaM dadarSa Ku. 3. 44 ; jaqIkftastryaMbakavIkzaRena R. 2. 42 , 3. 49. °saKaH an epithet of Kubera. — aMbakA an epithet of Pārvatī. — abda a. three years old. ( pb ) ( bdaM ) three years taken collectively. — aSIta a. eighty-third. — aSItiH f. eighty-three. — azwan a. twentyfour. — aSra, -asra a. triangular. — (sraM) a triangle. — ahaH 1 a period of three days. 2 a festival lasting three days. — Ahika a. 1 performed or produced in three days. 2 recurring after the third day, tertian (as fever). 3 having provision for three days. — fcaM ( tfcaM also) three Ṛks taken collectively; Ms. 8. 106. — Ehika a. having provision for three days. — kakud m. 1 N. of the mountain Trikūṭa. 2 N. of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. 3 the highest, chief. 4 a sacrifice lasting for ten nights. — kakB m. Ved. 1 Indra. 2 Indra's thunderbolt. — karman n. the chief three duties of a Brāhmaṇa i. e. sacrifice, study of the Vedas, and making gifts or charity. ( — m. ) one who engages in these three duties (as a Brāhmaṇa). — kAyaH N. of Buddha. — kAlaM 1 the three times; the past, the present, and the future, or morning, noon and evening. 2 the three tenses (the past, present, and future) of a verb. — (laM) ind. three times, thrice. °jYa, °darSin a. omniscient. ( m. ) 1 a divine sage, seer. 2 a deity. 3 N. of Buddha. °vid m. 1 a Buddha. 2 an Arhat (with the Jainas). — kUwaH N. of a mountain in Ceylon on the top of which was situated Laṅkā, the capital of Rāvaṇa; Śi. 2. 5. — kUrcakaM a knife with three edges. — koRa a. triangular, forming a triangle. — (RaH) 1 a triangle. 2 the vulva — KaM 1 tin. 2 a cucumber. — KawvaM, -KadvI three bedsteads taken collectively. — gaRaH an aggregate of the three objects of worldly existence; i. e. DarBa, arTa and kAma; na bADataM'sya trigaRaH parasparaM Ki. 1. 11 ; see trivarga below. — gata a. 1 tripled. 2 done in three days. — gartAH ( pl. ) 1 N. of a country, also called jalaMDara , in the north-west of India. 2 the people or rulers of that country. — gartA 1 a lascivious woman, wanton. 2 a woman in general. 3 a pearl. 4 a kind of cricket. — guRa a. 1 consisting of three threads; vratAya mOMjIM triguRAM baBAra yAM Ku. 5. 10. 2 three-times repeated, thrice, treble, ( pb ) threefold, triple; sapta vyatIyustriguRAni tasya (dinAni) R. 2. 25. 3 containing the three Guṇas satva, rajasa and tamas — (RaM) the Pradhāna (in Sān. phil. ) ( — ind. ) three times; in three ways' ( — RAH m. pl. ) the three qualities or constituents of nature; trayImayAyatriguRAtmana namaH K. 1. — (RA) 1 Māyā or illusion (in Vedānta phil. ). 2 an epithet of Durgā — cakzus m. an epithet of Śiva. — catura a. ( pl. ) three or four; gatvA javAttracaturARi padAni sI tA B. R. 6. 34. — catvAriMSa a. forty third. — catvAriMSat f. forty-three. — jagat n. — jagatI the three worlds, (1) the heaven, the atmosphere, and the earth; or (2) the heaven, the earth, and the lower world. — jawaH an epithet of Śiva. — jawA N. of a female demon, one of the Rākṣasa attendants kept by Rāvaṇa to watch over Sītā, when she was retained as a captive in the Aśoka-vanikā. She acted very kindly towards Sītā and induced her companions to do the same — jIdA — jyA the sine of three signs or 90°, a radius. — RatA a bow. — Rava, -Ravan a. pl. three times nine, i. e. 27. — RAciketaH a part of the Adhvaryu sacrifice or Yajurveda, or one who performs a vow connected therewith (according to Kull. on Ms. 3. 185 ). — RItA a wife (‘thrice married’; it being supposed that a girl belongs to Soma , Gandharva and Agni before she obtains a human husband). — takzaM, takzI three carpenters taken collectively. — daqaM 1 the three staves of a Saṃnyā...