1. x the ninth vowel of the alphabet (resembling the sound lry in revelry ; it only appears in some forms of √ kxp ).
2. x m. a mountain, L.
x ind. 1 The earth. 2 A mountain. 3 The mother of the gods. 4 The female nature. 5 A ( pb ) mystical letter. ( N. B. No Sanskrit word begins with x or X , except some of the technical names of ( pb ) Pāṇini for tenses and moods; e. g. xN and xw ).