Dharmalib

hrī

3 P. (jihreti, hrīṇa --hrīta) 1 To blush, be modest. --2 To be asham- ed (used by itself or with abl. or gen.); jihremyāryaputreṇa saha gurusamīpaṃ gaṃtuṃ Ś. 7. 6; anyonyasyāpi...

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[apte] 3 P. (jihreti, hrīṇa --hrīta) 1 To blush, be modest. --2 To be asham- ed (used by itself or with abl. or gen.); jihremyāryaputreṇa saha gurusamīpaṃ gaṃtuṃ Ś. 7. 6; anyonyasyāpi jihrīmaḥ kiṃ punaḥ sahavāsināṃ Ki. 11. 58; R, 15. 44; 17. 73; Bk. 3. 53; 5. 102; 6. 132. --Caus. (hrepayati-te) To put to shame (fig. also); cause to blush, make ashamed; sakaustubhaṃ hrepayatīva kṛṣṇaṃ R. 6. 49; hropitā hi bahavo nareśvarāḥ...

[apte] f. 1 Shame; raterapi hrīpadamādadhānā Ku. 3. 57; dāridryād hriyameti hrīparigataḥ prabhraśyate tejasaḥ Mk. 1. 14; R. 4. 80. --2 Bashfulness, modesty; hrīsannakaṃṭhī kathamapyuvāca Ku. 7. 85. --Comp. --jita, --mūḍha a. overcome or con- founded by shame; hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viralapreraṇā cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ Me. 68. --nirāsaḥ shamelessness. --yaṃtraṇā the con- straint of bashfulness; R. 7. 23.

[mw] cl.3 P. (Dha1tup. xxv, 3) jihreti (j/ihriyat MaitrS.; pf. jihrāya Ragh.; jihrayāṃ-cakāra, yām-āsa, Gr.; aor. ahraiṣīt ib.; Prec. hrīyāt ib.; p. hrayāṇa,, see a-hr; fut. hretā, hreṣyati Gr.), to feel shame, blush, be bashful or modest, be ashamed of any one... f. shame, modesty, shyness, timidity (also personified as daughter of Daksha dakṣa and wife of Dharma dharma) VS.; &c &c 166330 1307,2 264773 mfn. overcome by...

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√hrī ह्री

Gaṇa 3· juhotyadi· Parasmaipada · lajjāyām

to shy, to be ashamed

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NOUN
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163
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40

DCS: a pot; a well; [alchemy] a kind of alchemical apparatus

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Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: hrīs

tejaḥ śrīḥ kīrtir aiśvaryaṃ hrīs tyāgaḥ saubhagaṃ bhagaḥ

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