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[apte] a. 1 Red, reddish. --2 Made of copper, coppery. --3 Made of iron. --haḥ, --haṃ 1 Copper. --2 Iron. --3 Steel. --4 Any metal. --5 Gold. --6 Blood. --7 A weapon; Ms. 9. 321. --8 A fish-hook. --haḥ The red goat. --haṃ Aloe-wood. --Comp. --ajaḥ the red goat. --abhisāraḥ, --abhihāraḥ N. of a military ceremony resem- bling nīrājana q. v. --āmiṣaḥ the flesh of the red-haired goat. --uttamaṃ gold. --kāṃtaḥ a loadstone,...

[mw] mfn. (prob. fr. a ruh for a lost rudh, to be red; cf. rohi, rohiṇa &c) red, reddish, copper-coloured S3rS.; MBh. 908,3 183780 mfn. made of copper S3Br. (Sch.) 908,3 183781 mfn. made of iron Kaus3. 908,3 183782 m. n. red metal, copper VS. &c 908,3 183783