agha

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[apte] a. [agh-kartari ac] 1 Bad, sinful, evil, wicked; aghāyuriṃdriyā- rāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati Bg. 3. 16. --ghaṃ [agh bhāve ac] 1 Sin; aghaṃ sa ke- valaṃ bhuṃkte yaḥ pacatyātmakāraṇāt Ms. 3. 118, Bg. 3. 13; aghaughavidhvaṃsavidhau paṭīyasīṃḥ Śi. 1. 18, 26; ºmarṣaṇa &c.; misdeed, fault, crime; śreyān dvijāti- riva haṃtumaghāni dakṣaṃ Śi. 4. 37 sins and griefs also. --2 An evil, mishap, misfortune, accident, injury,...

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a. [agh-kartari ac] 1 Bad, sinful, evil, wicked; aghāyuriṃdriyā- rāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati Bg. 3. 16. --ghaṃ [agh bhāve ac] 1 Sin; aghaṃ sa ke- valaṃ bhuṃkte yaḥ...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

203

Texts Appeared In

43

DCS: a cock; a wild cock (Phasianus gallus); the plant Marsilea quadrifolia; a whisp of lighted straw or grass; a firebrand; spark of fire; the offspring of a Nishāda by a Śūdra woman; [alchemy] a kind of Puṭa

Semantic Classification

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1. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 32 15.8%
2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 23 11.3%
3. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 19 9.4%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 13 6.4%
5. Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ 9 4.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: aghaṃ

  baijikād abhisambandhād anurundhyād aghaṃ tryaham

• Manusmṛti surface: agha

  na rājñām aghadoṣo 'sti vratināṃ na ca sattriṇām

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: 'ghaṃ

  pathi śvabhir bhakṣyamāṇa ārto 'ghaṃ svam anusmaran