lauha

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (hī f.) [lohameva lohasya vikāraḥ aṇ] 1 Made of iron, iron. --2 Coppery. --3 Metallic. --4 Copper- coloured, red. --haṃ Iron; Bk. 15. 54. --hā A kettle. --Comp. --ātma- n m., --bhūḥ f. a boiler, kettle, cal- dron. --kāraḥ a blacksmith. --jaṃ rust of iron. --baṃdhaḥ --dhaṃ an iron fetter, irons. --bhāṃḍaṃ an iron vessel. --malaṃ rust of iron. --śaṃkuḥ an iron spike.

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. loha) made of copper or iron or any metal, coppery, iron, metallic Gr2S3rS.; MBh. &c 909,3 184110 mf (I) n. red MBh. 909,3 184111 mf (I) n. belonging to or coming from the red-coloured goat Ma1rkP. 909,3 184112 f. a metal or iron cooking-pot, kettle, pan L. 909,3 184113

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a. (hī f.) [lohameva lohasya vikāraḥ aṇ] 1 Made of iron, iron. --2 Coppery. --3 Metallic. --4 Copper- coloured, red. --haṃ Iron; Bk. 15. 54. --hā A kettle. --Comp. --ātma- n m.,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

206

Texts Appeared In

34

DCS: name of Viśvāmitra's father (son of Kuśika); the descendants of Gāthin | Monier-Williams: lOha n. iron, metal, Bhaṭṭ.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Rasaratnasamuccayabodhinī 39 18.9%
2. Rasaratnākara 33 16.0%
3. Rasendrasārasaṃgraha 29 14.1%
4. Rasendracintāmaṇi 19 9.2%
5. Rasakāmadhenu 9 4.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rasaratnākara surface: lauha

  śṛtaṃ kṣīraṃ tato'nnaṃ ca sevyaṃ lauharasāyane

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: lauhīḥ

  dadṛśur vismitās tatra narā lauhīḥ sahasraśaḥ

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: lauhaṃ

  dharaṇīdharasāra iti uṣṭramukhavat tena dharaṇīdharāḥ parvatās teṣāṃ sāro lauhaṃ