timira

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[apte] a. [tim-kirac] Dark; vi- nyasyaṃtīṃ dṛśau timire pathi Gīt. 5; babhūvu- [Page0538-b+ 56] stimirā diśaḥ Mb. --raḥ --raṃ 1 Darkness; tannaiśaṃ timiramapākaroti caṃdraḥ Ś. 6. 29; Ku. 4. 11; Śi. 4. 57. --3 Blindness. --3 Iron-rust. --Comp. --ariḥ, --nud m., --ripuḥ the sun.

[mw] mf (A) n. (fr. tamar [ Old Germ. demar ] = t/amas) dark, gloomy MBh. vi, 2379; R. vi, 16, 104 447,1 85001 mf (A) n. = -nayana VarBr2. xx, 1 Sch. 447,1 85002 m. a sort of aquatic plant (cf. -vana) VarBr2S. lv, 11 447,1 85003 n. darkness (also pl.) Ya1jn5. iii, 172; MBh. &c (ifc. f (A). R. v, 10, 2 Katha1s. xviii) 447,1 85004

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a. [tim-kirac] Dark; vi- nyasyaṃtīṃ dṛśau timire pathi Gīt. 5; babhūvu- [Page0538-b+ 56] stimirā diśaḥ Mb. --raḥ --raṃ 1 Darkness; tannaiśaṃ timiramapākaroti caṃdraḥ Ś. 6. 29; Ku....

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

177

Texts Appeared In

38

DCS: the black lotus | Monier-Williams: timira cf. vi- , sa- .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 50 28.2%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 27 15.3%
3. Mahābhārata 11 6.2%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 11 6.2%
5. Kumārasaṃbhava 7 4.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: timiraṃ

  so 'tyabhyastas tanoḥ kuryāc chaithilyaṃ timiraṃ bhramam

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: timiraṃ

  atīva vātas timiraṃ bubhukṣā cātra nityaśaḥ

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: timira

  asthnāṃ majjani sauṣiryaṃ bhramas timiradarśanam