म मकरन्द

मकर

मकर [मं विषं किरति क-अच् Tv.]
1 A kind of sea-animal, a crocodile, shark; झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि Bg. 10. 31; मकरवक्त्र Bh. 2. 4. (Makara is regarded as an emblem of Cupid; cf. comps. below).
2 The sign Capri cornus of the zodiac.
3 An array of troops in the form of a Makara.
4 An ear-ring in the shape of a Makara.
5 The hands folded in the form of a Makara.
6 N. of one of the nine treasures of Kubera.
7 The tenth arc of thirty degrees in any circle.
−Comp.
−अंकः an epithet of 1. the god of love. −2. the ocean.
−अश्वः an epithet of Varuṇa. −आकरः, −आवासः the ocean.
−आलयः 1. the ocean. −2. a symbolical expression for the number ‘four’.
−कुंडलं an ear-ring in the shape of a Makara. −केतनः, -केतुः, −के- तुमत् m. epithets of the god of love.
−ध्वजः 1. an epithet of the god of love; संप्राप्तं मकरध्व- जेन मथनं त्वत्तो मदर्थे पुरा Ratn. 1. 3; तत्प्रेमवारि मकरध्वजतापहारि Ch. P. 41. −2. a particular array of troops.
−राशिः f. the sign Capri- cornus of the zodiac.
−संक्रमणं the passage of the sun into the sign Capricornus.
−सप्तमी the seventh day in the bright half of Māgha.

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