मरीच मरीचिका

मरीचि

मरीचि m. f. [मृ-ईचि Uṇ. 4. 70]
1 A ray of light; न चंद्रमरी- चयः V. 3. 10; सवितुर्मरीचिभिः Rs. 1. 16; R. 9. 13, 13. 4.
2 A particle of light.
3 Light.
4 Mirage.
−चिः
1 N. of a Prajāpati, one of the ten patriarchs created by the first Manu, or one of the ten mindborn sons of Brahman; he was father of Kaśyapa.
2 N. of a lawgiver.
3 N. of Kṛṣṇa.
4 A miser.
−Comp.
−गर्भ a. containing particles of light.
−तोयं a mirage.
−मालिन् a. encircled by rays, radiant, shining (−m.) the sun.

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