मार्कण्ड मार्गक

मार्ग

मार्ग [मृज्-शुद्धौ, मार्ग्-अन्वेषणे घञ् वा]
1 A way, road, path (fig. also); अ- ग्निशरणमार्गमादेशय Ś. 5; so विचारमार्ग- प्रहितेन चेतसा Ku. 5. 42; R. 2. 72. U. 3. 37.
2 A course, passage, the tract passed over; वायोरिमं परिवहस्य वदंति मार्गं Ś. 7. 6.
3 Reach, range; Ki. 18. 40.
4 A scar, mark (left by a wound &c.); R. 4. 48; 14. 4.
5 The path or course of a planet.
6 Search, inquiry, investigation.
7 A canal, channel, passage.
8 A means, way.
9 The right way or course, proper course; सुमार्ग, अमार्ग.
10 Mode, manner, method, course; शांतिº R. 7. 71.
11 Style, direction; इति वैदर्भमार्गस्य प्राणा दश गुणाः स्मृताः Kāv. 1. 41; वाचां विचित्रमार्गाणां 1. 9.
12 Custom, usage, practice; कुलº, शास्त्रº, धर्मº &c.
13 Hunting or tracing out game.
14 A title or head in law, ground for litigation.
15 A high style of acting, dancing, and singing.
16 (In dramaturgy) Hinting or indicating how anything is to happen.
17 (In geom.) A section.
18 The anus.
19 Musk.
20 The constellation called मृगशिरस्.
21 The month called मार्गशीर्ष.
−Comp.
−आगतः a traveller. −उ- पदेशकः a guide, leader.
−तोरणं a triumphal arch erected on a road; R. 11. 5.
−दर्शकः a guide.
−द्रगः a city or town on the road. −धेनुः,
−धेनुकं a measure of distance equal to 4 krośas.
−बंधनं a barricade.
−रक्षकः a road-keeper, guard.
−वटी an epithet of the tutelary deity of travellers.
−शोधकः a pioneer.
−स्थ a. travelling, way-faring.
−हर्म्यं a palace on a high road.

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