मेरक मेरुक

मेरु

मेरु 1 N. of a fabulous mountain (round which all the planets are said to revolve; and which forms the centre of the several Dvīpas; cf. द्वीप; it is also said to consi-t of gold and gems); विभज्य मेरुर्न यदर्थिसात् कृतः N. 1. 16; स्वा- त्मन्येव समाप्तहेममहिमा मेरुर्न मे रोचते Bh. 3. 150.
2 The central bead in a rosary.
3 The central gem of a necklace.
−Comp.
−आद्रिकर्णिका the earth.
−धामन् m. an epithet of Śiva.
−पृष्ठं heaven, the sky.
−यंत्रं a figure shaped like a spindle.

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