रन्धित रपस्

रन्ध्र

रन्ध्र 1 A hole, an aperture, a cavity, an opening, a chasm, fissure; रंध्रेष्विवालक्ष्यनभःप्रदेशा R. 13. 56. 15. 82; नासाग्ररंध्रं Māl. 1.
1; क्रौंचरंध्रं Me. 57.
2 (a) A weak or vulnerable point, assailable point; रंध्रोपनि- पातिनोऽनर्थाः Ś. 6; रंध्रान्वेषणदक्षाणां द्वि- षामामिषतां ययौ R. 12. 11; 15. 17, 17. 61. (b) A defect, fault, an imperfection.
3 A symbolical expression for the number ‘nine’, (there being nine openings in the human body).
−Comp.
−अन्वेषिन्, −अनुसारिन् a. searching or watching for weak points; Mk. 8. 27.
−आगतं a disease which attacks the throat of horses.
−प्रहारिन् a. attacking (one) in his weak points.
−बभ्रुः a cat.
−वंशः a hollow bamboo.

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