वर्कुट वर्गणा

वर्ग

वर्ग [वृज्-घञ्]
1 A class, division, group; company, society, tribe, collection (of similar things); न्य- षेधि शेषोऽप्यनुयायिवर्गः R. 2. 4, 11. 7; so पौरवर्गः, नक्षत्रवर्गः &c.
2 A party, side; Ku. 7. 53.
3 A category.
4 A class of words grouped together; as मनुष्यवर्गः, वनस्पतिवर्गः &c.
5 A class of consonants in the alphabet.
6 A section, chapter, division of a book.
7 Particularly, a subdivision of an Adhyāya in Ṛgveda.
8 The square power.
9 Strength.
10 Sphere, province.
11 The whole class of objects of worldly existence (धर्म, अर्थ, and काम).
−Comp.
−अंत्यं, −उत्तमं the last letter of each of the first five classes of consonants; i. e. a nasal.
−घनः the cube of a square. ºघातः the fifth power. −पदं, −मूलं the square root.
−प्रकृतिः f. an affected square. −व- र्गः the square of a square.

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