वृद्धा वृद्धिमत्

वृद्धि

वृद्धि [वृध्-क्तिन्]
1 Growth, increase, augmentation, development; पुपोष वृद्धिं हरिदश्वदीधितेरनुप्रवेशादिव बा- लचंद्रमाः R. 3. 22; तपोवृद्धि; ज्ञानवृद्धि &c.
2 Waxing, increase of the digits of the moon; पर्यावपीतस्य सुरै- र्हिमांशोः कलाक्षयः श्लाध्यतरो हि वृद्धेः R. 5. 16, Ku. 7. 1.
3 Increase in wealth, prosperity, affluence; Pt. 2. 112.
4 Success, advancement, rise, progress; परवृद्धिमत्सरि मनो हि मानिनां Śi. 15. 1.
5 Wealth, property.
6 A heap, quantity, multitude.
7 Interest; as in सरलवृद्धि, चक्रवृद्धि &c.
8 Usury.
9 Profit, gain.
10 Enlargement of the scrotum.
11 Extension of power or revenue.
12 (In gram.) The increasa or lengthen, ing of vowels, the change of अ, इ- उ, ऋ, short or long, and ऌ to आ, ऐ, औ, आर्, and आल् respectively.
13 The impurity caused by child-birth in a family (called जननाशौच q. v.).
14 Cutting off.
15 (In law) Forfeiture (as of property).
−Comp.
−आजीवः, -आजीविन् m. a usurer, money-lender. −जीवनं, −जीविका the profession of usury.
−द a. promoting prosperity.
−पत्रं a kind of razor.
−श्राद्धं an offering made to the Manes on prosperous occasions, such as the birth of a son.

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