गुञ्जा

{ guñjā }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गुञ्जा  f.  f. humming, [L.]
a kettle-drum, [Bhaṭṭ. xiv, 2]
Abrus precatorius (bearing a red and black berry which forms the smallest of the jeweller's weights), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.]
the berry of Abrus precatorius (averaging about 1 5/16 grains troy) or the artificial weight called after it (weighing about 2 3/16 grains, = 1/5 आद्य-माषक or माषक, = 3 or 2 barley-corns, = 4 grains of rice, = 2 grains of wheat, [L.]; with physicians 7 गुञ्जाs = 1 माथ, with lawyers 7 1/2 गुञ्जाs), [Yājñ. iii, 273]; [Cāṇ.]; [VarBṛS.]
a kind of plant with a poisonous root, [Suśr. v, 2, 3]
गञ्जा   (= ) a tavern, [L.]
reflection, meditation, [L.]
गुञ्जा  f.  f. a drum, [Bhaṭṭ.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गुञ्जा [guñjā]   [गुञ्ज्-अच्]
A small shrub of that name, bearing a red black berry; अन्तर्विषमया (for ˚य्यः) ह्येता बहिश्चैव मनोरमाः । गुञ्जाफलसमाकारा योषितः केन निर्मिताः ॥ [Pt.1.] 196; किं जातु गुञ्जाफलभूषणानां सुवर्णकारेण वनेचराणाम् [Vikr.1.25.]
A berry of this shrub used as a weight, measuring on an average 1 grains Troy, or an artificial weight called Gunja measuring about 2 grains.
Humming, a low murmuring sound.
a kettle-drum; ...गुञ्जा जुगुञ्जुः करघट्टिताः [Bk.14.2.]
A tavern.
Reflection, meditation.
A kind of plant with a poisonous root.

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