गुप्ति

{ guptiḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गुप्ति  f.  f. preserving, protecting, protection, [AV. vi, 122, 3; xii, 3, 7]; [TS. v f.]; [TBr.] &c.
restraint (of body, mind, and speech), [HYog.]; [Sarvad. iii, 191 and 210 f.]
concealing, hiding, keeping secret ( ifc.), [Kām.] ( [Hit.]), [Sāh.]; [Sarvad. xv]
a means of protection, fortification, rampart, [R. v f.]; [Kum. vi, 38]
a prison, [VarBṛ. v, 10]
‘place of concealment’, a hole in the ground, sink, cellar, [L.]
digging a hole in the ground, [L.] Sch.
‘a leak in a ship’ or ‘the well or lower deck of a boat’ [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गुप्तिः [guptiḥ]  f. f. [गुप्-भावे क्तिन्]
Preserving, protection; सर्वस्यास्य तु सर्गस्य गुप्त्यर्थम् [Ms.1.87,94,99;] [Y.1.198.]
Concealing, hiding.
Covering, sheathing; असिधारासु कोषगुप्तिः [K.11.]
A hole in the ground, a cavern, sink, cellar.
Digging a hole in the ground.
A means of protection, fortification, rampart; गुप्तावपि मनोहरम् [Ku.6.38.]
Confinement, prison; सरभस इव गुप्तिस्फोटमर्कः करोति [Śi.11.6.]
The lower deck of a boat.
A leak in a ship.
Check, stoppage; तथाऽस्य स्याज्जाठरी द्वारगुप्तिः [Mb.12.269.26.]

Shabda-Sagara

गुप्ति  f.  ( -प्तिः)
1. Concealing, hiding, concealment.
2. Preserving, protec- ting.
3. Restraint, check.
4. A hole in the ground, a cavern, a sink, a cellar, &c. (a place of concealment.)
5. A prison.
6. The well or lower deck of a boat.
7. Digging a hole in the ground.
8. Fortification.
E. गुप् to hide, &c. affix क्तिन्.

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