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तिर्यञ्च् f. mfn. ( fr. तिर॑स् + अञ्, [Pāṇ. 6-3, 94] ; nom. m.°र्य॑ङ्n.°र्य॑क्f.°र॑श्ची, also °र्यञ्ची, [Vop. iv, 12] ) going or lying crosswise or transversely or obliquely, oblique, transverse (opposed to अन्व्-अ॑ञ्च्), horizontal (opposed to ऊर्ध्व॑), [AV.] ; [VS.] ; [TS.] &c. going across, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 3, 2 f.] moving tortuously, [W.] curved, crooked, [W.] meandering, [W.] lying in the middle or between (a tone), , xi, 4, 2, 5 ff.; [VPrāt. i, 149] तिर्यञ्च् n. m.n. ‘going horizontally’, an animal (amphibious animal, bird, &c.), [Mn. v, 40] तिर्यञ्च् m. m., xii, 57; [Yājñ.] ; [MBh.] &c. the organic world (including plants), [Jain.] तिर्यञ्च् n. n. = °र्यक्-प्रमाण, [Śulbas.] तिर्यञ्च् f. f. the female of any animal, [W.]
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