तुङ्ग mfn. (
-ङ्गः-ङ्गा-ङ्गं)
1. High, elevated, lofty.
2. Chief, principal.
3. Passionate, hot.
m. (
-ङ्गः)
1. A tree, (Rottleria tinctoria.)
2. A mountain.
3. The planet Mercury.
4. The superior apsis or aphe- lion of a planet.
5. Top, vertex, altitude.
6. The cocoanut tree.
f. (
-ङ्गी)
1. A kind of basil, (Ocymum gratissimum.)
2. Turmeric.
3. Night.
f. (
-ङ्गा) Bamboo manna.
E. तुजि to guard, to dwell, to hurt, &c. affix
घञ् .