मेरु

{ mēruḥ }

बर'/बड़ो (Bodo) WN

   See : मिरु, मिरु, गेजेर

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : मेरुपर्वत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

मेरु n.  एक पर्वत, जिसे निम्नलिखित नौ कन्याएँ थीः

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

   See : मेरुपर्वत

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   The sacred mountain Meru in the centre of the seven continents. Supposed to mean the high land of Tartary, immediately to the north of the Himálaya mountains. 2 fig. The large middle gem of a necklace. The two ends meet in it. 3 The stalk or standing tube of a गुडगुडी or hubble bubble.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  The standing tube of a गुडगुडी. The mountain मेरु. The middle gem of a necklace.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : मेरु पर्वत

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. 
   हिमालयाच्या उत्तरेकडील तार्तरीचा डोंगरी प्रदेश म्हणून समजलेला , सप्तखंडांच्या मध्यभागीं असलेला , श्रेष्ठ मानलेला असा पर्वत ; स्वर्ग , मृत्यु , पाताळ यांस आधारभूत असा सोन्याचा पर्वत . तो मध्यस्थु गा गिरिवरां । मेरु जैसा । - ज्ञा ५ . ५०२ .
   ( ल . ) जपाच्या माळेंतील मध्यवर्ती असलेला मोठा मणी . यांत माळेचीं दोन्ही शेवटें ओवितात . स्मरणीलागीं मेरु जैसा . - अमृत १६ .
   जिच्यावर चिलीम बसविलेली असते ती गुडगुडीची नळी .
   सांबर , हरिण यांची एक जात . [ सं . ] सामाशब्द -
०दंड   पु पाठीचा कणा . तेणें मेरुदंड अवक्रशुद्ध । - एभा १४ . ४१० . [ सं . ]
०स्थान  न. माळेच्या मधील मोठा मणि .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मेरु  m.  m. ( [Uṇ. iv, 101]) N. of a fabulous mountain (regarded as the Olympus of Hindū mythology and said to form the central point of जम्बु-द्वीप; all the planets revolve round it and it is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different द्वीपs q.v.; the river Ganges falls from heaven on its summit, and flows thence to the surrounding worlds in four streams; the regents of the four quarters of the compass occupy the corresponding faces of the mountain, the whole of which consists of gold and gems; its summit is the residence of ब्रह्मा, and a place of meeting for the gods, ऋषिs, गन्धर्वs &c., when not regarded as a fabulous mountain, it appears to mean the highland of Tartary north of the हिमालय), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
   a partic. kind of temple, [VarBṛS.]
   the central or most prominent bead in a rosary, [L.]
   the most prominent finger-joint in partic. positions of the fingers, [L.]
    N. of the palace of गान्धारि (one of the wives of कृष्ण), [Hariv.]
   of a चक्र-वर्तिन्, [L.]
शास्त्रिन्   (with ) of a modern teacher, [Cat.]
   of another man, [Rājat.]
मेरु  f.  f. N. of the wife of नाभि and mother of ऋषभ, [VP.] ( cf. -देवी).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मेरुः [mēruḥ]   1 N. of a fabulous mountain (round which all the planets are said to revolve and which forms the centre of the several Dvīpas; cf. द्वीप; it is also said to consist of gold and gems); विभज्य मेरुर्न यदर्थिसात् कृतः [N.1.16;] स्वात्मन्येव समाप्तहेममहिमा मेरुर्न मे रोचते [Bh.3.15.]
   The central bead in a rosary.
   The central gem of a necklace. -Comp.
-अद्रिकर्णिका   the earth. -धामन्m. an epithet of Śiva.
-पृष्ठम्   heaven, the sky.
-मन्दरः  N. N. of a mountain.
-यन्त्रम्   a figure shaped like a spindle.
-सावर्णः  N. N. of one of the fourteen Manus.

Shabda-Sagara

मेरु  m.  ( -रुः)
   1. The sacred mountain Meru, in the centre of the seven continents, compared to the cup or seed-vessel of the lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different Dwipas: its height is said by the Hindus to be 84,000 Yojanas, sixteen thousand of which are below the surface of the earth: the shape is various- ly described, as square, conical, columnar, spherical, or spiral; and the four faces of it are of various colours, or white towards the east, yellow to the south, black to the west, and red towards the north: the river Ganges falls from heaven on its summit, and flows thence to the surrounding worlds in four streams; the southern branch is the Ganges of India, the northern running into Tartary is the Bhadrasomā, the eastern is the Sitā, and the wes- tern the Chacshu or Oxus: on the summit of Meru BRAHMĀ re- sides attended and worshipped by the Rishis, Gandharbas, &c.; the regents of the points of the compass occupy the correspond- ing faces of the mountain, the whole of which consists of gold and gems: considered in any but a fabulous light, mount Meru appears to mean the high land of Tartary, immediately to the north of the Himālaya mountains.
   2. The central bead in a rosary. 3. The middle gem in a necklace.
    E. मि to scatter, (radiance,) Unādi aff. रु.

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मि रु