वृद्धि f. 1.f. cutting off, abscission,
[W.] (in law) forfeiture, deduction,
ib.वृद्धि f. 2.f. (for
1. See p.1010) growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness,
[RV.] &c. &c.
elevation (of ground),
[VarBṛS.] prolongation (of life),
[Pañcat.] swelling (of the body),
[Suśr.] enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele),
ib.swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon),
[MBh.] gain, profit,
[R.] ;
[Subh.] कायिका वृद्धि profit from lending money &c., usury, interest,
[Mn.] ;
[Yājñ.] ;
[MBh.] (the various kinds of interest recognized by
Hindū lawyers are, 1. , ‘body-interest’
i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, or interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body or principal; 2.
कालिका व्°, ‘time-interest’
i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, &c., but most usually computed by the month; 3.
चक्रव्°, ‘wheel-interest’
i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest; 4.
कारिता व्°, ‘stipulated interest’, at a rate higher than the usual legal rate; 5.
शिखा-व्°, ‘interest growing like a lock of hair’
i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily
; 6.
भोग-लाभ, ‘advantage [accruing to a creditor] from the use’ of objects handed over to him as security
e.g. of lands, gardens, animals, &c.: ‘lawful interest’ is called
धर्म-व्°, ‘usurious interest’
अ-न्याय-व्°, ‘interest at the highest legal rate’
परम-व्°),
[IW. 264] आ the second modification or increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions
e.g. is the
वृद्धि of the vowel
अ;
ऐ of
इ,
ई, and
ए;
औ of
उ,
ऊ, and
ओ;
cf. 2.वृद्ध and
कृत-वृद्धि),
[VPrāt.] ;
[Pāṇ.] ;
[Rājat.] ;
[Sarvad.] one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling &c.; and a remedy for phlegm. leprosy, and worms),
[Suśr.] ;
[Bhpr.] N. of the 11th of the astrological
योगs (or the
योग star of the 11th lunar mansion),
[L.] वृद्धि-श्राद्ध = ,
[GṛS.] वृद्धि m. m. (with
भट्ट)
N. of a poet,
[Cat.]