गह्वर

{ gahvara }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : गुफा, बिल

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गह्वर  mfn.  mf( आ, ई)n. ( g. अश्मा-दि) deep, impervious, impenetrable, [TS. v]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
   confused (in mind), [Kathās.]; [lxi, 39 and 41]
गह्वर  m.  m. an arbour, bower, [L.]
   a cave, cavern, [L.]
गह्वर  n.  n. ‘an abyss, depth’ (‘water’ [Naigh.]; [Nir.]) See °रे-ष्ठ॑
   a hiding-place, thicket, wood, [AV. xii, 2, 53]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
   an impenetrable secret, riddle, [MBh. xiii, 1388]
   a deep sigh, [L.]
   hypocrisy, [L.]
    Abrus precatorius (?), [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गह्वर [gahvara] a.  a. (-रा or
-री  f. f.).
   Deep, impervious; [Bhāg.1.6.13.]
   Confused (in mind); बभूव गह्वरो ग्रामवासी कोऽपि जडः पुमान् [Ks.61.39,41.]
   रम् An abyss, a depth.
   A thicket, forest; गुल्मतृणवीरुद्भिर्गह्वरमिव भव- त्येवमेव गृहाश्रमः [Bhāg.5.14.4.]
   A cave, cavern; गौरीगुरोर्गह्वरमाविवेश [R.2.26.46;] [Ṛs.1.21.]
   An inaccessible place.
   A hiding-place.
   A riddle.
   Hypocrisy.
   Weeping, crying.
   Water.
   A deep sigh.
-रः   An arbour, bower.
   री A cave, cavern, recess in a rock or mountain.
   The earth.

Shabda-Sagara

गह्वर  nf.  ( -रं-री) A cave, a cavern, a grotto, a recess in a rock or moun- tain, &c.
  n.  ( -रं)
   1. A thicket, a wood.
   2. Hypocrisy.
   3. Weeping, crying, but not violently.
  m.  ( -रः) An arbour, a bower.
    E. गाह to be agitated, and ष्वरच् Unadi affix, the radical vowel made short.

ROOTS:

गाह ष्वरच्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : गभीर