guNa m. ( %{grah} Un2.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. %{tri-g-} q.v.) , string or thread , rope TS. vii Mr2icch. Kum. Ragh. ; a garland W. ; a bow-string R. iii , 33 , 16 (%{cApa-}) Ragh. ix , 54 R2itus. Hit. ; (in geom.) a sinew ; the string of a musical instrument , chord S3is3. iv , 57: ifc. (f. %{A}) with numerals `" fold , times "' (see %{ca4tur-} , %{tri-} , %{daza-} , %{dvi4-} , %{paJca-} ; rarely the numeral stands by itself along with %{guNa4} [e.g. %{viziSTo@dazabhir@guNaiH} , `" of ten times higher value "' Mn. ii , 85] AV. x , 8 , 43 MBh. iii , 15649 Hariv. 509 ; [%{guNa} = %{bhAga}] Pa1n2. 5-2 , 47 Ka1s3.) ; a multiplier , co-efficient (in alg.) ; subdivision , species , kind (e.g. %{gandhasya@guNAH} , the different kinds of smell MBh. xii , 6847) ; the 6 subdivisions of action for a king in foreign politics (viz. peace , war , march , halt , stratagem , and recourse to the protection of a mightier king) Mn. vii , 160 Ya1jn5. i , 346 MBh. ii , 155 ; = %{upA7ya} (q.v. , denoting the 4 ways of conquering an enemy) R. v , 81 , 41 ; `" requisite "' see %{-No7pe7ta} ; a secondary element , subordinate or unessential part of any action (e.g. %{sarva-g-} mfn. `" reaching to all subordinate parts "' , hence `" valid throughout "' Ka1tyS3r.) S3a1n3khS3r. A1s3vS3r. Ka1tyS3r. R. v , 1 , 71 ; an auxiliary act S3a1n3khBr. xxvi , 4 ; a secondary dish (opposed to %{anna} i.e. rice or the chief dish) , side-dish Mn. iii , 224 ff. ; (= %{-karman} , in Gr.) the secondary or less immediate object of an action Pa1n2. 1-4 , 51 Sch. ; a quality , peculiarity , attribute or property La1t2y. S3a1n3khGr2. Mn. iii , ix , &c. ; an attribute of the 5 elements (each of which has its own peculiar quality or qualities as well as organ of sense ; thus 1. ether has %{zabda} , or sound for its Gun2a and the ear for its organ ; 2. the air has tangibility and sound for its Gun2as and the skin for its organ ; 3. fire or light has shape or colour , tangibility , and sound for its Gun2as , and the eye for its organs ; 4. water has flavour , shape , tangibility , and sound for its Gun2as , and the tongue for its organ ; 5. earth has the preceding Gun2as , with the addition of its own peculiar Gun2a of smell , and the nose for its organ) Mn. i , 20 and 76-78 MBh. xii , 6846 ff. S3ak. i , 1 BhP. iii , 5 , 35 ; (in S3a1m2khya phil.) an ingredient or constituent of Prakr2iti , chief quality of all existing beings (viz. %{sattva} , %{rajas} , and %{tamas} i.e. goodness , passion , and darkness , or virtue , foulness , and ignorance ; cf. RTL. pp. 31 ; 36 ; 163) Mn. i ; iii , 40 ; xii , 24 ff. Sa1m2khyak. Bhag. xiii f. ; (hence) the number `" three "' VarBr2S. iic , 1 ; a property or characteristic of all created things (in Nya1ya phil. twenty-four Gun2as are enumerated , viz. 1. %{rUpa} , shape , colour ; 2. %{rasa} , savour ; 3. %{gandha} , odour ; 4. %{sparza} , tangibility ; 5. %{saMkhyA} , number ; 6. %{parimANa} , dimension ; 7. %{pRthaktva} , severalty ; 8. %{saMyoga} , conjunction ; 9. %{vibhAga} , disjunction ; 10. %{paratva} , remoteness ; 11. %{aparatva} , proximity ; 12. %{gurutva} , weight ; 13. %{dravatva} , fluidity ; 14. %{sneha} , viscidity ; 15. %{zabda} , sound ; 16. %{buddhi} or %{jJAna} , understanding or knowledge ; 17. %{sukha} , pleasure ; 18. %{duHkha} , pain ; 19. %{icchA} , desire ; 20. %{dveSa} , aversion ; 21. %{prayatna} , effort ; 22. %{dharma} , merit or virtue ; 23. %{adharma} , demerit ; 24. %{saMskAra} , the self-reproductive quality) ; an epithet Ka1tyS3r. ; good quality , virtue , merit , excellence Mn. MBh. &c. ; the merit of composition (consistency , elegance of expression , &c.) Ka1vya7d. i , 41 f. Kpr. viii Sa1h. viii ; the peculiar properties of the letters (11 in number , viz. the 8 %{bAhya-prayatnAs} [q.v.] and the 3 accents) Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 1-1 , 9 and 50 (cf. %{-mAtra}) ; the first gradation of a vowel , the vowels %{a} (with %{ar} , %{al} Pa1n2. 1-1 , 51) , %{e} , %{o} Nir. x , 17 RPra1t. xi , 6 Pa1n2. ; an organ of sense L. ; a cook (cf. %{-kAra}) L. ; Bhi1ma-sena (cf. %{-kAra}) L. ; (%{A}) f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana L. ; the plant %{mAMsarohiNI} L. ; N. of a princess Ra1jat. iv , 695 (cf. %{nir-} , %{vi-} , %{sa-} ; %{gauNa}.)
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