तिर्यच्

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

तिर्यच् [tiryac] तिर्यञ्च [tiryañca]   तिर्यञ्च a. (तिरश्ची f., rarely तिर्यञ्ची)
   Oblique, transverse, horizontal, awry; तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्ताच्च व्यापको महिमा हरेः [Ku.6.71.]
   Crooked, curved.
   Crossing over, traversing.
   Winding.
   Lying in the middle or between. -m.,-n.
   An animal (going horizontally as distinguished from man who walks erect), a lower or irrational animal; बन्धाय दिव्ये न तिरश्चि कश्चित् पाशा- दिरासादितपौरुषः स्यात् [N.3.2;] [Ku.1.48.]
   A bird.
   (With Jainas) The organic world, or plants.-Comp.
-अन्तरम्   intermediate space measured across, breadth.
-अयनम्   the annual revolution of the sun.-ईक्ष a. looking obliquely.
-ईशः   an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.-गः an animal.
-गतिः   transmigration of animals.
-गुणनम्   oblique multiplication.
-जः a.  a. born or begotten by an animal; यस्माद्बीजप्रभावेण तिर्यग्जा ऋषयोऽभवन् [Ms.1.] 72.
-जनः   an animal; [Bhāg.2.7.46.]
-जातिः  f. f. the brute kind (opp. man).
-ज्या   an oblique chord. -दिश्f. any horizontal region (opposed to nadir and zenith.)-प्रमाणम् breadth.
-प्रेक्षणम्   a side-look.
-प्रेक्षण, प्रेक्षिन् a.  a. looking obliquely; [Bhāg.5.26.36.]
-यानः   a crab.
-योनः   an animal; [Ms.7.149.]
-योनिः  f. f. animal creation or race; तिर्यग्योनौ च जायते [Ms.4.2.]
-सूत्रम्   a cross-line.
-स्रोतस्  m. m.
   the animal world.
   an animal, a beast or bird.