पिञ्जर

{ piñjara }

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : पिंजरा, अस्थि-पंजर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पिञ्जर  mfn.  mf( आ)n. reddish-yellow, yellow or tawny, of a golden colour, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
पिञ्जर  n.  m. a tawny-brown colour, [W.] (also -ता f., [Kathās.]; -त्व n., [Kād.])
पिञ्जर  m.  m. a horse ( prob. bay or chestnut), [L.]
    N. of a mountain, [MārkP.]
पिञ्जर  n.  n. (only [L.]) gold
   yellow orpiment
   the flower of Mesua Roxburghii
पञ्जर    w.r. for (‘skeleton’ or ‘cage’).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पिञ्जर [piñjara] a.  a. [पिञ्ज्-अरच्] Reddish-yellow, tawny, goldcoloured; शिखा प्रदीपस्य सुवर्णपिञ्जरा [Mk.3.17;] [R.18.4.]
   रः The reddish-yellow or tawny-brown colour.
   The yellow colour; नभो नैरन्तर्यप्रचलिततडित्पिञ्जरमिव [Mv.1.] 43.
   रम् Gold.
   Yellow orpiment.
   A skeleton.
   Cage (for पञ्जर).
   The ribs or the cavity formed by them, the thorax.

Shabda-Sagara

पिञ्जर  mfn.  ( -रः-रा-रं) Yellow or tawny, reddish yellow.
  m.  ( -रः)
   1. A sort of colour, tawny brown, a reddish yellow, or a mixture of red and yellow.
   2. A horse, probably a bay or chesnut horse.
  n.  ( -रं) 1. Gold.
   2. Yellow orpiment.
   3. A cage.
   4. The ribs or the cavity formed by them, the thorax: seee पञ्जर.
    E. पिजि to dye or tinge, अरच् aff.

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पिजि अरच्