गुप्ति

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गुप्ति  f.  f. preserving, protecting, protection, vi, 122, 3; xii, 3, 7"> [AV. vi, 122, 3; xii, 3, 7]; [TS. v f.]; [TBr.] &c.
    restraint (of body, mind, and speech), [HYog.]; iii, 191 and 210 f."> [Sarvad. iii, 191 and 210 f.]
    concealing, hiding, keeping secret ( ifc.), [Kām.] ( [Hit.]), [Sāh.]; [Sarvad. xv]
   a means of protection, fortification, rampart, [R. v f.]; vi, 38">--- 10---
   a prison, [VarBṛ. v, 10]
   ‘ place of concealment’, a hole in the ground, sink, cellar, [L.]
    digging a hole in the ground, [L.] Sch.
   ‘a leak in a ship’ or ‘the well or lower deck of a boat’ [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गुप्तिः [guptiḥ]  f. f. [गुप्-भावे क्तिन्]
    preserving, protection; सर्वस्यास्य तु सर्गस्य गुप्त्यर्थम् [Ms.1.87,94,99;] [Y.1.198.]
    concealing, hiding.
    covering, sheathing; असिधारासु कोषगुप्तिः [K.11.]
   A hole in the ground, a cavern, sink, cellar.
    digging a hole in the ground.
   A means of protection, fortification, rampart; गुप्तावपि मनोहरम् [Ku.6.38.]
    confinement, prison; सरभस इव गुप्तिस्फोटमर्कः करोति [Śi.11.6.]
   The lower deck of a boat.
   A leak in a ship.
    check, stoppage; तथाऽस्य स्याज्जाठरी द्वारगुप्तिः [Mb.12.269.26.]

Shabda-Sagara

गुप्ति  f.  ( -प्तिः)
   1. concealing, hiding, concealment.
   2. preserving, protec- ting.
   3. restraint, check.
   4. A hole in the ground, a cavern, a sink, a cellar, &c. (a place of concealment.)
   5. A prison.
   6. The well or lower deck of a boat.
   7. digging a hole in the ground.
   8. fortification.
    E. गुप् to hide, &c. affix क्तिन्.

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