पोगण्ड

{ pōgaṇḍa }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पोगण्ड  mfn.  mfn. not full-grown or adult, young, [Pur.]
deformed, having a redundant or defective member, [L.]
पोगण्ड  m.  m. a boy, one from his 5th to his 16th year, [W.] ( cf. अ-प्°).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पोगण्ड [pōgaṇḍa] a.  a. [पौः शुद्धो गण्ड एकदेशो यस्य [Tv.] ]
Young, not adult or fullgrown.
Having a deficient or redundant member.
Deformed.
-ण्डः   A boy, one from his 5th to his 16th year; 'बाल आ षोडशाद् वर्षात् पोगण्डश्चापि शब्दितः' Nārad; [Ms.8.148;] cf. अपोगण्ड.

Shabda-Sagara

पोगण्ड  mfn.  ( -ण्डः-ण्डा-ण्डं) Deformed, having a redundant or defective member.
 m.  ( -ण्डः) A boy one from his fifth to his sixteenth year,
E. अपि certainly, गडि to be a part of the cheek., अच् affs the अ of the prefix is rejected, and the इ changed to ओ; otherwise, अप depreciative prefix, गम् to go, and the deriv. irr.; also अपोगण्ड; in the second sense it also occurs पौगण्ड .

ROOTS:

अपि गडि अच् अ इ ओ; अप गम् अपोगण्ड; पौगण्ड .