भङ्गि

{ bhaṅgiḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भङ्गि    a °गु, °गुर &c. See p.744.
भङ्गि  f.  b (or भङ्गी) f. breaking, [Inscr.]
a bend, curve, [Dhūrtas.]
°ग्या  n. a roundabout mode of acting or speaking, circumlocution (, ind. ‘in an indirect manner’), [Kāvyâd.]; [Daś.]; [Kathās.] &c.
explaining, [L.]
mode, manner, way, [Vcar.]
way of dressing, fashion, toilet, [Bālar.]; [Rājat.]
( ifc.) mere appearance or semblance of [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]
fraud, deception, [L.]
irony, wit, repartee, [W.]
modesty, [MW.]
भङ्ग   = (with जैनs), [Sarvad.]
figure, shape, [Siddhântaś.]
भक्ति   a step (See )
a wave, [Naiṣ.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

भङ्गिः [bhaṅgiḥ] ङ्गी [ṅgī]   ङ्गी f.
Breaking, fracture, breach, division.
Undulation.
Bending, contracting; दृग्भङ्गीभिः प्रथममथुरासंगमे चुम्बितोऽस्मि [Ud. S.13.]
A wave.
A flood, current.
A crooked path, tortuous or winding course.
A circumlocutory or round-about way of speaking or acting, periphrasis; भङ्ग्यन्तरेण कथनात् [K. P.1;] इति भङ्ग्या व्यज्यते-कथ्यते &c.; बहुभङ्गिविशारदः [Dk.]
A pretext, disguise, semblance; यः पाञ्चजन्यप्रतिबिम्बभङ्ग्या धाराम्भसः फेनमिव व्यनक्ति [Vikr.1.1.]
Trick, fraud, deceit.
Irony.
Repartee, wit.
A step; यानादवातरददूरमहीतलेन मार्गेण भङ्गिरचितस्फटिकेन रामः [R.13.69.]
An interval.
Modesty.
A fashion or mode; नानाश्रमलतापुष्पभङ्गीरचितकुन्तलाम् [Bm.1.233;] भङ्ग्यन्तरेण ind. in an indirect manner; in another manner. -Comp.
-भक्तिः  f. f. division into a series of waves or wave-like steps, a wavy staircase; cf. [Me.62.]
-भाषणम्   crooked speeches (with hidden meaning); पांसुलजनभङ्गिभाषणरतः [Dk.2.8.]
-भूत a.  a. resembling.
-विकारः   distortion of the features; a wry face, grimace.

Shabda-Sagara

भङ्गि  f.  ( -ङ्गिः-ङ्गी)
1. Fracture, division, separation.
2. Fraud, deception, trick, disguise.
3. Irony.
4. Wit, repartee.
5. A wave.
6. A crooked path.
7. A step.
8. Modesty.
9. A current.
10. Interval. 11. Circumlocation.
E. भञ्ज् to break, aff. इन्, ङीप् optionally added.

ROOTS:

भञ्ज् इन् ङीप्