रन्ध्र

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रन्ध्र  m.  n. rarely m. ( prob. fr. √ रद्) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity, [RV.] &c. &c. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body cf. under ख; and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)
the vulva, [BhP.]
उप-र्°   a partic. part of a horse's head, [VarBṛS.]; [Śiś.] ( cf.)

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उप र्°

छिद्र   a defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weak part, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. ( cf.)
N. of the 8th astrological mansion, [VarBṛS.]
of the number ‘nine’ ( cf. above), [MW.]
रन्ध्र  m.  m. N. of a son of मनु भौत्य, [VP.] ( v.l. ब्रध्न)
the off spring of a Brāhman and a मैत्री, [L.]

Shabda-Sagara

रन्ध्र  n.  ( -न्ध्रं)
1. A hole, a fissure, a cavity, a chasm.
2. A fault, a de- fect.
E. रम् to sport, aff. क्विप्, धृ to have or hold, aff. क .

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रम् क्विप् धृ क .