रूढि

{ rūḍhiḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

2 Traditional or customary meaning of words, as opposed to their etymological signification; the common or popular acceptation. 3 Notoriety, fame, grown or widely diffused state.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f  Corrency of observance popularity (of a custom, &c.), fame notoriety.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रूढि  f.  f. rise, ascent ( lit. and fig.), increase, growth, development, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
birth, production, [W.]
decision, [Rājat.]
fame, celebrity, notoriety, [Śiś.]
tradition, custom, general prevalence, current usage ( esp. of speech), [Nyāyam.]; [Rājat.]
योग   (in rhet.) the more amplified or popular or conventional meaning of words, the employment of a word in such a meaning (as opp. to , q.v.), [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. 1-2, 55]; [Sāh.]; [Kpr. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रूढिः [rūḍhiḥ]  f. f. [रुह्-क्तिन्]
Growth, germination.
Birth, production.
Increase, devolopment, growth, spread.
Rise, ascent.
Fame, celebrity, notoriety; चक्रधर इति रथाङ्गमदः सततं बिभर्षि भुवनेषु रूढये [Śi.15.26.]
A tradition, custom, customary or traditional usage; शास्त्राद् रूढिर्बलीयसी 'custom prevails over precept',
General prevalence, common currency.
Popular meaning, conventional acceptation of a word; मुख्यार्थबाधे तद्योगे रूढितोऽथ प्रयोजनात् [K. P.2;] समुदायशक्तिः रूढिः.
Decision. -Comp.
-शब्दः   a word which conveys its sense by रूढि (usage) as opposed to योग (etymology); बहुषु कुशानां लातुः गुणेषु सत्सु निपुणतायामेव कुशलशब्दो रोहाद् रूढिशब्द एव भवति ŚB. on [MS.6.7.22.]
-शब्दता   the state of being used in a conventional sense.

Shabda-Sagara

रूढि  f.  ( -ढिः)
1. Birth, production.
2. Growing, growth.
3. Fame, noto- riety.
4. Traditional or customary meaning of words, as opposed to their etymological signification; it is especially applied to words of foreign or uncertain origin, and incapable of etymological analy- sis.
E. रुह् to grow, &c., aff. क्तिन् .

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रुह् क्तिन्