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वृद्धि f. 1.f. cutting off, abscission, [W.] (in law) forfeiture, deduction, ib. वृद्धि f. 2.f. (for 1. See p.1010) growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness, [RV.] &c. &c. elevation (of ground), [VarBṛS.] prolongation (of life), [Pañcat.] swelling (of the body), [Suśr.] enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele), ib. swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon), [MBh.] gain, profit, [R.] ; [Subh.] कायिका वृद्धि profit from lending money &c., usury, interest, [Mn.] ; [Yājñ.] ; [MBh.] (the various kinds of interest recognized by Hindū lawyers are, 1. , ‘body-interest’ i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, or interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body or principal; 2. कालिका व्°, ‘time-interest’ i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, &c., but most usually computed by the month; 3. चक्रव्°, ‘wheel-interest’ i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest; 4. कारिता व्°, ‘stipulated interest’, at a rate higher than the usual legal rate; 5. शिखा-व्°, ‘interest growing like a lock of hair’ i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily ; 6. भोग-लाभ, ‘advantage [accruing to a creditor] from the use’ of objects handed over to him as security e.g. of lands, gardens, animals, &c.: ‘lawful interest’ is called धर्म-व्°, ‘usurious interest’ अ-न्याय-व्°, ‘interest at the highest legal rate’ परम-व्°), [IW. 264] आ the second modification or increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions e.g. is the वृद्धि of the vowel अ; ऐ of इ, ई, and ए; औ of उ, ऊ, and ओ; cf. 2.वृद्ध and कृत-वृद्धि), [VPrāt.] ; [Pāṇ.] ; [Rājat.] ; [Sarvad.] one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling &c.; and a remedy for phlegm. leprosy, and worms), [Suśr.] ; [Bhpr.] N. of the 11th of the astrological योगs (or the योग star of the 11th lunar mansion), [L.] वृद्धि-श्राद्ध = , [GṛS.] वृद्धि m. m. (with भट्ट) N. of a poet, [Cat.]
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