Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 514f.) dhānya, 1 mfn. consisting or made of grain, RV.; AV.; n. corn, grain, ib. &c. &c. (according to Suśr. only śālayaḥ, ṣaṣṭikāḥ & vīhayaḥ, the other grains being ku-dhānya, q.v.); a measure = 4 sesamum seeds, L.; coriander (also ā f.), L.; Cyperus Rotundus, L.; a kind of house, Gal.
dhānya, 2 n. (fr. dhana) the being rich, richness, Dhātup. xx, 3. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1068) śāli, 2 m. (accord. to some also f.; for 1. see p. 1067, col. 2) rice (often varieties), any grain of a similar character to rice, Mn.; MBh. &c.; the civet-cat, pole-cat, Hcar. (?) L.; N. of a Yaksha (who was transformed into a lion; cf. śāli-vāhana below); pl. grains of rice, rice, R. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1043) vrīhi, m. (of doubtful derivation) rice pl. grains of rice (not mentioned in RV., but in RV. named together with yava, mātha, and tila; eight principal sorts are enumerated by native authorities), RV. &c. &c.; a field of rice, KātyŚr.; rice ripening in the rainy season, W.; any grain, L.
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