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गुण guṇa, vulg. guṇ, and H. गुन gun, s.m. A string or thread; a rope; a track-rope; string (of a musical instrument); bow-string; (in Geom.) chord (of an arc);—(suffixed to a numeral) fold, times (e.g. do-guṇ, 'two-fold, double'; das-guṇ, 'ten-fold')—(in Arith.) multiplier; multiplication (=guṇā); product (in multiplication);—a secondary element, a subordinate or unessential part (of an action, etc.);—a quality, peculiarity, property, attribute; power, faculty; a good quality, excellence, merit, virtue; good character; goodness, kindness, favour, benefit; skill, cleverness; sense, understanding;—cause, reason;—mode, method, manner; species;—benefit, advantage, good, gain;—excess;—remission or abatement (of a disease, etc.);—a property of humanity, an ingredient or constituent of nature (three of which are particularized, viz. Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, or 'goodness, passion, and darkness,' or 'virtue, foulness, and ignorance'); (hence, in Hindūpoetry) a term for the number three;—(in Gram.) a secondary or subordinate gradation of a vowel (opp. to vr̤iddhi):—guṇ-ābād, or gun-ābād, s.m. corr. of guṇāvād, q.v.:—guṇākar, vulg. gun-ākar (˚ṇa+āk˚), s.m. A mine or multitude of merits; one endowed with all virtues;—a name of Buddha Śākya-muni, the founder of the Buddhist religion;—an epithet of Śiva;—adj. (f. -ā), Possessing all excellences; endowed with all virtues:—guṇāgār, vulg. guṇ-āgār (˚ṇa+āg˚), s.m. The abode or receptacle of good qualities or virtues; one endowed with all virtues; a person of surpassing excellence (syn. guṇākar, and guṇ-nidhān):—guṇāguṇ(˚ṇa+ag˚), s.m. Merit and demerit; virtues and vices; excellences and blemishes (of;—syn. guṇ-dosh):—guṇānuvād (ṇa+an˚), s.m., and guṇāvād (˚ṇa+āv˚), s.m. Reciting the perfections and excellences (of), extolling, glorifying; eulogizing, eulogy, lauding, laudation;—gratefulness, thankfulness, thanks;—guṇānuvād karnā, or gānā(-kā), To hymn the praise (of), to extol, to glorify; to eulogize, laud, etc.:—guṇāvādī, s.m. (f. -inī), One who recites the perfections, etc. (of another), extoller, praiser, etc.:—guṇāyan, vulg. gun-āyan (-ṇa+ay˚), s.m. (f. -āor -kā), One who goes in the path of virtue, a virtuous person:—gun-bāćak, s.m. corr. of guṇ-vāćak, q.v.:—guṇ-bhraṅś, s.m. The loss of good qualities or merits:—guṇ-phal, or gun-phal, s.m. (in Arith.) A multiple:—guṇa jna, vulg. gunagya, s.m. (f. -ā), One who knows how to judge (of men and things),recognizer of merit, appreciator of the worth (of); a friend (of virtue):—guṇa-jnātā, vulg. guṇ-gyātā, s.m.=guṇa-jna, q.v.:—guṇ-ćhāṅḍnā(-kā), To pass over the good qualities (of):—guṇa-davulg. guṇad (f. -ā), and guṇ-dāyak (f. -ikā), adj. Imparting excellence, or virtue, or benefit, etc.; beneficial, profitable; improving; efficient:—guṇ-dosh, s.m. Good qualities (or properties) and bad; merits and demerits; virtues and vices:—guṇ-dharm, s.m. The virtue (or duty) incident to the possession of certain qualities (e.g. clemency is the virtue and duty of royalty, etc.):—guṇdenā(-ko), To impart excellence or goodness (to):—to benefit, profit;—to be effective, to have effect (=guṇkarnā);—to multiply (a number, into, -meṅ):—guṇ-sāgar, adj. & s.m. Endowed with all good qualities;—an ocean of good qualities; one endowed with all virtues; an epithet of the Supreme Being:—guṇ-stuti, s.f. Praising, lauding; eulogy, encomium, panegyric:—guṇ-kāpalṭādenā(-ko), To return a favour, repay a benefit:—guṇ-kārak (f. -ikā), or guṇ-kārī(f. -iṇī), adj. Productive of good qualities, profitable, beneficial, salutary, helpful; fit; effective, effectual;—guṇ-kārī, adj. -- 0916 -- & s.m.=guṇ-vān, or guṇī, qq.v.:—guṇ-kārīhonā= guṇkarnā(-ko), To be profitable or beneficial (to), to benefit, to improve, etc. (=guṇdenā, q.v.):—guṇ-khān, s.m. A mine of excellence or merit; a very excellent, or skilful, or learned person (syn. guṇākar, gunāgār):—guṇ-gāth, vulg. gun-gāth, s.m., or guṇ-gāthā, vulg. gun-gāthā, s.f. Statement of the qualities (of a person or thing, whether in praise or dispraise):—guṇ-gān, s.m. Singing the virtues or excellent qualities (of); praising, eulogizing; praise, laudation, eulogy, panegyric;—guṇ-gān karnā(-kā), To sing the praises (of);—to celebrate in song; to laud, eulogize, etc.;—to prattle or crow (as infants):—guṇ-gāhak, or guṇ-grāhak (f. -ikā), or guṇ-grāhī(f. -inī), adj. & s.m. Appreciating or discerning merit or qualities; doing justice to the good qualities (of); patronizing learning;—one who appreciates merit or good qualities;—a seeker after knowledge:—guṇ-mān, adj. (f. -matī) = guṇ-vān, q.v.:—guṇmānnā(-kā), To acknowledge a favour or benefit; to be grateful (for):—guṇ-may, adj. (f. -ī), Consisting of merits or virtues; abounding in excellences referable to the three fundamental qualities:—guṇ-nāśak, adj. & s.m. (f. -ikā), Destroying qualities, or virtues, etc.;—a destroyer of qualities; neutralizer; antidote:—guṇ-nidhān, s.m. 'Treasury or depository of good qualities'; a person of great excellence or merit (syn. guṇākar, and guṇāgār, qq.v.):—guṇ-vāćak, vulg. gun-bāćak, s.m. (in Gram.) Any word indicating a quality or attribute; an adjective:—guṇ-vāćan, s.m.=guṇ-vāćak, and guṇ-vād, qq.v.:—guṇ-vād, s.m. Pointing out (or celebrating) good qualities or merits:—guṇ-wālā, or gun-wālā, adj. & s.m. (f. -wālī) = guṇ-vān, q.v.:—guṇ-vān, or guṇ-want (f. -vatī), or gun-wantā(f. -ī), adj. & s.m. Endowed with good qualities, or virtues, or merits, or excellences; excellent, perfect;—meritorious; virtuous; worthy; accomplished, skilful, able;—an excellent person; a perfect man; a saint; an accomplished scholar; a skilful or clever person (syn. guṇī):—guṇ-viśeshaṇ, s.m. (in Gram.) An attributive; an adjective, an epithet:—guṇ-auguṇ, s.m.=guṇāguṇ, and guṇ-dosh, qq.v.:—guṇ-hīn, adj. (f. -ā), Void of properties or attributes;—void of merit, void of good qualities or endowments:—guṇeśvar (˚na+īś˚), s.m. lit.'Lord of the three (fundamental) qualities'; name of a mountain (supposed by some to be Ćitrakoṭin Bundelkhaṇḍ).