As a deity name
Name 449 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 188 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
खर्व · adj
जिसका अग भग्न या अपूर्ण हो । न्यूनांग · छोटा । लघु · वामन । बौना — Śabdasāgara
खर्व · noun · masculine
संख्या का बारहवाँ स्थान । सौ अरब । खरब · बारहवें स्थान की संख्या · कुबेर की नौ निधियों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
खर्व · kharv · adj.
= kharb, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 875
खर्व
maimed, mutilated
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi खर्व — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit खर्व (kharva). Doublet of खब्बा (khabbā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kharva mfn. (cf. a-, tri-) mutilated, crippled, injured, imperfect, TS. ii, 5, 1, 7
low, dwarfish, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
low, dwarfish
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
kharva mfn. (cf. a-, tri-) mutilated, crippled, injured, imperfect, TS. ii, 5, 1, 7
low, dwarfish, L.
kharva (as, am), m. n. a large number (either 10, 000, 000, 000 [L.], or 37 cyphers preceded by 1 R. vi, 4, 59)
kharva (as), m. N. of one of the nine Nidhis or treasures of Kubera, L.
Rosa moschata, L.
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