[Skt.] n. A quality, property, virtue, disposition, temper, character, or attribute. Tendency, effect, purpose, use. A symptom as of disease. vaniki gunamuvaccinadi he is now come to his senses. nilagunamu blackness. manci gunamu goodness, good temper. mohagunamu the passion of lust. vaniki gunamuganunnadi he is better, he has recovered. padi rupayaluyiste guname if he gives ten rupees so much the better. anduvalla yemigunamu what is the use of it? vanito matladite gunamu ledu there is no good in speaking to him. padi gunamulugala or gadiyaku oka gunamugalafreakish, changeable, whimsical vantibhrantigunamu an attack or symptoms of cholera. The three Gunas are Rajah (passion) Tamah foulness: and Satvam (Truth). Added to a numeral, thus dvigunamutwice as much or two-fold. trigunamu thrice as much, or three-fold. gunamu n. A cord, a string. tradu. A bow string. alletradu. gunadhvani the sound of the bowstring. gunapadu guna-padu. v. n. To recover, improve, ameliorate. gunamagu guna-m-agu. v. n. To recover. variki gunamainadi they have improved. gunamiccu guna-m-itstsu. v. n. To affect favourably, as medicine, to improve the health.gunamu ceyu gunamu-cheyu n. The cure. gunavantudu or gunayutudu guna-vantudu. n. A worthy or good man. gunavati guna-vati. n. A good woman. guni or gunudu guni. adj. Endowed or gifted with good qualities. “gunagunambulariti kudimadi” (Paidimarri. iv. 214.) united as closely as goodness and the good, as the virtuous and virtue. adhikagunudu highly distinguished. gunincu or guniyincugunintsu. v. a. To multiply, calculate. To spell. gunitamu gunitamu. n. Multiplication, spelling. gunyata gunyata. n. Excellence, goodness, worth. “gunyata yemainanusari pranyavanamu ceyavalayu.” T. iii. 96.