dvi meaning in english

[Skt.] n. Two. rendu. dvigunamu dvi-gunamu. adv. and adj. Double, two fold. dhanudvigunamu cent. per cent. dvigunakrtamu dvi-guna-kritamu. adv. Twice ploughed. dvija dvija. adj. Twice born. dvijamu oviparous, born first from the ovary and then from the egg, as a bird or snake, paksi, pallu, pamu. Vasu. iii. 32. A tooth: as all teeth are reproduced. dvijudu. A Brahmin, a member of one of the three thread wearing castes, so called because born into the caste by investiture with the sacred thread. A verse says janmana jayate sudrh, karmanajayate dvijh, vedadhyayicaviprassyat, brahmajna nicabrahmana, by birth he is a Sudra: rites constitue him a Dwija: reading the scriptures makes him a Vipra: and knowledge of deity makes him a Brahmin. dvijanmudu dvi-janmudu. n. A twice born man. dvijudu. (q. v.) dvijaraju dvija-razu. n. An epithet of the moon, and of the eagle (garutman) as kind of birds. dvijati dvi-jati. n. A bird, a snake, a Brahmin. brahmane, andaje, brahmanadi jati traye. dvijihvamu dvi-jihvamu. n. Lit: the double tongued, i.e., a snake, pamu. dvijudu See under dvija. dvitayamu dvi-tayamu. n. A couple, pair. zata, rendu. dvitiyamu dvitiyamu. adj. Second.rendavadi. dvitiya dvitiya. n. The second day of a lunar fortnight. vidiya. dvitiyavibhakti dvitiya-vibhakti. n. The second case of a noun, being the accusative. the second person, dvitvamu dvitvamu. n. Reduplication of a letter, a double consonant, thus, dvitvatakaramu double T. dakara dvitvamu double D. dvipamu dvipamu. n. Lit: That which drinks (pa.) with two limbs, i.e., an elephant. dvipadadvipada. n. Lit: A verse of two lines. A couplet, a sort of metre. dviradamu dvi-radamu. n. Lit: Two tusked, i.e., an elephant. dvirasanamu dvi-rasanamu. n. Lit: Double tongued, i.e., a snake.dvirephamu dvi rephamu. n. The large carpenter bee. Lit: “The Double R.” so called because its commonest name Bhramara uses the letter R twice. dvihalyamu dvi-halyamu. n. Lit: Twice ploughed, i.e., a field. renducallu dunnina (polamu.)