गर्भ

Monier-Williams · garbha
gárbha m. (√grabh = grah, 'to conceive' ‖ √2. gṝ iii, 152) the womb &c ‖ the inside, middle, interior of anything, calyx (as of a lotus) &c. (ifc. f. ā, 'having in the interior, containing, filled with' &c.) ‖ an inner apartment, sleepingroom ‖ any interior chamber, adytum or sanctuary of a temple &c. p. 445 ‖ a foetus or embryo, child, brood or offspring (of birds) &c ‖ a woman's courses ‖ 'offspring of the sky', i.e. the fogs and vapour drawn upwards by the rays of the sun during eight months and sent down again in the rainy season (cf. ix, 305) iv,