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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
īthe fourth letter of the alphabet, corresponding to i long, and having the sound of ee in feel.
m. N. of Kandarpa, the god of love, [L.]
f. ( or īs) N. of Lakṣmī, [L.] [also in [MBh. xii, 11220], according to [Nīlak.] (who reads puṇyacañcur ī)].
ind. an interjection of pain or anger
a particle implying consciousness or perception, consideration, compassion.
for √ i. See 5. i.
īkhईख्or ikh cl. 1. P. ekhati, iyekha, or īkhati, īkhāṃ-cakāra, ekhitum or īkhitum, to go, move, [Dhātup. v, 28.]
īḻईळ्īḻā, &c. See under √ īḍ.
īśईश्cl. 2. Ā. ī́ṣṭe, or Ved. ī́śe (2. sg. ī́śiṣe and ī́kṣe, [RV. iv, 20, 8]; [vi, 19, 10]; Pot. 1. sg. ī́śīya, pf. 3. pl. īśire, īśiṣyati, īśitum) to own, possess, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to belong to, [RV.]; to dispose of, be valid or powerful; to be master of (with gen., or Ved. with gen. of an inf., or with a common inf., or the loc. of an abstract noun), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to command; to rule, reign, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to behave like a master, allow, [KaṭhUp.];
[cf. Goth. aigan, ‘to have’; Old Germ. eigan, ‘own’; Mod. Germ. eigen.]
m. master, lord, the supreme spirit, [VS.] &c.
N. of Śiva.
īhईह्cl. 1. Ā. īhate, īhāṃ-cakre, īhiṣyate, īhitum, rarely P. īhati, &c., to endeavour to obtain; to aim at, attempt; to long for, desire; to take care of; to have in mind, think of (with acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Bhag.]; [Pañcat.] &c. : Caus. īhayati, to impel.
ījईज्or īñj cl. 1. P. ījati, ījāṃ-cakāra, ījitum or īñjati, &c., to go; to blame or censure, [Dhātup. vi, 24] (cf. apej and sam-īj.)
īlईल्Caus. P. īláyati, to move, [TS. vi, 4, 2, 6] (cf. īr, Caus.)
īmईम्ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), Ved. a particle of affirmation and restriction (generally after short words at the beginning of a period, or after the relative pronouns, the conjunction yad, prepositions and particles such as āt, uta, atha, &c.) has also the sense ‘now’ (= idānīm), and is by, [Sāy.] sometimes considered as an acc. case for enam, [RV.]; [VS.]
īḍईड्cl. 2. Ā. ī́ṭṭe (2. sg. pres. īḍiṣe, Ved. īḻiṣe, pf. īḍé, fut. īḍiṣyate, aor. aiḍiṣṭa, inf. īḍitum, Ved. īḻe, &c.) to implore, request, ask for (with two acc.); to praise, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [R.]; [BhP.] &c.: Caus. P. īḍayati, to ask; to praise, [BhP.]
ṭ, f. praise, extolling, [RV. viii, 39, 1.]
īrईर्cl. 2. Ā. ī́rte (3. pl. ī́rate, [AV.]; [RV.]), īraṃ-cakre, īriṣyati, airiṣṭa, īritum; Ved. inf. irádhyai, [RV. i, 134, 2], to go, move, rise, arise from, [RV.]; to go away, retire, [AV. xix, 38, 2]; to agitate, elevate, raise (one's voice), [RV.] : Caus. P. īráyati (cf. √ īl), to agitate, throw, cast; to excite, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to cause to rise; to bring to life; to raise one's voice, utter, pronounce, proclaim, cite, [RV.]; [ChUp.]; [Ragh.]; [Suśr.] &c. ; to elevate, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] : Ā. to raise one's self, [AV.]; [VS.]
īṣईष्cl. 1. Ā. (with prep. also P.) ī́ṣate, -ti (p. ī́ṣamāṇa, [RV.]; [AV.]; īṣé, īṣitum) to go; to fly away, escape, [RV.]; [AitBr.]; to attack, hurt, [TS.]; to glean, collect a few grains; to look, [Dhātup.]
ind. a Nidhana or concluding chorus at the end of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
īṅkhईङ्ख्or iṅkh cl. 1. P. (iṅkhati, iṅkhāṃ-cakāra, or īṅkhati, īṅkhāṃ-cakāra, iṅkhitum or īṅkhitum) to go, move, [Dhātup. v, 28] : Caus. īṅkháyati, to move backwards and forwards, move up and down, swing, [RV.]; [AitBr.]
īśāईशाīśā́ (ā́), f. faculty, power, dominion, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
īśaईशīśá mfn. owning, possessing, sharing
one who is completely master of anything
capable of (with gen.)
powerful, supreme
a ruler, master, lord, [Mn.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kum.] &c.
īśá (as), m. a husband, [L.]
a Rudra
the number ‘eleven’ (as there are eleven Rudras)
N. of Śiva as regent of the north-east quarter, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Śak.] &c.
N. of Śiva
of Kuvera
īñjईञ्ज्īj or cl. 1. P. ījati, ījāṃ-cakāra, ījitum or īñjati, &c., to go; to blame or censure, [Dhātup. vi, 24] (cf. apej and sam-īj.)
īhāईहाf. effort, exertion, activity, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
request, desire, wish, [R.]; [Sāh.]; [MBh.] &c.
īhaईहm. attempt (see ūrdhveha)
īkṣईक्ष्cl. 1. Ā. ī́kṣate, īkṣāṃ-cakre ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 63]), īkṣiṣyate, aikṣiṣṭa, īkṣitum, to see, look, view, behold, look at, gaze at; to watch over (with acc. or rarely loc.), [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to see in one's mind, think, have a thought, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to regard, consider, [Kum.]; to observe (the stars &c.), [VarBṛS.]; to foretell for (dat.; lit. to observe the stars for any one), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 39] : Caus. īkṣayati, to make one look at (with acc.), [ĀśvGṛ.] (This root is perhaps connected with akṣi, q.v.)
(also) to be seen, [Jātakam.]
īlīईलीor īli f. a kind of weapon (sometimes considered as a cudgel and sometimes as a short sword or stick shaped like a sword), [L.]
īliईलिīlī or f. a kind of weapon (sometimes considered as a cudgel and sometimes as a short sword or stick shaped like a sword), [L.]
īntईन्त्cl. 1. P. īntati, īntitum, to bind [cf. ant and and], [Vop.] on [Dhātup. iii, 25.]
īpsईप्स्(Desid. of √ āp, q.v.), to wish to obtain.
īḍāईडाf. praise, commendation, [L.]
īraईरm. wind.
mfn. driving, chasing, [Nalac.]
ītiईतिf. (fr. 4. ī?), plague, distress, any calamity of the season (as drought, excessive rain, swarm of rats, foreign invasion, &c.)
infectious disease, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.
an affray, [L.]
travelling in foreign countries, sojourning, [L.]
ind. = iti, [R. vii, 32, 65.]
īṣāईषाīṣā́ f. (said to be fr. 1. īṣ), the pole or shafts of a carriage or plough
(e), f. du. (e) the double or fork-shaped pole, [RV. iii, 53, 17]; [viii, 5, 29]; [AV. viii, 8, 23]; [xi, 3, 9]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a plank, board, [VarBṛS.]
a particular measure, [Śulb.]
īṣaईषm. the month Āśvina See iṣa
a son of the third Manu
a servant of Śiva.
īśinईशिन्mfn. commanding, reigning
īdṛśईदृश्ī-dṛ́ś k, mfn. (Ved. ṅ, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 83]) endowed with such qualities, such, [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śak.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
ī-dṛ́ś (k), f. such a condition, such occasion, [RV.]; [AV.]
īkṣāईक्षाī́kṣā f. sight, viewing
considering, [BhP.]; [Nyāyad.]
īkṣaईक्षī́kṣa mf(I)n. ifc. seeing, looking, visiting (see tiryag-īkṣa, vadhv-īkṣa)
ī́kṣa n. anything seen, [ŚBr. vii, 1, 2, 23] (merely for the etym. of antarikṣa).
īpsāईप्साf. asking, desire or wish to obtain, [MBh.]; [R.]
īpsuईप्सुmfn. striving to obtain
wishing to get or obtain, desirous of (with acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [R.] &c.
īḍyaईड्यīḍénya or īḻénya or ī́ḍya, mfn. to be invoked or implored; to be praised or glorified, praiseworthy, laudable, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Ragh.] &c.
īrṇaईर्णmfn. See ud-īrṇa.
īrinईरिन्m. N. of a man
m. pl. (iṇas) the descendants of this man, [MBh.]
īrmāईर्मा1. īrmá or īrmā́, ind. in this place, here, to this place; going constantly, or instigating [[Sāy.]], [RV.]
īrmaईर्मīrmá or īrmā́, ind. in this place, here, to this place; going constantly, or instigating [[Sāy.]], [RV.]
īrmá as, m. the arm, the fore-quarter of an animal, [AV. x, 10, 21]; [ŚBr.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]
īrmá (am), n. a sore or wound, [TāṇḍyaBr. iv, 2, 10] [[Sāy.]]
īrtsईर्त्स्(Desid. of √ ṛdh, q.v.) P. īrtsati, to wish to increase, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 55]; [Vop.]
īryāईर्याf. wandering about as a religious mendicant (i.e. without hurting any creature).
īryaईर्यmfn. to be excited.
īrṣāईर्षाf. impatience, envy of another's success (more properly read īrṣyā), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
īrṣuईर्षुmfn. envious, jealous (v.l. for īrṣyu, q.v.), [MBh.]; [Hit.]
īrṣyईर्ष्य्or īrkṣy cl. 1. P. ī́rṣyati (p. ī́rṣyat, [TS.]), īrṣyāṃ-cakāra, īrṣyitum or īrkṣyati, [Pāṇ.]; [Vop.]; [Dhātup.]; to envy, feel impatient at another's prosperity (with dat.) : Desid. īrṣyiṣiṣati or īrṣyiyiṣati Comm. on [Pāṇ.]
īvatईवत्ī́-vat mfn. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), so large, so stately, so magnificent, so much, [RV.]
going, moving [[Sāy.]]
īṣadईषद्(in comp. for īṣat).
īṣanईषन्(in comp. for īṣat).
īṣatईषत्mfn. (pres.p.) attacking, hurting.
īṣát ind. (gaṇa svar-ādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 37]; for the use of See [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 126], &c.) little, a little, slightly, [ŚBr.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.
īṣmaईष्मand 1. īṣva, m. N. of Kāmadeva spring, [L.] See iṣma and iṣva.
īṣvaईष्वīṣma and , m. N. of Kāmadeva spring, [L.] See iṣma and iṣva.
m. a spiritual teacher, [L.]
īḻitaईळितīḍitá or īḻitá, mfn. implored, requested, [RV.]
īśānāईशाना(ā), f. N. of Durgā
īśānīईशानीī́śānī f. the silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum, [L.]
īśānaईशानī́śāna (and īśāná) mfn. owning, possessing, wealthy
reigning, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
ī́śāna (as), m. a ruler, master, one of the older names of Śiva-Rudra, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kum.] &c.
one of the Rudras
the sun as a form of Śiva
a Sādhya
N. of Viṣṇu
N. of a man
ī́śāna (am), n. light, splendour, [L.]
īśakeईशकेind. in the northeast, [AgP.]
īśanaईशनn. commanding, reigning, [ŚvetUp.]
īśinīईशिनीf. supremacy, [Mn.]
īśitāईशिताīśi-tā, f. or īśi-tva, n. superiority, supremacy, one of the eight attributes of Śiva, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
īśitṛईशितृm. a master, owner, proprietor
a king, [ŚvetUp.]; [Prab.]
īdṛśaईदृशīdṛ́śa, mf(I)n. or īdṛśaka, mf(ikA)n. endowed with such qualities, such, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [R.]; [Bhag.] : [Śak.] &c.; [with the final syllables dṛś and dṛśa of these words cf. the Gk. λικ in ὁμῆλιξ, λικο in τηλίκο-ς &c.; Goth. leika in hvêleiks, ‘which one’, svaleik-s, ‘such’; Mod. Germ. welcher, solcher; Slav. liko nom. lik, e.g. tolik, ‘such’; Lat. li in tâlis, quâlis.]
īhitaईहितmfn. sought, attempted, striven for
wished, desired
n. desire, request, wish, effort, [Hit.]; [Kathās.]; [Prab.] &c.
ījānaईजानījāná mfn. (pf. p. of √ yaj, q.v.) one who has sacrificed, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
ījikaईजिकm. pl. N. of a people, [VP.]; [MBh.]
īkāraईकारī—kāra m. the letter or sound ī.
īlikāईलिकाf. a nerve, tendon, gut, [L.]
īlinīईलिनीf. N. of a daughter of Medhātithi, [Hariv.]
īlinaईलिनm. N. of a son of Taṃsu and father of Duṣyanta, [MBh.]
īḍanaईडनn. the act of praising, [L.]
īḍitaईडितīḍitá or īḻitá, mfn. implored, requested, [RV.]
īḍitṛईडितृīḍitṛ́ mfn. one who praises, [AV. iv, 31, 4.]
īrāmāईरामाf. N. of a river, [MBh.]
īraṇaईरणmfn. agitating, driving, [L.]
m. the wind, [Suśr.]
n. uttering, pronouncing, [BhP.]
painful and laborious evacuation of the bowels, [Bhpr.]
īrajaईरजīra—ja m. ‘wind-born’, N. of Hanumat.
īriṇaईरिणmfn. desert
n. salt and barren soil (see iriṇa), [MBh.]
īritaईरितmfn. sent, despatched
said, uttered.
īrkṣyईर्क्ष्य्See īrṣy.
īrṣy or cl. 1. P. ī́rṣyati (p. ī́rṣyat, [TS.]), īrṣyāṃ-cakāra, īrṣyitum or īrkṣyati, [Pāṇ.]; [Vop.]; [Dhātup.]; to envy, feel impatient at another's prosperity (with dat.) : Desid. īrṣyiṣiṣati or īrṣyiyiṣati Comm. on [Pāṇ.]
īrmanईर्मन्m. = 2. īrmá above, [Bhaṭṭ.]
īrtsāईर्त्साf. the wish to increase anything, [L.]
īrtsuईर्त्सुmfn. wishing to increase anything, [Bhaṭṭ.]
īrṣyāईर्ष्याīrṣyā́ (ā́), f. envy or impatience of another's success
spite, malice
jealousy, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.] &c.
īrṣyaईर्ष्यmfn. envious, envying, [L.]
īrṣyuईर्ष्युīrṣyú mfn. jealous, [AV. vi, 18, 2]; [MBh.]; [Hit.]
īṣīkāईषीकाīṣī́kā f. a reed, cane, [MaitrS.]
an arrow, [R.]
a painter's brush or a fibrous stick used as one
an ingot-mould
a dipping rod or something cast into a crucible to examine if the metal it contains is in fusion, [L.] See īkṣikā.
īṣaṇāईषणाf. haste, [L.]
īṣaṇaईषणmfn. hastening
īṣikāईषिकाf. an elephant's eyeball
a painter's brush, &c.
a weapon, a dart or arrow, [L.] Cf. iṣīkā and īṣīkā.
īṣiraईषिरm. fire, [L.] See iṣira.
īḻenyaईळेन्यīḍénya or īḻénya or ī́ḍya, mfn. to be invoked or implored; to be praised or glorified, praiseworthy, laudable, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Ragh.] &c.
īṃkāraईंकारīṃ—kārá m. uttering the exclamation īm, [TS.]
īṃkṛtaईंकृतīṃ—kṛta (ī́ṃ-), mfn. one who has uttered īm, ib.
īṅkhanaईङ्खनn. swinging, [BhP.]
īṅkhayaईङ्खयmfn. moving, causing to flow or go.
īśānyaईशान्यn. N. of a Liṅga.
īśatvaईशत्वīśa—tva n. supremacy, superiority.
īśitvaईशित्वīśi-tā, f. or īśi-tva, n. superiority, supremacy, one of the eight attributes of Śiva, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
īśvarāईश्वरा(ā or ī), f. N. of Durgā
of Lakṣmī
of any other of the Śaktis or female energies of the deities
N. of several plants, [L.]
īśvaraईश्वरīśvará mfn. able to do, capable of (with gen. of Vedic inf., or with common inf.), liable, exposed to, [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [Kum.]; [Hit.] &c.
īśvará mf(I). master, lord, prince, king, mistress, queen, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Ragh.]; [Mn.] &c.
īśvará (as), m. a husband, [MBh.]
God
the Supreme Being, [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; [Yājñ.] &c.
the supreme soul (ātman)
Śiva
one of the Rudras
the god of love
N. of a prince
the number ‘eleven’
īdṛktāईदृक्ताīdṛk-tā f. quality, [Ragh.]; [Daś.]
īdṛkṣaईदृक्षīdṛ́kṣa mf(I)n. (fr. id, neut. of pronom. base 3. i, and dṛkṣa, √ dṛś, dropping one d and lengthening the preceding i; cf. tadṛkṣa from tad, &c.), of this aspect, of such a kind, endowed with such qualities, such-like, [VS.]; [Kathās.] &c.
īhālihईहालिह्īhā—lih mfn. reading (any one's) wish (nayanayoḥ, ‘in his eyes’; cf. 2. lih, p. 903), [Sāh.]