cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]
cl. 1. P. Ā. dhā́vati, °te (pf. dadhāva, °ve Gr.; aor. adadhāvat, [RV.]; adhāvīt, [Br.]; Prec. dhāvyāsam Gr.; fut. dhāviṣyati, [Kāv.], °te and dhāvitā Gr.; ind.p. dhāvitvā and °vya, [Kāv.]; dhautvā Gr.); to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim, [RV.] &c. &c.; to run after (with or scil. paścāt), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. = seek for (acc.), [Kir. ii, 29]; run towards (-abhimukham), [Hit.] run a race (ājim), [Br.], run as fast as possible (sarvaṃ javam), [ib.]; run to and fro (itaś cetaś ca), [MBh.]; [Hit.]; run away, flee, [RV.]; [AV.]; to advance or rush against (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; (prati), [Kathās.] : Caus. dhāváyati (aor. adīdhavat Gr.) to make run, impel, [Pañc.]; to drive in a chariot, (with instr. of the vehicle and acc. of the way), [Br.]; to jump, dance, [RV. x, 146, 2.] (cf. √ 2. dhan, dhanv, dhav; dhū.)
cl. 1. P. Ā. dhāvati, °te (pf. dadhāva, [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. -adhāviṣṭa, [RV. ix, 70, 8]; ind.p. dhautvā, [Prab. iv, 23] [v.l. dhūtvā] and -dhāvya, [Kauś.]) to rinse, cleanse, wash, purify, polish, make bright (Ā. also to rub one's self with, rub into one's own person), [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. dhāvyate (pf. 3. pl. -dadhāvire), [Śiś.] : Caus. dhāvayati, °te, to cleanse, wash, [Br.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; cause to be washed, [L.] : Desid. didhāviṣati, °te; Intens. dādhāvyate Gr.
dhānā́ f. corn, grain (originally the grains of seed from their being ‘laid’ into and ‘conceived’ by the earth, cf. √ 1. dhā, but usually = fried barley or rice or any grain fried and reduced to powder), [RV.] &c. &c.
(cf. tri-, dvi-, śata-, sahasra-), flood, gush, jet, drop (of any liquid), shower, rain (also fig. of arrows, flowers, &c.; vásor dh°, ‘source of good’, N. of a partic. libation to Agni, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.]; of Agni's wife, [BhP.])
a leak or hole in a pitcher &c., [L.]
the pace of horse, [Śiś. v, 60] (5 enumerated, viz. dhorita, valgita, pluta, ut-tejita, ut-terita, or ā-skandita, recita for the two latter, [L.]; with paramā, the quickest pace, [Kathās. xxxi, 39])
uniformity, sameness (as of flowing water?), [L.]
custom, usage, [W.]
continuous line or series (cf. vana-)
fig. line of a family, [L.]
N. of a sacred bathing-place (also with māheśvarī cf. above), [MBh.]
of a town (the residence of Bhoja), [Cat.]
dhā́rā f. (√ dhāv) margin, sharp edge, rim, blade (esp. of a sword, knife, &c.; fig. applied to the flame of fire), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the edge of a mountain, [L.]
the rim of a wheel, [Ragh. xiii, 15]
the fence or hedge of a garden, [L.]
the van of an army, [L.]
the tip of the ear, [L.]
highest point, summit (cf. °rādhirūḍha) glory, excellence, [L.]
N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., [RV. x]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, [MBh.]; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, [Pur.]; Fate personified, [Kāv.])
one of the 49 winds, [VahniP.]
paramour, adulterer, [Daś.]
the 10th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter, [Cat.]
N. of a Ṛṣi in the 4th Manv-antara, [Hariv.] (C. dhāman)
constituent part, ingredient (esp. [and in [RV.] only] ifc., where often = ‘fold’ e.g. tri-dhā́tu, threefold &c.; cf. triviṣṭi-, sapta-, su-), [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
element, primitive matter (= mahā-bhūta, [L.]), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (usually reckoned as 5, viz. kha or ākāśa, anila, tejas, jala, bhū; to which is added brahma, [Yājñ. iii, 145]; or vijñāna, [Buddh.])
a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also doṣa] phlegm, wind and bile, [BhP.] [cf. purīṣa, māṃsa, manas, [ChUp. vi, 5, 1]]; or as the 5 organs of sense, indriyāṇi [cf. s.v. and [MBh. xii, 6842], where śrotra, ghrāṇa, āsya, hṛdaya and koṣṭha are mentioned as the 5 dh° of the human body born from the either] and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them, gandha, rasa, rūpa, sparśa and śabda, [L.]; or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen, [Suśr.] [[L.] rasādi or rasa-raktādi, of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews, [BhP.]])
primary element of the earth i.e. metal, mineral, ore (esp. a mineral of a red colour), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. element of words i.e. grammatical or verbal root or stem, [Nir.]; [Prāt.]; [MBh.] &c. (with the southern Buddhists means either the 6 elements [see above] [Dharmas. xxv]; or the 18 elementary spheres [dhātu-loka] [ib.] [lviii]; or the ashes of the body, relics, [L.] [cf. -garbha]).
a cause, [Sukh. i].
dhā́tu mfn. (√ dhe) to be sucked in or drunk (havis), [RV. v, 44, 3]
dhā́man n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, [RV.] &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, [Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, [RV.] &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, [VS.]; [Br.])
favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, [VS.]; [AV.]; [Br.]
the inmates of a house or members of a family, class, troop, band, host (also pl.), [RV.] &c.
law, rule, established order (esp. of Mitra-Varuṇa), [RV.]; [AV.]
state, condition, [Prab. i, 30]
manner, mode, tone, form, appearance (esp. in sacrifice, song &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]