am अम् ind. quickly, a little, (g. cādi, q.v.) the termination in the comparative and other forms used as ind., e.g. pratarám, &c., (g. svar-ādi, q.v.) amati, to go, [L.]; to go to or towards, [L.]; to serve or honour, [L.]; to sound, [L.]; (Imper. Ā. 2. sg. amīṣva; aor. āmīt; cf. abhy-√ am) to fix, render firm, [TS.]; (perf. p. acc. sg. emuṣám for emivā́ṃsam) to be pernicious or dangerous, [RV. viii, 77, 10] : Caus. āmáyati (impf. ā́mayat; aor. Subj. āmamat) to be afflicted or sick, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] (cf. án-āmayat). amā अमा amā́ See ss.vv. amā́ ind. (Ved. instr. fr. 2. áma, q.v.) (chiefly Ved.) at home, in the house, in the house of (gen.), with, [RV.] &c. together, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 122] amā́ (ā) f. = amā-vāsyā́, q.v. Comm. on [Ragh. xiv, 80] (in a verse quoted from Vyāsa) Comm. on [Sūryas.] a-mā (√ 3. mā) f. (= a-pramāṇa) not an authority, not a standard of action, [Nyāyam.] ambh अम्भ् ambhate, to sound, [L.] ama अम áma m. impetuosity, violence, strength, power, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] depriving of sensation, fright, terror, [RV.] disease, [L.] áma mfn. (pron.; cf. amu) this, [AV. xiv, 2, 71] (quoted in [ŚBr. xiv] & [ĀśvGṛ.]) [The word is also explained by prāṇa, ‘soul’, cf. Comm. on [ChUp. v, 2, 6.]] amb अम्ब् cl. 1. P. ambati, to go, [L.] : cl. 1. Ā. ambate, to sound, [L.] amu अमु a pronom. base, used in the declension of the pronom. adás, that (e.g. acc. amúm, amū́m; instr. amunā, amuyā; dat. amúṣmai, amuṣyai, &c.) amāt अमात् amā́t See ss.vv. amā́t ind. (abl.) from near at hand, [RV. v, 53, 8] and [ix, 97, 8.] a-māt m(nom. sg. An)fn. (pr. p. √ 3. mā), not measuring, not affording room or space, boundless (in qualities), [Śiś. xiii, 2]; [Nalod.] ambho अम्भो (in comp. for ambhas). ambā अम्बा ambā́ f. (Ved. voc. ámbe [[VS.]] or amba [[RV.]], in later Sanskṛt amba only, sometimes a mere interjection, [ĀśvŚr.]), a mother, good woman (as a title of respect) N. of a plant N. of Durgā (the wife of Śiva) N. of an Apsaras, [L.] N. of a daughter of a king of Kāśī, [MBh.] N. of one of the seven Kṛttikās, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [TBr.] a term in astrol. (to denote the fourth condition which results from the conjunction of planets?). In the South Indian languages, is corrupted into ammā, and is often affixed to the names of goddesses, and females in general [Germ. Amme, a nurse; Old Germ. amma, Them. ammôn, ammûn] ambī अम्बी ambī́ f. = ambí, q.v., [RV. viii, 72, 5] (acc. ambyàm) & [Kāṭh.] amba अम्ब ámba See ambā́. ambi अम्बि ambí f. mother, [RV. i, 23, 16] : Superl. voc. ámbitame, O dearest mother! [RV. ii, 41, 16], (cf. ambī́.) ambu अम्बु ámbu n. water, [Naigh.]; [MBh.] &c. a kind of Andropogon, [VarBṛS.]; [Bhpr.] N. of a metre (consisting of ninety syllables), [RPrāt.] the number, ‘four’, [VarBṛ.] amin अमिन् mfn. (fr. 1. ama), sick, [L.] amlī अम्ली f. Oxalis Corniculata, [L.] amla अम्ल mfn. sour, acid, [Mn. v, 114], &c. m. (with or without rasa) acidity, vinegar, [Suśr.], wood sorrel (Oxalis Corniculata), [Suśr.] m. n. sour curds, [Suśr.] amra अम्र m. = āmra, q.v., [L.] amuc अमुच् a-múc k, f. not setting at liberty, [ŚBr.] amākṛ अमाकृ amā—√ kṛ (g. sākṣād-adi, q.v.), Ved. to have or take with one's self, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c. amāna अमान a-māna n. = 2. a-mā, [Nyāyam.] amāra अमार a-māra m. non-destruction, [Rājat.] amātṛ अमातृ á-mātṛ f. not a mother, [ŚBr. xiv.] amāyā अमाया a-māyā (ā), f. absence of delusion or deceit or guile amāya अमाय a-māyá mfn. not cunning, not sagacious, [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] free from deceit, guileless, [Bhaṭṭ.] amāṣa अमाष a-māṣa mfn. not producing kidney-beans, [Pat.] without or except kidney-beans, [Hcat.] a-māṣa m. pl. no beans, [ĀpŚr.] ambhaḥ अम्भः (in comp. for ambhas). ambhas अम्भस् ámbhas n. (cf. abhrá, ámbu), water, [RV.] &c., the celestial waters, [AitUp.] power, fruitfulness, [VS.] & [AV.] (āṃsi), pl. collective N. for gods, men, Manes, and Asuras, [TBr.] & [VP.], (hence) (as) sg. the number ‘four’ mystical N. of the letter v N. of a metre (consisting of 82 syllables), [RPrāt.], (asa), instr. in comp. for (e.g. ambhasākṛta ‘done by water’), [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 3] ábhasī, du. (asī) heaven and earth, [Naigh.] [Gk. ὄμβρος imber]. amīvā अमीवा ámīvā f. distress, terror, fright, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] tormenting spirit, demon, [RV.]; [AV.] affliction, disease, [RV.] amīva अमीव n. (√ am), pain, grief, [R.]; [BhP.] amauna अमौन a-mauná n. the state of not being a Muni or not keeping the vows of a Muni, [ŚBr. xiv.] amṇas अम्णस् amṇás ind. = amnás, [MaitrS.] amūḍha अमूढ a-mūḍha mfn. not infatuated, not perplexed a-mūḍha n. pl. (āni), (in Sāṃkhya phil.) ‘not gross’, N. of the five subtle elements (tan-mātra, q.v.) amūlā अमूला a-mūlā́ f. ‘without root’, a bulbous plant [[NBD.]], [AV. v, 31, 4] the plant Methonica Superba, [L.] a-mūlā f. (accord. to some, ‘movable property’, [AV. v, 31, 4]). amūla अमूल a-mūlá mf(Acf.Pāṇ. iv, 1, 64, Comm.)n. rootless, baseless, [ŚBr.] &c. without authority, not resting on authority Comm. on [Yājñ.] amūra अमूर á-mūra mf(A)n. not ignorant, wise, intelligent, sharp-sighted, [RV.] (v.l. a-mura), [AV. v, 1, 9] and [11, 5.] amadhu अमधु a-mádhu u, n. no sweetness, [ŚBr.] amaṭha अमठ m. (fr. √ 3. am) a stately gait (= prakarṣa-gati), [L.] amada अमद a-mada mfn. cheerless, [Bhaṭṭ.] amalā अमला a-malā f. N. of the goddess Lakṣmī, [L.] (amarā, q.v.) the umbilical cord, [L.] the tree Emblica Officinalis Gaertn., [L.] the plant Saptalā, [L.] amala अमल a-mala mf(A)n. spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining a-mala m. crystal (cf. amara-ratna), [BhP.] N. of a poet of Nārāyaṇa, [L.] a-mala n. talc, [L.] amama अमम a-mama mfn. without egotism, devoid of all selfish or worldly attachment or desire, [Buddh.]; [Jain.] indifferent, not caring for (loc.), [Mn. vi, 26] a-mama m. the twelfth Jaina saint of a future Utsarpiṇī. amanī अमनी a-manī́ (for a-manás in comp. with √ bhū and its derivatives). amani अमनि f. road, way, [Uṇ.] See √ am. amano अमनो a-mano (in comp. for a-manas). amarā अमरा a-márā f. the residence of Indra, [L.] the umbilical cord, [L.] after-birth, [L.] a house-post, [L.] N. of several plants, panicum Dactylon, Cocculus Cordifolius, &c., [L.] amarī अमरी a-márī f. the plant Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [L.] a goddess, [HPariś.] amara अमर a-mára mf(A, Mn. ii, 148; I, R. i, 34, 16)n. undying, immortal, imperishable, [ŚBr. xiv], &c. a-mára m. a god, a deity, [MBh.] &c. hence (in arithm.) the number 33 N. of a Marut, [Hariv.] the plant Euphorbia Tirucalli, [Suśr.] the plant Tiaridium Indicum, [L.] a species of pine, [L.] quicksilver, [L.] N. of Amarasiṃha of a mountain (see -parvata) mystical signification of the letter u amaru अमरु m. N. of a king, the author of the amaru-śataka, q.v. amasa अमस m. disease, [Uṇ.], a fool, [L.] time, [L.] (cf. 1. amata and 3. amáti.) amata अमत m. sickness, disease, [Uṇ.] death, [L.] time, [L.] dust Comm. on [Uṇ.] á-mata mfn. (√ man), not felt, not perceptible by the mind, [ŚBr. xiv] not approved of, unacceptable. amati अमति ámati f. want, indigence, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] ámati mfn. poor, indigent, [RV. x, 39, 6.] a-mati f. ‘unconsciousness’, generally amáti f. form, shape, splendour, lustre, [RV.]; [VS.] time, [Uṇ.] moon, [L.] ambya अम्ब्य ambyà m. ‘a chanter’ (an error of [Sāy.]'s on [RV. viii, 72, 5]; cf. ambī́). ameha अमेह á-meha m. retention of urine, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [PBr.] amena अमेन a-mená m. having no wife, a widower, [RV. v, 31, 2.] ameni अमेनि a-mení mfn. not casting or throwing, not able to throw, [AV. v, 6, 9] and [10]; [VS.]; [TBr.] a-mení (accord. to others, ‘inflicting no punishment’). ameya अमेय a-meya mfn. immeasurable, [MBh. viii, 1975]; [Kathās.] amṛtā अमृता a-mṛ́tā f. a goddess, [RV.] &c. spirituous liquor, [L.] Emblica Officinalis, Terminalia Citrina Roxb., Cocculus Cordifolius, Piper Longum, Ocimum Sanctum N. of the mother of Parikṣit, [MBh. i, 3794] of Dākṣāyaṇī, [MatsyaP.] of a sister of Amṛtodana, [Buddh.] of a river, [Hcat.] of the first kalā of the moon, [BrahmaP.] amṛta अमृत a-mṛ́ta mfn. (cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 116]) not dead, [MBh.] immortal, [RV.] &c. imperishable, [RV.]; [VS.] beautiful, beloved, [L.] a-mṛ́ta m. an immortal, a god, [RV.] &c. N. of Śiva of Viṣṇu, [MBh. xiii] of Dhanvantari, [L.] the plant Phaseolus Trilobus Ait. the root of a plant, [L.] a-mṛ́ta n. collective body of immortals, [RV.] a-mṛ́ta n. world of immortality, heaven, eternity, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] (also āni n. pl. [RV. i, 72, 1] and [iii, 38, 4]) a-mṛ́ta n. immortality, [RV.] final emancipation, [L.] the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia, [RV.] (or the voice compared to it, N. [Ragh.]) nectar-like food antidote against poison, [Suśr.] N. of a medicament, [Śiś. ix, 36]; medicament in general, [Buddh.] the residue of a sacrifice (cf. amṛta-bhuj) unsolicited alms, [Mn. iv, 4] and [5], water, [Naigh.] milk, [L.] clarified butter, [L.] (cf. pañāmṛta), boiled rice, [L.] anything sweet, a sweetmeat, [R. vii, 7, 3] a pear, [L.] food, [L.], property, [L.] gold, [L.] quicksilver, [L.] poison, [L.] a particular poison, [L.] a ray of light, [Ragh. x, 59] N. of a metre, [RPrāt.] of a sacred place (in the north), [Hariv. 14095], of various conjunctions of planets (supposed to confer long life), [L.] the number, ‘four’, [L.] amṛṣā अमृषा a-mṛṣā́ ind. not falsely, certainly, surely, [ŚBr. xiv]; [BhP.] amina अमिन aminá mfn. impetuous, [RV. vi, 19, 1] and [x, 116, 4.] aminá See √ am. amita अमित or ānta mfn. perf. Pass. p. √ am, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 28.] See √ am. á-mita mfn. (√ 3. mā), unmeasured, boundless, infinite, [RV.] &c. without a certain measure, [ŚBr.]; [Suśr.] &c. amiti अमिति a-miti f. = 2. a-mā, [ib.] boundlessness, [Naiṣ.] a-miti See 2. a-mā. amiṣa अमिष = āmiṣa, q.v., [Uṇ.] amnas अम्नस् amnás mfn. unawares, [AV. viii, 6, 19]; [Kāṭh.]; [APrāt.] [according to [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 70] the word is liable to become amnar in Sandhi]. amoghā अमोघा a-moghā f. trumpet flower, Bignonia Suaveolens Roxb. a plant of which the seed is used as a vermifuge, Erycibe Paniculata Roxb. Terminalia Citrina Roxb. N. of a spear, [MBh. iii, 16990] and [R. i, 29, 12] (with or without rātri) ‘the unfalling one’ a poetical N. of the night, [MBh.] a mystical N. of the letter kṣ (being the last one of the alphabet) N. of Durgā, [L.] of the wife of Śātanu of one of the mothers in Kanda's suite, [MBh. ix, 2639.] amogha अमोघ a-mogha mf(A)n. unerring, unfailing, not vain, efficacious, succeeding, hitting the mark, productive, fruitful á-mogha m. the not erring, the not failing, [ŚBr.] a-mogha m. a shark, [L.] N. of Śiva of Viṣṇu, [MBh. xiii] of Skanda, [MBh. iii, 14632] of a minister of an Asura king at war with Kārttikeya, [SkandaP.] of a river, [L.] amoha अमोह a-moha m. (with Buddhists) freedom from ignorance (one of the three roots of virtue), [Dharmas. 138]. amota अमोत amotá &c. See s.v. amotá mfn. woven at home, [AV.]; [Kauś.] amukha अमुख a-mukhá [[TS.]] or á-mukha [[ŚBr. xiv]], mfn. having no mouth. amuthā अमुथा amúthā ind. thus, in that manner, like that, [Nir.] with √ 1. as, ‘to be thus’ (a euphemistic expression used in the sense of) to fare very ill, [ŚBr.] amucī अमुची á-mucī f. ‘not setting at liberty’, N. of an evil spirit, [AV. xvi, 6, 10.] amudā अमुदा ind. then, at that time, [Śaṃkar.] amuka अमुक mf(A)n. such and such a person or thing, a thing or person referred to without name, [Yājñ.] amuyā अमुया amuyā́ ind. (instr. f.) in that manner thus or thus, [RV.]; [AV.] with √ 1. as, or √ bhū, to be gone, be lost, [ŚBr.] amyak अम्यक् ámyak ind. ‘towards, here’ ([Nir.] & [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 169, 3]), but See √ myakṣ. amāṃsa अमांस a-māṃsa n. not flesh, anything but flesh, [KātyŚr.] a-māṃsa mfn. without flesh, [PārGṛ.] feeble, thin, [L.] amājur अमाजुर् amā—jur ū́r, f. living at home, growing old at home (as a maiden), [RV. ii, 17, 7]; [viii, 21, 15] and [x, 39, 3.] amānin अमानिन् a-mānin mfn. (√ man), not proud, modest, [MBh.] amānta अमान्त m. the end, of the amā (-vāsyā́) night, [ib.] amāpya अमाप्य a-māpya mfn. immeasurable, [Vajracch.] amārga अमार्ग a-mārga m. a bad road, (also figuratively) an evil path, [Rājat.]; [Kathās.] a-mārga mfn. pathless, [L.] amātra अमात्र a-mātrá mfn. without measure, boundless (as Indra), [RV. i, 102, 7] (as Brahman), [BṛĀrUp.] not metrical or prosodical, [MāṇḍUp.] having the measure or quantity of the letter a, [VPrāt.] a-mātrá See 2. a-mā. amātva अमात्व a-mā—tva n. the not being an authority, [ib.] amātya अमात्य amā́tya m. (4) (fr. 1. amā́ cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 104], Sch.) inmate of the same house, belonging to the same house or family, [RV. vii, 15, 3]; [VS.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [KātyŚr.] ‘a companion (of a king)’, minister, [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c. amā́tya See 1. amā́ amāyin अमायिन् a-māyin mfn. void of trick or guile, [MBh. iii, 1357]; [BhP.] (Prākṛt a-māī), [Jain.] ambhaṇa अम्भण n. ‘sounding’, the body of the Vinā lute, [AitĀr.] ambhṛṇa अम्भृण ambhṛṇá mfn. (cf. ámbhas, ὄβριμος, ὄμβριμος), powerful, great [[Naigh.]], [RV. i, 133, 5] [‘roaring terribly’, [Sāy.]] ambhṛṇá (ás), m. a vessel (used in preparing the Soma juice), [VS.] and [ŚBr.] N. of a Ṛṣi (father of Vāc), [RAnukr.] (cf. ambhṛṇī) ambhiṇī अम्भिणी ambhiṇī́ (for °bhṛṇi) f. N. of a preceptress (who transmitted the white Yajur-veda to Vāc, speech), [ŚBr. xiv] (cf. āmbhṛṇī.) ambhodhi अम्भोधि ambho—dhi m. ‘receptacle of waters’, the ocean ambhoda अम्भोद ambho—da m. a cloud, [MBh.] &c. the plant Cyperus Hexastychius Communis Nees. ambhoja अम्भोज ambho—ja n. (ifc. f(A). ) ‘water-born’, the day lotus ambho—ja m. the plant Calamus Rotang, [L.] the Sārasa or Indian crane, [L.] amūdṛś अमूदृश् amū-dṛkṣa or amū-dṛś or amū-dṛśa, mfn. like such a one, [L.] amūlya अमूल्य a-mūlya mfn. invaluable, priceless. amūrta अमूर्त á-mūrta mfn. formless, shapeless, unembodied, [ŚBr. xiv]; [Up.] &c. not forming one body, consisting of different parts, [Sūryas.] á-mūrta m. N. of Śiva. amūrti अमूर्ति a-mūrti f. shapelessness, absence of shape or form a-mūrti mfn. formless a-mūrti m. N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh. xiii] a-mūrti m. pl. (ayas) a class of Manes (who have no definite form), [Hariv.] amaṇḍa अमण्ड m. the castor oil tree, Ricinus Communis (cf. āmaṇḍa and maṇḍa). amamrī अमम्री amamri or , f. a kind of plant, [Kauś.] amamri अमम्रि á-mamri mfn. (√ mṛ), immortal, undying, [AV. viii, 2, 26.] or amamrī, f. a kind of plant, [Kauś.] amanāk अमनाक् a-manāk ind. not little, greatly. amanas अमनस् á-manas as, n. non-perception, want of perception, [ŚBr. xiv] a-manás mfn. without perception or intellect, [ŚBr. xiv] silly, [ChUp.]