iṣu इषु íṣu m. f. an arrow, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Śak.] &c. (in mathematics) a versed sine N. of a Soma ceremony, [KātyŚr.] the number five, [Sāh.] N. of a particular constellation, [VarBṛ. xii, 7.] [According to Dayānanda may mean ‘ray of light’; cf. Gk. ἰός; Zd. ishu.] m. du. (also) N. of two Viṣṭutis, [ŚrS.] iṣu-dhi, &c. See 1. iṣ. iṣudhi इषुधि iṣu—dhí m. (√ dhā), a quiver, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [R.] &c. iṣukā इषुका iṣukā́ (ā́), f. an arrow, [AV. i, 3, 9] (ā), f. N. of an Apsaras, [VP.] iṣuka इषुक mfn. arrow-like g. sthūlādi, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 3] ifc. = íṣu (e.g. trīṣukaṃ dhanus, [KātyŚr.]) iṣupa इषुप iṣu—pa m. N. of an Asura (who appeared on earth as king Nagnajit), [MBh.] iṣubhṛt इषुभृत् iṣu—bhṛ́t mfn. carrying arrows, an archer, [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] iṣudhyā इषुध्या iṣudhyā́ f. imploring, request, [RV. i, 122, 1.] iṣudhya इषुध्य Nom. (fr. iṣu-dhi) P. Ā. iṣudhyati, -te, to be a quiver, contain arrows g. kaṇḍv-ādi, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 27]; (for 2. , also for iṣudhyā and iṣudhyu See next col.) Nom. P. iṣudhyáti, to implore, request, crave for (dat.), [RV.]; [cf. Zd. ishud , ‘prayer’; ishûidyāmahi, ‘we will pray’.] iṣudhyu इषुध्यु iṣudhyú mfn. imploring, requesting, [RV. v, 41, 6.] iṣukṛt इषुकृत् iṣu—kārá or -kṛ́t ( iṣu-kṛt, for 2. see s.v.), m. an arrow-maker, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Kap.] &c. iṣu-kṛ́t mfn. (only [RV. i, 184, 3]) = iṣ-kṛt, preparing, arranging [[NBD.]] (fr. √ kṛt, ‘to cut’), hurting like an arrow [[Gmn.]], [Sāy.] reads iṣu-kṛ́ta, and explains it by ‘made quick as an arrow’. iṣumat इषुमत् íṣu—mat (íṣu°), mfn. possessed of arrows, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [Daś.] iṣupad इषुपद् iṣu—pad (strong form -pād), m. N. of an Asura (v.l. -pa), [MBh.] iṣudhara इषुधर iṣu—dhara m. an archer. iṣubala इषुबल íṣu—bala (íṣu°), mfn. powerful by arrows, [RV. vi, 75, 9.] iṣuhata इषुहत iṣu—hata mfn. killed by an arrow, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxii, 14, 3.] iṣukāra इषुकार iṣu—kārá or -kṛ́t (1. iṣu-kṛt, for 2. see s.v.), m. an arrow-maker, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Kap.] &c. iṣumukha इषुमुख iṣu—mukha n. the point of an arrow, [TĀr.] iṣupāta इषुपात iṣu—pāta m. an arrow's flight (as a measure of distance), [MBh.] iṣupatha इषुपथ iṣu—patha m. the range of an arrow, [L.] iṣuvadha इषुवध iṣu—vadhá m. death by an arrow, [ŚBr. v, 4, 2, 2.] iṣudhanva इषुधन्व iṣu—dhanvá ([TĀr.]) or iṣu—dhanvan, n. (sg.) arrow and bow, iṣudhimat इषुधिमत् iṣu—dhí—mat mfn. possessed of a quiver, [VS.] iṣuhasta इषुहस्त iṣu—hasta mfn. ‘arrow-handed’, carrying arrows in the hand. iṣukṣepa इषुक्षेप iṣu—kṣepa m. (the distance of) an arrow shot, [Lalit.] iṣumārga इषुमार्ग iṣu—mārga m. ‘arrow-path’, the atmosphere, [L.] iṣumātra इषुमात्र iṣu—mātrá n. the length of an arrow, [Āp. i, 15, 19] iṣu—mātrá mfn. having the length of an arrow (about three feet), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] iṣupuṣpā इषुपुष्पा iṣu—puṣpā f. N. of a plant. iṣusāhva इषुसाह्व iṣu—sāhva m. N. of a plant, [Hariv. 3843.] iṣuvarṣa इषुवर्ष iṣu—varṣa m. a shower of arrows, [Daś.] iṣudhanvan इषुधन्वन् iṣu—dhanvá ([TĀr.]) or iṣu—dhanvan, n. (sg.) arrow and bow, iṣudhanvin इषुधन्विन् iṣu—dhanvín m. an archer, [TĀr.] iṣumātram इषुमात्रम् iṣu—mātrám (ám), ind. as far as the range of an arrow, [ŚBr.]; [TS.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.] iṣuparṣin इषुपर्षिन् iṣu—parṣin mfn. showering arrows, [ŚBr.] iṣuvikṣepa इषुविक्षेप iṣu—vikṣepa m. (= -pāta above),[VP.] iṣukāmaśamī इषुकामशमी iṣu—kāmaśamī f. N. of a region Comm. on [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 50.] iṣunibandhana इषुनिबन्धन iṣu—nibandhana a quiver, [R.] iṣustrikāṇḍā इषुस्त्रिकाण्डा iṣu—°s-trikāṇḍā f. ‘the threefold arrow’, N. of a constellation (perhaps the girdle of Orion), [AitBr.]