cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 39]) veti (accord. to some in the conjugational tenses substituted for √ aj; 2. sg. véṣi also as Impv. [RV.]; 3. pl. vyánti, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; Subj. 2. 3. sg. ves, [RV.]; Impv. vīhí or vihí, vītāt, [ib.]; 3. pl. viyantu, [TS.]; p. Ā. vyāná, [RV.]; pf. vivāya, vivye, [ib.]; aor. avaiṣīt Gr.; 3. pl. aveṣan Subj. veṣat, [RV.]; fut. vetā, veṣyati inf. vetum Gr.), to go, approach, (either as a friend i.e. ‘seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy’, or as an enemy i.e. ‘fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel, [RV.]; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two acc.), [ib.]; to get, procure, [ib.] : Pass. -vīyáte &c., [AV.]; [Br.] : Caus. vāyayati or vāpayati (aor. avīvayat), to cause to go or approach &c.; to impregnate, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 55] : Desid. vivīṣati Gr.: Intens., See ā-√ vī and √ vevī.
[cf. accord. to some, Lat. ve-nari; Germ. weida, Weide, weiden.]
vī́ mfn. going to, eager for, desirous or fond of (gen.), [RV. i, 143, 5] (cf. deva-vī́, pada-vī́)
set in motion (see parṇa-v°)
vī́ m. the act of going, motion, [L.]
√ (vi- 5. i) P. vy-eti (3. pl. viyanti; impf. vy-ait; pf. vīyāya; inf. vy-etum; for vyayati, vyayayati See √ vyay), to go apart or in different directions, diverge, be diffused or scattered or distributed or divided or extended, [RV.] &c. &c. ; to be lost, perish, disappear, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to go through, traverse, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AitBr.] : Intens. (or cl. 4. Ā.) vīyate, to pass through, traverse, [RV.]
mfn. (weak form of √ vye) covered (cf. hiraṇya-vī́).
, m. = 1. vi, a bird (see takva-vī́)
f. a female bird, [L.]
in comp. = 3. vi (in vī-kāśa, -cayana, -taṃsa, -nāha, -barha, -mārga, -rudh, -vadha, -vāha, -vidha, -vṛta, -sarpa, -hāra, qq.vv.)
(cf. √ 1. vij) cl. 1. P. Ā. vījati, °te (pf. vivyajuḥ), to fan, cool by blowing upon or fanning, [Hariv.]; to sprinkle with water, [MBh.] (according to [Dhātup. vi, 25] only Ā. ‘to go’) : Caus. or cl. 10. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 84]), vījayati (Pass. vījyate), to fan, blow, kindle (fire), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to stroke, caress, [Suśr.]
(accord. to some connected with √ viṣ), only Caus. vīḍáyati, or vīḻayati, °te, (P.) to make strong or firm, strengthen, fasten, [RV. viii, 45, 6]; (Ā.) to be strong or firm or hard, [ib.] [ii, 37, 3] &c.
(vi-√ īr; only aor. vy-airat), to split, break into pieces, tear open, divide asunder, [RV.] : Caus. vīrayati (impf. vy-airayat) id., [ib.]
cl. 10. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 49]; rather Nom. fr. vīrá below) vīráyate, to be powerful or valiant, display heroism, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]; (P. vīrayati) to overpower, subdue, [Nir. i, 7.]
vī́ṇā f. (of doubtful derivation) the Vīṇā or Indian lute (an instrument of the guitar kind, supposed to have been invented by Nārada q.v., usually having seven wires or strings raised upon nineteen frets or supports fixed on a long rounded board, towards the ends of which are two large gourds; its compass is said to be two octaves, but it has many varieties according to the number of strings &c.), [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
(in astrol.) a partic. configuration of the stars (when all planets are situated in 7 houses), [VarBṛS.]
vīthi or . f. (perhaps fr. √ vī; cf. 1. vīta) a row, line, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; a road, way, street, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; a race-course, [Śiś. v, 60]; a market, stall, shop, [ib.] [ix, 32]; a row of pictures, pictures-gallery, [Uttarar.] (v.l. vīthikā); a partic. division of the planetary sphere (comprising 3 asterisms), [VarBṛS.]; a terrace in front of a house, [L.]; a sort of drama (having an amatory intrigue for its plot and said to be in one act and performed by one or two players), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.] &c.;
or vīthī. f. (perhaps fr. √ vī; cf. 1. vīta) a row, line, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; a road, way, street, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; a race-course, [Śiś. v, 60]; a market, stall, shop, [ib.] [ix, 32]; a row of pictures, pictures-gallery, [Uttarar.] (v.l. vīthikā); a partic. division of the planetary sphere (comprising 3 asterisms), [VarBṛS.]; a terrace in front of a house, [L.]; a sort of drama (having an amatory intrigue for its plot and said to be in one act and performed by one or two players), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.] &c.;
(vi-√ īkṣ) Ā. vīkṣate (ep. also P.), to look at, see, behold, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to look upon, regard (pitṛ-vat, as a father), [R.]; (with hṛdi) to see in the heart, ponder, [R.]; to consider, observe, discern, ascertain, understand, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to think fit or proper, [Suśr.]; to look over, peruse, study, [VarBṛS.] : Pass. vīkṣyate, to be looked at &c.; to look like, appear, [Vikr.]
vīrá m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), [RV.] &c. &c.
a hero (as opp. to a god), [RTL. 272 n.]
a husband, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.]
a male child, son (collectively male progeny), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
the male of an animal, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
(with, Tāntrikas) an adept (who is between the divya and the paśu, [RTL. 191]), [Rudray.]
(in dram.) heroism (as one of the 8 Rasas [q.v.]; the Vīra-carita [q.v.] exhibits an example), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c.
an actor, [W.]
a partic. Agni (son of Tapas), [MBh.]
fire, (esp.) sacred or sacrificial fire, [L.]
N. of various plants (Terminalia Arunja; Nerium Odorum; Guilandina Bonduc, manioc-root), [L.]
N. of an Asura, [MBh.]
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ib.]
of a son of Bharad-vāja, [ib.]
of a son of Puruṣa Vairāja and father of Priya-vrata and Uttāna-pāda, [Hariv.]
of a son of Gṛñjima, [ib.]
of two sons of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a son of Kṣupa and father of Viviṃśa, [MārkP.]
of the father of Līlāvatī, [ib.]
of a teacher of Vinaya, [Buddh.]
of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
(also with bhaṭṭa, ācārya &c.) of various authors &c., [Cat.]
(pl.) of a class of gods under Manu Tāmasa, [BhP.]
vīrá n. (only [L.]) a reed (Arundo Tibialis)
the root of ginger (?)
pepper
rice-gruel
the root of Costus Speciosus, of Andropogon Muricatus &c.
n. (only in [Siddh.]) or vīṭā f. a small piece of wood shaped like a barley-corn and about a span long (it was struck with a stick or bat in a kind of game, like tip-cat, played by boys; accord. to some it was a kind of metal ball; others say it was held in the mouth as a form of penance), [MBh. i, 5050] (Sch.) &c.
f. ‘the desire of pervading’ (with any property or quality simultaneously or continuously), several or successive order or series, distributiveness, repetition (esp. repetition of words to imply continuous or successive action; e.g. vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣaṃ siñcati, he waters tree after tree; mandam mandaṃ nudati pavanaḥ, ‘gently, gently breathes the wind’, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 4]; [Vām. v, 2, 87]), [APrāt.]; [Pāṇ.]; [Śaṃk.]
vī-rúdh f. (once in [MBh.] m.; fr. 3. vi + √ 1. rudh = ruh cf. vi-sruh) a plant, herb (esp. a creeping plant or a low shrub), [RV.] &c. &c. (vīrúdhām pátiḥ, ‘lord of plants’, in [RV.] applied to Soma, in [MBh.] to the moon)
vīthika, m. or n. (only mc.) or vīthi°kā, f. a row, line, [Ratnāv.]; [Kathās.]; a road, street, [R.]; a terrace in front of a house, [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.]; a picture-gallery, [Uttarar.] (v.l. for vīthi); a sort of drama (see under vīthi), [Bhar.];
, m. or n. (only mc.) or vīthi°kā, f. a row, line, [Ratnāv.]; [Kathās.]; a road, street, [R.]; a terrace in front of a house, [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.]; a picture-gallery, [Uttarar.] (v.l. for vīthi); a sort of drama (see under vīthi), [Bhar.];
vi-vadhá or vī-vadha, m. (prob. fr. √ vadh = vah; cf. vadhu) a shoulder-yoke for carrying burdens, [TĀr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] &c. (cf. vi- and sav°); a store of grain or hay, provisions &c., [Kāv.]; [Kām.]; [Pañcat.]; a partic. Ekāha, [Vaitān.]; a road, highway, [L.] (vīv°, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 12], Vārtt. 1); a ewer, pitcher, [W.]; the income which a king obtains from his subjects, [L.]
n. (also written bīṭaka) a preparation of the Areca nut with spices and lime rolled up together in a leaf of the betel plant (commonly called betel or Pān), [Pañcad.]