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āyu

ā-√ 2. yu Ā. (ā́-yuvate, [RV. ix, 77, 2]; pf. -yuyuvé, [RV. i, 138, 1]; p. -yuvámāna, [RV. i, 582] and -yuvāna, [ŚBr. ix, 4, 1, 8]) to draw or pull towards one's self; to seize, take possession of [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; to procure, provide, produce, [TS.]; to stir up, agitate, mingle, [MānŚr.] & [MānGṛS.] : Intens. (p. -yóyuvāna, [RV. iv, 1, 11]) to meddle with.

āyú mfn. (fr. √ i, [Uṇ. i, 2]), living, movable, [RV.]; [VS.]

āyú (us), m. a living being, man

living beings collectively, mankind, [RV.]

son, descendant, offspring

family, lineage, [RV.]

a divine personification presiding over life, [RV. x, 17, 4]

N. of fire (as the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī), [VS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (cf. āyus)

N. of a man persecuted by Indra, [RV.]

N. of several other men, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

N. of a king of frogs, [MBh.]

āyú (u), n. [and (us) m., [L.]] life, duration of life, [RV. iii, 3, 7]; [ix, 100, 1.]