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āyus

ā́yus n. life, vital power, vigour, health, duration of life, long life, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

active power, efficacy, [RV.]; [VS.]

the totality of living beings [food, [Sāy.]] [RV. ii, 38, 5] and [vii, 90, 6]

N. of a particular ceremony (= āyuḥ-ṣṭoma, q.v.)

N. of a Sāman

of the eighth lunar mansion

food, [L.]

ā́yus (us), m. the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī (cf. āyu), [MBh.]; [Vikr.]; [VP.]

[cf. Dor. αἰές; perhaps also αἰών.]

ā́yus See col. 1.