(fr. √ 1. iṣ; connected with írā, q.v.; only in inst. gen. abl. sing., and acc. pl. iḍā́ and iḍás; or, according to the spelling of the Ṛgveda, iḻā́ and iḻás), a refreshing draught, refreshment, libation offered to the gods, [RV.]
the flow of speech, the stream of sacred words and worship, prayer
([Sāy.]) the earth, food, [RV.]; [VS.]
(iḍas, or iḻas) pl. the objects of devotion (a particular form of Agni addressed in the fourth verse of the Āprī hymn, [RV. i, 13]), [RV. iii, 4, 3]
(erroneously also referred to in the Brāhmaṇas &c. as if etymologically connected with the words īḍya, īḍita, īḻita, ‘the praiseworthy’, ‘the praised’, which are used in other passages as the designation of the same object of worship), [VS.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] &c.