gāyatrin : gāyatrín m. one who sings hymns, [RV. i, 10, 1] ([MBh. xii, 10352])

gāyatrin : (= °trī) Acacia Catechu, [L.]

gāyatrin : gāya°trín &c. See [ib.]

ṛc : cl. 6. P. ṛcati, ānarca, arcitā, &c., = arc, p. 89, col. 3; to praise, [Dhātup. xxviii, 19] (cf. arká.)

ṛc : ṛ́c f. praise, verse, esp. a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (in contradistinction to the Sāman [pl. Sāmāni] or verses which were sung and to the Yajus [pl. Yajūṃṣi] or sacrificial words, formularies, and verses which were muttered)

ṛc : sacred text, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c., [Mn.] &c.

ṛc : the collection of the Ṛc verses (sg., but usually pl. ṛ́cas), the Ṛg-veda, [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] & [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn. i, 23], &c. (cf. ṛg-veda above)

ṛc : the text of the Pūrvatāpanīya, [RāmatUp.]

arka : arká m. (√ arc), Ved. a ray, flash of lightning, [RV.] &c.

arka : the sun, [RV.] &c.

arka : (hence) the number, ‘twelve’, [Sūryas.]

arka : Sunday

arka : fire, [RV. ix, 50, 4]; [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

arka : crystal, [R. ii, 94, 6]

arka : membrum virile, [AV. vi, 72, 1]

arka : copper, [L.]

arka : the plant Calotropis Gigantea (the larger leaves are used for sacrificial ceremonies; cf. arka-kośī, -parṇá, palaśá, &c. below), [ŚBr.] &c., a religious ceremony, [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.] (cf. arkāśvamedha below)

arka : praise, hymn, song (also said of the roaring of the Maruts and of Indra's thunder), [RV.] & [AV.]

arka : one who praises, a singer, [RV.]

arka : N. of Indra, [L.]

arka : a learned man (cf. [RV. viii, 63, 6]), [L.]

arka : an elder brother, [L.]

arka : N. of a physician, [BrahmaP.] (cf. arka-cikitsā below)

arka : arká m. n. (with agneḥ, indrasya, gautamasaḥ, &c.) N. of different Sāmans

arka : food, [Naigh.] & [Nir.] (cf. [RV. vii, 9, 2]).

arka : Nom. P. °kati, to become a sun, [Subh.]

arkin : arkín mfn. radiant with light, [RV. viii, 101, 13]

arkin : praising, [RV. i, 7, 1]; [10, 1] and [38, 15.]

brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]

brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.]

brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100]

brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83])

brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.]

brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]

brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.)

brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10]

brahman : final emancipation, [L.]

brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen]

brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3]

brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c.

brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.]

brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.]

brahman : the sun, [L.]

brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch.

brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.]

brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.]

brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]

brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.]

brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.]

brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.]

brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.]

śatakratu : śatá—kratu (śatá-), mfn. having hundred-fold insight or power or a hundred counsels &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.

śatakratu : containing a hundred sacrificial rites (ekona-śata-kr°, one who has made 99 sacrifices), [ŚBr.]; [BhP.]

śatakratu : śatá—kratu m. N. of Indra (a hundred Aśva-medhas elevating the sacrificer to the rank of Indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. kṣiti-śatakr°)

ut : ind. a particle of doubt or deliberation (= 2. uta, q.v.), [L.]

ut : (for the prep. ud See 1. ud.)

ud : a particle and prefix to verbs and nouns. (As implying superiority in place, rank, station, or power) up, upwards

ud : upon, on

ud : over, above. (As implying separation and disjunction) out, out of, from, off, away from, apart. (According to native authorities may also imply publicity, pride, indisposition, weakness, helplessness, binding, loosing, existence, acquisition.) is not used as a separable adverb or preposition

ud : in those rare cases, in which it appears in the Veda uncompounded with a verb, the latter has to be supplied from the context (e.g. úd útsam śatádhāram, [AV. iii, 24, 4], out (pour) a fountain of a hundred streams). is sometimes repeated in the Veda to fill out the verse, [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6] (kiṃ na ud ud u harṣase dātavā u, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ.])

ud : , [cf. Zend uz; Hib. uas and in composition os, ois, e.g. os-car, ‘a leap, bound’, &c. See also uttamá, 1. úttara, &c.]

ud : or und cl. 7. P. unátti ([RV. v, 85, 4]) : cl. 6. P. undati (p. undát, [RV. ii, 3, 2] : Impv. 3. pl. undantu, [AV. vi, 68, 1]; [2]) Ā. undáte ([AV. v, 19, 4]; undāṃ cakāra, undiṣyati &c., [Dhātup. xxix, 20]) to flow or issue out, spring (as water); to wet, bathe, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [PārGṛ.] &c.: Caus. (aor. aundidat, [Vop. xviii, 1]) : Desid. undidiṣati, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 3]; [cf. Gk. ὕδωρ; Lat. unda; Goth. vat-o; Old High Germ. waz-ar; Mod. Eng. wat-er; Lith. wand-ū́.]

vaṃśa : vaṃśá m. (derivation doubtful) the bamboo cane or any cane (accord. to, [L.] also ‘sugarcane’ and ‘Shorea Robusta’), [RV.] &c. &c.

vaṃśa : the upper timbers or beams of a house, the rafters or laths fastened to the beams (of a roof; cf. prācīna-v°), [AV.] &c. &c.

vaṃśa : a cross-beam, joist, joint, [VarBṛS.]

vaṃśa : a reed-pipe, flute, fife, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]

vaṃśa : the back-bone, spine, [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.]

vaṃśa : a hollow or tubular bone, [R. (B.)], Sch.

vaṃśa : the upper nasal bone, [L.]

vaṃśa : the central projecting part of a scimitar or sabre, [VarBṛS.]

vaṃśa : the line of a pedigree or genealogy (from its resemblance to the succession of joints in a bamboo), lineage, race, family, stock, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (esp. a noble race, a dynasty of kings, a list of teachers &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 19], Sch.)

vaṃśa : offspring, a son, [BhP.]

vaṃśa : (ifc.) a succession or collection of similar things, assemblage multitude, host (as of chariots, stars &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vaṃśa : a partic. measure of length (= 10 Hastas), [Līl.]

vaṃśa : a partic. musical note, [Śiś.]

vaṃśa : pride, arrogance, [Vās.]

vaṃśa : bamboo-manna, [L.]

vaṃśa : N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]

yam : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) yácchati (Ved. also °te, and Ved. ep. yámati, °te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yemúḥ, yemiré, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. áyān, áyamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandhí; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi, [RV.]; áyāṃsam, ayāṃsi, áyaṃsta Subj. yaṃsat, °satas, °sate, [ib.]; [Br.]; 3. sg. -yámiṣṭa, [RV. v, 32, 7]; ayaṃsiṣam Gr.; fut. yantā, [ib.]; yaṃsyati, yamiṣyati, [Br.] &c. inf. yántum, yamitum, [ib.]; yántave, yámitavaí, [RV.]; ind.p. yatvā, yamitvā, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; yátya, [AV.]; [Br.]; -yamya, [GṛŚrS.]; -yámam, [RV.]; [Br.]), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with āyudhaiḥ, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.]; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over (dat.), [RV.]; (Ā.) to extend one's self before (dat.), [AitBr.]; to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.]; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.]; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, [ib.] &c. &c.; to offer; confer, grant, bestow on (dat. or loc.), present with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with mārgam), to make way for (gen.), [MBh.]; (with prati and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; (Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dat.), [RV.]; to raise, utter (a sound &c.), [ib.]; to fix, establish, [ib.]; (Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.]; to catch fire, [TBr.] (Sch.) : Pass. yamyáte (aor. áyāmi), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. yāmayati ([AV.]), yamayati ([Br.] &c.; °te, [MBh.]; aor. ayīyamat), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaṃsati, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] : Intens. yaṃyamīti (see ud-√ yam) or yaṃyamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) [cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment’.]