ṛṣi : ṛ́ṣi m. (√ 2. ṛṣ Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 119]; ṛṣati jñānena saṃsāra-pāram, [T.]; perhaps fr. an obsolete √ ṛṣ for √ dṛś, ‘to see ?’, cf. ṛṣi-kṛt), a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character (e.g. the ancient hymn-singers Kutsa, Atri, Rebha, Agastya, Kuśika, Vasiṣṭha, Vy-aśva), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.

ṛṣi : the Ṛṣis were regarded by later generations as patriarchal sages or saints, occupying the same position in India history as the heroes and patriarchs of other countries, and constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from gods, men, Asuras, &c., [AV. x, 10, 26]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛṣi : they are the authors or rather seers of the Vedic hymns i.e. according to orthodox Hindū ideas they are the inspired personages to whom these hymns were revealed, and such an expression as ‘the Ṛṣi says’ is equivalent to ‘so it stands in the sacred text’

ṛṣi : seven Ṛṣis, sapta ṛṣayaḥ, or saptaṛṣayaḥ or saptarṣayaḥ, are often mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas and later works as typical representatives of the character and spirit of the pre-historic or mythical period

ṛṣi : in [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 2, 6] their names are given as follows, Gotama, Bharadvāja, Viśvā-mitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, and Atri

ṛṣi : in [MBh. xii], Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha are given as the names of the Ṛṣis of the first Manvantara, and they are also called Prajāpatis or patriarchs

ṛṣi : the names of the Ṛṣis of the subsequent Manv-antaras are enumerated in [Hariv. 417 ff.]

ṛṣi : afterwards three other names are added, viz. Pracetas or Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, and Nārada, these ten being created by Manu Svāyambhuva for the production of all other beings including gods and men, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [VP.] &c.

ṛṣi : in astron. the seven Ṛṣis form the constellation of ‘the Great Bear’, [RV. x, 82, 2]; [AV. vi, 40, 1]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.

ṛṣi : (metaphorically the seven Ṛṣis may stand for the seven senses or the seven vital airs of the body, [VS. xxxiv]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.])

ṛṣi : a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite (this is a later sense; sometimes three orders of these are enumerated, viz. Devarṣis, Brahmarṣis, and Rājarṣis; sometimes seven, four others being added, viz. Maharṣis, Paramarṣis, Śrutarṣis, and Kāṇḍarṣis), [Mn. iv, 94][xi, 236]; [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c.

ṛṣi : the seventh of the eight degrees of Brāhmans, [Hcat.]

ṛṣi : a hymn or Mantra composed by a Ṛṣi

ṛṣi : the Veda Comm. on [MBh.] & [Pat.]

ṛṣi : a symbolical expression for the number seven

ṛṣi : the moon

ṛṣi : an imaginary circle

ṛṣi : a ray of light, [L.]

ṛṣi : the fish Cyprinus Rishi, [L.];

ṛṣi : [cf. Hib. arsan, ‘a sage, a man old in wisdom’; arrach, ‘old, ancient, aged’.]

aṃhas : áṃhas n. anxiety, trouble, [RV.] &c.

aṃhas : sin, [L.]

aṃhas : [cf. aghá, ā́gas; Gk. ἄχνυμαι, ἄχος, ἄγος.]

pāñcajanya : pā́ñca—janya (pā́°), mf(A)n. relating to the 5 races of men, containing or extending over them &c., [RV.] &c., [Br.]; [MBh.]

pāñcajanya : pā́ñca—janya m. N. of Kṛṣṇa's conch taken from the demon Pañca-jana, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

pāñcajanya : fire, [L.]

pāñcajanya : fish or a species of fire, [L.]

pāñcajanya : N. of one of the 8 Upa-dvīpas in Jambu-dvīpa, [BhP.]

ṛbīsa : ṛbī́sa n. an abyss, chasm (in the earth, from which hot vapours arise), [RV.]

ṛbīsa : warmth of the earth, [KātyŚr.]

atri : átri m. (for at-tri, fr. √ ad), a devourer, [RV. ii, 8, 5]

atri : N. of a great Ṛṣi, author of a number of Vedic hymns

atri : (in astron.) one of the seven stars of the Great Bear

atri : pl. (atrayas) the descendants of Atri.

muc : cl. 1. Ā. mocate, to cheat, [Dhātup. vi, 12] (= √ mac, q.v.)

muc : cl. 6. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 136]) muñcáti, °te ([RV.] also, mucánti, mucasva; p. muñcāna, [MBh.]; pf., mumóca, mumucé, Ved., also, mumócat, múmocati, mumucas, mumoktu, amumuktam; aor. ámok, [AV.]; Impv. mogdhí, [TĀr.]; amauk, [Br.]; ámucat, [AV.]; amukṣi, mukṣata, [RV.]; [AV.]; Prec. mucīṣṭa, [RV.]; mukṣīya, [ib.]; fut., moktā, [Kālid.]; mokṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. moktum, [Br.] &c.; ind.p. muktvā́, [ib.], -múcya, [RV.], mókam, [Br.]), to loose, let loose, free, let go, slacken, release, liberate (‘from’, abl. or -tas; Ā. and Pass. with abl. or instr., rarely with gen. ‘to free one's self, get rid of, escape from’), [RV.] &c., &c. (with kaṇṭham, to relax the throat i.e. raise a cry; with raśmīn, to slacken the reins; with prāṇān, to deprive of life, kill); to spare, let live, [R.]; to set free, allow to depart, dismiss, despatch (‘to’, loc. or dat.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to relinquish, abandon, leave, quit, give up, set aside, depose, [ib.] (with kalevaram, deham, prāṇān or jīvitam, to quit the body or give up the ghost i.e. to die); to yield, grant, bestow, [Rājat.]; [Campak.]; to send forth, shed, emit, utter, discharge, throw, cast, hurl, shoot (‘at or upon’ loc. dat., or acc. with or without prati; with abl. and ātmānam, to throw one's self down from), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; (Ā.) to put on [Bhaṭṭ.] (Sch.) : Pass. mucyáte (or múcyate, ep. also °ti and fut. mokṣyati; aor. ámoci), to be loosed, to be set free or released, [RV.] &c. &c.; to deliver one's self from, to get rid of, escape (esp. from sin or the bonds of existence), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to abstain from (abl.), [Pañcat.]; to be deprived or destitute of (instr.), [MBh.] : Caus. mocayati (mc. also °te; aor. amūmucat), to cause to loose or let go or give up or discharge or shed (with two acc.), [Megh.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to unloose, unyoke, unharness (horses), [MBh.]; [R.]; to set free, liberate, absolve from (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to redeem (a pledge), [Yājñ.]; to open (a road), [Prab.]; to give away, spend, bestow, [MārkP.]; to gladden, delight, yield enjoyment, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 66] : Desid. of Caus. mumocayiṣati, to wish to deliver (from the bondage of existence), [Śaṃk.] (cf., mumocayiṣu) : Desid. mumukṣati, °te, (P.) to wish or be about to set free, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 57], Sch.; to be about to give up or relinquish (life), [Kathās.]; to wish or intend to cast or hurl, [Ragh.]; (Ā.) to wish to free one's self, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 57], Sch.; to desire final liberation or beatitude, [RV.]; [BhP.] (cf. √ mokṣ) : Intens. momucyate or momokti, Gr.

muc : [cf. Gk. μύσσω, μῦκος, μυκτής; Lat. mungo, mucus.]

muc : mfn. freeing or delivering from (see aṃho-m°)

muc : letting go or letting fall, dropping, discharging, shooting, sending (see jala-, parṇa-, sāyaka-m° &c.)

muc : f. deliverance (see a-múc).

gaṇa : gaṇá as, m. a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

gaṇa : troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as Śiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god Gaṇeśa; cf. -devatā), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Lalit.] &c.

gaṇa : a single attendant of Śiva, [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat. iii, 270]

gaṇa : N. of Gaṇeśa, [W.]

gaṇa : a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Hit.]

gaṇa : the 9 assemblies of Ṛṣis under the Arhat Mahā-vīra, [Jain.]

gaṇa : a sect in philosophy or religion, [W.]

gaṇa : a small body of troops (= 3 Gulmas or 27 chariots and as many elephants, 81 horses, and 135 foot), [MBh. i, 291]

gaṇa : a series or group of asterisms or lunar mansions classed under three heads (that of the gods, that of the men, and that of the Rākṣasas), [W.]

gaṇa : (in arithm.) a number, [L.]

gaṇa : (in metre) a foot or four instants (cf. -cchandas)

gaṇa : (in Gr.) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. ad-ādi, the g. ad &c. or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class; gargādi, the g. garga &c. or the series of words commencing with garga)

gaṇa : a particular group of Sāmans, [Lāṭy. i, 6, 5]; [VarYogay. viii, 7]

gaṇa : a kind of perfume, [L.]

gaṇa : = vāc (i.e. ‘a series of verses’), [Naigh. i, 11]

gaṇa : N. of an author

mī : cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 4]) mīnāti, mīnīte (Ved. also minā́ti and minoti; mī́yate or mīyáte [[Dhātup. xxvi, 28]]; mimītas, mimīyāt [?]; pf. mimāya, [RV.]; mīmaya, [AV.]; mamau, mimye Gr.; aor. amāsīt, amāsta Gr.; meṣṭa, [AV.]; aor. Pass. ámāyi, [Br.]; Prec. mīyāt, māsīṣṭa Gr.; fut. mātā, māsyati, °te Gr.; meṣyate, [Br.]; inf. -míyam, -miye, [RV.]; métos, [Br.]; ind.p. mītvā, -mīya, māya Gr.), to lessen, diminish, destroy (Ā. and Pass. to perish, disappear, die), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.]; [BhP.]; to lose one's way, go astray, [RV.]; to transgress, violate, frustrate, change, alter, [RV.]; [AV.] : Caus. māpayati aor. amīmapat. See pra-√ mī; Desid. mitsati, °te Gr.: Intens. memīyate, memayīti, memeti, [ib.]

mī : [cf. Gk. μινύω ; Lat. minuere; Slav. mǐnij; Germ. minniro, minre, minder; Angl.Sax. min.]

mī : See manyu-mī.

mī : cl. 1. 10. P. mayati or māyayati, to go, move, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 18]; to understand, [Vop.]

dasyu : dásyu m. (√ das) enemy of the gods (e.g. śámbara, śúṣṇa, cúmuri, dhúni; all conquered by Indra, Agni, &c.), impious man (called a-śraddhá, a-yajñá, á-yajyu, á-pṛṇat, a-vratá, anya-vrata, a-karmán), barbarian (called a-nā́s, or an-ā́s ‘ugly-faced’, ádhara, ‘inferior’, á-mānuṣa, ‘inhuman’), robber (called dhanín), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

dasyu : any outcast or Hindū who has become so by neglect of the essential rites, [Mn.]

dasyu : not accepted as a witness, [viii, 66]

dasyu : cf. trasá- (dásyave vṛ́ka m. ‘wolf to the Dasyu’, N. of a man, [RV. viii, 51]; [55 f.]; dásyave sáhas n. violence to the D° (N. of Turvīti), [i, 36, 18])

aśiva : á-śiva mf(A)n. unkind, envious, pernicious, dangerous, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] &c.

aśiva : á-śiva m. N. of a demon causing disease, [Hariv. 9560]

aśiva : á-śiva n. ill-luck, [RV. i, 116, 24]; [x, 23, 5]; [MBh.] &c.

māyā : f. See below.

māyā : māyā́ f. art, wisdom, extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language)

māyā : illusion, unreality, deception, fraud, trick, sorcery, witchcraft magic, [RV.] &c. &c.

māyā : an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition, [ib.] (esp. ibc. = false, unreal, illusory; cf. comp.)

māyā : duplicity (with Buddhists one of the 24 minor evil passions), [Dharmas. 69] (in phil.) Illusion (identified in the Sāṃkhya with Prakṛti or Pradhāna and in that system, as well as in the Vedānta, regarded as the source of the visible universe), [IW. 83]; [108]

māyā : (with Śaivas) one of the 4 Pāśas or snares which entangle the soul, [Sarvad.]; [MW.]

māyā : (with Vaiṣṇavas) one of the 9 Śaktis or energies of Viṣṇu, [L.]

māyā : Illusion personified (sometimes identified with Durgā, sometimes regarded as a daughter of Anṛta and Nirṛti or Nikṛti and mother of Mṛtyu, or as a daughter of Adharma), [Pur.]

māyā : compassion, sympathy, [L.]

māyā : Convolvulus Turpethum, [L.]

māyā : N. of the mother of Gautama Buddha, [MWB. 24]

māyā : of Lakṣmī, [W.]

māyā : of a city, [Cat.]

māyā : of 2 metres, [Col.]

māyā : du. (māye indrasya) N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

anupūrvam : anu-pūrvám ind. in regular order, from the first, [RV.] &c.

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan mfn. (acc. vṛ́ṣāṇam or vṛ́ṣaṇam nom. pl. °ṣāṇas; prob. originally ‘raining, sprinkling, impregnating’) manly, vigorous, powerful, strong, mighty, great (applied to animate and inanimate objects), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] (superl. -tama)

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan m. a man, male, any male animal, a bull, stallion &c. (also N. of various gods, as implying strength, esp. of Indra and the Maruts), [ib.]

vṛṣan : (ifc.) chief, lord (e.g. kṣiti-, kṣmā-v°, lord of the earth, prince), [Rājat.]

vṛṣan : a kind of metre, [RPrāt.]

vṛṣan : N. of a man, [RV.]

vṛṣan : of Karṇa, [L.]

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan n. N. of a Sāman, [Lāṭy.]

cud : cl. 1. códati, °te (Subj. códat; Impv. °da, °data, dasva, (2. du.) °dethām; aor. 2. sg. codīs; pr. p. See a-codát), to impel, incite, animate, [RV.]; to bring or offer quickly (as the Soma), [RV.]; Ā. to hasten, [RV.] : Caus. codáyati, rarely °te (Subj. 2. sg. °yāsi, °yāse; aor. acūcudat, [MBh. xiii, 35]; p. codáyat; [Pāṇ.] codyamāna), to sharpen, whet, [RV. vi, 47, 10] (cf. [3, 5]); [ix, 50, 1]; [x, 120, 5]; to impel, incite, cause to move quickly, accelerate, [RV.]; [AV. iii, 15, 1]; [MBh.] &c.; (with cakṣus) to direct (the eye) towards (loc.), [Mṛcch. ix, 11]; to inspire, excite, animate, [RV.]; [AV. vii, 46, 3]; to request, petition, ask, urge on, press or importune with a request, [Lāṭy. ii, 9, 15]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; help on, assist in the attainment of (dat.), [RV.]; to bring or offer quickly, [vi, 48, 9]; [vii, 77, 4]; to ask for, [MBh. xiii]; [R. vii]; [BhP. x]; to inquire after, [MBh. i, 5445]; to enjoin, fix, settle, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; to object, criticise, [Bādar., Sch.]; to be quick, [RV. i, 117, 3]; [x, 101, 12] and [102, 12];

cud : [cf. σπεύδω, σπουδάζω; Lat. cudo.]