kathā : f. (for 2. See col. 3) conversation, speech, talking together, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

kathā : talk, mention

kathā : (kā kathā [with gen. or more commonly with loc. and sometimes with prati], what should one say of? how should one speak of? e.g. eko 'pi kṛcchrād varteta bhūyasāṃ tu kathaiva kā, even one person would live with difficulty, what should one say of many? i.e. how much more many? [Kathās. iv, 123]; kā kathā bāṇa-saṃdhāne, what mention of fitting the arrow? i.e. what necessity for fitting the arrow? [Śak. 53 a])

kathā : story, tale, fable, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hit.] &c.

kathā : a feigned story, tale (as one, of the species of poetical composition), [Sāh. 567]; [Kāvyād.]

kathā : Story (personified), [Kathās.]

kathā : (in log.) discussion, disputation, [Sarvad.]

kathā : kathā́ ind. (for 1. See col. 1) (Ved. for kathám, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 26]) how? whence? why? [RV.]; [AV. viii, 1, 16]; [TS.] &c.

kathā : (yathā́ kathā́ ca, in any way whatsoever, [ŚBr. iv])

kathā : sometimes merely a particle of interrogation (e.g. kathā́ śṛṇoti … índraḥ, does Indra hear? [RV. iv, 23, 3]; kathā́-kathā́, whether-or? [TS. ii, 6, 1, 7]).

agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa)

agni : the number three, [Sūryas.]

agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid

agni : bile, [L.]

agni : gold, [L.]

agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida

agni : mystical substitute for the letter r

agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u

agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.]

agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj].

śuc : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. vii, 1]) śocati (Ved. and ep. also °te; once in [ŚBr.] -śucyati [cf. saṃ-√ śuc]; and in [MBh. iii, 2372] śocimi; pf. śuśoca Impv. śuśugdhi Pot. śuśucīta, p. śuśukvás and śuśucāná, aor. aśucat [p. śucát and śucámāna] [RV.]; aśocīt [2. sg. śocīḥ] [Br.]; aśociṣṭa Gr.; Prec. śucyāsam, [ib.]; fut. śoktā or śocitā, [ib.]; śuciṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c. &c.; inf. śucádhyai, [RV.]; śoktum or śocitum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śocitvā, [MBh.]; śucitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26]) to shine, flame, gleam, glow, burn, [RV.]; [Br.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; to suffer violent heat or pain, be sorrowful or afflicted, grieve, mourn at or for (loc. or acc. with prati), [TS.] &c. &c.; to bewail, lament, regret (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be absorbed in deep meditation, [MW.]; (cl. 4. P. Ā. śucyati, °te) to be bright or pure, [Dhātup. xxvi, 56] (cf. Caus. and śuci); to be wet, [ib.]; to decay, be putrid, stink, [ib.] : Pass. (only aor. áśoci) to be kindled, burn, flame, [RV. vii, 67, 2] : Caus. śocáyati, °te (p. śucáyat [q.v.] [RV.]; aor. aśūśucat, śūśucat, [AV.]; [Br.]), to set on fire, burn, [RV.]; [TBr.]; to cause to suffer pain, afflict, distress, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; to feel pain or sorrow, grieve, mourn, [MBh.]; to lament, regret, [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]; to purify, [VarYogay.]; [Kathās.] : Pass. of Caus. śocyate, [Kāv.] : Desid. śuśuciṣati or śuśociṣati, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26] : Intens. śośucyate, śośokti, to shine or flame brightly Gr. (only śóśucan, [RV. vi, 66, 3]; cf. śóśucat, śóśucāna, śośucyamāna).

śuc : śúc mfn. shining, illumining (see tri- and viśva-śúc)

śuc : śúc f. flame, glow, heat, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

śuc : brightness, lustre, [RV.]

śuc : (also pl.) pain, sorrow, grief or regret for (comp.), [AV.] &c. &c.

śuc : pl. tears, [BhP.]

śuc : cl. 4. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 56]) See under √ 1. .

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.

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

āyu : āyú (us), m. a living being, man

āyu : living beings collectively, mankind, [RV.]

āyu : son, descendant, offspring

āyu : family, lineage, [RV.]

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

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

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

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

āyu : N. of a king of frogs, [MBh.]

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

dāś : (the finite forms only in [RV.] and once in [ŚBr.] See below) cl. 1. P. dā́śati, [i, 93, 10]; [151, 7] &c. Ā. °te, [Dhātup. xxi, 18] (rarely cl. 2. P. 5. dāṣṭi, [i, 127, 4]; dāśnóti, [viii, 4, 6] [the latter also = √ dās]; pf. dadā́śa, [i, 36, 4] &c.; Subj. dádāśati, °śas, °śat, [i, 156, 2]; [94, 15]; [91, 20] &c.; p. dadāśvás [dat. °śúṣe, [i, 112, 20] &c.], dāśivás [only [SV. i, 2, 5, 1, 1]] and dāśvás [see below]), to serve or honour a god (dat. or acc.) with (instr.), [i, 68, 6]; [vii, 14, 3] &c.; [v, 41, 16]; [viii, 19, 4]; offer or present (acc.) to (dat.), grant, give, bestow, [i, 93, 3]; [ii, 19, 4] &c. : Caus. P. dāśayati, offer, present, [ŚBr. i, 6, 2, 5.] [Cf. daśasya, and Gk. δωκ in ἔ-δωκ-α, δέ-δωκ-α]

dāś : dā́ś f. worship, veneration, [RV. i, 127, 7]

dāś : dā́ś m. worshipper, [vi, 16, 26] (cf. dū- and puro-).

vāja : vā́ja m. (fr. √ vaj; cf. ugra, uj, ojas &c.) strength, vigour, energy, spirit, speed (esp. of a horse; also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] (vā́jebhis ind. mightily, greatly; cf. sahasā)

vāja : a contest, race, conflict, battle, war, [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vāja : the prize of a race or of battle, booty, gain, reward, any precious or valuable possession, wealth, treasure, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [PañcavBr.]

vāja : food, sacrificial food (= anna in [Nigh. ii, 7] and in most of the Commentators), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]

vāja : = vāja-peya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāja : (?) a swift or spirited horse, war-horse, steed, [RV.]; [AV.]

vāja : the feathers on a arrow, [RV.]

vāja : a wing, [L.]

vāja : sound, [L.]

vāja : N. of one of the 3 Ṛbhus (pl. = the 3 Ṛbhus), [RV.]

vāja : of the month Caitra, [VS.]

vāja : of a son of Laukya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāja : of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa, [Hariv.]

vāja : of a Muni, [L.]

vāja : vā́ja n. (only [L.]) ghee or clarified butter

vāja : an oblation of rice offered at a Śrāddha

vāja : rice or food in general

vāja : water

vāja : an acetous mixture of ground meal and water left to ferment

vāja : a Mantra or prayer concluding a sacrifice.

śvas : (cf. √ 3. -śuṣ) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 61]) śvasiti (Ved. and ep. also śvásati, °te; Impv. śvasihí, [AV.], śvasa, [MBh.]; impf. [or aor.] aśvasīt, ep. also aśvasat; Pot. or Prec. śvasyāt, ep. also śvaset; pr. p. śvasat, ep. also śvasamāna [for śvasamāna See below]; pf. śaśvāsa, [MBh.]; fut. śvasitā Gr.; śvasiṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. śvasitum, [ib.]; ind.p. -śvasya, [ib.]), to blow, hiss, pant, snort, [RV.] &c. &c.; to breathe, respire, draw breath (also = live), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to sigh, groan, [ib.]; to strike, kill, [Naigh. ii, 19] : Caus. śvāsayati (aor. aśiśvasat), to cause to blow or breathe &c.; to cause heavy breathing, [Suśr.] : Desid. śiśvasiṣati Gr.: Intens. śāśvasyate, śāśvasti, [ib.] (only p. śāśvasat, snorting, [MaitrS.])

śvas : śvás ind. to-morrow, on the following day (śváḥ śvaḥ, ‘day by day’; śvó bhūté, ‘on the morrow’, ‘next day’), [RV.] &c. &c.

śvas : in the future (sec comp.)

śvas : a particle implying auspiciousness, [W.]

ubha : ubhá au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]) both, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.;

ubha : [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.]

yat : yát mfn. (pr. p. of √ 5. i) going, moving, [RV.] &c. &c. (abde yati, in this year, [L.])

yat : cl. 1. Ā. (prob. connected with √ yam and orig. meaning, ‘to stretch’, [Dhātup. ii, 29]) yátate (Ved. and ep. also P. °ti; p. yátamāna, yátāna and yatāná, [RV.]; pf. yete, 3. pl. yetire, [ib.] &c.; aor. ayatiṣṭa, [Br.]; fut. yatiṣyate, [Br.], °ti, [MBh.]; inf. yatitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. -yátya, [MBh.]), (P.) to place in order, marshal, join, connect, [RV.]; (P. or Ā.) to keep pace, be in line, rival or vie with (instr.), [ib.]; (Ā.) to join (instr.), associate with (instr.), march or fly together or in line, [ib.]; to conform or comply with (instr.), [ib.]; to meet, encounter (in battle), [ib.]; [Br.]; to seek to join one's self with, make for, tend towards (loc.), [ib.]; to endeavour to reach, strive after, be eager or anxious for (with loc. dat. acc. with or without prati, once with gen.; also with arthe, arthāya, artham and hetos ifc.; or with inf.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to exert one's self, take pains, endeavour, make effort, persevere, be cautious or watchful, [ib.]; to be prepared for (acc.), [R.] : Caus. (or cl. 10. [Dhātup. xxxiii, 62]) yātáyati (or °te; aor. ayīyatat; Pass. yātyate), to join, unite (Ā. intrans.), [RV.]; to join or attach to (loc.) P. [PañcavBr.]; to cause to fight, [AitBr.]; to strive to obtain anything (acc.) from (abl.), [Mālav.]; ; (rarely Ā.) to requite, return, reward or punish, reprove (as a fault), [RV.] &c. &c. (Ā.) to surrender or yield up anything (acc.) to (acc. or gen.), [MBh.]; (P. Ā.) to distress, torture, vex, annoy, [BhP.]; accord. to [Dhātup.] also nikāre (others nirākāre or khede) and upaskāre: Desid. yiyatiṣate Gr.: Intens. yāyatyate and yāyatti, [ib.]

yat : in comp. for yad.

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

toka : toká n. (fr. √ 1. tuc) offspring, children, race, child (often joined with tánaya; rarely pl. [AV. i], [v]; [BhP. vi]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 1]; [Kār.]; [BhP.]

toka : a new-born child; [ii], [x]

toka : toká m. ifc. the offspring of an animal (e.g. aja-, a young goat), [iii], [x]

toka : cf. ava-tokā, jīvat-tokā and sa-toka

toka : √ tvakṣ.

tanaya : tánaya mfn. propagating a family, belonging to one's own family (often said of toká), [RV.]; [AitBr. ii, 7]

tanaya : tánaya m. a son, [Mn. iii, 16]; [viii, 275]; [MBh.] (du. ‘son and daughter’, [iii, 2565]), [Śak.]; [Ragh. ii, 64]

tanaya : = -bhavana, [VarBṛS.]

tanaya : N. of a Vāsiṣṭha, [Hariv. 477] (v.l. anagha)

tanaya : pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 371]

tanaya : tánaya n. posterity, family, race, offspring, child (‘grandchild’, opposed to toká, ‘child’, [Nir. x, 7]; [xii, 6]), [RV.]; [VarBṛS.] (ifc. f(A). , [ciii, 1 f.])

dhā : f. in 2. tiro-dhā́

dhā : dur-dhā́ (qq.vv.)

dhā : cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]

dhā : [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.]

dhā : mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. dha)

dhā : m. placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c.

dhā : N. of Brahmā or Bṛhas-pati, [L.]

dhā : (ā), f. See 2. dha

dhā : instr. (= nom.) perhaps in the suffix (which forms adverbs from numerals, e.g. eka-dhā́, dví-dhā &c.)

ṛta : ṛtá mf(A)n. met with, afflicted by (with instr.), [TS. v]

ṛta : proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest, [RV.]; [VS. xvii, 82]

ṛta : true, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Mn. viii, 82]; [87]; [Bhag.] &c.

ṛta : worshipped, respected, [L.]

ṛta : enlightened, luminous, [L.]

ṛta : ṛtá (as), m. N. of a Rudra, [MBh.]

ṛta : of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, [BhP. iv, 13, 16]

ṛta : of a son of Vijaya, [VP.]

ṛta : ṛtá (am), n. fixed or settled order, law, rule (esp. in religion)

ṛta : sacred or pious action or custom, divine law, faith, divine truth (these meanings are given by, [BRD.] and are generally more to be accepted than those of native authorities and marked, [L.] below), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

ṛta : truth in general, righteousness, right, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Mn. viii, 61]; [104]; [Pañcat.] &c.

ṛta : figuratively said of gleaning (as the right means of a Brāhman's obtaining a livelihood as opposed to agriculture, which is anṛta), [Mn. iv, 4 ff.]

ṛta : promise, oath, vow, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.]

ṛta : truth personified (as an object of worship, and hence enumerated among the sacred objects in the [Nir.])

ṛta : water, [L.]

ṛta : sacrifice, [L.]

ṛta : a particular sacrifice, [L.]

ṛta : the sun, [L.]

ṛta : wealth, [L.]

ṛta : ṛti, ṛtu See p. 223, col. 2 — p. 224, col. 1.

sāman : sā́man n. (fr. √ sā = san) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, [RV.]; [VS.]

sāman : sā́man n. (m. only in [TBr.]; prob. connected with √ sāntv; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā; cf. 3. ) calming, tranquillizing, (esp.) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāyas or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna, bheda, and daṇḍa, qq.vv.; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl., ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), [TBr.]; &c.

sāman : sā́man n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 152] fr. √ so = 2. sā, as ‘destroying sin’; in [Nir. vii, 12] apparently connected with sammita; by others derived fr. √ 1. san, sā, sāntv, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. ) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp.) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with ṛc, yajus, chandas, one of the 4 kinds of Vedic composition mentioned first in [RV. x, 90, 9]), [RV.] &c. &c.

sāman : any song or tune (sacred or profane, also the hum of bees), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

sāman : the faculty of uttering sounds (?), [TBr.] (Sch.)

ran : raṇ or (cf. √ ram) cl. 1. 4. P. ráṇati, ráṇyati (2. du. raṇyáthaḥ, [RV. i, 112, 18]; pf. rāraṇa or raraṇa, [RV.]; aor. arāṇiṣuḥ, raṇiṣṭana, [ib.]), to rejoice, be pleased, take pleasure in (loc., rarely acc.), [RV.]; to gladden, delight, gratify, [ib.] : Caus. raṇayati, °te, to cheer, gladden, exhilarate with (instr. or loc.), [RV.]; to be at ease, be pleased or satisfied with, delight in (loc.), [ib.]; [TS.]; [AV.] : Intens. (Subj. rāráṇat, rārán; Impv. rārandhi, rārantu) = Caus. (as well in the trans. as in the intrans. meanings), [RV.]

ran : See √ 1. raṇ.

ran : rán (meaning doubtful), [RV. i, 120, 7] (accord. to [Sāy.] = rātārau or dātārau, ‘givers’, fr. √ ā, the sg. being substituted for the du.)

deva : devá mf(I)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (superl. m. devá-tama, [RV. iv, 22, 3] &c.; f. devi-tamā, [ii, 41, 16])

deva : devá m. (according to [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120] déva) a deity, god, [RV.] &c. &c.

deva : (rarely applied to) evil demons, [AV. iii, 15, 5]; [TS. iii, 5, 4, 1]

deva : (pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones; víśve devā́s, all the gods, [RV. ii, 3, 4] &c., or a partic. class of deities [see under víśva], often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds, [RV. i, 139, 11] &c. [cf. tri-daśa], or 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 12 Ādityas [to which the 2 Aśvins must be added] [Br.]; cf. also, [Divyāv. 68]; with Jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanādhīśa, vyantara, jyotiṣka, and vaimānika; devā́nām pátnyas, the wives of the gods, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] [cf. deva-patnī below])

deva : N. of the number 33 (see above), [Gaṇit.]

deva : N. of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

deva : a cloud, [L.]

deva : (with Jainas) the 22nd Arhat of the future Ut-sarpiṇī

deva : the image of a god, an idol, [Viṣṇ.]

deva : a god on earth or among men, either Brāhman, priest, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. bhū-d°), or king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. ‘your majesty’ or ‘your honour’; also ifc., e.g. śrī-harṣa-d°, vikramāṅka-d°, king Śrī-h° or Vikr°, and in names as puruṣottama-d° [lit. having Viṣṇu as one's deity; cf. atithi-d°, ācārya-d°, pitṛ-d°, mātṛ-d°]; rarely preceding the name, e.g. deva-caṇḍamahāsena, [Kathās. xiii, 48]), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.] &c. (cf. kṣiti-, nara-, &c.)

deva : a husband's brother (cf. devṛ and devara), [W.]

deva : a fool, dolt, [L.]

deva : a child, [L.]

deva : a man following any partic. line or business, [L.]

deva : a spearman, lancer, [L.]

deva : emulation, wish to excel or overcome, [L.]

deva : sport, play, [L.]

deva : a sword, [Gal.]

deva : N. of men, [VP.]

deva : of a disciple of Nāgārjuna, [MWB. 192]

deva : dimin. for devadatta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 83], Vārtt. 4, Sch.

deva : devá n. ([L.]) an organ of sense, [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 8]; [2, 7]

deva : [cf. Lat. dīvus, deus; Lit. dë́vas; Old Pruss. deiwas.]