dakṣa : dákṣa mf(A)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, [RV.] &c.

dakṣa : strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), [ix f.]

dakṣa : passable (the Ganges), [MBh. xiii, 1844]

dakṣa : suitable, [BhP. iv, 6, 44]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 64]

dakṣa : right (opposed to left), [RāmatUp. i, 22]; [Phetk. i]

dakṣa : dákṣa m. ability, fitness, mental power, talent (cf. -kratú), strength of will, energy, disposition, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

dakṣa : evil disposition, [RV. iv, 3, 13]; [x, 139, 6]

dakṣa : a particular form of temple, [Hcat. ii, 1, 390]

dakṣa : a general lover, [W.]

dakṣa : a cock, [Car. i], [vi]

dakṣa : N. of a plant, [L.]

dakṣa : fire, [L.]

dakṣa : Śiva's bull, [L.]

dakṣa : N. of an Āditya (identified with Prajā-pati, [TS. iii]; [ŚBr. ii]; father of Kṛttikā, [Śāntik.]), [RV. i f.], [x]; [Nir. ii], [xi]

dakṣa : N. of one of the Prajā-patis ([MBh. xii, 7534]; [Hariv.]; [VP. i, 7, 5] and [22, 4]; [BhP. iii, 12, 22]; [MatsyaP. cvl, 15]; [KūrmaP.] &c., [Śak. vii, 27]; born from Brahmā's right thumb, [MBh. i], [xii]; [Hariv.] &c.; or from A-ja, ‘the unborn’, [BhP. iv, 1, 47]; or son of Pra-cetas or of the of 10 Pra-cetasas, whence called Prācetasa, [MBh. i], [xii f.]; [Hariv. 101]; [VP. i, 15]; father of 24 daughters by Pra-sūti, [VP. i, 7, 17 ff.]; [BhP.] &c.; of 50 [or 60 [MBh. xii, 6136]; [R. iii, 20, 10]; or 44 [Hariv. 11521 ff.]] daughters of whom 27 become the Moon's wives, forming the lunar asterisms, and 13 [or 17 [BhP.]; or 8 [R.]] those of Kaśyapa, becoming by this latter the mothers of gods, demons, men, and animals, while 10 are married to Dharma, [Mn. ix, 128 f.]; [MBh. i], [ix]; [xii, 7537 ff.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] &c.; celebrating a great sacrifice [hence dakṣa syáyana, ‘N. of a sacrifice’, [Mn. vi, 10]] to obtain a son, he omitted, with the disapproval of Dadhīca, to invite Śiva, who ordered Vīra-bhadra to spoil the sacrifice, [Hariv. 12212] [identified with Viṣṇu] ff.; [VāyuP. i, 30], = [BrahmaP. i]; [LiṅgaP.]; [MatsyaP. xiii]; [VāmP. ii]-[v]; [ŚivaP. i, 8]; [KāśīKh. lxxxvii ff.]; named among the Viśve-devās, [Hariv. 11542]; [VāyuP.]; [Bṛhasp.] [[Hcat.]] &c.)

dakṣa : N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh. v, 3597]

dakṣa : of a man with the patr. Pārvati, [ŚBr. ii, 4, 4, 6]

dakṣa : of a law-giver, [Yājñ. i, 5]; [Mn. ix, 88], Sch. &c.

dakṣa : of a son of Uśī-nara, [BhP. ix, 23, 2]

dakṣa : of one of the 5 Kānyakubja Brāhmans from whom the Bengal Brāhmansare said to have sprung, [Kṣitīś. i, 13] and [41]

dakṣa : dákṣa cf. a-tūrta-, diná-, samāná; su-dákṣa; mārga-dakṣaka; dākṣāyán.

dakṣa : [cf. δεξιός; Lat. dex-ter; Goth. taihsvs.]

dhṛtavrata : dhṛtá—vrata (°tá-), mfn. of fixed law or order (Agni, Indra, Savitṛ, the Ādityas, &c.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]

dhṛtavrata : maintaining law or order, [Gaut.]

dhṛtavrata : firmly resolute, [MBh.]

dhṛtavrata : being accustomed to (inf.), [ib.]

dhṛtavrata : devoted, attached, faithful, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]

dhṛtavrata : dhṛtá—vrata m. N. of Rudra, [BhP.]

dhṛtavrata : of a son of Dhṛti, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

mitrāvaruṇa : mitrā́-váruṇa m. du. Mitra and Varuṇa, [RV.] &c. &c. (together they uphold and rule the earth and sky, together they guard the world, together they promote religious rites, avenge sin, and are the lords of truth and light, cf. under 1. mitrá above ; °ṇayor ayanam and °ṇayor iṣṭiḥ N. of partic. sacrifices; °ṇayoḥ saṃyojanam N. of a Sāman), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] &c. (sg., w.r. for maitrāvaruṇa, [Hariv.])

ṛtu : ṛtú (us), m. ([Uṇ. i, 72]) any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (esp. for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

ṛtu : an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring’; Grīṣma, ‘the hot season’; Varṣās (f. pl. nom.), ‘the rainy season’ Śarad, ‘autumn’; Hemanta, ‘winter’; and Śiśira, ‘the cool season’; the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in Mantras, and worshipped by libations), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c., [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛtu : symbolical expression for the number six, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.] &c.

ṛtu : the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to [Bhpr.] sixteen days after their appearance), [Suśr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛtu : sexual union at the above time, [Mn. ix, 93]; [MBh.]

ṛtu : fixed order, order, rule [[BRD.]], [RV. i, 162, 19]

ṛtu : light, splendour, [L.]

ṛtu : a particular mineral, [L.]

ṛtu : N. of a Ṛṣi

ṛtu : of the twelfth Manu.

yajña : yajñá m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise

yajña : act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y°), [RV.] &c. &c.

yajña : a worshipper, sacrificer, [RV. iii, 30, 15]; [32, 12]

yajña : fire, [L.]

yajña : = ātman, [L.]

yajña : Sacrifice personified, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

yajña : (with prājāpatya) N. of the reputed author of [RV. x, 130], [Anukr.]

yajña : N. of a form of Viṣṇu, [Pur.]

yajña : of Indra under Manu Svāyambhuva, [ib.]

yajña : of a son of Ruci and Ākūti, [ib.]

naś : or naṃś cl. 1. P. Ā. náśati, °te (aor. ānat, -naṭ; -anaṣṭām, -nak [in pra-ṇak] Impv. -nákṣi; Ā. 1. sg. náṃśi Prec. naśīmahi; inf. -náśe), to reach, attain, meet with, find, [RV.] [cf. aś and nakṣ; Lat. nac-tus sum; Lith. nèszti; Slav. nesti; Goth. ganôhs; Germ. genug; Angl.Sax. genôh; Eng. enough.]

naś : cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 85]) náśyati (rarely °te and cl. 1. P. náśati, °te; pf. nanāśa, 3. pl. neśur; aor. anaśat, [MBh.] &c.; aneśat, néśat, [RV.]; [Br.] [cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120]]; fut. naśiṣyati, [AV.]; naṅkṣyati, °te [cond. anaṅkṣyata] [MBh.]; naśitā, [ib.]; naṃṣṭā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 45]; naṅgdhā, [Vop.]; inf. naśitum, naṃṣṭum Gr.; ind.p. naśitvā, naṣṭvā, naṃṣṭvā, [ib.]) to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone, run away, [RV.] &c. &c.; to come to nothing, be frustrated or unsuccessful, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. nāśáyati, ep. also °te (aor. -anīnaśat; dat. inf. -nāśayadhyai, [RV.]) to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy, efface, [RV.] &c. &c.; to lose (also from memory), give up, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pañc.]; to violate, deflower (a girl), [Daś.]; [Kull.]; to extinguish (a fire), [BhP.]; to disappear (in mā nīnaśah and °naśuḥ), [MBh.] : Desid. ninaśiṣati or ninaṅkṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 60]; [2, 45] (cf. ninaṅkṣu); Desid. of Caus. nināśayiṣati, to wish to destroy, [Daś.] : Intens. nānaśyate or nānaṃṣṭi Gr.

naś : [cf. Gk. νεκ-ρός; Lat. nex, nocere].

naś : mfn. perishing (in jīva-, q.v.)