Rig Veda 1.15.8

Addressed to: Cycle of the Gods

Group: Hymns of Medhatithi

Text (Devanagari)

1.15.8

द्र॒वि॒णो॒दा द॑दातु नो॒ वसू॑नि॒ यानि॑ शृण्वि॒रे

दे॒वेषु॒ ता व॑नामहे

Text (Roman)

1.15.8

draviṇodā́ dadātu no

vásūni yā́ni śr̥ṇviré

devéṣu tā́ vanāmahe

Padapāṭha

1.15.8

draviṇaḥdāḥ | dadātu

rootSGPRSACT3IMP

from √dā- 1

dā : f. id., [L.]

dā : f. heat, pain, [L.]

dā : cl. 3. dádāti (pl. °dati, [RV.] &c.; Ā. datte, [Pañcat. i, 4, 19/20] [12, 7]; [Subh.]; 1. sg. dadmi, [MBh. xii]; [Hariv.]; [R. i f.]; Impv. dádātu pl. °dahu; 2. sg. daddhí, [RV. i f.]; [iv], [vi], [viii], [x]; dehí [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] [RV. iii f.], [viii], [x]; [AV. v], [xviii f.] &c. ; 2. pl. dádāta, [RV. vii, 57, 6], °tana, [x, 36, 10], dattá, [51, 8]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; 2. du. °ttám, [RV. i, 34, 6]; [AV.] &c.; Pot. dadyā́t, [AV.] &c.; impf. ádadāt; pl. ádadur, [RV. vi], [x]; [AV. v, 18, 1]; 2. du. ádattam, [RV.] &c.; 2. pl. °ttana, [i, 139, 7], ádadāta, [x, 64, 12]; Subj. dádat, [ii], [v], [vii f.], [x], °das, [vii f.] °dan, [AV. vi, 24, 1] p. m. nom. sg. dádat pl. °tas, [RV.] &c.; p. Ā. dádāna, [v, 33, 9]; °ná, [i, 148, 2]; [v, 2, 3]; sg. dadati, [ii, 35, 10]; [MBh. iii, 13422]; pl. °danti, [xii f.]; Impv. °da, [ix]; [MārkP.]; °data, [Siṃhās.]; Pot. °det, [Parāś. vi, 19]; impf. ádadat, [AV. xii, 4, 23]; [MBh.]; [R.]; Ā. sg. dádate, [RV. i, 24, 7]; [AV. x, 8, 36]; pl. °dante, [35]; [VS. viii, 31]; Impv. sg. °datām, [RV. iii, 53, 17]; °dasva, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; impf. pl. ádadanta, [RV. vii, 33, 11]; [AV. xiv]; p. dádamāna, [RV. i, 41, 9]; [iv, 26, 6]; aor. ádāt [[Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]], dat, ádur, dúr &c.; Subj. 2. du. dāsathas, [RV. viii, 40, 1] [cf. [Naigh. ii, 30]]; Pot. 1. pl. deṣma, [VS. ii, 32]; pf. dadaú, °dúr, °dáthur, °datur, °dó, [RV.] &c.; Pass. °dé, [iv, 34] & [37]; [AV. x, 2, 16]; dadade, °dāte, °dire, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 126], [Kāś.]; p. gen. dadúṣas, [RV. i], [viii], °ṣām, [vi]; nom. °dvā́n, [x, 132, 3]; °dāvan, [AV. v, 11, 1]; acc. °divā́ṃsam, [ix, 5, 10] [cf. [Vop. xxvi, 133]]; fut. p. dāsyát, [AV. vi, 71, 3]; Ā. °syate, °syante, 1. sg. °sye, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.]; Prec. deyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 67]; inf. dāváne, [RV.]; dā́tos, [vii, 4, 6]; °tave, [vii]-[ix]; [AV. iii, 20, 5]; dā́tavaí [[Pāṇ. vi, 1, 200]; [Siddh.]] [RV. iv, 21, 9]; °tum, [v]; [AV.] &c.: ind.p. dattvā́ya [[Pāṇ. vii, 1, 47], [Kāś.]] [RV. x, 85, 33]; °ttvā́, [AV.] &c.; -dā́ya [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 69]] [RV.] &c.: Pass. dīyate [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 62]]; p. °yámāna, [AV. ix]; aor. adāyi, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]; Prec. dāsīṣṭa, dāyis°, [vi, 4, 62]) cl. 1. dā́ti ([RV. iv]-[vii]; Impv. °tu, [15, 11]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.]; [ii, 4, 76], [Kāś.]) to give, bestow, grant, yield, impart, present, offer to (dat., in later language also gen. or loc.), [RV.] &c.; to give (a daughter, kanyām) in marriage, [Mn. v], [ix]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to hand over, [Mn. viii, 186] & [234]; (with haste), [Kathās.]; to give back, [222 f.]; [MBh. iii]; [Pañcat.]; [VP.]; [Kathās. lxxiv]; to pay (daṇḍam, ‘a fine’, [Mn. viii f.]; ṛṇam, ‘a debt’, [viii]; [Yājñ. ii, 45]); to give up, cede (āsanam, ‘one's seat’), [Mn. iv, 54]; (panthānam or mārgam, ‘to give up the road, allow to pass’), [viii, 275] & [R. v, 94, 8]; to sell (with instr. of the price), [i]; [Nal. xiv, 21]; [VarBṛS. xlii, 11]; to sacrifice (ātmānam, ‘one's self’, [Kathās. xxii, 227]; āt° khedāya, ‘to give one's self up to grief’, [v, 57]); to offer (an oblation &c.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [R.] &c.; to communicate, teach, utter (blessings, āśiṣas, [Śak.]; [MārkP.]), give (answer, prati-vacas, °canam, praty-uttaram, [Nal.]; [Śak.] &c.), speak (satyaṃ vacas, the truth, [Yājñ. ii, 200]; vacam, to address a speech to [dat.] [Śak. vi, 5]); to permit, allow (with inf.), [MBh. i]; [Śak. vi, 22]; to permit sexual intercourse, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 7]; to place, put, apply (in med.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to add, [Pañcat. ii, 6, 5]; [Sūryas.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Laghuj.]; with varam, ‘to grant a boon’, [ŚBr. xi]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; śoham, ‘to cause grief’, [xiii]; [R. ii]; avakāśam, ‘to give room or space, allow to enter’, [Yājñ. ii, 276]; [Mṛcch.]; [Ragh.] &c.; prāṇān or jīvitam, ‘to spare any one's life’, [MBh.]; [Kathās. xviii, 275]; talam or °lān, to slap with the palms of the hands, [MBh. iii], [ix]; [Hariv. 15741]; °la-prahāram, to strike with the palm, [Pañcat. iv, 2, 0/1] tālam, to beat time with the hands, [MBh. i]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; saṃjñām, to make a sign, [Mṛcch.]; saṃketakam, to make an appointment, [Pañcat. ii, 4, 3/4] samayam, to propose an agreement, [Kathās. xviii, 139]; upamām, to compare with [gen.] [Cāṇ.]; paṭaham, to proclaim with the drum, [Kathās. lxxiii, 357]; śabdam, to make a noise, call out, [Vet. iv, 2/3]; śāpam, to utter a curse, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; gālīḥ. id., [Bhartṛ.]; anuyātram, to accompany, [Kathās. xviii, 197]; āliṅganane, parirambhaṇam, to embrace, [209]; [Gīt. iii, 8]; jhampam, to jump, [Hit.]; śrāddham, to perform a Śrāddha, [MBh. xiv]; [R. ii]; vratakam, to accomplish a vow, [Hariv.]; yuddham, niy°, saṃgrāmam, to give battle, fight with, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; ājñām, ādeśam, to give an order, command, [i]; [BrahmaP.]; [Vet.]; saṃdeśam, to give information, [Kathās. xvii, 161]; prayogam, to give a dramatic representation, [Mālav. i, 11/12] vṛtim, to fence in [Mn. viii, 240]; [Kull.]; darśanam, to show one's self, [Prab. iii, 0/1]; dṛṣṭim, dṛśam, akṣi, cakṣus, to fix the eyes on (loc.), [Śak. i, 6]; [Kathās.]; [Dhūrtas.]; [Śṛṅgārat.]; [Sāh.]; karṇam, to give ear, listen, [Śak.]; [Kathās.]; manas, to direct the mind to (loc.), [MBh. xii, 2526]; kare kapolam, to rest the cheek on the hand, [Kāraṇḍ. xviii, 73]; nigaḍāni to put on or apply fetters, [Mṛcch. vii, 6/7] pāvakam, to set on fire; agnīn to consume by fire, [Mn. v, 168]; śāram, to move a chess-man, [Daś. vii, 137]; argalam, to draw a bolt, bar, [Kathās.]; [Rājat. vi, 96]; jānu, to kneel upon (gen.), [MBh. iii f.]; padam, to tread upon [loc.] [Bhartṛ.]; [Hit. ii, 12, 25]; [SŚaṃkar. i, 38]; to direct the steps, [Amar. 74]; viṣam, to poison, [Pañcar. i, 14, 80] (with acc.!); garam id., [VP. iv, 3, 16] (with gen.); — Ā. to carry, hold, keep, preserve, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; to show, [SV. i, 2, 1, 4, 7] (aor. adadiṣṭa; aded° fr. √ diś, [RV.]) : Caus. dāpayati ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36]; aor. adīdapat, [4, 1] and [58], [Kāś.]) to cause to give or be given, cause to bestow or present or give up, oblige to pay, make restore, [VS. ix, 24]; [AV. iii, 20, 8]; [Mn.] &c.; to demand from (abl.), [Mn. viii, 47]; to cause to utter or speak, [Hariv. 15782]; [Yājñ. ii, 6/7] ghoṣaṇām, to cause to be made known, [Kathās. lxiv, 86]; to cause to place or advance, [xii, 160]; to cause to perform, [v, 112] to cause to be put on (loc.), [MBh. i, 5724] : Desid. dítsati ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54] and [58]; p. dídāsat, [RV. x, 151, 2]; dítsat, [ii], [vii]-[ix]; [AV. v, 7, 6]; [MBh.]; Pot. °tseyam, [RV. viii]; [MBh.]; pf. 2. sg. didāsitha, [AitBr. viii, 21]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 16]; cf. [ŚBr. xiii, 7, 1, 15]) to wish to give, be ready to bestow, [RV.] &c.; to wish to give in marriage, [MBh.] &c.: Intens. dedīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66], [Kāś.];

dā : [cf. δίδωμι; Lat. do; &c.]

dā : dā́ m. a giver, [RV. v, 41, 1] (dat. dé), [vi, 16, 26] (nom. dā́s)

dā : dā́ mfn. ifc. ‘giving, granting’, see an-aśva-, a-bhikṣa-, aśva-, ātma-, &c. -dā́; án-āśīr-.

dā : For √ do, to cut q.v.

dā : cl. 4. P. dyáti (cf. ā- √ ), to bind, only in dīṣva, [VS. xxxviii, 3] [cf. δέω δίδημι].

dā : For √ de, q.v.

dā : f. (√ de), protection, defence, [L.]

dā : For √ dai, q.v.

dā : f. (√ dai) cleansing, purifying, [L.]

🔎 dadātu 🔎 √dā- 1

| naḥ | vasūni

nominal stemPLNACC

from vásu-

vasu : vásu mf(u or vI)n. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) excellent, good, beneficent, [RV.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vasu : sweet, [L.]

vasu : dry, [L.]

vasu : N. of the gods (as the ‘good or bright ones’, esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Uṣas, Rudra, Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Kubera), [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.]

vasu : of a partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra, later Agni and Viṣṇu; they form one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā q.v.; the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constituting with them and with Dyaus, ‘Heaven’, and Pṛthivī, ‘Earth’ [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made; the names of the Vasus, according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with ap, ‘water’]; 2. Dhruva, ‘the Pole-star’; 3. Soma, ‘the Moon’; 4. Dhava or Dhara; 5. Anila, ‘Wind’; 6. Anala or Pāvaka, ‘Fire’; 7. Pratyūṣa, ‘the Dawn’; 8. Prabhāsa, ‘Light’; but their names are variously given; Ahan, ‘Day’, being sometimes substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Purānic mythology), [RV.] &c. &c.

vasu : a symbolical N. of the number ‘eight’, [VarBṛS.]

vasu : a ray of light, [Naigh. i, 15]

vasu : a partic. ray of light, [VP.]

vasu : = jina, [Śīl.] (only [L.] the sun; the moon; fire; a rope, thong; a tree; N. of two kinds of plant = baka and pīta-madgu; a lake, pond; a kind of fish; the tie of the yoke of a plough; the distance from the elbow to the closed fist)

vasu : N. of a Ṛṣi (with the patr. Bharad-vāja, author of [RV. ix, 80]-[82], reckoned among the seven sages), [Hariv.]

vasu : of a son of Manu, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Uttāna-pāda, [ib.]

vasu : of a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara, [MBh.]

vasu : of a son of Īlina, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Kuśa and the country called after him, [RV.]

vasu : of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhP.]

vasu : of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Vatsara, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Hiraṇya-retas and the Varṣa ruled by him, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Bhūtajyotis, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Naraka, [ib.]

vasu : of a king of Kaśmīra, [Cat.]

vasu : vásu (u), f. light, radiance, [L.]

vasu : a partic. drug, [L.]

vasu : N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods), [Hariv.]; [VP.]

vasu : vásu n. (in Veda gen. vásos, vásvas and vásunas; also pl., exceptionally m.) wealth, goods, riches, property, [RV.] &c. &c. (°soṣ-pati m. prob. ‘the god of wealth or property’, [AV. i, 12] [[Paipp.] asoṣ-p°, ‘the god of life’]; °sor-dhā́rā f. ‘stream of wealth’, N. of a partic. libation of Ghṛta at the Agni-cayana, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.] &c.; of the wife of Agni, [BhP.]; of the heavenly Gaṅgā, [MBh.]; of sacred bathing-place, [ib.]; of a kind of vessel, [ib.]; °sor-dhā́rā-prayoga m. N. of wk.)

vasu : vásu n. gold (see -varma-dhara)

vasu : a jewel, gem, pearl (see -mekhala)

vasu : any valuable or precious object, [L.]

vasu : vásu n. (also f.) a partic. drug, [L.]

vasu : vásu n. a kind of salt (= romaka), [L.]

vasu : water, [L.]

vasu : a horse (?), [L.]

vasu : = śyāma, [L.]

vasu : m. or n. (for 1. See p. 930, col. 3) dwelling or dweller (see sáṃ-vasu).

vasu : 1. 2. See pp. 930 and 932.

🔎 vásūni 🔎 vásu-

| yāni | śṛṇvire

rootPLPRSMED3IND

from √śru- 1

śru : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 44]) śṛṇóti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. śṛṇute, and in [RV.] 3. sg. śṛṇvé, 2. sg. °viṣé, 3. pl. °viré [cf. below]; Impv. śṛṇu, °ṇudhī́ or °ṇudhí and °ṇuhī́ or °ṇuhí pl. śṛṇutā́ or śṛṇutá, °ṇota and °ṇotana, [RV.]; pf. śuśrā́va [once in [R.] with pass. sense], śuśruve [2. sg. śuśrotha, 1. pl. śuśruma, in [Up.] also °mas; śuśravat, śuśrūyā́s, [RV.], p. śuśruvás, q.v.]; aor. Ved. áśravam, áśrot, 2. sg. śróṣi; Subj. śrávat, °vathaḥ; [?] śruvam, [TĀr.]; Impv. śrudhī́ or śrudhí, śrótu, [RV.]; aśrauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; Subj. śroṣan Impv. śroṣantu, [RV.] [cf. śróṣamāṇa]; Prec. śrūyā́sam, [AV.] &c.; fut. śrotā, [MBh.]; śroṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrotum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śrutvā́, [RV.] &c.; -śrútya, [AV.] &c.; śrāvam, [GṛŚrS.] &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything (acc.), give ear to any one (acc. or gen.), hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr., mukhāt or śakāśāt), or that anything is (two acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Pass. śrūyáte (ep. also °ti; and in [RV.] śṛṇve &c. [cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aśrāvi, śrāvi), to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or mukhāt; in later language often 3. sg. śrūyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc.)’; Impv. śrūyatām, ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called (nom.), [RV.] ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), [Pañcat.]; to be taught or stated (in a book), [Sarvad.]; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), [TPrāt.], Sch.: Caus. śrāváyati (ep. also °te, in [RV.] also śraváyati; aor. aśuśravi, °vuḥ, [RV.]; aśuśruvat, [Br.]; aśiśravat Gr.; Pass. śrāvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen., or dat. of pers., or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. śrāvyate, to be informed of (acc.), [MBh.] &c.: Desid. śúśrūṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. or mc. also °ti; Pass. śuśrūṣyate), to wish or like to hear (acc.), desire to attend or listen to (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey (acc., rarely gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. of Desid. śuśrūṣayati, to wait upon, be at the service of (acc.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 243] : Desid. of Caus. śiśrāvayiṣati or śuśrāvayiṣati Gr.: Intens. śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti Gr.

śru : [cf. Gk. κλύω, κλῦθι = śrudhí, κλυτός = śrutá &c.; Lat. cluo, in-clutus; Slav. sluti; Germ. laut; Eng. loud.]

śru : (only in śrúvat; generally an incorrect form of √ sru), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, [RV. i, 127, 3.]

🔎 śr̥ṇviré 🔎 √śru- 1

| deveṣu

nominal stemPLMLOC

from devá-

deveṣu : deveṣú m. divine arrow, [MaitrS.]

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.]

🔎 devéṣu 🔎 devá-

| tā

pronounPLNACC

from sá- ~ tá-

tā : f. Lakṣmī, [L.]

sa : the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).

sa : (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)

sa : (in music) an abbreviated term for ṣaḍ-ja (see p. 1109, col. 2).

sa : m. (only [L.]) a snake

sa : air, wind

sa : a bird

sa : N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva

sa : n. knowledge

sa : meditation

sa : a carriage road

sa : a fence.

sa : mfn. (fr. √ san) procuring, bestowing (only ifc.; cf. palu-ṣá and priya-sá).

sa : sá the actual base for the nom. case of the 3rd pers. pron. tád, q.v. (occurring only in the nom. sg. mf. [sá or sás, sā], and in the Ved. loc. [sásmin, [RV. i, 152, 6]; [i, 174, 4]; [x, 95, 11]]; the final s of the nom. m. is dropped before all consonants [except before p in [RV. v, 2, 4], and before t in [RV. viii, 33, 16]] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga; occasionally blends with another vowel [as in saīṣaḥ]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pron. as with aham, tvam, eṣa, ayam &c. [e.g. so 'ham, sa tvam, ‘I (or thou) that very person’; cf. under tád, p. 434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd pers. even if aham or tvam be omitted [e.g. sa tvā pṛcchāmi ‘I that very person ask you’, [BṛĀrUp.]; sa vai no brūhi ‘do thou tell us’, [ŚBr.]]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with bhavān [e.g. sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām, ‘let your Highness set out for victory’, [Śak.]]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Brāhmaṇas] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adv. such as ya, yad, yadi, yathā, ced; in this position may be used pleonastically or as a kind of ind., even where another gender or number is required [e.g. sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhananti, ‘if those waters are stagnant’, [ŚBr.]]; in the Sāṃkhya , like eṣa, ka, and ya, is used to denote Puruṣa, ‘the Universal Soul’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sa : [cf. Zd. hō, hā; Gk. ὁ, ἡ.]

sa : ind. (connected with saha, sam, sama, and occasionally in [BhP.] standing for saha with instr.) an inseparable prefix expressing ‘junction’, ‘conjunction’, ‘possession’ (as opp. to a priv.), ‘similarity’, ‘equality’

sa : (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by ‘with’, ‘together or along with’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘added to’, ‘having’, ‘possessing’, ‘containing’, ‘having the same’ [cf. sa-kopa, sāgni, sa-bhāya, sa-droṇa, sa-dharman, sa-varṇa]; or it may = ‘ly’, as in sa-kopam, ‘angrily’, sopadhi, ‘fraudulently’), [RV.]; &c.

sa : [cf. Gk. ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Lat. sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper Eng. same.]