gāyatra : gāyatrá m. n. a song, hymn, [RV.]; [VS. xi, 8]; [ChUp. ii, 11, 1]

gāyatra : gāyatrá n. a hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre, [RV.]

gāyatra : the Gāyatrī metre, [VP. i, 5, 52]

gāyatra : N. of a Sāman, [ŚBr. ix]; [KātyŚr.]

gāyatra : gāyatrá mf(I)n. consisting in or connected with the Gāyatrī (e.g. in accordance with the number of syllables of a Gāyatrī verse), [VS.]; [TS.] &c.

gāyatra : with vrata = brahma-carya, [BhP. x, 45, 29]

gāyatra : gāyatrá &c. See [ib.]

prati : práti ind. (as a prefix to roots and their derivative nouns and other nouns, sometimes pratī; for 2. See p. 664) towards, near to

prati : against, in opposition to

prati : back, again, in return

prati : down upon, upon, on

prati : before nouns it expresses also likeness or comparison (cf. prati-candra)

prati : or it forms Avyayībhāvas of different kinds (cf. prati-kṣaṇam, prati-graham, praty-agni &c.; rarely ifc., e.g. sūpaprati, a little broth, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 9])

prati : or as a prep. with usually preceding acc., in the sense of towards, against, to, upon, in the direction of (e.g. śabdam p°, in the direction of the sound, [R.]; agnim pr°, against the fire, [Mn.]; also °ty-agni ind., [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 33], Sch.; ripum pr°, against the enemy, [Mn.]; ātmānam pr°, to one's self, [Ratnāv.])

prati : opposite, before, in the presence of (e.g. rodasī pr°, before heaven and earth, [RV.])

prati : in comparison, on a par with, in proportion to (e.g. indram pr°, in comparison with I°, [RV.]; sahasrāṇi pr°, on a par with i.e. equivalent to thousands, [ib.]; also with abl. or -tas; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 92]; [ii, 3, 11])

prati : in the vicinity of, near, beside, at, on (e.g. yūpam pr°, near the sacrificial post, [AitBr.]; gaṅgām pr°, at or on the Ganges, [R.]; etat pr°, at this point, [TS.]; āyodhanam pr°, on the field of battle, [MBh.])

prati : at the time of, about, through, for (e.g. phālgunam pr°, about the month Ph°, [Mn.]; ciram pr°, for a long time, [MBh.]; bhṛśam pr°, often, repeatedly, [Car.])

prati : or used distributively (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]) to express at every, in or on every, severally (e.g. yajñam pr°, at every sacrifice, [Yājñ.]; yajñaṃ yajñam pr°, [TS.]; varṣam pr°, every year, annually, [Pañcat.]; in this sense often comp.; cf. above)

prati : in favour of, for ([Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]; e.g. pāṇḍavān pr°, in favour of the P°s, [MBh.])

prati : on account of, with regard to, concerning ([Pāṇ.]; [ib.], e.g. sīmām pr°, concerning a boundary, [Mn.]; gautamam pr°, with regard to G°, [R.])

prati : conformably or according to (e.g. mām pr°, according to me, i.e. in my opinion, [Mālav.]; cf. mām praty araṇyavat pratibhāti, ‘it seems to me like a forest’, [Hit.]; na bubhukṣitam prati bhāti kiṃ cit, ‘to a hungry man nothing is of any account’, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 2])

prati : as, for (after a verb meaning, ‘to regard or consider’; cf. [Vikr. iv, 69])

prati : or as prep. with abl. in return or as compensation for, instead or in the place of ([Pāṇ. i, 4, 92], Sch.)

prati : with abl. or -tas See above

prati : with abl. or gen. (?) to express, ‘about’, ‘at the time of’ (only prati vastoḥ, ‘at daybreak’, [RV.])

prati : as prep. with gen. = with reference to, [Hariv. 10967].

prati : [cf. Zd. paiti; Gk. προτί, ποτί, πρός.]

prati : in comp. with nouns not immediately connected with roots.

prati : m. N. of a son of Kuśa, [BhP.]

mā : f. a mother, [L.]

mā : measure, [L.]

mā : authority (-tva n.), [Nyāyam.]

mā : light, [L.]

mā : knowledge, [L.]

mā : binding, fettering, [L.]

mā : death, [L.]

mā : a woman's waist, [L.]

mā : mā́ ind. (causing a following ch to be changed to cch, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 74]) not, that not, lest, would that not, [RV.] &c. &c.

mā : a particle of prohibition or negation = Gk. μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive i.e. the augmentless form of a past tense (esp. of the aor., e.g. mā́ no vadhīr indra, do not slay us, O Indra, [RV.]; mā bhaiṣīḥ or mā bhaiḥ, do not be afraid, [MBh.]; tapovana-vāsinām uparodho mā bhūt, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove, [Śak.]; often also with sma, e.g. mā sma gamaḥ, do not go, [Bhag.] cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 175]; [176]; in the sense of ‘that not, lest’ also yathā mā, e.g. yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ pari-vyatkā iti, that death may not disturb you, [PraśnaUp.]; or mā yathā, e.g. mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā, lest there be any loss of time, [R.]; mā na with aor. Subj. = Ind. without a negative, e.g. mā dviṣo na vadhīr mama, do slay my enemies, [Bhaṭṭ.] cf. [Vām. v, 1, 9]; rarely with the augmentless impf. with or without sma, e.g. mainam abhibhāṣathāḥ, do not speak to him, [R.]; mā sma karot, let him not do it, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 74], Sch.; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the aor., e.g., mā kālas tvām aty-agāt, may not the season pass by thee, [MBh.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 75], Sch.)

mā : or with the Impv. (in [RV.] only [viii, 103, 6], mā no hṛṇītām [[SV.] hṛṇītās] agníḥ, may Agni not be angry with us; but very often in later language, e.g. mā kranda do not cry, [MBh.]; gaccha vā mā vā, you can go or not go, [ib.]; ripur ayam mā jāyatām, may not this foe arise, [Śāntiś.]; also with sma, e.g. mā sma kiṃ cid vaco vada do not speak a word, [MBh.])

mā : or with the Pot. (e.g. mā yamam paśyeyam, may I not see Yama; esp. mābhujema in [RV.])

mā : or with the Prec. (only once in mā bhūyāt, may it not be, [R. [B.] ii, 75, 45])

mā : or sometimes with the fut. (= that not, lest, e.g. mā tvāṃ śapsye, lest I curse thee, [MBh.] cf. [Vop. xxv, 27])

mā : or with a participle (e.g. mā jīvanyo duḥkhadagdho jīvati, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain, [Pañcat.]; gataḥ sa mā, he cannot have gone, [Kathās.]; maīvamprārthyam, it must not be so requested, [BhP.])

mā : sometimes for the simple negative na (e.g. katham mā bhūt, how may it not be, [Kathās.]; mā gantum arhasi, thou oughtest not to go, [R.]; mā bhūd āgataḥ, can he not i.e. surely he must have arrived, [Amar.])

mā : occasionally without a verb (e. g. mā śabdaḥ or śabdam, do not make a noise, [Hariv.]; mā nāma rakṣiṇaḥ, may it not be the watchmen, [Mṛcch.]; mā bhavantam analaḥ pavano vā, may not fire or wind harm thee, [Vām. v, 1, 14]; esp. = not so, e.g. mā prātṛda, not so, O Pr°, [ŚBr.]; in this meaning also mā mā, mā maivam, mā tāvat)

mā : in the Veda often with u (mó) = and not, nor (e.g. mā́ maghónaḥ pári khyatam mó asmā́kam ṛ́ṣṇām, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets, [RV. v, 65, 6]; and then usually followed by ṣú = sú, e.g. mo ṣú ṇaḥ nírṛtir vadhīt, let not N° on any account destroy us, [i, 38, 6])

mā : in [ŚBr.] sma mā — mó sma = neither — nor (in a prohibitive sense).

mā : cl. 3. P. mímāti (accord. to [Dhātup. xxv, 6] Ā. mimīte, [SV.] mimeti; Pot. mimīyat, [Kāṭh.]; pf., mimāya; aor. ámīmet Subj. mīmayat; inf. mā́tavaí), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] : Intens., only pr. p. mémyat, bleating (as a goat), [RV. i, 162, 2.]

mā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 54]) māti; cl. 3. Ā. ([xxv, 6]) mímīte; cl. 4. Ā. ([xxvi, 33]) māyate (Ved. and ep. also mimāti Pot. mimīyāt Impv., mimīhi; Pot. mimet, [Br.]; pf. mamaú, mame, mamiré, [RV.]; aor. ámāsi Subj. mā́sātai, [AV.]; amāsīt Gr.; Prec. māsīṣṭa, meyāt, [ib.]; fut. mātā; māsyati, māsyate, [ib.]; inf. -mé, -maí, [RV.]; mātum, [Br.]; ind.p. mitvā́, -mā́ya, [RV.] &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, [RV.] &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, [RV.]; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instr.), [Kum.]; (māti) to correspond in measure (either with gen., ‘to be large or long enough for’, [BhP.]; or with loc., ‘to find room or be contained in’, [Inscr.]; [Kāv.]; or with na and instr., ‘to be beside one's self with’, [Vcar.]; [Kathās.]); to measure out, apportion, grant, [RV.]; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), [ib.], [i, 120, 9]; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, [RV.]; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta, ‘he displayed or developed himself’, [iii, 29, 11]), [ib.]; (in phil.) to infer, conclude; to pray (yācñā-karmaṇi), [Naigh. iii, 19] : Pass. mīyáte (aor. amāyi); to be measured &c., [RV.]; &c. Caus., māpayati, °te (aor. amīmapat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Vārtt. 2 [Pat.]), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, [Up.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. mitsati, °te, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]; [58] (cf. nir-√ mā) : Intens. memīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]

mā : [cf. Zd. mā; Gk. μέτρον, μετρέω; Lat. mētior, mensus, mensura; Slav. měra; Lith. mėrà.]

mā : f. See under ma, p. 771, col. 2.

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.]

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.]

sāma : n. (fr. sama, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) likeness, similarity, [L.]

sāma : mfn. undigested, crude, not sufficiently prepared or matured (a morbid state of the humours), [Car.]; [Bhpr.]

sāma : in comp. for 2. sāman.

sāma : in comp. for 3. sāman.

sāma : (ifc.) = 3. sāman (see anu-, ava-s°).

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.)

traiṣṭubha : traíṣṭubha mf(I)n. (g. utsādi) relating to or composed in the Tri-ṣṭubh metre, [RV. v, 29, 6]; [VS.] &c.

traiṣṭubha : traíṣṭubha n. (= tri-ṣṭubh, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 55], Vārtt., [Pat.]) the Tri-ṣṭubh metre, [RV. i, 164, 23 f.]; [ii, 43, 1.]

vāka : See bāka and p. 936, col. 2.

vāka : vāká mfn. sounding, speaking (ifc.; cf. cakra-v°, cīrī-v°)

vāka : vāká m. ([RV.] &c.) or f(A/). ([VS.]; [MaitrS.]) a text, recitation or formula (in certain ceremonies), rite

vāka : vāká m. pl. chattering, murmuring, humming, [AV.]

vāka : vāká n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

vāka : See bāka and p. 936, col. 2.

vāka : vāká mfn. sounding, speaking (ifc.; cf. cakra-v°, cīrī-v°)

vāka : vāká m. ([RV.] &c.) or f(A/). ([VS.]; [MaitrS.]) a text, recitation or formula (in certain ceremonies), rite

vāka : vāká m. pl. chattering, murmuring, humming, [AV.]

vāka : vāká n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

vāka : See bāka and p. 936, col. 2.

vāka : vāká mfn. sounding, speaking (ifc.; cf. cakra-v°, cīrī-v°)

vāka : vāká m. ([RV.] &c.) or f(A/). ([VS.]; [MaitrS.]) a text, recitation or formula (in certain ceremonies), rite

vāka : vāká m. pl. chattering, murmuring, humming, [AV.]

vāka : vāká n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

dvipadā : dví—padā (ā), f. a stanza consisting of 2 Pādas, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [RPrāt.]

dvipad : dvi—pád mfn. (or dví-, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 197]) (m. pā́d, [RV.]) (f. pádī, [ib.], or pād, g. kumbha-pady-ādi) (n. pā́d or pād, [RV.]), two footed, bipedal, biped (m. man; n. sg. men, mankind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.

dvipad : consisting of 2 Pādas (m. a metre of that kind), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]

catuṣpadā : catuṣ—padā (ā), f. a metre of 30 + 4 + 4 syllabic instants.

catuṣpad : cátuṣ—pad (cát°), mfn. (nom. sg. -pād; pl. -pādas, irreg. -padas, [BhP. v, 1, 14]; [vi, 4, 9]; loc. -pātsu, [AitBr. vi, 2, 7]; abl. -pādbhyas, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 135]) f. (-padī) n. (nom. -pad, [RV.] 4 times, or -pād, [RV.] twice). ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 140]) quadruped, m. a quadruped, n. quadrupeds (collectively), animals, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

catuṣpad : having made 4 steps, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 7, 19]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 14, 6]

catuṣpad : divided into 4 parts, [MāṇḍUp. 2]; [MBh. v]

catuṣpad : (in prosody) consisting of 4 Pādas, [RV. i, 164, 24]; [x, 27, 10]

catuṣpad : having 4 staffs (a ladder), [MBh. xii, 8838]

catuṣpad : (a judicial procedure) consisting of 4 processes (viz. plea, defence, rejoinder, and sentence), [Yājñ. ii, 8]

akṣara : a-kṣára mfn. imperishable

akṣara : unalterable

akṣara : a-kṣára m. a sword, [L.]

akṣara : Śiva, [L.]

akṣara : Viṣṇu, [L.]

akṣara : a-kṣára n. a syllable

akṣara : the syllable om, [Mn.]

akṣara : a-kṣára n. a letter [m., [RāmatUp.]]

akṣara : a-kṣára n. a vowel

akṣara : a sound

akṣara : a word

akṣara : an indelible mark incised on metal or stone

akṣara : N. of Brahma

akṣara : final beatitude religious austerity, sacrifice, [L.]

akṣara : water, [RV. i, 34, 4] and [i, 164, 42]

akṣara : Achyranthes Aspera.

akṣara : a-kṣara (also) m. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

akṣara : a-kṣara (erase ‘Achyranthes Aspera’)

mā : f. a mother, [L.]

mā : measure, [L.]

mā : authority (-tva n.), [Nyāyam.]

mā : light, [L.]

mā : knowledge, [L.]

mā : binding, fettering, [L.]

mā : death, [L.]

mā : a woman's waist, [L.]

mā : mā́ ind. (causing a following ch to be changed to cch, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 74]) not, that not, lest, would that not, [RV.] &c. &c.

mā : a particle of prohibition or negation = Gk. μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive i.e. the augmentless form of a past tense (esp. of the aor., e.g. mā́ no vadhīr indra, do not slay us, O Indra, [RV.]; mā bhaiṣīḥ or mā bhaiḥ, do not be afraid, [MBh.]; tapovana-vāsinām uparodho mā bhūt, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove, [Śak.]; often also with sma, e.g. mā sma gamaḥ, do not go, [Bhag.] cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 175]; [176]; in the sense of ‘that not, lest’ also yathā mā, e.g. yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ pari-vyatkā iti, that death may not disturb you, [PraśnaUp.]; or mā yathā, e.g. mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā, lest there be any loss of time, [R.]; mā na with aor. Subj. = Ind. without a negative, e.g. mā dviṣo na vadhīr mama, do slay my enemies, [Bhaṭṭ.] cf. [Vām. v, 1, 9]; rarely with the augmentless impf. with or without sma, e.g. mainam abhibhāṣathāḥ, do not speak to him, [R.]; mā sma karot, let him not do it, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 74], Sch.; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the aor., e.g., mā kālas tvām aty-agāt, may not the season pass by thee, [MBh.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 75], Sch.)

mā : or with the Impv. (in [RV.] only [viii, 103, 6], mā no hṛṇītām [[SV.] hṛṇītās] agníḥ, may Agni not be angry with us; but very often in later language, e.g. mā kranda do not cry, [MBh.]; gaccha vā mā vā, you can go or not go, [ib.]; ripur ayam mā jāyatām, may not this foe arise, [Śāntiś.]; also with sma, e.g. mā sma kiṃ cid vaco vada do not speak a word, [MBh.])

mā : or with the Pot. (e.g. mā yamam paśyeyam, may I not see Yama; esp. mābhujema in [RV.])

mā : or with the Prec. (only once in mā bhūyāt, may it not be, [R. [B.] ii, 75, 45])

mā : or sometimes with the fut. (= that not, lest, e.g. mā tvāṃ śapsye, lest I curse thee, [MBh.] cf. [Vop. xxv, 27])

mā : or with a participle (e.g. mā jīvanyo duḥkhadagdho jīvati, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain, [Pañcat.]; gataḥ sa mā, he cannot have gone, [Kathās.]; maīvamprārthyam, it must not be so requested, [BhP.])

mā : sometimes for the simple negative na (e.g. katham mā bhūt, how may it not be, [Kathās.]; mā gantum arhasi, thou oughtest not to go, [R.]; mā bhūd āgataḥ, can he not i.e. surely he must have arrived, [Amar.])

mā : occasionally without a verb (e. g. mā śabdaḥ or śabdam, do not make a noise, [Hariv.]; mā nāma rakṣiṇaḥ, may it not be the watchmen, [Mṛcch.]; mā bhavantam analaḥ pavano vā, may not fire or wind harm thee, [Vām. v, 1, 14]; esp. = not so, e.g. mā prātṛda, not so, O Pr°, [ŚBr.]; in this meaning also mā mā, mā maivam, mā tāvat)

mā : in the Veda often with u (mó) = and not, nor (e.g. mā́ maghónaḥ pári khyatam mó asmā́kam ṛ́ṣṇām, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets, [RV. v, 65, 6]; and then usually followed by ṣú = sú, e.g. mo ṣú ṇaḥ nírṛtir vadhīt, let not N° on any account destroy us, [i, 38, 6])

mā : in [ŚBr.] sma mā — mó sma = neither — nor (in a prohibitive sense).

mā : cl. 3. P. mímāti (accord. to [Dhātup. xxv, 6] Ā. mimīte, [SV.] mimeti; Pot. mimīyat, [Kāṭh.]; pf., mimāya; aor. ámīmet Subj. mīmayat; inf. mā́tavaí), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] : Intens., only pr. p. mémyat, bleating (as a goat), [RV. i, 162, 2.]

mā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 54]) māti; cl. 3. Ā. ([xxv, 6]) mímīte; cl. 4. Ā. ([xxvi, 33]) māyate (Ved. and ep. also mimāti Pot. mimīyāt Impv., mimīhi; Pot. mimet, [Br.]; pf. mamaú, mame, mamiré, [RV.]; aor. ámāsi Subj. mā́sātai, [AV.]; amāsīt Gr.; Prec. māsīṣṭa, meyāt, [ib.]; fut. mātā; māsyati, māsyate, [ib.]; inf. -mé, -maí, [RV.]; mātum, [Br.]; ind.p. mitvā́, -mā́ya, [RV.] &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, [RV.] &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, [RV.]; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instr.), [Kum.]; (māti) to correspond in measure (either with gen., ‘to be large or long enough for’, [BhP.]; or with loc., ‘to find room or be contained in’, [Inscr.]; [Kāv.]; or with na and instr., ‘to be beside one's self with’, [Vcar.]; [Kathās.]); to measure out, apportion, grant, [RV.]; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), [ib.], [i, 120, 9]; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, [RV.]; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta, ‘he displayed or developed himself’, [iii, 29, 11]), [ib.]; (in phil.) to infer, conclude; to pray (yācñā-karmaṇi), [Naigh. iii, 19] : Pass. mīyáte (aor. amāyi); to be measured &c., [RV.]; &c. Caus., māpayati, °te (aor. amīmapat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Vārtt. 2 [Pat.]), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, [Up.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. mitsati, °te, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]; [58] (cf. nir-√ mā) : Intens. memīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]

mā : [cf. Zd. mā; Gk. μέτρον, μετρέω; Lat. mētior, mensus, mensura; Slav. měra; Lith. mėrà.]

mā : f. See under ma, p. 771, col. 2.

sapta : ifc. (cf. tri-ṣaptá, tri-saptá) and in comp. for saptán, seven

sapta : mfn. = °tamá, [L.]

sapta : m. N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ. iii, 44] (where sapta mahā-bhāga may be two words; cf. sapta-mahā-bh°).

vāṇī : (ī), f. See below

vāṇī : vā́ṇī f. sound, voice, music (pl. a choir of musicians or singers), [RV.] (the sapta vāṇīs are referred by the Comms. to the seven metres or to the seven notes of the gamut &c.)

vāṇī : speech, language, words, diction, (esp.) eloquent speech or fine diction, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vāṇī : a literary production or composition, [Uttarar.]; [Bhām.]

vāṇī : praise, laudation, [MW.]

vāṇī : the goddess of speech, Sarasvatī, [R.]; [BrahmaP.]

vāṇī : N. of a metre consisting only of long syllables, [Kāvyād.], Sch.

vāṇī : of a river (accord. to some the Sarasvatī), [VP.]

vāṇī : f. (cf. vāṇi) weaving, [L.]

vāṇī : f. reed, [RV. v, 86, 1]

vāṇī : du. the two bars of a car or carriage, [ib.] [i, 119, 5.]