namas : námas n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with dat., e.g. rāmāya namaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma, often ind. [g. svar-ādi]; namas-√ kṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; ind.p. °mas-kṛ́tya [[AV.]; [TS.] &c.] or °mas-kṛtvā [[MBh.]; [BhP.]]; námas-kṛta, worshipped, adored), [RV.] &c. &c.

namas : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

namas : a thunderbolt, [ii, 20]

namas : gift, donation, [L.]

namas : námas m. (?) an inarticulate cry, [L.]

namas : námas n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with dat., e.g. rāmāya namaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma, often ind. [g. svar-ādi]; namas-√ kṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; ind.p. °mas-kṛ́tya [[AV.]; [TS.] &c.] or °mas-kṛtvā [[MBh.]; [BhP.]]; námas-kṛta, worshipped, adored), [RV.] &c. &c.

namas : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

namas : a thunderbolt, [ii, 20]

namas : gift, donation, [L.]

namas : námas m. (?) an inarticulate cry, [L.]

arbhaka : arbhaká mfn. small, minute, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

arbhaka : weak, [RV. vii, 33, 6]; [AV.]

arbhaka : (used together with kumāraká) young, childish, [RV. viii, 30, 1] and [69, 15]

arbhaka : emaciated, [L.]

arbhaka : similar, [L.]

arbhaka : arbhaká (as), m. a boy, child, [Ragh.] &c., the young of any animal, [Śak.] (v.l.), [Kād.] a fool, idiot, [L.]

arbhaka : N. of a poet, [Subh.]

namas : námas n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with dat., e.g. rāmāya namaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma, often ind. [g. svar-ādi]; namas-√ kṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; ind.p. °mas-kṛ́tya [[AV.]; [TS.] &c.] or °mas-kṛtvā [[MBh.]; [BhP.]]; námas-kṛta, worshipped, adored), [RV.] &c. &c.

namas : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

namas : a thunderbolt, [ii, 20]

namas : gift, donation, [L.]

namas : námas m. (?) an inarticulate cry, [L.]

yuvan : yúvan mf(yUnI, or yuvatI or yuvati, q.v.)n. (prob. fr. √ 2. yu) young, youthful, adult (applied to men and animals), strong, good, healthy, [RV.] &c. &c.

yuvan : yúvan m. a youth, young man, young animal (in Veda often applied to gods, esp. to Indra, Agni, and the Maruts), [ib.]

yuvan : (in gram.) the younger descendant of any one (an elder being still alive), [Pāṇ. i, 2, 65], &c.

yuvan : N. of the ninth year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, [Jyot.]; an elephant 60 years old, [Gal.]

yuvan : [cf. Lat. juvenis, juventa; Slav. junǔ; Lith. jáunas; Goth. juggs ; Germ. junc, jung; Angl.Sax. geong; Eng. young.]

namas : námas n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with dat., e.g. rāmāya namaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma, often ind. [g. svar-ādi]; namas-√ kṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; ind.p. °mas-kṛ́tya [[AV.]; [TS.] &c.] or °mas-kṛtvā [[MBh.]; [BhP.]]; námas-kṛta, worshipped, adored), [RV.] &c. &c.

namas : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

namas : a thunderbolt, [ii, 20]

namas : gift, donation, [L.]

namas : námas m. (?) an inarticulate cry, [L.]

āśina : āśiná mfn. aged (having reached old age), [RV. i, 27, 13] [eating, [T.]]

āśina : āśiná See āś, col. 1.

yaj : cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 33]) yájati, °te (1. sg. yajase, [RV. viii, 25, 1]; Ved. Impv. yákṣi or °ṣva; pf. iyāja, [MBh.]; ījé, [RV.]; yejé [?] [AV.] cf. [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120]; Ved. aor. ayākṣīt or ayāṭ; ayaṣṭa; Subj. yakṣat, yakṣati, °te; 3. sg. ayakṣata, [ĀśvGṛ.]; Prec. ijyāt, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 104]; yakṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. yaṣṭā, [Br.]; yakṣyati, °yáte, [RV.] &c. &c.; inf. yáṣṭum, ījitum, [MBh.]; Ved. °ṭave; yájadhyai or yajádhyai; p.p. iṣṭa ind.p. iṣṭvā́, [AV.]; iṣṭvīnam, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 48]; -ijya Gr.; yā́jam, [AV.]), to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations); to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc., rarely dat. loc. or prati, of the deity or person to whom; dat. of the person for whom, or the thing for which; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed; in older language generally P. of Agni or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account, cf. yája-māna; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest, and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice), [RV.] &c. &c.; to offer i.e. to present, grant, yield, bestow, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; (Ā.) to sacrifice with a view to (acc.), [RV.]; to invite to sacrifice by the Yājyā verses, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] : Pass. ijyate (p. Ved. ijyamāna or yajyamāna, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 108] ; ep. also pr. p. ijyat), to be sacrificed or worshipped, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. yājáyati (ep. also °te; aor. ayīyajat), to assist any one (acc.) as a priest at a sacrifice (instr.), [TS.]; [Br.]; to cause any one (acc.) to sacrifice anything (acc.) or by means of any one (instr.), [MBh.]; [R.] : Desid. yíyakṣati, °te (cf. íyakṣati), to desire to sacrifice or worship, [MBh.]; [R.] : Intens. yāyajyate, yāyajīti, yāyaṣṭi, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83], Sch.

yaj : [cf. Zd. yaz; Gk. ἁγνός, ἅγος, ἅζομαι.]

yaj : (ifc.; cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 36]) sacrificing, worshipping, a sacrificer (see divi- and deva-yáj)

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.]

yadi : yádi ind. (in Veda also yádī, sometimes yadi cit, yadi ha vai, yádī́t, yády u, yady u vai) if, in case that, [RV.] &c. &c. In the earlier language may be joined with Indic. Subj. or Leṭ Pot., or Fut., the consequent clause of the conditional sentence being generally without any particle. In the later language may be joined with Pres. (followed in consequent clause by another Pres., e.g. yadi jīvati bhadrāṇi paśyati, ‘if he lives he beholds prosperity’, or by fut. or by Impv. or by Pot. or by no verb) ; or it may be joined with Pot. (e.g. yadi rājā daṇḍaṃ na praṇayet, ‘if the king were not to inflict punishment’, followed by another Pot. or by Cond. or by Pres. or by Impv. or by fut. or by no verb); or it may be joined with fut. (e.g. yadi na kariṣyanti tat, ‘if they will not do that’, followed by another fut. or by Pres. or by Impv. or by no verb); or it may be joined with Cond. (e.g. yady anujñām adāsyat, ‘if he should give permission’, followed by another Cond. or by Pot. or by aor.); or it may be joined with aor. (e.g. yadi prajā-patir na vapur arsrākṣīt, ‘if the Creator had not created the body’, followed by Cond. or by Pot. or by pf.); or it may be joined with Impv. or even with pf. (e.g. yady āha, ‘if he had said’). There may be other constructions, and in the consequent clauses some one of the following may be used: atha, atra, tad, tena, tatas, tataḥ param, tadā, tarhi, tadānīm. Observe that may sometimes = ‘as sure as’ (esp. in asseverations, followed by Impv. with or without tathā or tena or followed by Pot. with tad), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; or it may = ‘whether’ (followed by Pres. or Pot. or no verb, e.g. yadi-na vā, ‘whether-or not’, and sometimes kim is added), [ib.]; or it may = ‘that’ (after verbs of ‘not believing’ or ‘doubting’, with Pres. or Pot., e.g. nāśaṃse yadi jīvanti, ‘I do not expect that they are alive’, cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 147], Sch.); or if placed after duṣkaraṃ or kathaṃ cid it may = ‘hardly’, ‘scarcely’, [MBh.]; [R.]; or it may = ‘if perchance’, ‘perhaps’ (with Pot. with or without iti, or with fut. or pres.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. The following are other combinations: yadi tāvat, ‘how would it be if’ (with Pres. or Impv.)

yadi : yadi nāma, ‘if ever’

yadi : yadi cet (cet being added redundantly) = ‘if’ (e.g. yadi cet syāt, ‘if it should be’)

yadi : purā yadi = ‘before’ (e.g. purā yadi paśyāmi, ‘before that I see’)

yadi : yády ápi (rarely api yadi), ‘even if’, ‘although’ (followed by tathāpi or tad api or sometimes by no particle in the correlative clause)

yadi : — yadi ca-yady api, ‘if — and if — if also’

yadi : yádi — yádi-vā, or yádi vā — yádi vā, or yádi vā — yádi, or yadi vā — vā, or vā — yadi vā, or yad vā — yadi vā, ‘if — or if’, ‘whether — or’

yadi : yádi vā — ná vā, ‘whether — or not’

yadi : vā — yadi vā — yadi vā-tathāpi, ‘whether — or — or — yet’

yadi : vā yadi = ‘or if’, ‘or rather’

yadi : yadi vā id. or = ‘yet’, ‘however’.

śak : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 15]) śaknoti (pf. śaśā́ka, śekúḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. áśakat, [AV.] &c. [Ved. also Pot. śakeyam and śakyām; Impv. śagdhi, śaktam]; fut. śaktā, or śakitā Gr. ; śakṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; śakiṣyate, °te Gr.; inf. -śaktave, [RV.]; śaktum or śakitum Gr.), to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc. dat. or loc., rarely acc. of a verbal noun, or with an inf. in am or tum; or with pr.p.; e.g. with grahaṇāya or grahaṇe, ‘to be able to seize’; vadha-nirṇekam a-śaknuvan, ‘unable to atone for slaughter’; śakéma vājíno yámam, ‘may we be able to guide horses’; vīkṣitum na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to see’; pūrayan na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to fill’), [RV.] &c. &c. (in these meanings ep. also śakyati, °te, with inf. in tuṃ cf. [Dhātup. xxvi, 78]); to be strong or exert one's self for another (dat.), aid, help, assist, [RV. vii, 67, 5]; [68, 8] &c.; to help to (dat. of thing), [ib.] [ii, 2, 12]; [iv, 21, 10] &c. : Pass. śakyate (ep. also °ti), to be overcome or subdued, succumb, [MBh.]; to yield, give way, [ib.]; to be compelled or caused by any one (instr.) to (inf.), [ib.]; to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense, e.g. tat kartuṃ śakyate, ‘that can be done’; sometimes with pass. p., e.g. na śakyate vāryamāṇaḥ, ‘he cannot be restrained’; or used impers., with or with out instr., e.g. yadi [tvayā] śakyate, ‘if it can be done by thee’, ‘if it is possible’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. : Caus. śākayati (aor. aśīśakat), Gr.: Desid. See √ śikṣ.

śak : , [Cf., accord. to some, Gk. ὄπις, ἀοσσητήρ; Germ. Hag, Hecke, hegen; behagen.]

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.

śaṃsa : śáṃsa m. recitation, invocation, praise, [RV.]

śaṃsa : wishing well or ill to, a blessing or a curse, [ib.]

śaṃsa : a promise, vow, [ib.] (narā́ṃ śáṃsa, [RV. ii, 34, 6], prob. = narā-ś°, q.v.; ṛjúr íc cháṃsa, [ii, 26, 1] either, by tmesis, ‘the right praiser’, or ṛju-śaṃsa as adj. ‘righteous, faithful’)

śaṃsa : a spell, [MW.]

śaṃsa : calumny, [ib.]

śaṃsa : śáṃsa mfn. reciting, proclaiming, praising, wishing (see agha-, duḥ-ś &c.)

ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far.

ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.]

ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]]

ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.]

ā : grandfather, [L.]

ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.]

ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.]

ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.]

ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.]

ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.]

ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.]

ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.]

ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21]

ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.]

ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.]

ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.)

ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531]

ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it)

ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403]

ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’

ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12]

ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-)

ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51]

ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’.

vṛj : cl. 1. 7. P. ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 7]; [xxix, 24]) varjati, vṛṇákti; cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 19]) vṛkte (Ved. and [BhP.] also várjate and vṛṅkté; Impv. vṛṅktām [v.l. vṛktām] [Mn. ix, 20]; vṛṅgdhvam, [BhP. xi, 4, 14]; pf. vavarja, vavṛje [Gr. also vavṛñje, [RV.] vāvṛje; vavṛjyúḥ, vavṛktam, [AV.] p. f. -varjúṣī]; aor. avṛk, [AV.]; vark [2. 3. sg.], varktam, avṛjan, Pot. vṛjyām, [RV.]; ávṛkta, [ib.]; avṛkṣam, °ṣi, [ib.]; avārkṣīs, [Br.]; avarjīt, avajiṣṭa, Gr.; fut. varjitā, [Br.]; varjiṣyati, [ib.]; varkṣyati, °te, [Br.]; inf. vṛ́je, vṛñjáse, vṛjádhyai, [RV.]; varjitum or vṛñjitum Gr.; ind.p. vṛktvī́, [RV.]; -vṛ́jya, -vargam, [Br.] &c.), to bend, turn, [RV. iv, 7, 10]; to twist off, pull up, pluck, gather (esp. sacrificial grass), [RV.]; [TBr.]; to wring off or break a person's (acc.) neck, [RV. vi, 18, 8]; [26, 3]; to avert, remove, [RV.]; (Ā.) to keep anything from (abl. or gen.), divert, withhold, exclude, abalienate, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] ; (Ā.) to choose for one's self, select, appropriate, [BhP.] : Pass. vṛjyáte, to be bent or turned or twisted, [RV.] &c.: Caus. varjayati ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 7]; mc. also °te; Pot. varjayīta, [MBh.]; aor. avavarjat), to remove, avoid, shun, relinquish, abandon, give up, renounce, [ChUp.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to spare, let live, [MBh.]; to exclude, omit, exempt, except (°yitvā with acc. = excepting, with the exception of), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. varjyate, to be deprived of, lose (instr.), [Hariv.] (cf. varjita) : Desid. vivṛkṣáte ([Br.]), vivarjiṣati, °te (Gr.), to wish to bend or turn &c.: Intens. varīvṛjyate, varvarkti (Gr.; p. várīvṛjat, [RV.]), to turn aside, divert : Caus. of Intens. varīvarjáyati (p. f. °yantī), to turn hither and thither (the ears), [AV.]

vṛj : vṛ́j = bala strength, [Naigh. ii, 9.]

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.]