soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c.

soma : the moon or moon-god (see above)

soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.]

soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.]

soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.]

soma : nectar, [L.]

soma : camphor, [L.]

soma : air, wind, [L.]

soma : water, [L.]

soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.]

soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.]

soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.]

soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.]

soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.]

soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.]

soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.]

soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.]

soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.]

soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.]

mah : (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 81]; [xxxv, 15]) mahati, maháyati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, °háyate; p. mahát, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahé; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, [RV.]; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. mahitvā, [MBh.]; inf. mahe, and maháye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Kauś.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), [RV. iii, 52, 6]; [vi, 15, 2]; to give, bestow, [ib.] [i, 94, 6]; [117, 17]; [v, 27, 1] &c.

mah : [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.]

mah : máh mf(I/ or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [RV.]; [VS.]

mah : (with pitṛ or mātṛ) old, aged, [RV. i, 71, 5]; [v, 41, 15] &c.

bhaga : bhága See p. 743, col. 2.

bhaga : bhága m. (ifc. f(A and I). g. bahv-ādi) ‘dispenser’, gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, esp. to Savitṛ), [RV.]; [AV.]

bhaga : N. of an Āditya (bestowing wealth and presiding over love and marriage, brother of the Dawn, regent of the Nakṣatra Uttara-Phalgunī; Yāska enumerates him among the divinities of the highest sphere; according to a later legend his eyes were destroyed by Rudra), [ib.] &c. &c.

bhaga : the Nakṣatra U°-Ph°, [MBh. vi, 81]

bhaga : the sun, [ib.] [iii, 146]

bhaga : the moon, [L.]

bhaga : N. of a Rudra, [MBh.]

bhaga : good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Yājñ.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (ifc. f(A). ) dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛS.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (also n., [L.]) love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (n., [L.]; ifc. f(A). ) the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

bhaga : bhága n. a partic. Muhūrta, [Cat.]

bhaga : the perinaeum of males, [L.]

bhaga : bhága m. n. = yatna, prayatna, kīrti, yaśas, vairāgya, icchā, jñāna, mukti, mokṣa, dharma, śrī, [L.]

bhaga : [cf. Zd. bagha = Old Pers. baga; Gk. Ζεὺς Βαγαῖος; Slav. bogǔ, bogatǔ; Lith. bagótas, na-bágas.]

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.]

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.]

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.)

jīv : cl. 1. jī́vati (ep. also Ā.; Subj. °vāti, [RV. x, 85, 39]; [AV.]; °vāt, [RV. i, 84, 16]; p. jī́vat; aor. ajivīt; jīvīt, [AV.]; pf. jijīva; fut. jīviṣyáti; Prec. °vyā́sam, °vyāsma, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; inf. jī́vitum, [xiv]; [MBh.] &c.; Ved. °vāse, [RV.]; [VS.]; [MBh. i, 732]; jī́vitavaí, [AV. vi, 109, 1]) to live, be or remain alive, [RV.] &c.; to revive, [Pañcat. iv, 5, 0/1]; [BhP. iv, 6, 51]; (with punar), [MBh.]; to live by (instr.; exceptionally loc., [v, 1059 f.]), [Mn.]; [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 12]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. jīváyati (ep. also Ā.; aor. ajījivat or ajijīv°, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3]) to make alive, restore to life, vivify, [RV. x, 137, 1]; [ĀśvŚr. vi, 9]; [MBh.] &c.; to support life, keep alive, [MBh.] &c.; to nourish, bring up, [i], [xiii]; [Kathās. iii, 17 f.]; [Rājat. v, 72]; to shout ‘jīva’ (i.e. long live!), [Kathās. cxxiv, 113]; jīvāpayati (cf. °pita) to restore to life, [Vet. ii, 9/10] : Desid. jijīviṣati (Ā. [BhP. xi, 7, 70]) to wish to live, [KātyŚr. xxii]; [Lāṭy. viii]; [ĪśUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to seek a livelihood, wish to live by (instr.), [Mn. x, 121]; [MBh. v, 702]; jújyūṣati id., [ŚBr. iii, 2, 4, 16] and [5, 3, 11]; cf. jijyūṣita;

jīv : [cf. Lat. vivo; Lith. gīvēnu.]