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रा॒यो बु॒ध्नः सं॒गम॑नो॒ वसू॑नां य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुर्म॑न्म॒साध॑नो॒ वेः
अ॒मृ॒त॒त्वं रक्ष॑माणास एनं दे॒वा अ॒ग्निं धा॑रयन्द्रविणो॒दाम्
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rāyó budhnáḥ saṃgámano vásūnāṃ
yajñásya ketúr manmasā́dhano véḥ
amr̥tatváṃ rákṣamāṇāsa enaṃ
devā́ agníṃ dhārayan draviṇodā́m
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rāyaḥfrom rayí- ~ rāy-
from budhná-
from saṃgámana-
from vásu-
from yajñá-
from ketú-
from manmasā́dhana-
from ví-
from amr̥tatvá-
from √rakṣⁱ-
from ena-
from devá-
from agní-
from √dhr̥-
from draviṇodā́-
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Root of wealth, gathering-place of treasures, banner of sacrifice, who grants the suppliant's wishes: Preserving him as their own life immortal, the Gods possessed the wealth-bestowing Agni.
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(He is) the base of wealth, the assembler of all goods 1, the beacon of sacrifice, the fulfiller of thought, the bird 2. In order to guard their immortality the gods have held him, Agni, as the giver of wealth.
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| 1.96.6 | rāyáḥ | rayí- ~ rāy- rayi : rayí m. or (rarely) f. (fr. √ rā; the following forms occur in the Veda, rayis, °yím, °yibhis, °yīṇām; rayyā́, °yyaí, °yyā́m; cf. 2. rai), property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth (often personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.] rayi : stuff, materials, [PraśnUp.] rayi : v.l. for raji, q.v. rayi : rayí mfn. (?) rich, [RV. viii, 31, 11]; [ix, 101, 7.] 🔎 rayí- ~ rāy- | nominal stemSGMGEN |
| 1.96.6 | budhnáḥ | budhná- budhna : budhná m. n. (probably not connected with √ budh; but cf. [Uṇ. iii, 5]) bottom, ground, base, depth, lowest part of anything (as the root of a tree &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (búdhna), [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.] budhna : the sky, [Nir.] budhna : the body, [ib.] budhna : N. of a son of the 14th Manu, [VP.]; often w.r. for budhnya budhna : [cf. Gk.πυθμήν Lat. fundus; Germ. bodam, bodem, Boden; Angl.Sax. botm; Eng. bottom.] 🔎 budhná- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | saṃgámanaḥ | saṃgámana- saṃgamana : saṃ-°gámana mf(I)n. gathering together, a gatherer, [RV.]; [AV.] saṃgamana : saṃ-°gámana m. N. of Yama (q.v.), [MW.] saṃgamana : saṃ-°gámana n. coming together, coming into contact with, meeting with (comp.), [AV.]; [TBr.] saṃgamana : partaking of (instr.), [MBh.] 🔎 saṃgámana- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | vásūnām | 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. 🔎 vásu- | nominal stemPLNGEN |
| 1.96.6 | yajñásya | yajñá- 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.] 🔎 yajñá- | nominal stemSGMGEN |
| 1.96.6 | ketúḥ | ketú- ketu : ketú us, m. (fr. √ 4. cit), bright appearance, clearness, brightness (often pl., ‘rays of light’), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] ketu : lamp, flame, torch, [ib.] ketu : day-time, [ŚāṅkhBr.] ketu : ([Naigh. iii, 9]) apparition, form, shape, [RV.]; [PārGṛ.] ketu : sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] &c. ketu : a chief, leader, eminent person, [RV.]; [R. iv, 28, 18]; [Ragh. ii, 33]; [BhP.] ketu : intellect, judgement, discernment (?), [RV. v, 66, 4]; [AV. x, 2, 12] ketu : any unusual or striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star, [AdbhBr.]; [Mn. i, 38]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.] &c. ketu : the dragon's tail or descending node (considered in astron. as the 9th planet, and in mythol. as the body of the demon Saiṃhikeya [son of Siṃhikā] which was severed from the head or Rāhu by Viṣṇu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the Amṛta), [Hariv. 4259]; [R.]; [VP.] ketu : ‘a pigmy race’, see -gaṇa below ketu : disease, [L.] ketu : an enemy, [L.] ketu : N. of a son of Agni (author of [RV. x, 156]), [RAnukr.] ketu : (with the patr. Vājya), [VBr.] ketu : N. of a Dānava, [Hariv. 198] ketu : of a son (of Ṛṣabha, [BhP. v, 4, 10]; of the 4th Manu, [viii, 1, 27]) ketu : aruṇā́ḥ ketávaḥ, ‘red apparitions’, a class of spirits (a kind of sacrificial fire is called after them āruṇaketuka, q.v.), [AV. xi, 10, 1 f.] and [7]; [TĀr.]; [MBh. xii, 26, 7.] 🔎 ketú- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | manmasā́dhanaḥ | manmasā́dhana- manmasādhana : manma—sā́dhana mfn. accomplishing the heart's desires or wishes, [ib.] 🔎 manmasā́dhana- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | véḥ | ví- vi : ví m. (nom. vís or vés acc. vím gen. abl. vés; pl. nom. acc. váyas [acc. vīn, [Bhaṭṭ.]]; víbhis, víbhyas, vīnā́m) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.], (also occurring in later language). vi : [cf. 1. váyas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.] vi : n. an artificial word said to be = anna, [ŚBr.] vi : ví ind. (prob. for an original dvi, meaning ‘in two parts’; and opp. to sam, q.v.) apart, asunder, in different directions, to and fro, about, away, away from, off, without, [RV.] &c. &c. In [RV.] it appears also as a prep. with acc. denoting ‘through’ or ‘between’ (with ellipse of the verb, e.g. [i, 181, 5]; [x, 86, 20] &c.) It is esp. used as a prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express ‘division’, ‘distinction’, ‘distribution’, ‘arrangement’, ‘order’, ‘opposition’, or ‘deliberation’ (cf. vi-√ bhid, -śiṣ, -dhā, -rudh, -car, with their nominal derivatives) vi : sometimes it gives a meaning opposite to the idea contained in the simple root (e.g. √ krī, ‘to buy’; vi-√ krī, ‘to sell’), or it intensifies that idea (e.g. √ hiṃs, ‘to injure’; vi-√ hiṃs, ‘to injure severely’). The above 3. ví may also be used in forming compounds not immediately referable to verbs, in which cases it may express ‘difference’ (cf. 1. vi-lakṣaṇa), ‘change’ or ‘variety’ (cf. vi-citra), ‘intensity’ (cf. vi-karāla), ‘manifoldness’ (cf. vi-vidha), ‘contrariety’ (cf. vi-loma), ‘deviation from right’ (cf. vi-śīla), ‘negation’ or ‘privation’ (cf. vi-kaccha, being often used like 3. a, nir, and nis [qq.vv.], and like the Lat. dis, se, and the English a, dis, in, un &c.) vi : in some cases it does not seem to modify the meaning of the simple word at all (cf. vi-jāmi, vi-jāmātṛ) vi : it is also used to form proper names out of other proper names (e.g. vi-koka, vi-pṛthu, vi-viṃśa). To save space such words are here mostly collected under one article vi : but words having several subordinate compounds will be found s.v. 🔎 ví- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | amr̥tatvám | amr̥tatvá- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 1.96.6 | rákṣamāṇāsaḥ | √rakṣⁱ- rakṣ : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 6]) rákṣati (Ved. and mc. also °te; pf. rarákṣa, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. arakṣīt, [AV.] &c.; arākṣīt, [Br.]; Prec. rakṣyāt Gr.; fut. rakṣitā, [MBh.]; rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat, [ib.]; rakṣye, [R.]; inf. rakṣitum, [MBh.]), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve (‘from’ abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to tend (cattle), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to rule (the earth or a country), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; to keep (a secret), [Kathās.]; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings), [Mālav.]; to observe (a law, duty &c.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure, [AV. v, 1]; to beware of [Kathās.]; (Ā.) to heed, attend to (loc.), [RV. i, 72, 5]; (Ā.) to conceal, hide (?), [RV. ix, 68, 4]; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?), [ib.] [x, 68, 1] : Caus. rakṣayati, °te (aor. ararakṣat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] : Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), [MBh.] : Intens. See rārakṣāṇá. rakṣ : [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj or rajj; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.] rakṣ : (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakṣ). 🔎 √rakṣⁱ- | rootPLMNOMPRSMEDnon-finite:PTCP |
| 1.96.6 | enam | ena- ena : a pronom. base (used for certain cases of the 3rd personal pronoun, thus in the acc. sing. du. pl. [enam, enām, enad, &c.], inst. sing. [enena, enayā] gen. loc. du. [enayos, Ved. enos]; the other cases are formed fr. the pronom. base a See under idam), he, she, it ena : this, that, (this pronoun is enclitic and cannot begin a sentence; it is generally used alone, so that enam puruṣam, ‘that man’, would be very unusual if not incorrect. Grammarians assert that the substitution of enam &c. for imam or etam &c. takes place when something is referred to which has already been mentioned in a previous part of the sentence; see [Gr. 223] and [836]) ena : [cf. Gk. ἕν, οἷος; Goth. ains; Old Pruss. ains; Lat. oinos, unus.] ena : and enā, Ved. instr. of idam, q.v. ena : (cf. eṇa), a stag. See an-ena. 🔎 ena- | pronounSGMACC |
| 1.96.6 | devā́ḥ | devá- 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.] 🔎 devá- | nominal stemPLMNOM |
| 1.96.6 | agním | agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 1.96.6 | dhārayan | √dhr̥- dhṛ : cl. 1. P. Ā. dharati, °te ([Dhātup. xxii, 3]; Ā. Pot. dhareran, [ĀpŚr.]), but more commonly in the same sense the Caus. form dhārayati, °te (perf. P. dādhā́ra or dadhā́ra, °dhártha [Impv. dadhartu, [AV.Paipp.]]; Ā. dadhré, 3. pl. °dhriré, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. adhāram, [R.]; adhṛta, dhṛthās, [AV.]; ádīdharat, [RV.] &c. &c. [dīdhar, didhṛtam, °ta, [RV.]; 3. pl. °rata, [ŚBr.]]; adhārṣīt Gr.; fut. dhariṣyati, [MBh.]; °ṣyé, [AV.]; dhartā, [BhP.]; inf. dhartum, [Kāv.], °tavai, [Br.] [dhartári See under °tṛ]; ind.p. dhṛtvā, -dhṛtya, [Br.]) to hold, bear (also bring forth), carry, maintain, preserve, keep, possess, have, use, employ, practise, undergo, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with or scil. ātmānam, jīvitam, prāṇān, deham, śarīram &c.) to preserve soul or body, continue living, survive, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (esp. fut. dhariṣyati; cf. Pass. below); to hold back, keep down, stop, restrain, suppress, resist, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to place or fix in, bestow or confer on (loc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.; to destine for (dat.; Ā. also to be destined for or belong to), [RV.]; to present to (gen.), [Kāraṇḍ.]; to direct or turn (attention, mind, &c.) towards, fix or resolve upon (loc. or dat.), [Up.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; Ā. to be ready or prepared for, [ŚBr.]; P. Ā. to owe anything (acc.) to (dat. or gen.), [MBh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 35]); to prolong (in pronunciation), [AitBr.]; [RPrāt.]; to quote, cite, [L.]; (with garbham) to conceive, be pregnant (older °bham-√ bhṛ), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with daṇḍam) to inflict punishment on (loc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] (also damam); (with keśān, or śmaśru) to let the hair or beard grow, [MBh.]; (with raśmīn [[ib.]] or praharān [[Śak.]]) to draw the reins tight; (with dharamam) to fulfil a duty, [R.]; (with vratám) to observe or keep a vow, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with dhāraṇām) to practise self-control, [Yājñ.]; (wit. ipas) to perform penance, [BhP.]; (with mūrdhnā or °dhni, śirasā or °si) to bear on the head, honour highly, [Kāv.]; (with or scil. tulayā) to hold in a balance, weigh, measure, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with or scil. manasā) to bear in mind, recollect, remember, [ib.]; (with samaye) to hold to an agreement, cause to make a compact, [Pañc. i, 125/126] (B. dṛṣṭvā for dhṛtvā) : Pass. dhriyáte (ep. also °yati; pf. dadhré &c. = Ā.; aor. adhāri) to be borne &c.; to be firm, keep steady, [RV.] &c. &c.; continue living, exist, remain, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also dhāryate, [R.]); to begin, resolve upon, undertake (dat.; acc. or inf.), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] : Caus. dhāráyati, °te See above: Desid. didhīrṣati (see °ṣā), didhariṣate, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 75]; didhārayiṣati, to wish to keep up or preserve (ātmānam), [Gobh. iii, 5, 30] : Intens. dárdharti ([RV.]) and dādharti (3. pl. °dhrati, [TS.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65]) to hold fast, bear firmly, fasten. dhṛ : [cf. Zd. dar ; Gk. θρόνος, θρᾶ-νος, θρή-σασθαι; Lat. frē-tus, frē-num.] 🔎 √dhr̥- | rootPLPRSACT3INJsecondary conjugation:CAUS |
| 1.96.6 | draviṇodā́m | draviṇodā́- | nominal stemSGMACC |