apa : ápa ind. (as a prefix to nouns and verbs, expresses) away, off, back (opposed to úpa, ánu, sam, pra)

apa : down (opposed to ud).

apa : When prefixed to nouns, it may sometimes = the neg. particle a, e.g. apa-bhī, fearless; or may express deterioration, inferiority, &c. (cf. apa-pāṭha).

apa : (As a separable particle or adverb in Ved., with abl.) away from, on the outside of, without, with the exception of

apa : [cf. Gk. ἀπό; Lat. ab; Goth. af; Eng. of].

amīvā : ámīvā f. distress, terror, fright, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

amīvā : tormenting spirit, demon, [RV.]; [AV.]

amīvā : affliction, disease, [RV.]

sū : (not separable in all forms fr. √ 2. ; cf. su-ṣū́, asu-sū, and √ 4. su) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 115]) suváti (in [Br.] also °te, and accord. to [Dhātup. xxii, 43] and [xxiv, 32] also savati and -sauti; pf. suṣuvé, [AV.]; p. suṣuvāṇá, q.v.; aor. asāvīt, sāviṣat, [RV.] : Pass. sūyáte, [Br.] &c.), to set in motion, urge, impel, vivify, create, produce, [RV.] &c. &c.; to hurl upon, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to grant, bestow (esp. said of Savitṛ), [RV.]; to appoint or consecrate to (Ā. ‘to let one's self be consecrated’), [AV.]; [TS.]; to allow, authorize, [ŚBr.] : Intens. soṣavīti, to urge or impel violently (said of Savitṛ), [RV.]

sū : (cf. 1. and √ 5. su) cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 21]) sūte (1. sg. pr. suve, 3. sg. impf. asūta; in later language also sūyate [[xxvi, 31]] and in comp. with pra also -savati and -sauti [cf. [xxiv, 31]]; pf. sasūva, [RV.]; suṣuvé, [AV.] &c.; susāva, [MBh.] &c.; aor. asuṣot, [MaitrS.]; °ṣavuḥ, [TBr.]; asoṣṭa, [ChUp.]; asauṣīt and asaviṣṭa Gr.; fut. sotā, savitā, [ib.]; soṣyáti, °te, [Br.] &c.; saviṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; p. f. sū́ṣyantī, [RV.]; soṣyántī [s.v.] [ŚBr.] ; inf. sū́tave, [RV.]; sūtavaí, [AV.]; sávitave, [ib.]; sotum or savitum Gr.; ind.p. sūtvā́, [Br.]; -sūya, [MBh.] &c.; -sútya, [ŚBr.]), to beget, procreate, bring forth, bear, produce, yield, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. sūyate (aor. asāvi), to be begotten or brought forth, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. sāvayati Gr.: Desid. susūṣati, [ib.]

sū : mfn. begetting, procreating, bringing forth, producing (mostly ifc.; see a-, ambhaḥ-, karṇa-sū &c.)

sū : m. one who begets, a father, [RV.]; [VS.]

sū : a mother, [RV. i, 32, 9]

sū : child-bearing, parturition, [W.]

sū : [cf. Gk. ὗς, σῦς; Lat. sus; Angl.Sax. sû; Eng. sow; Germ. Sau.]

sū : ind., Ved. and in some comp. = su, well, good &c. (cf. sū-nara, sū-nṛta &c.)

nyak : , ny-àkna, nyag, &c. See under 1. and 2. ny-añc.

nyak : in comp. for 2. ny-añc below.

nyak : ny-àk ind. downwards, down, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]

nyak : humbly

nyak : with √ kṛ, to bring down, humble

nyak : (nyag) with √ bhū, to humble one's self, be humble or modest: Caus. -bhāvayati = √ kṛ, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 70], Sch. (cf. nyak-. and nyag- above).

nyañc : ny-√ añc P. -añcati, to sink, bend or hang down, [Bālar.]; [Kathās.]; to pass away, fade, perish, [Bhām.] : Caus. -añcayati, to press down or in [HPariś.]

nyañc : ny-àñc mf(nI/cI) n (fr. ni + añc) (ny-ak). going or directed downwards, bent down, [RV.] &c. &c.

nyañc : lying with the face downwards (opp. to ut-tāna), [ŚBr.]

nyañc : depressed, deep, low (sound, voice &c.), [ib.]

nyañc : humble, vile, contemptible (cf. nyak &c. above)

nyañc : slow, lazy, [L.]

nyañc : whole, entire, [L.]

it : ifc. going, going towards

it : cf. arthét

it : (for 2. See s.v.)

it : (in Gr.) an indicatory letter or syllable attached to roots &c. (= anubandha, q.v.)

it : for the Ved. particle id, q.v.

id : íd ind. Ved. (probably the neut. form of the pronom. base i See 3. i; a particle of affirmation) even, just, only

id : indeed, assuredly (especially, in strengthening an antithesis, e.g. yáthā váśanti devā́s táthéd asat, as the gods wish it, thus indeed it will be, [RV. viii, 28, 4]; dípsanta íd ripávo nā́ha debhuḥ, the enemies wishing indeed to hurt were in nowise able to hurt, [RV. i, 147, 3]). is often added to words expressing excess or exclusion (e.g. viśva it, every one indeed; śaśvad it, constantly indeed; eka it, one only). At the beginning of sentences it often adds emphasis to pronouns, prepositions, particles (e.g. tvam it, thou indeed; yadi it, if indeed, &c.) occurs often in the Ṛg-veda and Atharva-veda, seldom in the Brāhmaṇas, and its place is taken in classical Sanskṛt by eva and other particles.

apa : ápa ind. (as a prefix to nouns and verbs, expresses) away, off, back (opposed to úpa, ánu, sam, pra)

apa : down (opposed to ud).

apa : When prefixed to nouns, it may sometimes = the neg. particle a, e.g. apa-bhī, fearless; or may express deterioration, inferiority, &c. (cf. apa-pāṭha).

apa : (As a separable particle or adverb in Ved., with abl.) away from, on the outside of, without, with the exception of

apa : [cf. Gk. ἀπό; Lat. ab; Goth. af; Eng. of].

sidh : cl. 1. P. sedhati, to go, move, [Dhātup. iii, 10]; [Naigh. ii, 14] (accord. to [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 113] the s of this root is not changed to ṣ after prepositions; cf. abhi- and pari-√ sidh).

sidh : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. iii, 11]) sédhati (in later language also °te; pf. siṣedha, ep. also siṣidhe; aor. asedhīt Gr. also asaitsīt; fut. seddhā or sedhitā Gr.; setsyati or sedhiṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. seddhum, [Br.] &c.; sedhitum Gr.; ind.p. -sídhya, [AV.]), to drive off, scare away, repel, restrain, hinder, [RV.]; [Kauś.]; to punish, chastise, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to ordain, instruct, [Dhātup.]; to turn out well or auspiciously, [ib.] : Pass. sidhyate (aor. asedhi), to be driven or kept off or repelled, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. sedhayati (aor. asīṣidhat) Gr.: Desid. of Caus. siṣedhayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. sisedhiṣati, sisidhiṣati, siṣitsati, [ib.] : Intens. seṣidhyate, seṣeddhi (pr. p. -séṣidhat, [RV.]), [ib.]

sidh : (weak form of √ sādh) cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 83]) sídhyati (ep. and mc. also °te; pf. siṣedha, [RV. i, 32, 13]; aor. asidhat Gr.; saitsīt, [Sarvad.]; Prec. sidhyāsam Gr.; fut. seddhā, [ib.]; setsyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; inf. seddhum Gr.; ind.p. sedhitvā, sidhitvā, or siddhvā, [ib.]), to be accomplished or fulfilled or effected or settled, be successful, succeed, [RV.] &c. &c.; to hit a mark (loc.), [Śak.]; to attain one's aim or object, have success, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to attain the highest object, become perfect, attain beatitude, [R.]; [BhP.]; to be valid or admissible, hold good, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; to be proved or demonstrated or established, result from, [Pat.]; [Pañcat.]; [Sarvad.]; to be set right, (esp.) be healed or cured, [Suśr.]; [BhP.]; to be well cooked, [W.]; to conform to a person's will, yield to (gen.), [Kathās.]; to fall to a person's (gen.) lot or share, [Prab.]; to come into existence, originate, arise, [BhP.] : Caus. sedhayati (aor. asīṣidhat) or sādhayati, to show the knowledge or skill (of any one, the former, ‘with reference to sacred things’, the latter, ‘to secular things’), [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 49] (sadh°), to accomplish, effect, [MW.] : Desid. siṣitsati Gr.: Intens. seṣidhyate, seṣeddhi, [ib.]

adri : ádri m. (√ ad, [Uṇ.]), a stone, a rock, a mountain

adri : a stone for pounding Soma with or grinding it on

adri : a stone for a sling, a thunderbolt

adri : a mountain-shaped mass of clouds

adri : a cloud (the mountains are the clouds personified, and regarded as the enemies of Indra)

adri : a tree, [L.]

adri : the sun, [L.]

adri : N. of a measure

adri : the number seven

adri : N. of a grandson of Pṛthu.

grāvan : grā́van m. a stone for pressing out the Soma (originally 2 were used, [RV. ii, 39, 1]; later on 4 [[ŚāṅkhBr. xxix, 1]] or 5 [Sch. on [ŚBr.] &c.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

grāvan : a stone or rock, [MBh. iii, 16435]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Śiś.]; [BhP.] &c.

grāvan : a mountain, [L.]

grāvan : a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]

grāvan : = grāva-stút, [Hariv. 11363]

grāvan : grā́van mfn. hard, solid, [L.]

yatra : yátra ind. (in Veda also yátrā; fr. 3. ya, correlative of tátra, and often used for the loc. of the relative pron.) in or to which place, where, wherein, wherever, whither, [RV.] &c. &c. (yatra yatra, ‘wherever’, ‘whithersoever’; yatra tatra or yatra tatrāpi, ‘anywhere whatever’ or = yasmiṃs tasmin, ‘in whatever’; yatra tatra dine, ‘on any day whatever’; yatra kutra, with or without cit or api, ‘everywhere’ or = yasmin kasmin, ‘in whatever’; yátra kvá ca or yatra kva cana, ‘wherever’, ‘in any place whatever’, ‘whithersoever’; yatra kva ca, ‘anywhere whatever’; yatra kvāpi, ‘to any place’, ‘hither and thither’; yatra vā, ‘or elsewhere’)

yatra : on which occasion, in which case, if, when, as, [RV.] &c. &c. (yatra tatra, ‘on every occasion’, yatra kva ca, ‘whenever’)

yatra : in order that, [RV. iii, 32, 14]; [ix, 29, 5]

yatra : that (with Pot. after ‘to doubt, wonder &c.’), [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 148]

yatra : (with Pres.), [Hit. i, 176] (v.l.)

vac : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 55]) vakti (occurs only in sg. vacmi, vakṣi, vakti, and Impv. vaktu; Ved. also cl. 3. P. vívakti; pf. uvā́ca, ūj, [RV.] &c. &c.; uváktha, [AV.]; vavāca, vavakṣé, [RV.]; aor. avocat, °cata, [RV.] &c. &c.; in Veda also Subj. vocati, °te, vecāti; Pot. vocét, °ceta; Impv. vocatu; Prec. ucyāsam, [Br.]; fut. vaktā́, [ib.] &c.; vakṣyáti, [RV.] &c. &c.; °te, [MBh.]; Cond. avakṣyat, [Br.]; [Up.]; inf. váktum, [Br.] &c.; °tave, [RV.]; °tos, [Br.]; ind.p. uktvā́, [Br.] &c.; -úcya, [ib.]), to speak, say, tell, utter, announce, declare, mention, proclaim, recite, describe (with acc. with or without prati dat. or gen. of pers., and acc. of thing; often with double acc., e.g. tam idaṃ vākyam uvāca, ‘he spoke this speech to him’; with double acc. also ‘to name, call’, Ā. with nom. ‘one's self’; with punar, ‘to speak again, repeat’; or ‘to answer, reply’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to reproach, revile (acc.), [Hariv.]; [R.] : Pass. ucyáte (aor. avāci, or in later language avoci), to be spoken or said or told or uttered &c., [RV.] &c. &c. (yad ucyate, ‘what the saying is’); to resound, [RV.]; to be called or accounted, be regarded as, pass for (nom., [L.] also loc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. vācayati, °te (Pot. vācayīta, [ĀśvGṛ.]; aor. avīvacat; Pass. vācyate), to cause to say or speak or recite or pronounce (with double acc.; often the object is to be supplied), [Br.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause anything written or printed to speak i.e. to read out loud, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.; ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 35]) to say, tell, declare, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to promise, [MBh.] : Desid. vivakṣati, °te (Pass. vivakṣyate), to desire to say or speak or recite or proclaim or declare, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Pass.) to be meant, [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] : Intens. (only ávāvacīt) to call or cry aloud, [RV. x, 102, 6.]

vac : [cf. Gk. ἐπ for ϝεπ in ἔπος, εῖπον, ὄψ, ὄσσα &c.; Lat. vocare, vox; Germ. gi-waht, gi-wahinnen, er-wähnen.]

bṛhat : bṛhát mf(atI/)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, [RV.] &c. &c.

bṛhat : full-grown, old, [RV.]

bṛhat : extended or bright (as a luminous body), [ib.]

bṛhat : clear, loud (said of sounds), [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : of a prince, [MBh.]

bṛhat : of a son of Su-hotra and father of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. or n. (?) speech (°tām pati = bṛhaspati), [Śiś. ii, 26]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. height (also = heaven, sky), [RV.]

bṛhat : N. of various Sāmans composed in the metrical form Bṛhatī (also with āneyam, bharad-vājasya. bhāradvājam, vāmadevyam, sauram), [ĀrṣBr.]

bṛhat : N. of Brahman, [BhP.]

bṛhat : of the Veda, [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát ind. far and wide, on high, [RV.]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. firmly, compactly, [ib.]

bṛhat : brightly, [ib.]

bṛhat : greatly, much, [ib.]

bṛhat : aloud, [ib.] (also atā́, [AV.])

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’.

sarvatāti : sarvá—tāti (sarvá-), f. totality, [RV.]

sarvatāti : completeness, perfect happiness or prosperity, soundness, [ib.]; [AV.]

aditi : á-diti f. having nothing to give, destitution, [RV.]

aditi : for 2. , 3. á-diti See below.

aditi : m. (√ ad), devourer i.e. death, [BṛĀrUp.]

aditi : á-diti mfn. (√ 4. dā or do, dyati; for 1. á-diti See above), not tied, free, [RV. vii, 52, 1], boundless, unbroken, entire, unimpaired, happy, [RV.]; [VS.]

aditi : á-diti f. freedom, security, safety

aditi : boundlessness, immensity, inexhaustible abundance, unimpaired condition, perfection, creative power, N. of one of the most ancient of the Indian goddesses (‘Infinity’ or the ‘Eternal and Infinite Expanse’, often mentioned in [RV.], daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, mother of the Ādityas and of the gods)

aditi : a cow, milk, [RV.]

aditi : the earth, [Naigh.]

aditi : speech, [Naigh.] (cf. [RV. viii, 101, 15])

aditi : á-diti f. du. heaven and earth, [Naigh.]

vṛ : cl. 5. 9. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]; [xxxiv, 8]) vṛṇóti, vṛṇuté; vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte; várati, várate (mostly cl. 5. and with the prep. apa or vi; of cl. 9. only avṛṇīdhvam, [AV. vi, 7, 3]; cl. 1. only in [RV.] [cf. also √ ūrṇu]; pf. vavā́ra, vavré, [RV.] &c. &c. [2. sg. vavártha, [RV.]; vavaritha, vavṛma &c. Gr.; p. vavrivás gen. vavavrúṣas, [RV.]]; aor. ávar or ā́var, avṛta, [RV.] [1. sg. vam, 2. du. vartam, 3. pl. avran, p. Ā. vrāṇá, q.v. Impv. vṛdhi, [ib.]]; avārīt, [Br.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Subj. varṣathas, [RV.]; Pot. vriyāt, vūryāt, variṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. varītā or varitā, varīṣyati or variṣyati, [ib.] ; inf. vartum, [MBh.], varitum, [Bhaṭṭ.], varītum, [Sāh.]; ind.p. vṛtvā́, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; vṛlvī́, [RV.]; vṛtvā́ya, [Br.]; -vṛ́tya, [AV.]), to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct, [RV.] &c. &c.; to close (a door), [AitBr.]; to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. vriyate (aor. ávāri), to be covered or surrounded or obstructed or hindered, [RV.]; [MBh.] : Caus. vāráyati, °te (aor. avīvarat, ávīvarata, [AV.]; ávāvarīt, [RV.]; Pass. vāryate, [MBh.] &c.), to cover, conceal, hide, keep back, hold captive, [RV.] &c. &c.; to stop, check, restrain, suppress, hinder, prevent from (abl. or inf.; rarely two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to exclude, [Siddh.]; to prohibit, forbid, [MBh.]; to withhold, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. vivārayiṣate, [Br.] : Desid. vivarīṣati or vivariṣati, vuvūrṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. vevrīyate, vovūryate, varvarti, [ib.]

vṛ : [cf. Goth. warjan; Germ. wehren, Wehr; Eng. weir.]

vṛ : cl. 5. Ā. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]) vṛṇoti, vṛṇute; vṛṇā́ti, (mostly) vṛṇīté (in [RV.] also váras, °rat, °ranta, but these may be Subj. aor.; pf. vavāra, [Bhaṭṭ.]; vavre, [RV.] [2. sg. vavṛṣé, 1. pl. vavṛmáhe] &c. &c.; aor. avri, avṛta, [RV.] [Pot. vurīta, p. urāṇá] &c. &c.; avṛṣi, °ṣata, [AV.]; [Br.] [2. pl. avṛḍhvam] [Up.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Prec. variṣīṣṭa, [ib.]; fut. varītā or varitā, [ib.]; variṣyate, [Br.]; varīṣyate Gr.; inf. varītum, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; varitum Gr.; ind.p. varitvā or vṛtvā, [GṛŚrS.] &c.; varītvā Gr.), to choose, select, choose for one's self, choose as (-arthe or acc. of pers.) or for (-artham or dat., loc. instr. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to choose in marriage, woo, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to ask a person (acc.) for (acc.) or on behalf of (kṛte), [R.]; [Kathās.]; to solicit anything (acc.) from (abl. or -tas), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to ask or request that (Pot. with or without iti), [R.]; [MBh.]; to like better than, prefer to (abl., rarely instr.), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to like, love (as opp. to ‘hate’), [MBh. v, 4149]; to choose or pick out a person (for a boon), grant (a boon) to (acc.), [Rājat. iii, 421] : Caus. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 2]) varayati, °te (ep. also vārayati; Pass. varyáte, [Br.]); to choose, choose for one's self, choose as (acc. of pers.) or for (-artham dat. or loc. of thing), ask or sue for (acc.) or on behalf of (dat. or -arthe), choose as a wife (acc. with or without patnīm, dārān, or patny-artham), [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to like, love well, [R.]

vṛ : [cf. Lat. velle; Slav. voliti; Got. wiljian; Germ. wollan, wollen, Wahl, wohl; Angl.Sax. willan; Eng. will.]