ni : ní ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, [AV. x, 8, 7] always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis)

ni : it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., [L.]

ni : [cf. Zd. ni; Gk. ἐ-νί; Slav. ni-zu; Germ., ni-dar, ni-der, nieder; Angl.Sax. ni-ther, Eng. ne-ther, be-neath.]

ni : (for nī) mfn. See ṛta-ní.

ni : (in music) the 7th note (for niṣadha).

vasiṣṭha : vásiṣṭha mfn. (superl. fr. 1. vásu; cf. vásīyas and under √ 3. vas) most excellent, best, richest, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]

vasiṣṭha : vásiṣṭha m. (wrongly written vaśiṣṭha), ‘the most wealthy’, N. of a celebrated Vedic Ṛṣi or sage (owner of the ‘cow of plenty’, called Nandinī, offspring of Surabhi, which by granting all desires made him, as his name implies, master of every vasu or desirable object; he was the typical representative of Brāhmanical rank, and the legends of his conflict with Viśvā-mitra, who raised himself from the kingly or Kṣatriya to the Brāhmanical class, were probably founded on the actual struggles which took place between the Brāhmans and Kṣatriyas; a great many hymns of the [RV.] are ascribed to these two great rivals; those of the seventh Maṇḍala, besides some others, being attributed to Vasiṣṭha, while those of the third Maṇḍala are assigned to Viśvā-mitra; in one of Vasiṣṭha's hymns he is represented as king Su-dās's family priest, an office to which Viśvā-mitra also aspired; in another hymn Vasiṣṭha claims to have been inspired by Varuṇa, and in another [[RV. vii, 33, 11]] he is called the son of the Apsaras Urvaśī by Mitra and Varuṇa, whence his patronymic Maitrāvaruṇi ; in Manu, [i, 35], he is enumerated among the ten Prajā-patis or Patriarchs produced by Manu Svāyambhuva for the peopling of the universe; in the [MBh.] he is mentioned as the family priest of the solar race or family of Ikṣvāku and Rāma-candra, and in the Purāṇas as one of the arrangers of the Vedas in the Dvāpara age; he is, moreover, called the father of Aurva [[Hariv.]], of the Sukālins [[Mn.]], of seven sons [[Hariv.]; [Pur.]], and the husband of Akṣa-mālā or Arundhatī [[MBh.]] and of Ūrjā [[Pur.]]; other legends make him one of the 7 patriarchal sages regarded as forming the Great Bear in which he represents the star ζ See ṛṣi), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 361]; [402 n. 1] &c.)

vasiṣṭha : N. of the author of a law-book and other works (prob. intended to be ascribed to the Vedic Ṛṣi above)

vasiṣṭha : pl. the family of Vasiṣṭha, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.] (vasiṣṭhasyāṅkuśaḥ &c. N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.])

vasiṣṭha : N. of an Anuvāka, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 131], Vārtt. 2

vasiṣṭha : vásiṣṭha n. flesh, [Gal.]

vasiṣṭha : , vasīyas. See p. 930.

hū : weak form of √ hve, p. 1308.

hū : mfn. calling, invoking (see indra-, deva-, pitṛ-hū &c.)

hū : ind. an exclamation of contempt, grief &c. (hū hū, the yelling of a jackal, [VarBṛS.])

vājin : vājín mfn. swift, spirited, impetuous, heroic, warlike, [RV.] &c. &c. (with ratha m. a war-chariot; superl. vājín-tama)

vājin : strong, manly, procreative, potent, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]

vājin : winged, (ifc.) having any thing for wings, [BhP.]

vājin : feathered (as an arrow), [Hariv.]

vājin : vājín m. a warrior, hero, man, [RV.] (often applied to gods, esp. to Agni, Indra, the Maruts &c.)

vājin : the steed of a war-chariot, [ib.]

vājin : a horse, stallion, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

vājin : N. of the number ‘seven’, [Gol.] (cf. aśva)

vājin : a bridle, [L.]

vājin : a bird, [L.]

vājin : an arrow, [L.]

vājin : Adhatoda Vasika, [L.]

vājin : pl. ‘the Coursers’, a class of divine beings (prob. the steeds of the gods, but accord. to [TBr.] Agni, Vāyu and Sūrya), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.] (vājināṃ sāma N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.])

vājin : the school of Vājasaneya (so called because the Sun in the shape of a horse revealed to Yājñavalkya partic. Yajus verses called a-yātayāmāni, q.v.), [VP.]

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].

vidatha : vidátha n. knowledge, wisdom

vidatha : (esp.) ‘knowledge given to others’ i.e. instruction, direction, order, arrangement, disposition, rule, command (also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] (vidatham ā-√ vad, to impart knowledge, give instruction, rule, govern)

vidatha : a meeting, assembly (either for deliberating or for the observance of festive or religious rites i.e.) council, community, association, congregation, [ib.] (also applied to partic. associations or communities of gods, which in [RV. viii, 39, 1] &c. are opposed to those of men; in [RV. ii, 27, 8]; [vi, 51, 2] &c. three associations of gods are mentioned)

vidatha : a host, army, body of warriors (esp. applied to the Maruts), [RV.]

vidatha : war, fight, [ib.]

vidatha : m. a sage, scholar, [L.]

vidatha : a saint, devotee, ascetic (= yogin), [L.]

vidatha : = kṛtin, [L.]

vidatha : N. of a man, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 33, 9.]

vidatha : (accord. to some for vidhātha fr. √ vidh, and orig. = ‘homage, worship, sacrifice’; accord. to others also = ‘house, household, &c.’).

vedhas : vedhás mfn. (in some meanings prob. connected with vi-√ dhā; nom. m. vedhā́s acc. vedhásam or vedhā́m) pious, religious, virtuous, good, brave (also applied to gods), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

vedhas : wise, [Kām.]

vedhas : performing, accomplishing (in gambhīra-v°), [BhP.]

vedhas : vedhás m. a worshipper of the gods, [RV.]

vedhas : an arranger, disposer, creator (esp. applied to Brahmā, but also to Prajāpati, Puruṣa, Śiva, Viṣṇu, Dharma, the Sun &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vedhas : an author, [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.]

vedhas : a wise or learned man, [L.]

vedhas : N. of the father of Hari-ścandra (see vaidasa).

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.]

poṣam : pó°ṣam ind. (with √ puṣ) to thrive or prosper in (comp.), [Pat.]

poṣa : póṣa m. (√ puṣ) thriving, prosperity, abundance, wealth, growth, increase, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]

poṣa : nourishing, nurture, rearing, maintaining, supporting, [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c.

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)

dhāraya : mfn. holding, bearing &c. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 138])

dhāraya : owing a sum (gen.) to (dat.), [L.]

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.]

yūyam : yūyám See under yuṣma, p. 855.col. 3.

pāta : mfn. (for 2. See p. 616, col. 3) watched, protected, preserved, [L.]

pāta : m. (for 1. See under √ 3. pā) flying, mode of flying, flight, [MBh.]

pāta : throwing one's self or falling into (loc.) or from (abl.), fall, downfall (also ifc. after what would be a gen. or abl. &c. e.g., gṛha-, fall of a house; parvata-, fall from a mountain; bhū-, fall on the earth), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

pāta : alighting, descending or causing to descend, casting or throwing upon, cast, fall (of a thunderbolt), throw, shot, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]

pāta : a stroke (of a sword &c.), [Kathās.]

pāta : application (of ointment, of a knife &c.), [Kāvyād.]

pāta : casting or directing (a look or glance of the eyes), [Ragh.]

pāta : decay of the body (deha-pāta), death, [Kathās.]; [Bādar.]

pāta : (with garbhasya) fall of the fetus, miscarriage, [Suśr.]

pāta : an attack, incursion, [Var.]

pāta : a case, possibility, [ŚāṅkhBr.]

pāta : happening, occurrence, appearance, [Prab.]; [Kathās.]; [Daśar.]

pāta : a fault, error, mistake, [Sūryas.]

pāta : the node in a planet's orbit, [ib.] (cf. [IW. 179])

pāta : a malignant aspect, [ib.]

pāta : N. of Rāhu, [L.]

pāta : pl. N. of a school of the Yajur-veda, [ib.]

pā : f. guarding, protecting, [L.]

pā : f. = pūta and pūritaka.

pā : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 27]) píbati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. °te; rarely pipati, °te, [Kāṭh.]; [Br.]) cl. 2. pāti, pāthás, pānti, [RV.]; [AV.]; p. Ā. papāná, [RV.], pípāna, [AV.] (pf. P. papaú, 2. sg. papātha, [RV.]; papitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64], Sch.; papīyāt, [RV.]; p. papivás, [AV.]; Ā. pape, papire, [RV.]; p. papāná, [ib.]; aor. or impf. apāt, [RV.] [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] [RV. i, 164, 7]; -pāsta, [AV. xii, 3, 43]; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā́, [RV.] &c. &c., °tvī, [RV.]; -pāya, [AV.] &c. &c.; -pīya, [MBh.]; pāyam, [Kāvyād.]; inf. píbadhyai, [RV.]; pātum, [MBh.] &c.; pā́tave, [AV.]; [Br.]; pā́tavaí, [RV.]), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, [BhP.]; [Pañc.]; to drink intoxicating liquors, [Buddh.] : Pass. pīyáte, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, °te (pf. pāyayām āsā, [MBh.]; aor. apīpyat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4]; ind.p. pāyayitvā, [MBh.]; inf. pā́yayitavaí, [ŚBr.]), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati ([RV.] also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, [Kāṭh.] : Intens. pepīyate (p. °yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, [Up.]; [Hariv.]

pā : [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]

pā : mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)

pā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 48]) pā́ti (Impv. pāhí; pr. p. P. pā́t Ā. pāná, [RV.]; pf. papau Gr.; aor. apāsīt, [Rājat.] Subj. pāsati, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, pātā Gr.; Prec. pāyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68], Sch.; inf. pātum, [MBh.]), to watch, keep, preserve; to protect from, defend against (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to protect (a country) i.e. rule, govern, [Rājat.]; to observe, notice, attend to, follow, [RV.]; [AitBr.] : Caus. pālayati See √ pāl: Desid. pipāsati Gr.: Intens. pāpāyate, pāpeti, pāpāti, [ib.]

pā : [cf. Zd. pā, paiti; Gk. πά-ομαι, πέ-πα-μαι, πῶ-ν, &c.; Lat. pa-sco, pa-bulum; Lith. pë-mů́]

pā : mfn. keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)

pā : cl. 3. Ā. pípīte, to rise against, be hostile (see 2. anūt-√ , p. 41; 2. ut-pā, p. 181; praty-ut- √ , p. 677).

svasti : sv-astí n. f. (nom. svastí, °tís; acc. svastí, °tím; instr. svastí, °tyā́; dat. svastáye; loc. svastaú; instr. svastíbhis; also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as Kalā cf. svasti-devī), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]

svasti : sv-astí (í), ind. well, happily, successfully (also = ‘may it be well with thee! hail! health! adieu! be it!’ a term of salutation [esp. in the beginning of letters] or of sanction or approbation), [RV.]; &c.

sadā : sádā ind. always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually (with na, ‘never’), [RV.] &c. &c.

aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c.

aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.]

aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az].