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.]

rājan : m. (ifc. mostly m(-rAja) , esp. in Tat-puruṣas; f(-rAjan, °jA or °jYI). ; cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 28], Sch.) a king, sovereign, prince, chief (often applied to gods, e.g. to Varuṇa and the other Ādityas, to Indra, Yama &c., but esp. to Soma [also the plant and juice] and the Moon), [RV.] &c. &c.

rājan : a man of the royal tribe or the military caste, a Kṣatriya, [ĀśvŚr.]; [ChUp.]; [Mn.] &c. (cf. rājanya)

rājan : a Yakṣa, [L.]

rājan : N. of one of the 18 attendants on Sūrya (identified with a form of Guha), [L.]

rājan : of Yudhiṣṭhira, [MBh.] (rājñām indra-mahotsavaḥ and rājñām pratibodhaḥ, N. of wks.); ; (rā́jñī) f. See s.v.

rājan : [cf. Lat. rex; Kelt. rîg, fr. which Old Germ. rîk; Goth. reiks; Angl.-Sax. rîce; Eng. rich.]

rājan : rāján (only in loc. rājáni) government, guidance, [RV. x, 49, 4.]

varuṇa : váruṇa m. (once in the [TĀr.] varuṇá) ‘All-enveloping Sky’, N. of an Āditya (in the Veda commonly associated with Mitra [q.v.] and presiding over the night as Mitra over the day, but often celebrated separately, whereas Mitra is rarely invoked alone; Varuṇa is one of the oldest of the Vedic gods, and is commonly thought to correspond to the Οὐρανός of the Greeks, although of a more spiritual conception; he is often regarded as the supreme deity, being then styled ‘king of the gods’ or ‘king of both gods and men’ or ‘king of the universe’; no other deity has such grand attributes and functions assigned to him; he is described as fashioning and upholding heaven and earth, as possessing extraordinary power and wisdom called māyā, as sending his spies or messengers throughout both worlds, as numbering the very winkings of men's eyes, as hating falsehood, as seizing transgressors with his pāśa or noose, as inflicting diseases, especially dropsy, as pardoning sin, as the guardian of immortality; he is also invoked in the Veda together with Indra, and in later Vedic literature together with Agni, with Yama, and with Viṣṇu; in [RV. iv, 1, 2], he is even called the brother of Agni; though not generally regarded in the Veda as a god of the ocean, yet he is often connected with the waters, especially the waters of the atmosphere or firmament, and in one place [[RV. vii, 64, 2]] is called with Mitra, sindhu-pati, ‘lord of the sea or of rivers’; hence in the later mythology he became a kind of Neptune, and is there best known in his character of god of the ocean; in the [MBh.] Varuṇa is said to be a son of Kardama and father of Puṣkara, and is also variously represented as one of the Deva-gandharvas, as a Nāga, as a king of the Nāgas, and as an Asura; he is the regent of the western quarter [cf. loka-pāla] and of the Nakṣatra Śatabhiṣaj [[VarBṛS.]]; the Jainas consider Varuṇa as a servant of the twentieth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 10]; [12] &c.)

varuṇa : the ocean, [VarBṛS.]

varuṇa : water, [Kathās.]

varuṇa : the sun, [L.]

varuṇa : awarder off or dispeller, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 48, 5]

varuṇa : N. of a partic. magical formula recited over weapons, [R.] (v.l. varaṇa)

varuṇa : the tree Crataeva Roxburghii, [L.] (cf. varaṇa)

varuṇa : pl. (prob.) the gods generally, [AV. iii, 4, 6]

varuṇa : váruṇa &c. See p. 921, col. 2.

dharman : dharmán m. bearer, supporter, arranger, [RV.]

dharman : N. of a son of Bṛhad-rāja and father of Kṛtaṃ-jaya, [VP.]

dharman : dhárman n. (older than dhárma, q.v., in later language mostly ifc.; cf. below) support, prop, hold, [RV.]; [VS.]

dharman : established order of things, steadfast decree (of a god, esp. of Mitra-Varuṇa), any arrangement or disposition

dharman : will, pleasure

dharman : law, rule, duty

dharman : practice, custom, mode, manner (dhármaṇā, °mabhis; °maṇas pári in regular order, naturally; svāya dhar maṇe at one's own pleasure; dharmaṇi with the permission of, ádhi dh° against the will of [gen.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

dharman : (esp. ifc.) nature, quality, characteristic mark or attribute, [ŚBr.] (cf. an-ucchitti-), [MBh.] (cf. uñcha- [add.], kṣatra-, phala-, phena.), [Var.] (cf. dasyu- [add.]), [Kap.] (cf. cid-dh° [add.]), [Kāv.] (cf. vināśa-.).

bṛhaspati : bṛ́has-páti m. (also written vṛh°-p°; fr. 3. bṛh + pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), [RV.] &c., &c. (cf. [RTL. 215])

bṛhaspati : N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), [Buddh.]

bṛhaspati : of a king of Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]

bṛhaspati : of the author of a law-book, [IW. 203]; [302]

bṛhaspati : of a philosopher, [ib.] [120]

bṛhaspati : of other authors (also with miśra and ācārya cf. above), [Cat.]

bṛhaspati : (with āṅgirasa cf. above) N. of the author of [RV. x, 71]; [72]; [Anukr.]

anumati : ánu-mati f. assent, permission, approbation

anumati : personified as a goddess, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

anumati : the fifteenth day of the moon's age (on which it rises one digit less than full, when the gods or manes receive oblations with favour)

anumati : also personified as a goddess, [VP.], oblation made to this goddess.

u : the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the u in full.

u : ind. an interjection of compassion, anger, [L.]

u : a particle implying assent, calling, command, [L.]

u : ind. an enclitic copula used frequently in the Vedas;

u : (as a particle implying restriction and antithesis, generally after pronominals, prepositions, particles, and before nu and su, equivalent to) and, also, further; on the other hand (especially in connexion with a relative, e.g. ya u, he on the contrary who &c.)

u : This particle may serve to give emphasis, like id and eva, especially after prepositions or demonstrative pronouns, in conjunction with nu, vai, hi, cid, &c. (e.g. ayám u vām purutámo … johavīti [[RV. iii, 62, 2]], this very person [your worshipper] invokes you &c.) It is especially used in the figure of speech called Anaphora, and particularly when the pronouns are repeated (e.g. tám u stuṣa índram tám gṛṇīṣe [[RV. ii, 20, 4]], him I praise, Indra, him I sing). It may be used in drawing a conclusion, like the English ‘now’ (e.g. tád u táthā ná kuryāt [[ŚBr. v, 2, 2, 3]], that now he should not do in such a manner), and is frequently found in interrogative sentences (e.g. ká u tác ciketa [[RV. i, 164, 48]], who, I ask, should know that?)

u : Pāṇini calls this particle uñ to distinguish it from the interrogative . In the Pada-pāṭha it is written ūm.

u : In the classical language occurs only after atha, na, and kim, with a slight modification of the sense, and often only as an expletive (see kim);

u : — or — uta, on the one hand — on the other hand; partly — partly; as well — as.

u : cl. 5. P. unoti (see vy-u, [RV. v, 31, 1]) : cl. 2. Ā. (1. sg. uvé, [RV. x, 86, 7]) : cl. 1. Ā. avate, [Dhātup.]; to call to, hail; to roar, bellow (see also ota = ā-uta).

u : m. N. of Śiva

u : also of Brahman, [L.]

śarman : śárman n. (prob. fr. √ śri and connected with 1. śaraṇa, śarīra) shelter, protection, refuge, safety, [RV.] &c. &c.;

śarman : a house, [Naigh. iii, 4]

śarman : Joy, bliss, comfort, delight, happiness (often at the end of names of Brāhmans, just as varman is added to the names of Kṣatriyas, and gupta to those of Vaiśyas), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

śarman : N. of partic. formulas, [VarYogay.]

śarman : identified with śarva ([Kauś.]) and with vāc ([AitBr.])

śarman : śárman mfn. happy, prosperous, [W.]

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].

adya : See s.v.

adya : mfn. fit or proper to be eaten

adya : n. (am) ifc. (cf. annádya, havir adya) food.

adya : a-dyá ind. (Ved. adyā́) (fr. pronom. base a, this, with dya for dyu, q.v., Lat. ho-die), to-day

adya : now-a-days

adya : now.

maghavan : maghá—van (maghá-), mfn. (middle stem maghá-vat [which may be used throughout], weak stem maghón; nom. m. maghávā or °vān f. maghónī or maghavatī [[Vop.]]; n. maghavat; nom. pl. m. once maghónas; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 128]; [133]), possessing or distributing gifts, bountiful, liberal, munificent (esp. said of Indra and other gods, but also of institutors of sacrifices who pay the priests and singers), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Up.]

maghavan : maghá—van m. N. of Indra (also pl. °vantaḥ), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

maghavan : of a Vyāsa or arranger of the Purāṇas, [Cat.]

maghavan : of a Dānava, [Hariv.]

maghavan : of the 3rd Cakra-vartin in Bhārata, [L.]

upastuti : úpa-stuti f. celebration, invocation, praise, [RV.]

kalaśa : kaláśa m. (n., [L.]) a water-pot, pitcher, jar, dish, [RV.] &c., [Śak.]; [Hit.] &c. (the breasts of a woman are frequently compared to jars, cf. stana-k° and kumbha)

kalaśa : kaláśa m. a butter-tub, churn, [MBh.]

kalaśa : a particular measure (= droṇa), [ŚārṅgS.]

kalaśa : a round pinnacle on the top of a temple (esp. the pinnacle crowning a Buddhist Caitya or Stūpa), [Kād.]

kalaśa : N. of a man, [RV. x, 32, 9]

kalaśa : of a poet

kalaśa : of a Nāga, [MBh. v]

kalaśa : [cf. Gk. κάλιξ; Lat. calix.]

bhakṣ : (prob. a secondary form fr. √ bhaj, or Nom. fr. bhakṣá; cf. also √ bhikṣ and bhañj) cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxii, 22]) bhakṣáyati (rarely Ā. °te), and in later language also cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxi, 27]) bhakṣati, °te (pf. bhakṣayām āsa, [MBh.] &c. fut. bhakṣayiṣyati, °te, [ib.]; aor. ababhakṣat, [ŚBr.]; Pass. abhakṣi, [BhP.]; inf. bhakṣayitum, [MBh.], °kṣitum, [Pañcat.]; ind.p. bhakṣayitvā, [MBh.]; -bhakṣya, [ib.]; -bhakṣam, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]), to eat or drink, devour, partake of (with acc., in Ved. also with gen.; in the older language usually of fluids, in the later only exceptionally so), [RV.] &c. &c.; to sting, bite, [Kathās.]; to consume, use up, waste, destroy, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to drain the resources of, impoverish, [Kām.] : Caus. bhakṣáyati See above; to cause anything (acc.) to be eaten by (acc. or instr.), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], Vārtt. 7, [Pat.] : Desid. bibhakṣiṣati or °kṣayiṣati, to wish to eat or devour, [MBh.]; [ĀpŚr.], Sch. (cf. bibhakṣayiṣu).