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).

vṛt : vṛ́t (ifc.; for 2. See p. 1009, col. 2) surrounding, enclosing, obstructing (see arṇo- and nadī-vṛt)

vṛt : a troop of followers or soldiers, army, host, [RV.]

vṛt : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xviii, 19]) vártate (rarely °ti; in Veda also vavartti and [once in [RV.]] vartti; Subj. vavártat, vavartati, vavṛtat; Pot. vavṛtyāt, vavṛtīya; Impv. vavṛtsva; impf. ávavṛtran, °tranta; pf. vavárta, vavṛtús, vavṛté, [RV.] [here also vāvṛté] &c. &c.; aor. avart, avṛtran Subj. vártat, vartta, [RV.]; avṛtat, [AV.] &c. &c.; avartiṣṭa Gr.; 3. pl. avṛtsata, [RV.]; 2. sg. vartithās, [MBh.]; Prec. vartiṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. vartitā Gr.; vartsyáti, °te, [AV.] &c.; vartiṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; Cond. avartsyat, [Br.]; avartiṣyata Gr.; inf. -vṛ́te, [RV.]; -vṛ́tas, [Br.]; vartitum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. vartitvā and vṛttvā Gr.; -vṛ́tya, [RV.] &c. &c.; -vártam, [Br.] &c.), to turn, turn round, revolve, roll (also applied to the rolling down of tears), [RV.] &c. &c.; to move or go on, get along, advance, proceed (with instr. ‘in a partic. way or manner’), take place, occur, be performed, come off, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be, live, exist, be found, remain, stay, abide, dwell (with ātmani na, ‘to be not in one's right mind’; with manasi or hṛdaye, ‘to dwell or be turned or thought over in the mind’; with mūrdhni, ‘to be at the head of’, ‘to be of most importance’; kathaṃ vartate with nom. or kiṃ vartate with gen., ‘how is it with?’), [ib.]; to live on, subsist by (instr. or ind.p.), [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to pass away (as time, ciraṃ vartate gatānām, ‘it is long since we went’), [BhP.]; to depend on (loc.), [R.]; to be in a partic. condition, be engaged in or occupied with (loc.), [Āpast.]; [MBh.] &c. ; to be intent on, attend to (dat.), [R.]; to stand or be used in the sense of (loc.), [Kāś.]; to act, conduct one's self, behave towards (loc. dat., or acc.; also with itaretaram or parasparam, ‘mutually’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to act or deal with, follow a course of conduct (also with vṛttim), show, display, employ, use, act in any way (instr. or acc.) towards (loc. with parājñayā, ‘to act under another's command’; with prajā-rūpeṇa, ‘to assume the form of a son’; with priyám, ‘to act kindly’; with svāni, ‘to mind one's own business’; kim idam vartase, ‘what are you doing there?’), [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to tend or turn to, prove as (dat.), [Śukas.]; to be or exist or live at a partic. time, be alive or present (cf. vartamāna, vartiṣyamāṇa, and vartsyat, p. 925), [MBh.] &c. &c.; to continue (with an ind.p., atītya vartante, ‘they continue to excel’; iti vartate me buddhiḥ, ‘such continues my opinion’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to hold good, continue in force, be supplied from what precedes, [Pat.], [Kāś.]; to originate, arise from (abl.) or in (loc.), [BhP.]; to become, [TBr.]; to associate with (saha), [Pañcat.]; to have illicit intercourse with (loc.), [R.] : Caus. vartáyati (aor. avīvṛtat or avavartat; in [TBr.] also Ā. avavarti; inf. vartayádhyai, [RV.]; Pass. vartyate, [Br.]), to cause to turn or revolve, whirl, wave, brandish, hurl, [RV.] &c. &c.; to produce with a turning-lathe, make anything round (as a thunderbolt, a pill &c.), [RV.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; to cause to proceed or take place or be or exist, do, perform, accomplish, display, exhibit (feelings), raise or utter (a cry), shed (tears), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cause to pass (as time), spend, pass, lead a life, live, subsist on or by (instr.), enter upon a course of conduct &c. (also with vṛttim or vṛttyā or vṛttena; with bhaikṣeṇa, ‘to live by begging’), conduct one's self, behave, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to set forth, relate, recount, explain, declare, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; to begin to instruct (dat.), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; to understand, know, learn, [BhP.]; to treat, [Car.]; (in law, with śiras or śīrṣam) to offer one's self to be punished if another is proved innocent by an ordeal, [Viṣṇ.]; [Yājñ.]; ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe), [Dhātup. xxxiii, 108] : Desid. vívṛtsati, °te ([RV.]; [Br.]), vivartiṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 92]), to wish to turn &c.: Intens. (Ved., rarely in later language) várvartti, varīvartti, varīvartyáte, varīvartate, p. várvṛtat and várvṛtāna impf. 3. sg. avarīvar, 3. pl. avarīvur (Gr. also varivartti, varīvṛtīti or varivṛtīti, varvṛtīti, varīvṛtyate), to turn, roll, revolve, be, exist, prevail, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kāv.]

vṛt : [cf. Lat. vertere; Slav. vrǔtěti, vratiti; Lith. vartýti; Goth. waírthan; Germ. werden; Eng. -ward.]

vṛt : mfn. (only ifc., for 1. See p. 1007, col. 2) turning, moving, existing

vṛt : (after numerals) = ‘fold’ (see eka-, tri-, su-vṛt)

vṛt : ind. finished, ended (a gram. term used only in the [Dhātup.] and signifying that a series of roots acted on by a rule and beginning with a root followed by ādi or prabhṛti, ends with the word preceding ).

vṛt : See √ vāvṛt, p. 947, col. 1.

mā : f. a mother, [L.]

mā : measure, [L.]

mā : authority (-tva n.), [Nyāyam.]

mā : light, [L.]

mā : knowledge, [L.]

mā : binding, fettering, [L.]

mā : death, [L.]

mā : a woman's waist, [L.]

mā : mā́ ind. (causing a following ch to be changed to cch, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 74]) not, that not, lest, would that not, [RV.] &c. &c.

mā : a particle of prohibition or negation = Gk. μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive i.e. the augmentless form of a past tense (esp. of the aor., e.g. mā́ no vadhīr indra, do not slay us, O Indra, [RV.]; mā bhaiṣīḥ or mā bhaiḥ, do not be afraid, [MBh.]; tapovana-vāsinām uparodho mā bhūt, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove, [Śak.]; often also with sma, e.g. mā sma gamaḥ, do not go, [Bhag.] cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 175]; [176]; in the sense of ‘that not, lest’ also yathā mā, e.g. yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ pari-vyatkā iti, that death may not disturb you, [PraśnaUp.]; or mā yathā, e.g. mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā, lest there be any loss of time, [R.]; mā na with aor. Subj. = Ind. without a negative, e.g. mā dviṣo na vadhīr mama, do slay my enemies, [Bhaṭṭ.] cf. [Vām. v, 1, 9]; rarely with the augmentless impf. with or without sma, e.g. mainam abhibhāṣathāḥ, do not speak to him, [R.]; mā sma karot, let him not do it, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 74], Sch.; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the aor., e.g., mā kālas tvām aty-agāt, may not the season pass by thee, [MBh.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 75], Sch.)

mā : or with the Impv. (in [RV.] only [viii, 103, 6], mā no hṛṇītām [[SV.] hṛṇītās] agníḥ, may Agni not be angry with us; but very often in later language, e.g. mā kranda do not cry, [MBh.]; gaccha vā mā vā, you can go or not go, [ib.]; ripur ayam mā jāyatām, may not this foe arise, [Śāntiś.]; also with sma, e.g. mā sma kiṃ cid vaco vada do not speak a word, [MBh.])

mā : or with the Pot. (e.g. mā yamam paśyeyam, may I not see Yama; esp. mābhujema in [RV.])

mā : or with the Prec. (only once in mā bhūyāt, may it not be, [R. [B.] ii, 75, 45])

mā : or sometimes with the fut. (= that not, lest, e.g. mā tvāṃ śapsye, lest I curse thee, [MBh.] cf. [Vop. xxv, 27])

mā : or with a participle (e.g. mā jīvanyo duḥkhadagdho jīvati, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain, [Pañcat.]; gataḥ sa mā, he cannot have gone, [Kathās.]; maīvamprārthyam, it must not be so requested, [BhP.])

mā : sometimes for the simple negative na (e.g. katham mā bhūt, how may it not be, [Kathās.]; mā gantum arhasi, thou oughtest not to go, [R.]; mā bhūd āgataḥ, can he not i.e. surely he must have arrived, [Amar.])

mā : occasionally without a verb (e. g. mā śabdaḥ or śabdam, do not make a noise, [Hariv.]; mā nāma rakṣiṇaḥ, may it not be the watchmen, [Mṛcch.]; mā bhavantam analaḥ pavano vā, may not fire or wind harm thee, [Vām. v, 1, 14]; esp. = not so, e.g. mā prātṛda, not so, O Pr°, [ŚBr.]; in this meaning also mā mā, mā maivam, mā tāvat)

mā : in the Veda often with u (mó) = and not, nor (e.g. mā́ maghónaḥ pári khyatam mó asmā́kam ṛ́ṣṇām, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets, [RV. v, 65, 6]; and then usually followed by ṣú = sú, e.g. mo ṣú ṇaḥ nírṛtir vadhīt, let not N° on any account destroy us, [i, 38, 6])

mā : in [ŚBr.] sma mā — mó sma = neither — nor (in a prohibitive sense).

mā : cl. 3. P. mímāti (accord. to [Dhātup. xxv, 6] Ā. mimīte, [SV.] mimeti; Pot. mimīyat, [Kāṭh.]; pf., mimāya; aor. ámīmet Subj. mīmayat; inf. mā́tavaí), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] : Intens., only pr. p. mémyat, bleating (as a goat), [RV. i, 162, 2.]

mā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 54]) māti; cl. 3. Ā. ([xxv, 6]) mímīte; cl. 4. Ā. ([xxvi, 33]) māyate (Ved. and ep. also mimāti Pot. mimīyāt Impv., mimīhi; Pot. mimet, [Br.]; pf. mamaú, mame, mamiré, [RV.]; aor. ámāsi Subj. mā́sātai, [AV.]; amāsīt Gr.; Prec. māsīṣṭa, meyāt, [ib.]; fut. mātā; māsyati, māsyate, [ib.]; inf. -mé, -maí, [RV.]; mātum, [Br.]; ind.p. mitvā́, -mā́ya, [RV.] &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, [RV.] &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, [RV.]; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instr.), [Kum.]; (māti) to correspond in measure (either with gen., ‘to be large or long enough for’, [BhP.]; or with loc., ‘to find room or be contained in’, [Inscr.]; [Kāv.]; or with na and instr., ‘to be beside one's self with’, [Vcar.]; [Kathās.]); to measure out, apportion, grant, [RV.]; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), [ib.], [i, 120, 9]; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, [RV.]; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta, ‘he displayed or developed himself’, [iii, 29, 11]), [ib.]; (in phil.) to infer, conclude; to pray (yācñā-karmaṇi), [Naigh. iii, 19] : Pass. mīyáte (aor. amāyi); to be measured &c., [RV.]; &c. Caus., māpayati, °te (aor. amīmapat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Vārtt. 2 [Pat.]), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, [Up.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. mitsati, °te, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]; [58] (cf. nir-√ mā) : Intens. memīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]

mā : [cf. Zd. mā; Gk. μέτρον, μετρέω; Lat. mētior, mensus, mensura; Slav. měra; Lith. mėrà.]

mā : f. See under ma, p. 771, col. 2.

anu : mfn. = aṇu, q.v., [L.]

anu : ánu m. a non-Āryan man, [RV.]

anu : N. of a king (one of Yayāti's sons)

anu : of a non-Āryan tribe, [MBh.] &c.

anu : ánu ind. (as a prefix to verbs and nouns, expresses) after, along, alongside, lengthwise, near to, under, subordinate to, with. (When prefixed to nouns, especially in adverbial compounds), according to, severally, each by each, orderly, methodically, one after another, repeatedly. (As a separable preposition, with accusative) after, along, over, near to, through, to, towards, at, according to, in order, agreeably to, in regard to, inferior to, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 86.] (As a separable adverb) after, afterwards, thereupon, again, further, then, next.

gā : f. a song, [L.]

gā : cl. 3. P. jígāti ([RV.]; jagāti, [Naigh. ii, 14] (v.l.); Subj. jígāt; Impv. jígātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, [BhP. i, 9, 40]; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu- and upa-], 2. sg. gā́s, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gātá, 3. pl. gur; [perf. jigāya, see ud-], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [[Naigh. ii, 14]] [RV. x, 28, 1]; inf. gā́tave, [RV. ii, 3, 1]; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi-; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45] and [77]; cl. 2. P. gā́ti, [Naigh. ii, 14]; Ā. gāte, [Dhātup. xxii, 53]) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc.), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to go after, pursue, [RV. iv, 3, 13]; [x, 18, 4]; to fall to one's (dat.) share, be one's (acc.) due, [viii, 45, 32]; [Ragh. xi, 73]; to come into any state or condition (acc.), undergo, obtain, [MBh. iii, 10697]; [R.] &c.; to go away (from abl.; to any place loc.), [RV. x, 108, 9]; to come to an end, [Naiṣ. viii, 109]; to walk (on a path acc. or instr.), [RV. viii, 2, 39] and [5, 39]; (jigāti) to be born, [Vop.] on [Dhātup. xxv, 25] : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, [BhP. ii, 10, 25];

gā : [cf. βίβημι, ἔβην; Old Germ. gām, gās, &c.; Goth. ga-tvo; Eng. to go.]

gā : mfn. Ved. ifc. ‘going’ (cf. a-gā; agre-, tamo-, puro-, samana- and svasti-gā́), [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67.]

gā : mfn. (√ gai) ifc. ‘singing’, see sāma-gā

gā : f. See s.v. 3. ga.

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].

sac : (connected with √ 2. sajj, sañj, sakh; cf. √ sap) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. vi, 2]) sácate (in [RV.] also P. sacati and síṣakti, 2. sg. sáścasi, 3. pl. saścati, 2. 3. pl. saścata, 1. sg. Ā. saśce; p. sácamāna, sacāná and sáścat or saścát [q.v.]; pf. Ved. saścima, saścúḥ; Ā. saściré, [RV.]; secire, [AV.]; aor. 3. pl. asakṣata, [RV.]; sakṣat, sakṣata, sakṣante, sakṣīmáhi, [ib.]; asaciṣṭa Gr.; fut. sacitā, saciṣyate, [ib.]; inf. sacádhyai, [RV.]), to be associated or united with, have to do with, be familiar with, associate one's self with (instr.), [RV.]; [AV.]; be possessed of, enjoy (instr. or acc.), [ib.]; to take part or participate in, suffer, endure (instr.), [RV.]; to belong to, be attached or devoted to, serve, follow, seek, pursue, favour, assist (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; to be connected with (instr.), [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51]; to fall to the lot of (acc.), [ŚBr.]; to be together, [RV.]; [AV.]; (síṣakti), to go after, follow, accompany, adhere or be attached to (acc.), [RV.]; to help any one to anything (two dat.), [ib.]; to abide in (loc.), [ib.]; (3. pl. saścati and saścata), to follow, obey, [RV.]; to belong to (acc.), [ib.]; to be devoted to or fond of (acc.), [ib.]

sac : [cf. Gk. ἕπομαι; Lat. sequor; Lith. sekù.]

sac : (ifc. strong form sāc), in apatya-, ayajñasac, āyu-ṣak &c. (qq.vv.)

sac : = √ sañj in ā-√ sac, to adhere to, [MaitrS.]; [Kāṭh.]

sac : in comp. for sat.

agnīṣomā : agnī́-ṣómā or agnī́-ṣó°mau, m. du. Agni and Soma, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

punarvasu : púnar—vasu (púnar-), m. ‘restoring goods’, N. of the 5th or 7th lunar mansion, [RV.] &c. &c. (mostly du. cf. [Pāṇ. i, 2, 61]; -tvá n., [MaitrS.])

punarvasu : N. of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]

punarvasu : of Śiva, [L.]

punarvasu : of Kātyāyana or Vararuci, [L.]

punarvasu : of a son of Taittiri (son of Abhijit and father of Āhuka), [Hariv.]

punarvasu : of a son of Abhijit (Ari-dyota) and father of Āhuka, [Pur.]

punarvasu : of other men, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 61], Sch.

punarvasu : of a partic. world, [L.]

punarvasu : commencement of wealth, [L.]

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].

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.]

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.]