dhana : dhána n. the prize of a contest or the contest itself (lit. a running match, race, or the thing raced for; hitáṃ dhánam, a proposed prize or contest; dhanaṃ-√ ji, to win the prize or the fight), [RV.]

dhana : booty, prey (dhanam-√ bhṛ Ā., to carry off the prize or booty), [RV.]; [AV.]

dhana : any valued object, (esp.) wealth, riches, (movable) property, money, treasure, gift, [RV.] &c. &c.

dhana : capital (opp. to vṛddhi interest), [Yājñ. ii, 58]

dhana : = go-dhana, [Hariv. 3886]

dhana : (arithm.) the affirmative quantity or plus (opp. to ṛṇa, kṣaya, vyaya, hāni)

dhana : N. of the 2nd mansion, [Var.]

dhana : dhána m. N. of a merchant, [HPariś.]; [Siṃhās.]

na : the dental nasal (found at the beginning of words and before or after dental consonants as well as between vowels; subject to conversion into ṇa, [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 1]-[39]).

na : ná ind. not, no, nor, neither, [RV.] (nā, [x, 34, 8]) &c. &c. (as well in simple negation as in wishing, requesting and commanding, except in prohibition before an Impv. or an augmentless aor. [cf. 1. mā]; in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated, e.g. [Mn. iv, 34]; or strengthened by another particle, esp. at the second place or further on in the sentence, e.g. by u [cf. no], utá, api, cāpi, vā, vāpi or atha vā, [RV. i, 170, 1]; [151, 9]; [Nal. iii, 24], &c.; it may even be replaced by ca, vā, api ca, api vā, &c. alone, as, [Mn. ii, 98]; [Nal. i, 14], &c.; often joined with other particles, beside those mentioned above esp. with a following tu, tv eva, tv eva tu, ced, q.v., khalu, q.v., ha [cf. g. cādi and [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 31]] &c.; before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instr. or abl. it expresses deficiency, e.g. ekayā na viṃśati, not 20 by 1 i.e. 19 [ŚBr.]; pañcabhir na catvāri śatāni, 395 [ib.]; with another or an a priv. it generally forms a strong affirmation [cf. [Vām. v, 1, 9]] e.g. neyaṃ na vakṣyati, she will most certainly declare, [Śak. iii, 9]; nādaṇḍyo 'sti, he must certainly be punished, [Mn. viii, 335]; it may also, like a, form compounds, [Vām. v, 2, 13] [cf. below])

na : that not, lest, for fear lest (with Pot.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Daś.] &c.

na : like, as, as it were (only in Veda and later artificial language, e.g. gauro na tṛṣitaḥ piba, drink like [lit. ‘not’ i.e. ‘although not being’] a thirsty deer; in this sense it does not coalesce metrically with a following vowel).

na : [cf. Gk. νη-; Lat. ně-; Angl.Sax. ne, ‘not’; Engl. no, &c.]

na : mfn. ([L.]) thin, spare

na : vacant, empty

na : identical

na : unvexed, unbroken

na : m. band, fetter

na : jewel, pearl

na : war

na : gift

na : welfare

na : N. of Buddha

na : N. of Gaṇeśa

na : = prastuta

na : = dviraṇḍa (?)

syandra : syandrá mfn. running, rushing, swift, fleet, [RV.]

syandra : transient, transitory, [ib.]

bahulam : bahulám (am), ind., often, frequently, [Nir.]; [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.]

bahula : bahulá mf(A/)n. thick, dense, broad, wide, spacious, ample, large, [RV.] &c. &c.

bahula : abundant, numerous, many, much, [ib.] (am ind. often, frequently, [Nir.]; [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.])

bahula : accompanied by, attended with, [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

bahula : (in gram.) variously applicable, comprehensive (as a rule)

bahula : born under the Pleiades, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 33]

bahula : black, [L.]

bahula : bahulá m. (or n. ?) the dark half of a month, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

bahula : bahulá m. Agni or fire, [L.]

bahula : N. of a Prajāpati, [VP.]

bahula : of a king of the Tāla-jaṅghas, [MBh.]

bahula : bahulá m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]

bahula : bahulá n. the sky, [L.]

bahula : factitious black salt, [L.]

bahula : white pepper, [L.]

bahula : a partic. high number, [Buddh.]

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

ayam : ayám this one. See idám.

tīvra : tīvrá mf(A)n. (fr. tiv-ra, √ tu) strong, severe, violent, intense, hot, pervading, excessive, ardent, sharp, acute, pungent, horrible, [RV.] &c.

tīvra : tīvrá m. sharpness, pungency, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 8], Vārtt. 3., [Pat.]

tīvra : for °vara (?) g. rājanyādi

tīvra : Śiva

tīvra : tīvrá n. pungency, [W.]

tīvra : a shore (for 2. tīra ?), [Uṇ.] k.

tīvra : tin (cf. 1. tīra), [ib.]

tīvra : steel, [L.]

tīvra : iron, [L.]

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.]

su : cl. 1. P. Ā. savati, °te, to go, move, [Dhātup. xxii, 42] ([Vop.] sru).

su : (= √ 1. sū) cl. 1. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 43] and [xxiv, 32]; savati, sauti, only in 3. sg. pr. sauti and 2. sg. Impv. suhi) to urge, impel, incite, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; to possess supremacy, [Dhātup.]

su : cl. 5. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 1]) sunóti, sunute (in [RV.] 3. pl. sunvánti, sunviré [with pass. sense] and suṣvati; p. sunvát or sunvāná [the latter with act. and pass. sense] [ib.]; pf. suṣāva, suṣuma &c., [ib.]; [MBh.]; p. in Veda suṣuvás and suṣvāṇá [the later generally with pass. sense; accord. to [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 106], also suṣuvāṇa with act. sense]; aor. accord. to Gr. asāvīt or asauṣīt, asoṣṭa or asaviṣṭa; in [RV.] also Impv. sótu, sutám, and p. [mostly pass.] suvāná [but the spoken form is svāná and so written in [SV.], suv° in [RV.]]; and 3. pl. asuṣavuḥ, [AitBr.]; fut. sotā, [ib.]; soṣyati, [KātyŚr.]; saviṣyati, [ŚBr.]; inf. sótave, sótos, [RV.] : [Br.]; sotum Gr.; ind.p. -sútya, [Br.]; -sūya, [MBh.]), to press out, extract (esp. the juice from the Soma plant for libations), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Up.]; [MBh.]; to distil, prepare (wine, spirits &c.) Sch. on [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 132] : Pass. sūyáte (in [RV.] also Ā. 3. sg. sunve and 3. pl. sunviré with pass. sense; aor. ásāvi, [ib.]) : Caus. -sāvayati or -ṣāvayati (see abhi-ṣu and pra-√ su; aor. asūṣavat, accord. to some asīṣavat) Gr.: Desid. of Caus. suṣāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. susūṣati, °te, [ib.] : Intens. soṣūyate, soṣavīti, soṣoti, [ib.]

su : (= √ 2. sū), (only in 3. sg. sauti See pra-√ sū) to beget, bring forth.

su : sú ind. (opp. to dus and corresponding in sense to Gk. εὖ; perhaps connected with 1. vásu, and, accord. to some, with pron. base sa, as ku with ka; in Veda also sū́ and liable to become ṣu or ṣū and to lengthen a preceding vowel, while a following na may become ṇa; it may be used as an adj. or adv.), good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very, any, easily, willingly, quickly (in older language often with other particles; esp. with u, = ‘forthwith, immediately’; with mo i.e. mā u, = ‘never, by no means’ ; sú kam often emphatically with an Impv., e.g. tíṣṭhā sú kam maghavan mā́ parā gāḥ, ‘do tarry O Maghavan, go not past’, [RV. iii, 53, 2]; always qualifies the meaning of a verb and is never used independently at the beginning of a verse; in later language it is rarely a separate word, but is mostly prefixed to substantives, adjectives, adverbs and participles, exceptionally also to an ind.p., e.g. su-baddhvā, ‘having well bound’, [Mṛcch. x, 50]; or even to a finite verb, e.g. su-nirvavau, [Śiś. vi, 58]), [RV.] &c.;

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sa : the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).

sa : (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)

sa : (in music) an abbreviated term for ṣaḍ-ja (see p. 1109, col. 2).

sa : m. (only [L.]) a snake

sa : air, wind

sa : a bird

sa : N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva

sa : n. knowledge

sa : meditation

sa : a carriage road

sa : a fence.

sa : mfn. (fr. √ san) procuring, bestowing (only ifc.; cf. palu-ṣá and priya-sá).

sa : sá the actual base for the nom. case of the 3rd pers. pron. tád, q.v. (occurring only in the nom. sg. mf. [sá or sás, sā], and in the Ved. loc. [sásmin, [RV. i, 152, 6]; [i, 174, 4]; [x, 95, 11]]; the final s of the nom. m. is dropped before all consonants [except before p in [RV. v, 2, 4], and before t in [RV. viii, 33, 16]] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga; occasionally blends with another vowel [as in saīṣaḥ]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pron. as with aham, tvam, eṣa, ayam &c. [e.g. so 'ham, sa tvam, ‘I (or thou) that very person’; cf. under tád, p. 434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd pers. even if aham or tvam be omitted [e.g. sa tvā pṛcchāmi ‘I that very person ask you’, [BṛĀrUp.]; sa vai no brūhi ‘do thou tell us’, [ŚBr.]]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with bhavān [e.g. sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām, ‘let your Highness set out for victory’, [Śak.]]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Brāhmaṇas] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adv. such as ya, yad, yadi, yathā, ced; in this position may be used pleonastically or as a kind of ind., even where another gender or number is required [e.g. sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhananti, ‘if those waters are stagnant’, [ŚBr.]]; in the Sāṃkhya , like eṣa, ka, and ya, is used to denote Puruṣa, ‘the Universal Soul’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sa : [cf. Zd. hō, hā; Gk. ὁ, ἡ.]

sa : ind. (connected with saha, sam, sama, and occasionally in [BhP.] standing for saha with instr.) an inseparable prefix expressing ‘junction’, ‘conjunction’, ‘possession’ (as opp. to a priv.), ‘similarity’, ‘equality’

sa : (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by ‘with’, ‘together or along with’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘added to’, ‘having’, ‘possessing’, ‘containing’, ‘having the same’ [cf. sa-kopa, sāgni, sa-bhāya, sa-droṇa, sa-dharman, sa-varṇa]; or it may = ‘ly’, as in sa-kopam, ‘angrily’, sopadhi, ‘fraudulently’), [RV.]; &c.

sa : [cf. Gk. ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Lat. sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper Eng. same.]

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śatru : śátru m. (said to be for śat-tru, fr. √ 2. śad), ‘overthrower’, an enemy, foe, rival, a hostile king (esp. a neighbouring king as a natural enemy), [RV.] &c. &c.

śatru : the 6th astrological mansion,[VarYogay.]

śatru : Asparagus Racemosus, [L.]

śatru : N. of an Asura, [MBh. i, 2543] (perhaps krodha-śatru as one word).

śatru : [cf. Gk., κότος, κοτέω; Germ. Hader, Hass, hassen; Eng. hate.]

sutuka : su—túka mf(A)n. (fr. √ tuk = tak) running swiftly, [RV.]

prātar : prātár ind. (fr. 1. pra; prā́tar, [Uṇ. v, 59]) in the early morning, at daybreak, at dawn, [RV.] &c. &c. (prātaḥ prātaḥ, every morning, [Daś.])

prātar : next morning, to-morrow, [AV.] &c. &c.

prātar : Morning personified as a son of Puṣpārṇa and Prabhā, [BhP.]

prātar : [cf. Gk. πρωΐ; Germ. fruo, früh.]

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).

svaṣṭra : sv-áṣṭra mfn. armed with an excellent goad, [RV.]

yuvati : yuvatí f. a girl, young woman, any young female animal, [RV.] &c. &c. (in [RV.] applied to Uṣas, Night and Morning, Heaven and Earth &c.; with śaryā, prob. ‘an arrow just shot off’; but cf. yuvā́; ifc. as f. for yuvan, a youth, e.g. sa-bāla-vṛddhayuvatiḥ purī, a town with boys, old and young men, [Hariv.])

yuvati : turmeric, [L.]

yu : (cf. √ yuch) cl. 3. P. yuyóti (Impv. 2. sg. yuyodhí, [RV.]; yuyudhi, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 88], Sch.; 2. du. yuyotam or yuyutám, [RV.]; 2. pl. yuyóta or °tana, [ib.]; Ā. Subj. 2. sg. : yuyothās, [ib.]; Ā. impf. 3. pl. ayuvanta, [AV.]; aor. P. yaus, ayauṣīt; Subj. yoṣati, yoṣat, [RV.]; yūṣat, [AV.]; yūyāt, yūyātām, [Br.]; yūyot, [RV.]; yāvīs, [ib.]; Ā. yoṣṭhās, [Br.]; yavanta, [RV.]; Pass. áyāvi, [ib.]; inf. yótave, °tavaí, °tos, [ib.]; -yāvam, [AV.]), to separate, keep or drive away, ward off (acc.), exclude or protect from (abl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; to keep aloof, to be or remain separated from (abl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] : Caus. yaváyati or yāváyati, to cause to separate or remove or keep off &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] : Intens. yoyavīti (impf. áyoyavīt ; p. yóyuvat), to retreat back, recede, [RV.]; to be rent, gape asunder, [ib.]; to keep off from (abl.), [MaitrS.]

yu : (cf. √ yuj) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 23]) yauti (Ved. also Ā. yuté and cl. 6. yuváti, °te; accord. to [Dhātup. xxxi, 9] also cl. 9. yunāti, yunīte; pf. yuyāva, 2. sg. yuyavitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 126], Sch.; yuyuvé, [RV.]; aor. -yāviṣṭam (?), [ib.]; ayaviṣṭa Gr.; Prec. yūyāt, [ib.]; fut. yuvitā, [ŚBr.]; yavitā, yaviṣyati, °te Gr.; ind.p. yutvā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 11], Sch.; -yūya, [RV.]; -yutya, [GṛŚrS.]), to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten, [RV.]; to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast, [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; to push on towards (acc.), [AV.]; to confer or bestow upon (dat.), procure, [RV.]; (yauti), to worship, honour, [Naigh. iii, 14] : Pass. yūyate (aor. ayāvi) Gr.: Caus. yāvayati (aor. ayīyavat), [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. yiyāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. yúyūṣati ([RV.]), yiyaviṣati (Gr.), to wish to unite or hold fast: Intens. yoyūyate, yoyoti, yoyavīti &c. (see ā-, ni-√ yu).

yu : yú mfn. (√ yā) going, moving, [RV. i, 74, 7]; [x, 176, 3] ([viii, 18, 13] ?).

yu : the actual base of the du. and pl. numbers of the 2nd pers. pron. (see yuṣmad).

hanti : f. the root or verb han, [Nyāyam.]

han : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 2]) hanti (3. du. hatáḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl. 1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, °ti; Pot. hanyāt, [Br.] also hánīta, ghnīta; Impv. jahí, [TĀr.] handhí; impf. áhan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta; p. jaghnat, ghnamāna, [MBh.]; pf. jaghā́na, jaghnúḥ, [Br.] and ep. also jaghne, °nire, Subj. jaghánat, [RV.]; p. jaghnivás, Ved. also jaghanvas; aor. ahānīt, [JaimBr.] [cf. √ vadh]; fut. hantā, [MBh.]; haṃsyati, [ib.]; haniṣyáti, °te, [AV.] &c.; inf. hántum, Ved. also hántave, °tavaí, °toḥ; ind.p. hatvā́, Ved. also °tvī́, °tvāya, -hatya; -hanya, [MBh.]; -ghā́tam, [Br.] &c.), to strike, beat (also a drum), pound, hammer (acc.), strike &c. upon (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy, [ib.]; to put to death, cause to be executed, [Mn.]; [Hit.]; to strike off, [Kathās.]; to ward off, avert, [MBh.]; to hurt, wound (the heart), [R.]; to hurl (a dart) upon (gen.), [RV.]; (in astron.) to touch, come into contact, [VarBṛS.]; to obstruct, hinder, [Rājat.]; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow &c.), [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; (?) to go, move, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Pass. hanyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. avadhi or aghāni), to be struck or killed, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. ghātayati, °te (properly a Nom. fr. ghāta, q.v.; aor. ajīghatat or ajīghanat), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃ ghātayati = kaṃsa-vadham ācaṣṭe), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 6 [Pat.]; to mar, destroy, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] (v.l.) : Desid. jíghāṃsati, °te (Pot. jighāṃsīyat, [MBh.]; impf. ajighāṃsīḥ, [ŚBr.]), to wish to kill or destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.: Intens. jáṅghanti ([RV.]; p. jaṅghanat, jáṅghnat or ghánighnat), jaṅghanyate (with pass. sense, [MuṇḍUp.]), jeghnīyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31]), to strike = tread upon (loc. or acc.), [RV.]; to slay, kill, [ib.]; to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm), [ib.]; to hurt, injure, wound, [MuṇḍUp.]

han : [cf. Gk. θείνω, θάνατος; ϕόνος, ἔπεϕνον πέϕαται; Lat. de-fendere, of-fendere; Lit. genu, gíti; Slav. gǔnati.]

han : mf(GnI)n. killing, a killer, slayer (only ifc.; see ari-, tamo-han &c.)

vṛtra : vṛtrá m. (only once in [TS.]) or n. (mostly in pl.) ‘coverer, investor, restrainer’, an enemy, foe, hostile host, [RV.]; [TS.]

vṛtra : vṛtrá m. N. of the Vedic personification of an imaginary malignant influence or demon of darkness and drought (supposed to take possession of the clouds, causing them to obstruct the clearness of the sky and keep back the waters; Indra is represented as battling with this evil influence in the pent up clouds poetically pictured as mountains or castles which are shattered by his thunderbolt and made to open their receptacles [cf. esp. [RV. i, 31]]; as a Dānava, Vṛtra is a son of Tvaṣṭṛ, or of Danu q.v., and is often identified with Ahi, the serpent of the sky, and associated with other evil spirits, such as Śuṣṇa, Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Uraṇa, whose malignant influences are generally exercised in producing darkness or drought), [RV.] &c. &c.

vṛtra : a thunder-cloud, [RV. iv, 10, 5] (cf. [Naigh. i, 10])

vṛtra : darkness, [L.]

vṛtra : a wheel, [L.]

vṛtra : a mountain, [L.]

vṛtra : N. of a partic. mountain, [L.]

vṛtra : a stone, [KātyŚr.], Sch.

vṛtra : N. of Indra (?), [L.]

vṛtra : vṛtrá n. wealth (= dhana), [L.] (v.l. vitta)

vṛtra : sound, noise (= dhvani), [L.]