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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sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

īm : ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), Ved. a particle of affirmation and restriction (generally after short words at the beginning of a period, or after the relative pronouns, the conjunction yad, prepositions and particles such as āt, uta, atha, &c.) has also the sense ‘now’ (= idānīm), and is by, [Sāy.] sometimes considered as an acc. case for enam, [RV.]; [VS.]

satya : satyá mf(A)n. true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid (satyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to make true, ratify, realise, fulfil’), [RV.] &c. &c.

satya : satyá m. the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; see loka), [L.]

satya : N. of the ninth Kalpa (q.v.), [Pur.]

satya : the Aśvattha tree, [L.]

satya : N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]

satya : of Rāma-candra, [L.]

satya : of a supernatural being, [Gaut.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Hcat.]

satya : of a deity presiding over the Nāndī-mukha Śrāddha, [L.]

satya : of one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [Cat.]

satya : of a Vyāsa, [Cat.]

satya : of a son of Havir-dhāna, [BhP.]

satya : of a son of Vitatya, [MBh.]

satya : of one of the 7 Ṛṣis in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

satya : (with ācārya) N. of an astronomer (author of the Horā-śāstra), [VarBṛS.]

satya : pl. N. of a class of gods in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

satya : satyá (am), n. truth, reality (satyena, ‘truly’, ‘certainly’, ‘really’; kásmāt sátyāt, ‘for what reason, how is it that?’ téna satyéna, ‘for that reason, so truly’; yathā-tena [or evaṃ] satyena, ‘as-so truly’; with Buddhists truth is of two kinds, viz. saṃvṛti- and paramārtha-satyam, ‘truth by general consent’ and ‘self-evident truth’, [Dharmas. 95]; for the four fundamental truths of Buddhists See [MWB. 43]; [56]), [RV.] &c. &c.

satya : speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity, [KenUp.]; [Mn.]; [R.] &c.

satya : a solemn asseveration, vow, promise, oath (satyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇa, ‘wishing to fulfil one's promise or keep one's word’), [AV.] &c. &c.

satya : demonstrated conclusion, dogma, [W.]

satya : the quality of goodness or purity or knowledge, [MW.]

satya : the first of the four Yugas or ages (= 1. -kṛtá, q.v.), [L.]

satya : a partic. mythical weapon, [R.]

satya : the uppermost of the 7 Lokas (see under m.), [Vedāntas.]; [BhP.]

satya : one of the 7 Vyāhṛtis, [L.]

satya : partic. Satya-formula, [ĀśvŚr.]

satya : = udaka, water, [Naigh. i, 12]

satya : (also with prajāpateḥ) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; [ŚrS.]

satya : &c. See p. 1135, col. 3.

sakhi : sákhi m. (strong cases nom. sákhā pl. sákhāyaḥ; acc. sg. sákhāyam; gen. abl. sákhyus; other cases regularly from ) a friend, assistant, companion, [RV.] &c. &c.

sakhi : the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law, [Gal.]

sakhi : [cf. Lat. socius.]

śuc : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. vii, 1]) śocati (Ved. and ep. also °te; once in [ŚBr.] -śucyati [cf. saṃ-√ śuc]; and in [MBh. iii, 2372] śocimi; pf. śuśoca Impv. śuśugdhi Pot. śuśucīta, p. śuśukvás and śuśucāná, aor. aśucat [p. śucát and śucámāna] [RV.]; aśocīt [2. sg. śocīḥ] [Br.]; aśociṣṭa Gr.; Prec. śucyāsam, [ib.]; fut. śoktā or śocitā, [ib.]; śuciṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c. &c.; inf. śucádhyai, [RV.]; śoktum or śocitum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śocitvā, [MBh.]; śucitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26]) to shine, flame, gleam, glow, burn, [RV.]; [Br.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; to suffer violent heat or pain, be sorrowful or afflicted, grieve, mourn at or for (loc. or acc. with prati), [TS.] &c. &c.; to bewail, lament, regret (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be absorbed in deep meditation, [MW.]; (cl. 4. P. Ā. śucyati, °te) to be bright or pure, [Dhātup. xxvi, 56] (cf. Caus. and śuci); to be wet, [ib.]; to decay, be putrid, stink, [ib.] : Pass. (only aor. áśoci) to be kindled, burn, flame, [RV. vii, 67, 2] : Caus. śocáyati, °te (p. śucáyat [q.v.] [RV.]; aor. aśūśucat, śūśucat, [AV.]; [Br.]), to set on fire, burn, [RV.]; [TBr.]; to cause to suffer pain, afflict, distress, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; to feel pain or sorrow, grieve, mourn, [MBh.]; to lament, regret, [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]; to purify, [VarYogay.]; [Kathās.] : Pass. of Caus. śocyate, [Kāv.] : Desid. śuśuciṣati or śuśociṣati, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26] : Intens. śośucyate, śośokti, to shine or flame brightly Gr. (only śóśucan, [RV. vi, 66, 3]; cf. śóśucat, śóśucāna, śośucyamāna).

śuc : śúc mfn. shining, illumining (see tri- and viśva-śúc)

śuc : śúc f. flame, glow, heat, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

śuc : brightness, lustre, [RV.]

śuc : (also pl.) pain, sorrow, grief or regret for (comp.), [AV.] &c. &c.

śuc : pl. tears, [BhP.]

śuc : cl. 4. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 56]) See under √ 1. .

godhāyas : gó—dhāyas (gó-), mfn. supporting or fostering cows, [RV. vi, 67, 7.]

vi : ví m. (nom. vís or vés acc. vím gen. abl. vés; pl. nom. acc. váyas [acc. vīn, [Bhaṭṭ.]]; víbhis, víbhyas, vīnā́m) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.], (also occurring in later language).

vi : [cf. 1. váyas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]

vi : n. an artificial word said to be = anna, [ŚBr.]

vi : ví ind. (prob. for an original dvi, meaning ‘in two parts’; and opp. to sam, q.v.) apart, asunder, in different directions, to and fro, about, away, away from, off, without, [RV.] &c. &c. In [RV.] it appears also as a prep. with acc. denoting ‘through’ or ‘between’ (with ellipse of the verb, e.g. [i, 181, 5]; [x, 86, 20] &c.) It is esp. used as a prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express ‘division’, ‘distinction’, ‘distribution’, ‘arrangement’, ‘order’, ‘opposition’, or ‘deliberation’ (cf. vi-√ bhid, -śiṣ, -dhā, -rudh, -car, with their nominal derivatives)

vi : sometimes it gives a meaning opposite to the idea contained in the simple root (e.g. √ krī, ‘to buy’; vi-√ krī, ‘to sell’), or it intensifies that idea (e.g. √ hiṃs, ‘to injure’; vi-√ hiṃs, ‘to injure severely’). The above 3. ví may also be used in forming compounds not immediately referable to verbs, in which cases it may express ‘difference’ (cf. 1. vi-lakṣaṇa), ‘change’ or ‘variety’ (cf. vi-citra), ‘intensity’ (cf. vi-karāla), ‘manifoldness’ (cf. vi-vidha), ‘contrariety’ (cf. vi-loma), ‘deviation from right’ (cf. vi-śīla), ‘negation’ or ‘privation’ (cf. vi-kaccha, being often used like 3. a, nir, and nis [qq.vv.], and like the Lat. dis, se, and the English a, dis, in, un &c.)

vi : in some cases it does not seem to modify the meaning of the simple word at all (cf. vi-jāmi, vi-jāmātṛ)

vi : it is also used to form proper names out of other proper names (e.g. vi-koka, vi-pṛthu, vi-viṃśa). To save space such words are here mostly collected under one article

vi : but words having several subordinate compounds will be found s.v.

dṛ : cl. 6. Ā. driyáte (ep. also °ti), to respect, honour ([Dhātup. xxviii, 118]); occurring only with prep. ā cf. ā-√ dṛ; Desid. didariṣate, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 75.]

brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]

brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.]

brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100]

brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83])

brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.]

brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]

brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.)

brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10]

brahman : final emancipation, [L.]

brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen]

brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3]

brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c.

brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.]

brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.]

brahman : the sun, [L.]

brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch.

brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.]

brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.]

brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]

brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.]

brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.]

brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.]

brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.]

pati : páti m. (cf. √ pat; when uncompounded and meaning ‘husband’ instr. pátyā; dat. pátye; gen. abl. pátyur; loc. pátyau; but when meaning ‘lord, master’, and ifc. regularly inflected with exceptions; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 8]; [9]) a master, owner, possessor, lord, ruler, sovereign, [RV.] &c. &c.

pati : a husband, [ib.] (in comp. either with the stem or with the gen., e.g. duhitṛ-p° or °tuḥ-p°, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 24]; when mfn. f. = m., e.g. -jīvat-patyā tvayā, [R. ii, 24, 8], or patikā, e.g. pramīta-patikā, [Mn. ix, 68])

pati : one of the 2 entities (with pāśupatás), [RTL. 89]

pati : a root, [L.]

pati : páti f. a female possessor, mistress, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 33], Sch.

pati : a wife (vṛddha-p° = -patnī, the wife of an old man, [ib.] [34], Sch.)

pati : f. = gati, going, motion.

pati : [cf. Gk. πόσις, ‘husband’; Lat. potis, pos-sum for potis-sum; Lith. patìs, ‘husband’; Goth. (bruth-)faths, ‘bridegroom’]

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan mfn. (acc. vṛ́ṣāṇam or vṛ́ṣaṇam nom. pl. °ṣāṇas; prob. originally ‘raining, sprinkling, impregnating’) manly, vigorous, powerful, strong, mighty, great (applied to animate and inanimate objects), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] (superl. -tama)

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan m. a man, male, any male animal, a bull, stallion &c. (also N. of various gods, as implying strength, esp. of Indra and the Maruts), [ib.]

vṛṣan : (ifc.) chief, lord (e.g. kṣiti-, kṣmā-v°, lord of the earth, prince), [Rājat.]

vṛṣan : a kind of metre, [RPrāt.]

vṛṣan : N. of a man, [RV.]

vṛṣan : of Karṇa, [L.]

vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan n. N. of a Sāman, [Lāṭy.]

varāha : m. (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. it denotes, ‘superiority, pre-eminence’; see g. vyāghrādi)

varāha : a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]

varāha : a bull, [Col.]

varāha : a ram, [L.]

varāha : Delphinus Gangeticus, [L.]

varāha : N. of Viṣṇu in his third or boar-incarnation (cf. varāhāvatāra), [TĀr.]; [MBh.] &c.

varāha : an array of troops in the form of a boar, [Mn. vii, 187]

varāha : a partic. measure, [L.]

varāha : Cyperus Rotundus, [L.]

varāha : yam, manioc-root, [L.]

varāha : = varāha-purāṇa and °hopaniṣad (q.v.)

varāha : N. of a Daitya, [MBh.]

varāha : of a Muni, [ib.]

varāha : of various authors (also with paṇḍita and śarman), [Cat.]

varāha : abridged fr. varāha-mihira, [ib.]; [Uṇ., Sch.]

varāha : of the son of a guardian of a temple, [Rājat.]

varāha : of a mountain, [MBh.]; [R.]

varāha : of one of the 18 Dvīpas, [L.]

gharmasveda : gharmá—sveda (°rmá-), mfn. perspiring with heat, [x, 67, 7].

draviṇa : dráviṇa n. movable property (as opp. to house and field), substance, goods (m. pl. [BhP. v, 14, 12]), wealth, money, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

draviṇa : essence, substantiality, strength, power, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [R.] &c.

draviṇa : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

draviṇa : dráviṇa m. N. of a son of Vasu Dhara (or Dhava), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]

draviṇa : of a son of Pṛthu, [BhP.]

draviṇa : of a mountain, [ib.]

draviṇa : pl. the inhabitants of a Varṣa in Krauñca-dvīpa, [ib.]

vi : ví m. (nom. vís or vés acc. vím gen. abl. vés; pl. nom. acc. váyas [acc. vīn, [Bhaṭṭ.]]; víbhis, víbhyas, vīnā́m) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.], (also occurring in later language).

vi : [cf. 1. váyas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]

vi : n. an artificial word said to be = anna, [ŚBr.]

vi : ví ind. (prob. for an original dvi, meaning ‘in two parts’; and opp. to sam, q.v.) apart, asunder, in different directions, to and fro, about, away, away from, off, without, [RV.] &c. &c. In [RV.] it appears also as a prep. with acc. denoting ‘through’ or ‘between’ (with ellipse of the verb, e.g. [i, 181, 5]; [x, 86, 20] &c.) It is esp. used as a prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express ‘division’, ‘distinction’, ‘distribution’, ‘arrangement’, ‘order’, ‘opposition’, or ‘deliberation’ (cf. vi-√ bhid, -śiṣ, -dhā, -rudh, -car, with their nominal derivatives)

vi : sometimes it gives a meaning opposite to the idea contained in the simple root (e.g. √ krī, ‘to buy’; vi-√ krī, ‘to sell’), or it intensifies that idea (e.g. √ hiṃs, ‘to injure’; vi-√ hiṃs, ‘to injure severely’). The above 3. ví may also be used in forming compounds not immediately referable to verbs, in which cases it may express ‘difference’ (cf. 1. vi-lakṣaṇa), ‘change’ or ‘variety’ (cf. vi-citra), ‘intensity’ (cf. vi-karāla), ‘manifoldness’ (cf. vi-vidha), ‘contrariety’ (cf. vi-loma), ‘deviation from right’ (cf. vi-śīla), ‘negation’ or ‘privation’ (cf. vi-kaccha, being often used like 3. a, nir, and nis [qq.vv.], and like the Lat. dis, se, and the English a, dis, in, un &c.)

vi : in some cases it does not seem to modify the meaning of the simple word at all (cf. vi-jāmi, vi-jāmātṛ)

vi : it is also used to form proper names out of other proper names (e.g. vi-koka, vi-pṛthu, vi-viṃśa). To save space such words are here mostly collected under one article

vi : but words having several subordinate compounds will be found s.v.

naś : or naṃś cl. 1. P. Ā. náśati, °te (aor. ānat, -naṭ; -anaṣṭām, -nak [in pra-ṇak] Impv. -nákṣi; Ā. 1. sg. náṃśi Prec. naśīmahi; inf. -náśe), to reach, attain, meet with, find, [RV.] [cf. aś and nakṣ; Lat. nac-tus sum; Lith. nèszti; Slav. nesti; Goth. ganôhs; Germ. genug; Angl.Sax. genôh; Eng. enough.]

naś : cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 85]) náśyati (rarely °te and cl. 1. P. náśati, °te; pf. nanāśa, 3. pl. neśur; aor. anaśat, [MBh.] &c.; aneśat, néśat, [RV.]; [Br.] [cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120]]; fut. naśiṣyati, [AV.]; naṅkṣyati, °te [cond. anaṅkṣyata] [MBh.]; naśitā, [ib.]; naṃṣṭā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 45]; naṅgdhā, [Vop.]; inf. naśitum, naṃṣṭum Gr.; ind.p. naśitvā, naṣṭvā, naṃṣṭvā, [ib.]) to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone, run away, [RV.] &c. &c.; to come to nothing, be frustrated or unsuccessful, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. nāśáyati, ep. also °te (aor. -anīnaśat; dat. inf. -nāśayadhyai, [RV.]) to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy, efface, [RV.] &c. &c.; to lose (also from memory), give up, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pañc.]; to violate, deflower (a girl), [Daś.]; [Kull.]; to extinguish (a fire), [BhP.]; to disappear (in mā nīnaśah and °naśuḥ), [MBh.] : Desid. ninaśiṣati or ninaṅkṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 60]; [2, 45] (cf. ninaṅkṣu); Desid. of Caus. nināśayiṣati, to wish to destroy, [Daś.] : Intens. nānaśyate or nānaṃṣṭi Gr.

naś : [cf. Gk. νεκ-ρός; Lat. nex, nocere].

naś : mfn. perishing (in jīva-, q.v.)