saṃhotra : saṃ-hotrá n. concourse of priests for disputations &c., [RV.]

saṃhotra : saṃ-hotra See saṃ-√ hu, col. 1.

sma : , smā, (or ṣma, ṣmā), ind. a particle perhaps originally equivalent to ‘ever’, ‘always’; and later to ‘indeed’, ‘certainly’, ‘verily’, ‘surely’ (it is often used pleonastically, and in earlier language generally follows a similar particle [esp. ha, na], or relative, or prep. or verb, while in later language it frequently follows iti, na and mā́ [cf. 1. mā́]; it is also joined with a pres. tense or pres. participle to give them a past sense [e.g. praviśanti sma, ‘they entered’]; this use of is also found in the Brāhmaṇas and is extended to veda and āha cf. [Vām. v, 2, 46]), [RV.]; &c. &c.

purā : purā́ ind. (cf. pra, puras, pūrva) before, formerly, of old (with na, ‘never’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : in a previous existence, [VarYogay.]

purā : (with pres. = pf.) from of old, hitherto, up to the present time (also with sma cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 122]; with na, ‘never yet’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : at first, in the beginning, [Bhartṛ.] (opp. to paścā, paścāt, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 33], [Kāś.])

purā : soon, shortly (with pres. = fut.), [Kālid.]; [Naiṣ.]

purā : (as prep., mostly in earlier language, with abl., rarely with dat. or gen.) before

purā : securely from

purā : except, beside

purā : (with pres. = fut. [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 4]], once with Pot.) ere, before (sometimes with na or na and yāvat [followed by tāvat], with mā or yadi, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.)

purā : (ā), f. a stronghold, fortress (cf. agni-purā and aśma-p°)

purā : a kind of perfume, [L.]

purā : See p. 634, col. 3.

nārī : nārī́ (ī), f., see

nārī : nā́rī f. (of °rá, q.v.) a woman, a wife (in older language also nā́ri), [RV.] &c. &c.

nārī : a female or any object regarded as feminine, [VS.]; [TĀr.]

nārī : sacrifice, [Naigh.]

nārī : N. of a daughter of Meru, [BhP.]

nārī : of 2 kinds of metre, [Col.]

nārī : nā́rī , f. See above.

samana : sámana n. (prob. connected with 2. sam, or 2. sama) meeting (cf. a-samaná), assembly, concourse, festival, [RV.]; [AV.]

samana : intercourse, commerce, pursuit, [RV. i, 48, 6]

samana : amorous union, embrace, [RV. vi, 75, 4] &c.

samana : conflict, strife, [ib.] [vi, 73, 3]; [5] &c. ([Naigh. ii, 17]).

vā : f. going

vā : hurting

vā : an arrow

vā : weaving

vā : ind. or (excluded, like the Lat. ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only m.c. preceding, the word to which it refers), [RV.] &c. &c. (often used in disjunctive sentences; vā-vā, ‘either’ — ‘or’, ‘on the one side’ — ‘on the other’; na vā — or na — , ‘neither’ — ‘nor’; vā na-vā, ‘either not’ — ‘or’; yadi vā-vā, ‘whether’ — ‘or’; in a sentence containing more than two members is nearly always repeated, although if a negative is in the first clause it need not be so repeated; is sometimes interchangeable with ca and api, and is frequently combined with other particles, esp. with atha, atho, uta, kim, yad, yadi, q.v. [e.g. atha vā, ‘or else’]; it is also sometimes used as an expletive)

vā : either-or not, optionally, [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c. (in gram. is used in a rule to denote its being optional, e.g. [Pāṇ. i, 2, 13]; [35] &c.)

vā : as, like (= iva), [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.

vā : just, even, indeed, very (= eva, laying stress on the preceding word), [KātyŚr.]; [Kāv.]

vā : but even if, even supposing (followed by a future), [Pañc. v, 36/37]

vā : however, nevertheless, [Bādar.]; [Bālar.]

vā : (after a rel. or interr.) possibly, perhaps, I dare say, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (e.g. kiṃ vā śakuntalety asya mātur ākhyā, ‘is his mother's name perhaps Śakuntalā?’, [Śak. vii, 20/21]; ko vā or ke vā followed by a negative may in such cases be translated by ‘every one, all’ e.g. ke vā na syuḥ paribhava-padaṃ niṣphalāram-bha-yatnāḥ, ‘everybody whose efforts are fruitless is an object of contempt’, [Megh. 55]).

vā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 42]) vā́ti (pf. vavau, [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.; aor. avāsīt, [Br.]; fut. vāsyati, [Megh.]; inf. vātum, [Hariv.]), to blow (as the wind), [RV.] &c. &c.; to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing, [RV. i, 89, 4]; to blow towards or upon (acc.), [MBh. xii, 2798]; to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume), [ŚBr.]; to smell (trans.), [Vikr. iv, 41] (v.l.); to hurt, injure, [Vop.] : Caus. vāpayati, see nir-√ vā and cf. vājaya: Desid. vivāsati See √ 1. van.

vā : [cf. Gk. ἄημι for ϝαημι; Lat. ventus; Slav. vejati; Goth. waian, winds; Germ. wâjan, wæjen, wehen, Wind; Angl.Sax. wâwan; Eng. wind.]

ava : áva m. favour, [RV. i, 128, 5]

ava : (cf. niravát.)

ava : áva ind. (as a prefix to verbs and verbal nouns expresses) off, away, down, [RV.] &c.

ava : (exceptionally as a preposition with abl.) down from, [AV. vii, 55, 1]

ava : (for another use of this preposition See ava-kokila.)

ava : (only gen. du. avór with vām, ‘of you both’, corresponding to sá tvám, ‘thou’, &c.), this, [RV. vi, 67, 11]; [vii, 67, 4] and (vā for vām), [x, 132, 5]

ava : [Zd. pron. ava; Slav. ovo; cf. also the syllable, αὐ in αὐ-τός, αὖ, αὖθι, &c.; Lat. au-t, au-tem, &c.]

gam : Ved. cl. 1. P. gámati ([Naigh.]; Subj. gamam, gámat [gamātas, gamātha, [AV.]], gamāma, gaman, [RV.]; Pot. gaméma, [RV.]; inf. gámadhyai, [RV. i, 154, 6]); cl. 2. P. gánti ([Naigh.]; Impv. 3. sg. gantu, [2. sg. gadhi See ā-, or gahi See adhi-, abhy-ā-, ā-, upā-], 2. pl. gántā or gantana, [RV.]; impf. 2. and 3. sg. ágan [[RV.]; [AV.]], 1. pl. áganma [[RV.]; [AV.]; cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 65]], 3. pl. ágman, [RV.]; Subj. [or aor. Subj. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80], [Kāś.]] 1. pl. ganma, 3. pl. gmán, [RV.]; Pot. 2. sg. gamyās, [RV. i, 187, 7]; Prec. 3. sg. gamyā́s, [RV.]; pr. p. gmát, [x, 22, 6]) : cl. 3. P. jaganti ([Naigh. ii, 14]; Pot. jagamyām, °yāt, [RV.]; [Hir. i, 8, 4]; impf. 2. and 3. sg. ajagan, 2. pl. ajaganta or °tana, [RV.]) : Ved. and Class. cl. 1. P. (also Ā. [MBh.] &c.), with substitution of gacch [= βάσκ-ω] for , gácchati (cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 77]; Subj. gacchāti, [RV. x, 16, 2]; 2. sg. gacchās [[RV. vi, 35, 3]] or gacchāsi [[AV. v, 5, 6]]; 2. pl. gacchāta, [RV. viii, 7, 30]; 3. pl. gácchān, [RV. viii, 79, 5]; impf. ágacchat; Pot. gacchet; pr. p. gácchat, [RV.] &c.; aor. agamat, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 55]; [vi, 4, 98], [Kāś.]; for Ā. with prepositions, cf. [Pāṇ. i, 2, 13]; 2nd fut. gamiṣyati, [AV.] &c.; 1st fut. gántā [[Pāṇ. vii, 2, 58]] [RV.] &c.; perf. 1. sg. jagamā [[RV.]], 3. sg. jagāma, 2. du. jagmathur, 3. pl. jagmúr, [RV.] &c.; p. jaganvás [[RV.] &c.] or jagmivas, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 68] f. jagmúṣī, [RV.] &c. ; Ved. inf. gántave, gántavaí; Class. inf. gantum: Ved. ind.p. gatvāya, gatvī́; Class. ind.p. gatvā́ [[AV.] &c.], with prepositions -gamya or -gatya, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 38]) to go, move, go away, set out, come, [RV.] &c.; to go to or towards, approach (with acc. or loc. or dat. [[MBh.]; [Ragh. ii, 15]; [xii, 7]; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 12]] or prati [[MBh.]; [R.]]), [RV.] &c.; to go or pass (as time, e.g. kāle gacchati, time going on, in the course of time), [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Megh.]; [Naiṣ.]; [Hit.]; to fall to the share of (acc.), [Mn.] &c.; to go against with hostile intentions, attack, [L.]; to decease, die, [Cāṇ.]; to approach carnally, have sexual intercourse with (acc.), [ĀśvGṛ. iii, 6]; [Mn.] &c.; to go to any state or condition, undergo, partake of, participate in, receive, obtain (e.g. mitratāṃ gacchati, ‘he goes to friendship’ i.e. he becomes friendly), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; jānubhyām avanīṃ-√ gam, ‘to go to the earth with the knees’, kneel down, [MBh. xiii, 935]; [Pañcat. v, 1, 10/11]; dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā-√ gam, ‘to go to the earth with the head’, make a bow, [R. iii, 11, 6]; mánasā-√ gam, to go with the mind, observe, perceive, [RV. iii, 38, 6]; [VS.]; [Nal.]; [R.]; (without mánasā) to observe, understand, guess, [MBh. iii, 2108]; (especially Pass. gamyate, ‘to be understood or meant’), [Pāṇ.], [Kāś.] & [L.], Sch.; doṣeṇa or doṣato-√ gam, to approach with an accusation, ascribe guilt to a person (acc.), [MBh. i, 4322] and [7455]; [R. iv, 21, 3] : Caus. gamayati ([Pāṇ. ii, 4, 46]; Impv. 2. sg. Ved. gamayā or gāmaya [[RV. v, 5, 10]], 3. sg. gamayatāt, [AitBr. ii, 6]; perf. gamayā́ṃ cakāra, [AV.] &c.) to cause to go ([Pāṇ. viii, 1, 60], [Kāś.]) or come, lead or conduct towards, send to (dat. [AV.]), bring to a place (acc. [[Pāṇ. i, 4, 52]] or loc.), [RV.] &c.; to cause to go to any condition, cause to become, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to impart, grant, [MBh. xiv, 179]; to send away, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], [Kāś.]; ‘to let go’, not care about, [Bālar. v, 10]; to excel, [Prasannar. i, 14]; to spend time, [Śak.]; [Megh.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to cause to understand, make clear or intelligible, explain, [MBh. iii, 11290]; [VarBṛS.]; [L.], Sch.; to convey an idea or meaning, denote, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 10], [Kāś.]; (causal of the causal) to cause a person (acc.) to go by means of another, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], [Kāś.] : Desid. jígamiṣati ([Pāṇ.], or jigāṃsate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 16]; [Siddh.]; impf. ajigāṃsat, [ŚBr. x]) to wish to go, be going, [Lāṭy.]; [MBh. xvi, 63]; to strive to obtain, [ŚBr. x]; [ChUp.]; to wish to bring (to light, prakā́śam), [TS. i] : Intens. jáṅganti ([Naigh.]), jaṅgamīti or jaṅgamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], [Kāś.]), to visit, [RV. x, 41, 1] (p. gánigmat), [VS. xxiii, 7] (impf. aganīgan);

gam : [cf. βαίνω; Goth. qvam; Eng. come; Lat. venio for gvemio.]

gam : gen. abl. gmás See kṣám.

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).

ṛta : ṛtá mf(A)n. met with, afflicted by (with instr.), [TS. v]

ṛta : proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest, [RV.]; [VS. xvii, 82]

ṛta : true, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Mn. viii, 82]; [87]; [Bhag.] &c.

ṛta : worshipped, respected, [L.]

ṛta : enlightened, luminous, [L.]

ṛta : ṛtá (as), m. N. of a Rudra, [MBh.]

ṛta : of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, [BhP. iv, 13, 16]

ṛta : of a son of Vijaya, [VP.]

ṛta : ṛtá (am), n. fixed or settled order, law, rule (esp. in religion)

ṛta : sacred or pious action or custom, divine law, faith, divine truth (these meanings are given by, [BRD.] and are generally more to be accepted than those of native authorities and marked, [L.] below), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

ṛta : truth in general, righteousness, right, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Mn. viii, 61]; [104]; [Pañcat.] &c.

ṛta : figuratively said of gleaning (as the right means of a Brāhman's obtaining a livelihood as opposed to agriculture, which is anṛta), [Mn. iv, 4 ff.]

ṛta : promise, oath, vow, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.]

ṛta : truth personified (as an object of worship, and hence enumerated among the sacred objects in the [Nir.])

ṛta : water, [L.]

ṛta : sacrifice, [L.]

ṛta : a particular sacrifice, [L.]

ṛta : the sun, [L.]

ṛta : wealth, [L.]

ṛta : ṛti, ṛtu See p. 223, col. 2 — p. 224, col. 1.

vīriṇī : vīríṇī (íṇī), f., see s.v.

vīriṇī : vīríṇī f. a mother of sons, [RV. x, 86, 9]

vīriṇī : N. of a wife of Dakṣa (also called Asiknī, daughter of Vīraṇa and mother of a thousand sons; cf. vīraṇī), [MBh.]

vīriṇī : w.r. for ūriṇī, [MatsyaP.]

indrapatnī : indra—patnī f. the wife of Indra, [RV.]; [VS.]

viśva : víśva mf(A)n. (prob. fr. √ 1. viś, to pervade, cf. [Uṇ. i, 151]; declined as a pron. like sarva, by which it is superseded in the Brāhmaṇas and later language) all, every, every one

viśva : whole, entire, universal, [RV.] &c. &c.

viśva : all-pervading or all-containing, omnipresent (applied to Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, the soul, intellect &c.), [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.

viśva : víśva m. (in phil.) the intellectual faculty or (accord. to some) the faculty which perceives individuality or the individual underlying the gross body (sthūla-śarīra-vyaṣṭy-upahita), [Vedāntas.]

viśva : N. of a class of gods, cf. below

viśva : N. of the number ‘thirteen’, [Gol.]

viśva : of a class of deceased ancestors, [MārkP.]

viśva : of a king, [MBh.]

viśva : of a well-known dictionary = viśva-prakāśa

viśva : pl. (víśve, with or scil. devā́s cf. viśve-deva, p. 995) ‘all the gods collectively’ or the ‘All-gods’ (a partic. class of gods, forming one of the 9 Gaṇas enumerated under gaṇadevatā, q.v.; accord. to the Viṣṇu and other Purāṇas they were sons of Viśvā, daughter of Dakṣa, and their names are as follow, 1. Vasu, 2. Satya, 3. Kratu, 4. Dakṣa, 5. Kāla, 6. Kāma, 7. Dhṛti, 8. Kuru, 9. Purū-ravas, 10. Mādravas [?]; two others are added by some, viz. 11. Rocaka or Locana, 12. Dhvani [or Dhūri; or this may make 13] : they are particularly worshipped at Śrāddhas and at the Vaiśvadeva ceremony [[RTL. 416]]; moreover accord. to Manu [[iii, 90], [121]], offerings should be made to them daily — these privileges having been bestowed on them by Brahmā and the Pitṛs, as a reward for severe austerities they had performed on the Himālaya: sometimes it is difficult to decide whether the expression viśve devāḥ refers to all the gods or to the particular troop of deities described above), [RV.] &c. &c.;

viśva : víśva n. the whole world, universe, [AV.] &c. &c.

viśva : dry ginger, [Suśr.]

viśva : myrrh, [L.]

viśva : a mystical N. of the sound o, [Up.]

indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]

uttara : úttara mfn. (compar. fr. ud; opposed to adhara; declined, [Gram. 238. a]), upper, higher, superior (e.g. uttare dantās, the upper teeth), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ChUp.]; [Ragh.] &c.

uttara : northern (because the northern part of India is high), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

uttara : left (opposed to dakṣiṇa or right, because in praying the face being turned to the east the north would be on the left hand), [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.

uttara : later, following, subsequent, latter, concluding, posterior, future, [RV.]; [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Hit.] &c. (opposed to pūrva, &c. e.g. uttaraḥ kālaḥ, future time; uttaraṃ vākyam, a following speech, answer, reply; phalam uttaram, subsequent result, future consequence; varṣottareṣu, in future years)

uttara : followed by (e.g. smottara mfn. followed by ‘sma’, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 176])

uttara : superior, chief, excellent, dominant, predominant, more powerful, [RV.]; [AV.]

uttara : gaining a cause (in law)

uttara : better, more excellent, [RV.]

uttara : úttara m. N. of a son of Virāṭa, [MBh.]

uttara : of a king of the Nāgas, [L.]

uttara : N. of a mountain, [Kathās.]

uttara : of several men

uttara : N. of a school

uttara : úttara n. upper surface or cover, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Daś.] &c.

uttara : the north, [R.]; [Dhūrtas.]

uttara : the following member, the last part of a compound

uttara : answer, reply, [Ragh.]; [R.]; [Prab.] &c.

uttara : (in law) a defence, rejoinder, a defensive measure

uttara : contradiction, [Car.]

uttara : (in the Mīmāṃsā philosophy) the answer (the fourth member of an adhikaraṇa or case)

uttara : superiority, excellence, competency, [R.]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.] &c.

uttara : result, the chief or prevalent result or characteristic, what remains or is left, conclusion, remainder, excess, over and above, (often ifc., e.g. bhayottara, attended with danger, having danger as the result; dharmottara, chiefly characterized by virtue; ṣaṣṭy-uttaraṃ sahasram, one thousand with an excess of sixty, i.e. 1060; saptottaraṃ śatam, 107)

uttara : remainder, difference (in arithmetic)

uttara : N. of a song, [Yājñ.]

uttara : N. of each of the Nakṣatras that contain the word ‘’

uttara : a particular figure in rhetoric

uttara : N. of the last book of the Rāmāyaṇa

uttara : úttara &c. See p. 178, col. 1

uttara : for 2. See ut-tṝ, col. 2.

uttara : út-tara mfn. (for 1. See p. 178, col. 1), crossing over

uttara : to be crossed (cf. dur-uttara).