med : 1. mid or , cl. 1. P. Ā. = √ mith (‘to understand’ or ‘to kill’), [Dhātup. xxi, 7.]

med : strong form of √ mid.

vahni : váhni m. any animal that draws or bears along, a draught animal, horse, team, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]

vahni : any one who conveys or is borne along (applied to a charioteer or rider, or to various gods, esp. to Agni, Indra, Savitṛ, the Maruts &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]

vahni : N. of Soma (as ‘the flowing or streaming one’), [RV. ix, 9, 6] &c.

vahni : the conveyer or bearer of oblations to the gods (esp. said of Agni, ‘fire’, or of the three sacrificial fires See agni), [RV.]

vahni : partic. fire, [Gṛhyās.]

vahni : fire (in general or ‘the god of fire’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (vahninā saṃ-√ skṛ, to hallow by fire, burn solemnly)

vahni : the fire of digestion, [VarBṛS.]

vahni : N. of the number ‘three’ (fr. the three sacred fires), [L.]

vahni : N. of various plants (accord. to [L.] Plumbago Ceylanica; Semecarpus Anacardium; Poa Cynosuroides; and the citron tree), [Suśr.]

vahni : a mystical N. of the letter r, [Up.]

vahni : N. of the 8th Kalpa (q.v.), [Cat.]

vahni : of a Daitya, [MBh.]

vahni : of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]

vahni : of a son of Turvasu, [ib.]

vahni : of a son of Kukura, [ib.]

vahni : &c. See p. 933, col. 3.

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

i : the third vowel of the alphabet, corresponding to i short, and pronounced as that letter in kill &c.

i : ind. an interjection of anger, calling, sorrow, distress, compassion, &c., (g. cādi, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 57], &c.)

i : base of Nominative case and Acc. sg. du. and pl. of the demonstrative pronoun idam, ‘this’ or ‘that’

i : [cf. ítara, itas, iti, íd, idā́, iyat, iva, iha: cf. also Lat. id; Goth. ita; Eng. it; Old Germ. iz; Mod. Germ. es.]

i : m. N. of Kāmadeva, [L.]

i : cl. 2. P. éti (Impv. 2. sg. ihí) and 1. P. Ā. áyati, ayate [cf. √ ay], (pf. iyāya [2. sg. iyátha, [AV. viii, 1, 10], and iyétha, [RV.]] fut. eṣyati; aor. aiṣīt; inf. etum, étave, [RV.] & [AV.], étavaí, [RV.] étos, [RV.] ityaí, [RV. i, 113, 6]; [124, 1]) to go, walk; to flow; to blow; to advance, spread, get about; to go to or towards (with acc.), come, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hit.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to go away, escape, pass, retire, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [R.]; to arise from, come from, [RV.]; [ChUp.]; to return (in this sense only fut.), [MBh.]; [R.]; (with punar) to come back again, return, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.] &c.; to succeed, [Mn. iii, 127]; to arrive at, reach, obtain, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śak.]; [Hit.] &c.; to fall into, come to; to approach with prayers, gain by asking (cf. ita); to undertake anything (with acc.); to be employed in, go on with, continue in any condition or relation (with a part. or instr., e.g. asura-rakṣasāni mṛdyamānāni yanti, ‘the Asuras and Rakshases are being continually crushed’, [ŚBr. i, 1, 4, 14]; gavāmayaneneyuḥ, ‘they, were engaged in the [festival called] Gavāmayana’, [KātyŚr. xxv, 5, 2]); to appear, be, [KaṭhUp.] : Intens. Ā. ī́yate ([RV. i, 30, 18]; p. iyāná, [RV.]; inf. iyádhyai, [RV. vi, 20, 8]) to go quickly or repeatedly; to come, wander, run, spread, get about, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; to appear, make one's appearance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [BṛĀrUp.]; to approach any one with requests (with two acc.), ask, request, [RV.]; [AV.]: Pass. ī́yate, to be asked or requested, [RV.]: Caus. āyayati, to cause to go or escape, [Vop.];

i : [cf. Gk. εἶ-μι, ἴ-μεν; Lat. e-o, ī-mus, i-ter, &c.; Lith. ei-mì, ‘I go’; Slav. i-dû, ‘I go’, i-ti, ‘to go’; Goth. i-ddja, ‘I went’.]

vīḍ : (accord. to some connected with √ viṣ), only Caus. vīḍáyati, or vīḻayati, °te, (P.) to make strong or firm, strengthen, fasten, [RV. viii, 45, 6]; (Ā.) to be strong or firm or hard, [ib.] [ii, 37, 3] &c.

vanaspati : vána-s-páti (vánas-), m. (vanas prob. a form of the gen.; cf. 2. van and ráthas-páti) ‘king of the wood’, a forest-tree (esp. a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree &c., but also applied to any tree), [RV.] &c. &c.

vanaspati : a stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (esp. the sacrificial post), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]

vanaspati : ‘lord of plants’, the Soma plant, [ib.]; [GṛS.]; [BhP.]

vanaspati : the Indian fig-tree, [L.]

vanaspati : Bignonia Suaveolens, [L.]

vanaspati : an offering made to the sacrificial post, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]

vanaspati : anything made of wood (esp. partic. parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

vanaspati : an ascetic, [W.]

vanaspati : N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ.]

vanaspati : of a son of Ghṛta-pṛṣṭha, [BhP.]

vanaspati : du. pestle and mortar, [RV. i, 28, 6]

vanaspati : vána-s-páti f. N. of a Gandharvī, [Kāraṇḍ.]

vanaspati : vána-s-páti n. N. of the Varṣa ruled by Vanas-pati, [BhP.]

vanaspati : vánas-páti See col. 1.

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).

dhṛṣṇu : dhṛṣṇú mfn. bold, courageous, fierce, violent, strong (Indra, Soma, the Maruts; fire, weapons, &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

dhṛṣṇu : impudent, shameless, [L.]

dhṛṣṇu : dhṛṣṇú ind. boldly, strongly, with force, [RV.] &c., [ŚBr.] (cf. dadhṛṣ)

dhṛṣṇu : dhṛṣṇú m. N. of a son of Manu Vaivasvata, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (v.l. °ṣṭa)

dhṛṣṇu : of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa, [Hariv.]

dhṛṣṇu : of a son of Kavi, [MBh.]

dhṛṣṇu : of a son of Kukura, [Hariv.]

dhṛṣṇu : dhṛṣṇú n. (kaśyapasya) N. of a Saman, [ĀrṣBr.]

neṣṭra : neṣṭrá n. the Soma vessel of the Neṣṭṛ, [RV.] (cf. [Nir. viii, 3])

neṣṭra : the office of the N°, [KātyŚr.]

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.]

draviṇodas : draviṇo—dás mfn. granting wealth or any desired good, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

piba : mfn. (√ 1. pā) drinking, who or what drinks, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 137] (cf. tri-).

pā : f. guarding, protecting, [L.]

pā : f. = pūta and pūritaka.

pā : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 27]) píbati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. °te; rarely pipati, °te, [Kāṭh.]; [Br.]) cl. 2. pāti, pāthás, pānti, [RV.]; [AV.]; p. Ā. papāná, [RV.], pípāna, [AV.] (pf. P. papaú, 2. sg. papātha, [RV.]; papitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64], Sch.; papīyāt, [RV.]; p. papivás, [AV.]; Ā. pape, papire, [RV.]; p. papāná, [ib.]; aor. or impf. apāt, [RV.] [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] [RV. i, 164, 7]; -pāsta, [AV. xii, 3, 43]; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā́, [RV.] &c. &c., °tvī, [RV.]; -pāya, [AV.] &c. &c.; -pīya, [MBh.]; pāyam, [Kāvyād.]; inf. píbadhyai, [RV.]; pātum, [MBh.] &c.; pā́tave, [AV.]; [Br.]; pā́tavaí, [RV.]), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, [BhP.]; [Pañc.]; to drink intoxicating liquors, [Buddh.] : Pass. pīyáte, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, °te (pf. pāyayām āsā, [MBh.]; aor. apīpyat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4]; ind.p. pāyayitvā, [MBh.]; inf. pā́yayitavaí, [ŚBr.]), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati ([RV.] also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, [Kāṭh.] : Intens. pepīyate (p. °yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, [Up.]; [Hariv.]

pā : [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]

pā : mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)

pā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 48]) pā́ti (Impv. pāhí; pr. p. P. pā́t Ā. pāná, [RV.]; pf. papau Gr.; aor. apāsīt, [Rājat.] Subj. pāsati, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, pātā Gr.; Prec. pāyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68], Sch.; inf. pātum, [MBh.]), to watch, keep, preserve; to protect from, defend against (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to protect (a country) i.e. rule, govern, [Rājat.]; to observe, notice, attend to, follow, [RV.]; [AitBr.] : Caus. pālayati See √ pāl: Desid. pipāsati Gr.: Intens. pāpāyate, pāpeti, pāpāti, [ib.]

pā : [cf. Zd. pā, paiti; Gk. πά-ομαι, πέ-πα-μαι, πῶ-ν, &c.; Lat. pa-sco, pa-bulum; Lith. pë-mů́]

pā : mfn. keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)

pā : cl. 3. Ā. pípīte, to rise against, be hostile (see 2. anūt-√ , p. 41; 2. ut-pā, p. 181; praty-ut- √ , p. 677).

ṛtu : ṛtú (us), m. ([Uṇ. i, 72]) any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (esp. for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

ṛtu : an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring’; Grīṣma, ‘the hot season’; Varṣās (f. pl. nom.), ‘the rainy season’ Śarad, ‘autumn’; Hemanta, ‘winter’; and Śiśira, ‘the cool season’; the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in Mantras, and worshipped by libations), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c., [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛtu : symbolical expression for the number six, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.] &c.

ṛtu : the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to [Bhpr.] sixteen days after their appearance), [Suśr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛtu : sexual union at the above time, [Mn. ix, 93]; [MBh.]

ṛtu : fixed order, order, rule [[BRD.]], [RV. i, 162, 19]

ṛtu : light, splendour, [L.]

ṛtu : a particular mineral, [L.]

ṛtu : N. of a Ṛṣi

ṛtu : of the twelfth Manu.