prātaryāvan : prātar—yā́van mfn. = -itvan, [RV.]; [Br.]

rathī : ráthī (ī), f. a small carriage or waggon, cart, [Śiś.]

rathī : rathī́ mfn. (nom. sg. m. and f. rathī́s; acc. sg. rathyám pl. rathyás) going or fighting in a chariot (as subst. = a carriage-driver, charioteer, car-fighter, champion, hero, leader, lord), [RV.]; [AitBr.]

rathī : carried on a waggon, forming a cart-load, [RV.]

rathī : belonging to a chariot, [ib.]

vīrā : f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, [Saṃgīt.]

vīrā : N. of the wife of Bharad-vāja, [L.]

vīrā : of the wife of Karaṃ-dhama, [MārkP.]

vīrā : of a river, [MBh.] (B. vāṇī)

vīra : vīrá m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), [RV.] &c. &c.

vīra : a hero (as opp. to a god), [RTL. 272 n.]

vīra : a husband, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.]

vīra : a male child, son (collectively male progeny), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vīra : the male of an animal, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vīra : (with, Tāntrikas) an adept (who is between the divya and the paśu, [RTL. 191]), [Rudray.]

vīra : (in dram.) heroism (as one of the 8 Rasas [q.v.]; the Vīra-carita [q.v.] exhibits an example), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c.

vīra : an actor, [W.]

vīra : a partic. Agni (son of Tapas), [MBh.]

vīra : fire, (esp.) sacred or sacrificial fire, [L.]

vīra : N. of various plants (Terminalia Arunja; Nerium Odorum; Guilandina Bonduc, manioc-root), [L.]

vīra : N. of an Asura, [MBh.]

vīra : of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ib.]

vīra : of a son of Bharad-vāja, [ib.]

vīra : of a son of Puruṣa Vairāja and father of Priya-vrata and Uttāna-pāda, [Hariv.]

vīra : of a son of Gṛñjima, [ib.]

vīra : of two sons of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]

vīra : of a son of Kṣupa and father of Viviṃśa, [MārkP.]

vīra : of the father of Līlāvatī, [ib.]

vīra : of a teacher of Vinaya, [Buddh.]

vīra : of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

vīra : (also with bhaṭṭa, ācārya &c.) of various authors &c., [Cat.]

vīra : (pl.) of a class of gods under Manu Tāmasa, [BhP.]

vīra : vīrá n. (only [L.]) a reed (Arundo Tibialis)

vīra : the root of ginger (?)

vīra : pepper

vīra : rice-gruel

vīra : the root of Costus Speciosus, of Andropogon Muricatus &c.

vīra : vīrá mf(A)n. heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent, [L.]

vīra : [cf. Lat. vir; Lith. výras; Goth. wair; Angl.Sax. wër, wëre-wulf; Eng. were-wolf; Germ. Werwolf, Wergeld.]

ajā : (ā), f. N. of Prakṛti, of Māyā or Illusion See a-jā (s.v. 2. a-jā)

ajā : a she-goat

ajā : N. of a plant whose bulbs resemble the udder of a goat, [Suśr.]

ajā : a-jā (ā), f. N. of Prakṛti, Māyā or Illusion (see also 1. ajá and 1. ajana).

ajā : f. a she-goat. See 1. ajá.

aja : ajá m. a drove, troop (of Maruts), [AV.]

aja : a driver, mover, instigator, leader

aja : N. of Indra, of Rudra, of one of the Maruts [ajá éka-pā́, [RV.], and ajá éka-pāda, [AV.]], of Agni, of the sun, of Brahmā, of Viṣṇu, of Śiva, of Kāma (cf. 2. a-ja)

aja : the leader of a flock

aja : a he-goat, ram [cf. Gk. αἴξ,αἰγός; Lith. oẓys]

aja : the sign Aries

aja : the vehicle of Agni

aja : beam of the sun (Pūṣan)

aja : N. of a descendant of Viśvāmitra, and of Daśaratha's or Dīrghabāhu's father

aja : N. of a mineral substance

aja : of a kind of rice

aja : of the moon

aja : N. of a people, [RV. vii, 18, 19]

aja : of a class of Ṛṣis, [MBh.]

aja : a-já mfn. not born, existing from all eternity

aja : a-já m. N. of the first uncreated being, [RV.]; [AV.]

aja : Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Kāma

yama : yáma m. a rein, curb, bridle, [RV. v, 61, 2]

yama : a driver, charioteer, [ib.] [viii, 103, 10]

yama : the act of checking or curbing, suppression, restraint (with vācām, restraint of words, silence), [BhP.]

yama : self-control forbearance, any great moral rule or duty (as opp. to niyama, a minor observance; in [Yājñ. iii, 313] ten Yamas are mentioned, sometimes only five), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

yama : (in Yoga) self-restraint (as the first of the eight Aṅgas or means of attaining mental concentration), [IW. 93]

yama : any rule or observance, [PārGṛ.]

yama : yamá mf(A/ or I/)n. twin-born, twin, forming a pair, [RV.] &c. &c.

yama : yáma m. a twin, one of a pair or couple, a fellow (du. ‘the twins’, N. of the Aśvins and of their twin children by Mādrī, called Nakula and Saha-deva; yamau mithunau, twins of different sex), [ib.]

yama : a symbolical N. for the number ‘two’, [Hcat.]

yama : N. of the god who presides over the Pitṛs (q.v.) and rules the spirits of the dead, [RV.] &c. &c., [IW. 18]; [197], [198] &c.; [RTL. 10]; [16]; [289] &c. (he is regarded as the first of men and born from Vivasvat, ‘the Sun’, and his wife Saraṇyū; while his brother, the seventh Manu, another form of the first man, is the son of Vivasvat and Saṃjñā, the image of Saraṇyū; his twin-sister is Yamī, with whom he resists sexual alliance, but by whom he is mourned after his death, so that the gods, to make her forget her sorrow, create night; in the Veda he is called a king or saṃgamano janānām, ‘the gatherer of men’, and rules over the departed fathers in heaven, the road to which is guarded by two broad-nosed, four-eyed, spotted dogs, the children of Śaramā q.v.; in Post-vedic mythology he is the appointed Judge and ‘Restrainer’ or ‘Punisher’ of the dead, in which capacity he is also called dharmarāja or dharma and corresponds to the Greek Pluto and to Minos; his abode is in some region of the lower world called Yama-pura; thither a soul when it leaves the body, is said to repair, and there, after the recorder, Citra-gupta, has read an account of its actions kept in a book called Agra-saṃdhānā, it receives a just sentence; in [MBh.] Yama is described as dressed in blood-red garments, with a glittering form, a crown on his head, glowing eyes and like Varuṇa, holding a noose, with which he binds the spirit after drawing it from the body, in size about the measure of a man's thumb; he is otherwise represented as grim in aspect, green in colour, clothed in red, riding on a buffalo, and holding a club in one hand and noose in the other; in the later mythology he is always represented as a terrible deity inflicting tortures, called yātanā, on departed spirits ; he is also one of the 8 guardians of the world as regent of the South quarter; he is the regent of the Nakṣatra Apa-bharaṇī or Bharaṇī, the supposed author of [RV. x, 10]; [14], of a hymn to Viṣṇu and of a law-book; yamasyārkaḥ N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.])

yama : N. of the planet Saturn (regarded as the son of Vivasvat and Chāyā), [Hariv.]; [BhP.]

yama : of one of Skanda's attendants (mentioned together with Ati-yama), [MBh.]

yama : a crow, [L.] (cf. -dūtaka)

yama : a bad horse (whose limbs are either too small or too large), [L.]

yama : yáma n. a pair, brace, couple, [L.]

yama : (in gram.) a twin-letter (the consonant interposed and generally understood, but not written in practice, between a nasal immediately preceded by one of the four other consonants in each class), [Prāt.]; [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 1, 8]

yama : pitch of the voice, tone of utterance, key, [Prāt.]

varam : váram (am), ind. (g. svar-ādi) preferably, rather, better (also = preferable, sometimes with abl. which in Veda is often followed by ā, e.g. agníbhyo váram, ‘better than fires’, [RV.]; sákhibhya ā́ váram, ‘better than companions’, [ib.]; exceptionally with acc., e.g. śiṣyaiḥ śata-hutān homān, ekaḥ putra-huto varam, ‘better one sacrifice offered by a son than a hundred offered by disciples’, [ṢaḍvBr.]), [RV.] &c. &c.

varam : váram ind. it is better that, it would be best if (with pres., e.g. varaṃ gacchāmi, ‘it is better that I go’; or with Impv., e.g. varaṃ naye sthāpyatām, ‘it would be better if he were initiated into our plan’, [Kathās.]; or without any verb, e.g. varaṃ siṃhāt, ‘better [death caused] by a lion’, [Pañcat.]; sometimes with Pot., e.g. varaṃ tat kuryāt, ‘better that he should do that’, [Kām.]), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.

varam : it is better than, rather than (in these senses is followed by na, na ca, na tu, na punaḥ, tad api na or tathāpi na, with nom., e.g. varaṃ mṛtyur nacākīrtiḥ, ‘better death than [lit. ‘and not’] infamy’; exceptionally with instr., e.g. varam eko guṇī putro na ca mūrkha-śatair api, ‘better one virtuous son than hundreds of fools’, [Hit.]; na hi-varam, ‘by no mean — but rather’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

vara : vára m. (fr. √ vṛ), ‘environing’, ‘enclosing’, circumference, space, room, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.] (vára ā́ pṛthivyā́ḥ, on the wide earth)

vara : stopping, checking, [RV. i, 143, 5.]

vara : vará mf(A)n. (fr. √ vṛ) choosing (see patiṃ-varā, svayaṃ-varā)

vara : vará m. ‘chooser’, one who solicits a girl in marriage, suitor, lover, bridegroom, husband (rarely ‘son-in-law’), [RV.] &c. &c.

vara : a bridegroom's friend, [MW.]

vara : a dissolute man (= vita or ṣiḍga), [L.]

vara : vára (vára), mf(A)n. ‘select’, choicest, valuable, precious, best, most excellent or eminent among (gen. loc. abl., or comp.) or for (gen.), [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.

vara : (ifc.) royal, princely, [Jātakam.]

vara : better, preferable, better than (abl., rarely gen.) or among (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

vara : eldest, [W.]

vara : vára m. (rarely n.; ifc. f(A). ) ‘act or object of choosing’, election, wish, request

vara : vára m. boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour (várāya, váram ā́, práti váram or váraṃ varam, ‘according to wish, to one's heart's content’; mad-varāt, ‘in consequence of the boon granted by me’; váraṃ-√ vṛ, ‘to choose a boon’; varaṃ-√ yāc or ā-√ kāṅkṣ or √ brū or Caus. of pra-√ arth, ‘to prefer a request’; váraṃ√ dā, ‘to grant a boon or blessing’; varam pra-√ dā or pra-√ yam id.; varaṃ-√ labh, ‘to receive a boon or reward’), [RV.] &c. &c.

vara : a benefit, advantage, privilege, [Daś.]

vara : charity, alms, [VarBṛS.]

vara : a dowry, [Pañcat.]

vara : a kind of grain (= varata), [KātyŚr.], Sch.

vara : bdellium, [L.]

vara : a sparrow, [L.]

vara : N. of a son of Śvaphalka, [VP.]

vara : vára n. saffron, [BhP.] (In comp. not always separable from 1. .)

vara : &c. See p. 921, col. 1.

vara : &c. See p. 922, col. 1, and p. 923.

ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far.

ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.]

ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]]

ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.]

ā : grandfather, [L.]

ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.]

ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.]

ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.]

ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.]

ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.]

ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.]

ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.]

ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21]

ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.]

ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.]

ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.)

ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531]

ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it)

ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403]

ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’

ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12]

ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-)

ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51]

ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’.

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.

menā : f. See below.

menā : ménā f. a woman (also the female of any animal), [RV.]

menā : speech (= vāc), [Naigh. i, 11]

menā : N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, [RV. i, 51, 13] ([Sāy.])

menā : of an Apsaras (= menakā, wife of Hima-vat and mother of Parvatī), [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Pur.]

menā : of a river, [MBh.]

iva : ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), like, in the same manner as (in this sense = yathā, and used correlatively to tathā)

iva : as it were, as if (e.g. patheva, as if on a path)

iva : in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification or mitigation of a strong assertion)

iva : nearly, almost, about (e.g. muhūrtam iva, almost an hour)

iva : so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction, e.g. īṣad iva, just a little; kiṃcid iva, just a little bit: and after a negation, e.g. na cirād iva, very soon). is connected vaguely, and somewhat pleonastically, with an interrogative pronoun or adverb (e.g. kim iva, what? katham iva, how could that possibly be? kveva, where, I should like to know?). In the Pada texts of the Ṛg, Yajur, and Atharva-veda, and by native grammarians, is considered to be enclitic, and therefore compounded with the word after which it stands, [RV.]; [AV.]; &c.

tanū : in comp. for °nú.

tanū : tanū́ f. (of °nú, q.v.; acc. °nvám, [RV.] &c., [BhP. iii]; °nuvam [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 77], Vārtt.] [BhP. vii, 9, 37]; instr. °nuvā, [iii f.]; gen. abl. °nvás, [RV.] &c.; loc. °nví & °nvī́, [RV.]; °nvā́m, [AV.] &c.; du. °nū́ [[RV. x, 183, 2]; [AV. iv, 25, 5]], °nvā́ [[RV.]], °núvau [[TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]], °nvau [see gharma-]; pl. nom. & acc. °nvás, [RV.] &c., [BhP. i]; nom. °núvas, [TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]) the body, person, self (often used like a reflexive pron.; cf. ātmán), [RV.] &c.

tanū : form or manifestation, [RV.] &c. (tanū́ manyos, ‘a sign of wrath’, [PārGṛ. iii, 13, 5]).

śubh : (or śumbh) cl. 1. Ā. or cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xviii, 11]; [xxviii, 33]) śóbhate, śumbháti or śúmbhati (ep. also śobhati, and Ved. śúmbhate; 3. sg. śóbhe, [RV.]; pf. śuśobha, śuśubhe, [MBh.] &c.; śuśumbha Gr.; aor., aśubhat, aśobhiṣṭa, aśumbhīt, [ib.]; p. śúmbhāna, śubhāná, [RV.]; fut. śobhitā or śumbhitā Gr.; śobhiṣyati, [MBh.]; śumbhiṣyati Gr.; inf. śubhé, śobhāse, [RV.]; śobhitum Gr.), to beautify, embellish, adorn, beautify one's self. (Ā.) look beautiful or handsome, shine, be bright or splendid; (with iva or yathā, ‘to shine or look like’; with na, ‘to look bad, have a bad appearance, appear to disadvantage’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to prepare, make fit or ready, (Ā.) prepare one's self, [RV.]; [AV.]; (śúmbhate accord. to some) to flash or flit i.e. glide rapidly past or along, [RV.] (cf. śubhāná, śumbhámāna, and pra-√ śumbh); (śumbhati) wrongly for śundhati (to be connected with √ śudh, to purify), [AV. vi, 155, 3]; [xii, 2, 40] &c.; (śumbhati) to harm, injure, [Dhātup. xi, 42] (in this sense rather to be regarded as a second √ śumbh cf. √ 2. śumbh, ni-śumbh) : Pass. aor. aśobhi-tarām, [Inscr.] : Caus. śobhayati (aor. aśūśubhat ; cf. śobhita), to cause to shine, beautify, ornament, decorate, [AV.] &c. &c.; (śubháyati, °te) to ornament, decorate, (Ā.) decorate one's self, [RV.]; [TBr.]; (only pr. p. śubháyat), to fly rapidly along, [RV.] : Desid. śuśobhiṣate (accord. to Gr. also °ti, and śuśubhiṣati, °te), to wish to prepare or make ready, [Nir. viii, 10] : Intens. śośubhyate (Gr. also śośobdhi), to shine brightly or intensely, be very splendid or beautiful, [MBh.]

śubh : śúbh f. (dat. śubhé as inf.) splendour, beauty, ornament, decoration, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]

śubh : flashing or flitting past, gliding along, rapid course or flight, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]

śubh : readiness (?), [RV.]

kratuvid : kratu—víd mfn. granting power or knowledge, [RV.]

kratuvid : causing inspiration, inspiring, [RV.]

kratuvid : prudent, wise, [RV.]

kratuvid : kratu—víd m. (t) N. of a man, [AitBr. vii, 34] (cf. -jít.)

jana : jána mf(I)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ-

jana : jána m. (g. vṛṣādi) creature, living being, man, person, race (páñca jánās, ‘the five races’ = p° kṛṣṭáyas, [RV. iii], [viii ff.]; [MBh. iii, 14160]), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively, e.g. daívya or divyā́ j°, ‘divine race’, the gods collectively, [RV.]; mahat j°, many people, [R. vi, 101, 2]; often ifc. denoting one person or a number of persons collectively, e.g. preṣya-, bandhu-, sakhī- &c., qq.vv. ; with names of peoples, [VarBṛS. iv, 22] and [v, 74]; ayaṃ janaḥ, ‘this person, these persons’, I, we, [MBh. viii, 709]; [Hariv. 7110]; [R. ii, 41, 2]; [Śak.] &c.; eṣa j°, id., [Kāvyād. ii, 75]), [RV.] &c.

jana : the person nearest to the speaker (also with ayam or asau, ‘this my lover’, [Kāvyād. ii, 271]; [Ratnāv. i, 24/25]), [Nal. x, 10]; [Śak.]; [Mālav.]

jana : a common person, one of the people, [Kir. ii, 42] and [47]

jana : the world beyond the Mahar-loka, [BhP. iii, 11, 29]; [SkandaP.]

jana : janá (°ná), m. (g. aśvādi) N. of a man (with the patr. Śārkarākṣya), [ŚBr. x]; [ChUp.]