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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manasā : mánasā ind., in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly

manasā : f. See 1.

manasā : f. N. of a partic. goddess (described as consisting of a particle of Prakṛti and as daughter of Kaśyapa. sister of the serpent-king Ananta, wife of the Muni Jarat-kāru, mother of the Muni Āstīka and protectress of men from the venom of serpents; cf. viṣa-harī), [Pañcar.]

manasā : of a Kiṃ-narī, [Kāraṇḍ.]

manasā : instr. of manas, in comp.

manas : mánas n. mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will, [RV.] &c. &c. (in phil. the internal organ or antaḥ-karaṇa of perception and cognition, the faculty or instrument through which thoughts enter or by which objects of sense affect the soul, [IW. 53]; in this sense is always regarded as distinct from ātman and puruṣa, ‘spirit or soul’ and belonging only to the body, like which it is — except in the Nyāya — considered perishable; as to its position in the various systems See for Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, [IW. 63]; [67]; [76], for Sāṃkhya and Vedānta, [ib.] [84]; [109]; [117]; in [RV.] it is sometimes joined with hṛd or hṛdaya, the heart, [Mn. vii, 6] with cakṣus, the eye)

manas : the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death (called asu in animals; cf. above), [ib.]

manas : thought, imagination, excogitation, invention, reflection, opinion, intention, inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, spirit, [ib.] (ifc. after a verbal noun or an inf. stem in °tu = having a mind or wishing to; cf. draṣṭu-m° &c.; manaḥ √ kṛ, to make up one's mind; with gen., to feel inclination for ; manaḥ √ kṛ, pra-√ kṛ, √ dhā, vi-√ dhā, √ dhṛ, √ bandh and Caus. of ni-√ viś with loc. dat. acc. with prati, or inf., to direct the mind or thoughts towards, think of or upon; manaḥ with sam-ā-√ dhā, to recover the senses, collect one's self; with √ han See mano-hatya; mánasā ind. in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly; with gen., by the leave of; with iva = °seva, as with a thought, in a moment; with √ man, to think in one's mind, be willing or inclined; with saṃ-√ gam, to become unanimous, agree; manasi with √ kṛ, to bear or ponder in the mind, meditate on, remember; with ni-√ dhā, to impress on the mind, consider; with √ vṛt, to be passing in one's mind)

manas : N. of the 26th Kalpa (s.v.), [Cat.]

manas : of the lake Mānasa, [BhP.]

manas : manaso dohaḥ N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

manas : [cf. Gk. μένος; Lat. Miner-va.]

dṛdhra : dṛdhrá mfn. (√ dhṛ) seizing or fastening tightly, [RV. iv, 1, 15.]

ubh : cl. 9. P. ubhnāti (impf. 2. sg. ubhnā́s) to hurt, kill, [RV. i, 63, 4] : cl. 6. P. ubhati, umbhati, umbhāṃ-cakāra, umbhitā, aumbhīt, to cover over, fill with, [Dhātup. xxviii, 32], Vārtt. on [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 59]; [Bhaṭṭ.] &c.

ubh : cl. 7. unábddhi, to bind, compress, confine, contain, include.

gav : in Ved. comp. for gó

yam : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) yácchati (Ved. also °te, and Ved. ep. yámati, °te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yemúḥ, yemiré, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. áyān, áyamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandhí; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi, [RV.]; áyāṃsam, ayāṃsi, áyaṃsta Subj. yaṃsat, °satas, °sate, [ib.]; [Br.]; 3. sg. -yámiṣṭa, [RV. v, 32, 7]; ayaṃsiṣam Gr.; fut. yantā, [ib.]; yaṃsyati, yamiṣyati, [Br.] &c. inf. yántum, yamitum, [ib.]; yántave, yámitavaí, [RV.]; ind.p. yatvā, yamitvā, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; yátya, [AV.]; [Br.]; -yamya, [GṛŚrS.]; -yámam, [RV.]; [Br.]), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with āyudhaiḥ, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.]; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over (dat.), [RV.]; (Ā.) to extend one's self before (dat.), [AitBr.]; to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.]; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.]; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, [ib.] &c. &c.; to offer; confer, grant, bestow on (dat. or loc.), present with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with mārgam), to make way for (gen.), [MBh.]; (with prati and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; (Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dat.), [RV.]; to raise, utter (a sound &c.), [ib.]; to fix, establish, [ib.]; (Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.]; to catch fire, [TBr.] (Sch.) : Pass. yamyáte (aor. áyāmi), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. yāmayati ([AV.]), yamayati ([Br.] &c.; °te, [MBh.]; aor. ayīyamat), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaṃsati, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] : Intens. yaṃyamīti (see ud-√ yam) or yaṃyamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) [cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment’.]

pari : pári ind. round, around, about, round about

pari : fully, abundantly, richly (esp. ibc. [where also parī] to express fulness or high degree), [RV.] &c. &c.

pari : as a prep. (with acc.) about (in space and time), [RV.]; [AV.]

pari : against, opposite to, in the direction of, towards, to, [ib.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]; also at the beginning of a comp. mfn.; cf. [ib.] [ii, 2, 18], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.] and pary-adhyayana)

pari : beyond, more than, [AV.]

pari : to the share of (with √ as, or bhū, to fall to a person's lot), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]

pari : successively, severally (e.g. vṛkṣam pari siñcati, he waters tree after tree), [ib.]

pari : (with abl.) from, away from, out of [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 93])

pari : outside of, except, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 88], [Kāś.] (often repeated, [ib.] [viii, 1, 5]; also at the beginning or the end of an ind. comp. [ib.] [ii, 1, 12])

pari : after the lapse of [Mn. iii, 119]; [MBh. xiii, 4672] (some read parisaṃvatsarāt)

pari : in consequence or on account or for the sake of [RV.]; [AV.]

pari : according to (esp. dhármaṇas pári, according to ordinance or in conformity with law or right), [RV.]

pari : [cf. Zd. pairi; Gk. περί.]

as : cl. 2. P. ásti (2. sg. ási, 1. sg. ásmi; pl. smási or smás, sthá, sánti; (rarely Ā., e.g. 1. pl. smahe, [MBh. xiii, 13]); Subj. ásat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]); Pot. syā́t; impf. ā́sīt, rarely ās [only in [RV. x]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 97]] ; perf. 1. and 3. sg., ā́sa, 2. sg. ā́sitha, 3. pl. āsúḥ; p. m. sát f. satī́) to be, live, exist, be present; to take place, happen; to abide, dwell, stay; to belong to (gen. or dat.); to fall to the share of, happen to any one (gen.); to be equal to (dat.), [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. xi, 85]; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dat.); to become, [BṛĀrUp.] &c., (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 51]-[55]); to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adj., but also with adv. [e.g. tūṣṇīm āsīt, [MBh. iii, 4041]], and often with part., [e.g. perf. Pass. p. prasthitāḥ sma, [N.]; fut. p.p. hantavyo 'smi, [N.]; fut. p. especially with Pot., and only in [ŚBr.], as yádi dāsyán-t-syā́t, ‘if he should intend to give’]; the pf. āsa helps to form the periphrastic perf., and asmi &c. the fut.);

as : [cf. Gk. ἐσ-τί; Lat. es-t; Goth. is-t; Lith. es-ti.]

as : cl. 4. P. ásyati (p. ásyat; impf. ā́syat, [AV.] [cf. parās and vy-as]; fut. p. asiṣyát; aor. āsthat [[Nir. ii, 2]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 17]; cf. vy-as]; perf. P. āsa [cf. parās] Ā. āse [cf. vy-as]; Ved. Inf. ástave, [VS.]) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to drive or frighten away, [Nalod. iv, 36]; See also 1. astá s.v.

as : asati, °te = √ aṣ, q.v.

adri : ádri m. (√ ad, [Uṇ.]), a stone, a rock, a mountain

adri : a stone for pounding Soma with or grinding it on

adri : a stone for a sling, a thunderbolt

adri : a mountain-shaped mass of clouds

adri : a cloud (the mountains are the clouds personified, and regarded as the enemies of Indra)

adri : a tree, [L.]

adri : the sun, [L.]

adri : N. of a measure

adri : the number seven

adri : N. of a grandson of Pṛthu.

dṛh : dṛṃh or cl. 1. P. dṛ́ṃhati, to make firm, fix, strengthen, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (p. dṛṃhántam, [AV. xii, 29]); Ā. °te, to be firm or strong, [RV.] &c. (trans. = P. only in dṛṃhéthe, [RV. vi, 67, 6], and dṛṃhāmahai, [ŚBr. ii, 1, 9]); cl. 4. P. Ā. only Impf. dṛhya and °hyasva, be strong, [RV.]; cl. 1. darhati, to grow, [Dhātup. xvii, 84] ; pf. dadarha or dadṛṃha; p. Ā. dādṛhāṇá, fixing, holding, [RV. i, 130, 4]; [iv, 26, 6]; fixed, firm, [i, 85, 10]; aor. ádadṛhanta, they were fixed or firm, [x, 82, 1] : Caus. P. Ā. dṛṃhayati, °te, to make firm, fix, establish, [AV.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]

dṛh : See √ dṛṃh and dhṛk.

vacas : vácas n. (for 2. See p. 914, col. 2) speech, voice, word, [RV.] &c. &c. (°casāmpatiḥ N. of Bṛhaspati, [Laghuj.])

vacas : singing, song (of birds), [Ṛtus.]

vacas : advice, direction, command, order, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (vacaḥ-√ kṛ, with gen., ‘to follow the advice of’; vacasā mama, ‘on my advice’)

vacas : an oracular utterance (declarative of some future fate or destiny), [VarBṛS.]

vacas : a sentence, [L.]

vacas : (in gram.) number (see dvi-v°).

vacas : mfn. (for 1. See p. 912, col. 3) in adhóvacas, q.v.

daivya : daívya mf(A and I)n. divine, [RV.] (esp. °vyā hótārā, the two divine priests), [AV.] &c.

daivya : daívya m. N. of a messenger of the Asuras, [TS.]

daivya : daívya n. divine power or effect, [AV. iv, 27, 6]

daivya : fortune, fate, [L.]

vraja : m. (for 2. See p. 1042, col. 1) a way, road, [L.]

vraja : n. wandering, roaming, [W.]

vraja : vrajá m. (n. only, [RV. v, 6, 7]; ifc. f(A). ; fr. √ vṛj) a fold, stall, cow-pen, cattle-shed, enclosure or station of herdsmen, [RV.] &c. &c.

vraja : vrajá m. N. of the district around Agra and Mathurā (the abode of Nanda, of Kṛṣṇa's foster-father, and scene of Kṛṣṇa's juvenile adventures; commonly called Braj; cf. vṛji), [Inscr.]

vraja : a herd, flock, swarm, troop, host, multitude, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (saṃgrāmaḥ savrajaḥ ‘a fight with many’, [MārkP.]; vrajo girimayaḥ, prob. = giri-vraja, q.v., [Hariv.])

vraja : a cloud (= megha), [Naigh. i, 10]

vraja : N. of a son of Havir-dhāna, [Hariv.]; [VP.]

uśij : uśíj mfn. ([Uṇ. ii, 71]) wishing, desiring, striving earnestly, zealous, [RV.]

uśij : desirable, amiable, lovely, charming, [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [BhP.]

uśij : uśíj (k), m. fire, [Uṇ.]

uśij : boiled butter, ghee, [ib.]

uśij : uśíj (k), f. N. of the mother of Kakṣīvat.

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.

vṛ : cl. 5. 9. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]; [xxxiv, 8]) vṛṇóti, vṛṇuté; vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte; várati, várate (mostly cl. 5. and with the prep. apa or vi; of cl. 9. only avṛṇīdhvam, [AV. vi, 7, 3]; cl. 1. only in [RV.] [cf. also √ ūrṇu]; pf. vavā́ra, vavré, [RV.] &c. &c. [2. sg. vavártha, [RV.]; vavaritha, vavṛma &c. Gr.; p. vavrivás gen. vavavrúṣas, [RV.]]; aor. ávar or ā́var, avṛta, [RV.] [1. sg. vam, 2. du. vartam, 3. pl. avran, p. Ā. vrāṇá, q.v. Impv. vṛdhi, [ib.]]; avārīt, [Br.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Subj. varṣathas, [RV.]; Pot. vriyāt, vūryāt, variṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. varītā or varitā, varīṣyati or variṣyati, [ib.] ; inf. vartum, [MBh.], varitum, [Bhaṭṭ.], varītum, [Sāh.]; ind.p. vṛtvā́, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; vṛlvī́, [RV.]; vṛtvā́ya, [Br.]; -vṛ́tya, [AV.]), to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct, [RV.] &c. &c.; to close (a door), [AitBr.]; to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. vriyate (aor. ávāri), to be covered or surrounded or obstructed or hindered, [RV.]; [MBh.] : Caus. vāráyati, °te (aor. avīvarat, ávīvarata, [AV.]; ávāvarīt, [RV.]; Pass. vāryate, [MBh.] &c.), to cover, conceal, hide, keep back, hold captive, [RV.] &c. &c.; to stop, check, restrain, suppress, hinder, prevent from (abl. or inf.; rarely two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to exclude, [Siddh.]; to prohibit, forbid, [MBh.]; to withhold, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. vivārayiṣate, [Br.] : Desid. vivarīṣati or vivariṣati, vuvūrṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. vevrīyate, vovūryate, varvarti, [ib.]

vṛ : [cf. Goth. warjan; Germ. wehren, Wehr; Eng. weir.]

vṛ : cl. 5. Ā. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]) vṛṇoti, vṛṇute; vṛṇā́ti, (mostly) vṛṇīté (in [RV.] also váras, °rat, °ranta, but these may be Subj. aor.; pf. vavāra, [Bhaṭṭ.]; vavre, [RV.] [2. sg. vavṛṣé, 1. pl. vavṛmáhe] &c. &c.; aor. avri, avṛta, [RV.] [Pot. vurīta, p. urāṇá] &c. &c.; avṛṣi, °ṣata, [AV.]; [Br.] [2. pl. avṛḍhvam] [Up.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Prec. variṣīṣṭa, [ib.]; fut. varītā or varitā, [ib.]; variṣyate, [Br.]; varīṣyate Gr.; inf. varītum, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; varitum Gr.; ind.p. varitvā or vṛtvā, [GṛŚrS.] &c.; varītvā Gr.), to choose, select, choose for one's self, choose as (-arthe or acc. of pers.) or for (-artham or dat., loc. instr. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to choose in marriage, woo, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to ask a person (acc.) for (acc.) or on behalf of (kṛte), [R.]; [Kathās.]; to solicit anything (acc.) from (abl. or -tas), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to ask or request that (Pot. with or without iti), [R.]; [MBh.]; to like better than, prefer to (abl., rarely instr.), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to like, love (as opp. to ‘hate’), [MBh. v, 4149]; to choose or pick out a person (for a boon), grant (a boon) to (acc.), [Rājat. iii, 421] : Caus. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 2]) varayati, °te (ep. also vārayati; Pass. varyáte, [Br.]); to choose, choose for one's self, choose as (acc. of pers.) or for (-artham dat. or loc. of thing), ask or sue for (acc.) or on behalf of (dat. or -arthe), choose as a wife (acc. with or without patnīm, dārān, or patny-artham), [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to like, love well, [R.]

vṛ : [cf. Lat. velle; Slav. voliti; Got. wiljian; Germ. wollan, wollen, Wahl, wohl; Angl.Sax. willan; Eng. will.]