ṛbhu : ṛbhú mfn. (√ rabh), clever, skilful, inventive, prudent (said of Indra, Agni, and the Ādityas, [RV.]; also of property or wealth, [RV. iv, 37, 5]; [viii, 93, 34]; of an arrow, [AV. i, 2, 3])

ṛbhu : (us), m. an artist, one who works in iron, a smith, builder (of carriages &c.), N. of three semi-divine beings (Ṛbhu, Vāja, and Vibhvan, the name of the first being applied to all of them; thought by some to represent the three seasons of the year [[Ludwig, RV. vol. iii, p. 187]], and celebrated for their skill as artists; they are supposed to dwell in the solar sphere, and are the artists who formed the horses of Indra, the carriage of the Aśvins, and the miraculous cow of Bṛhaspati; they made their parents young, and performed other wonderful works [Sv-apas]; they are supposed to take their ease and remain idle for twelve days [the twelve intercalary days of the winter solstice] every year in the house of the Sun [Agohya]; after which they recommence working; when the gods heard of their skill, they sent Agni to them with the one cup of their rival Tvaṣṭṛ, the artificer of the gods, bidding the Ṛbhus construct four cups from it; when they had successfully executed this task, the gods received the Ṛbhus amongst themselves and allowed them to partake of their sacrifices &c.; cf. [Kaegi, RV. p. 53 f.]), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ṛbhu : they appear generally as accompanying Indra, especially at the evening sacrifice

ṛbhu : in later mythology Ṛbhu is a son of Brahman, [VP.]

ṛbhu : a deity, [L.]

ṛbhu : ṛbhú (avas), m. a class of deities

ṛbhu : [cf. Gk. ἀλϕεῖν; Lat. labor; Goth. arb-aiths; Angl.Sax. earfoð; Slav. rab-ǔ.]

rayi : rayí m. or (rarely) f. (fr. √ rā; the following forms occur in the Veda, rayis, °yím, °yibhis, °yīṇām; rayyā́, °yyaí, °yyā́m; cf. 2. rai), property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth (often personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.]

rayi : stuff, materials, [PraśnUp.]

rayi : v.l. for raji, q.v.

rayi : rayí mfn. (?) rich, [RV. viii, 31, 11]; [ix, 101, 7.]

vāja : vā́ja m. (fr. √ vaj; cf. ugra, uj, ojas &c.) strength, vigour, energy, spirit, speed (esp. of a horse; also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] (vā́jebhis ind. mightily, greatly; cf. sahasā)

vāja : a contest, race, conflict, battle, war, [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vāja : the prize of a race or of battle, booty, gain, reward, any precious or valuable possession, wealth, treasure, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [PañcavBr.]

vāja : food, sacrificial food (= anna in [Nigh. ii, 7] and in most of the Commentators), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]

vāja : = vāja-peya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāja : (?) a swift or spirited horse, war-horse, steed, [RV.]; [AV.]

vāja : the feathers on a arrow, [RV.]

vāja : a wing, [L.]

vāja : sound, [L.]

vāja : N. of one of the 3 Ṛbhus (pl. = the 3 Ṛbhus), [RV.]

vāja : of the month Caitra, [VS.]

vāja : of a son of Laukya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

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

vāja : of a Muni, [L.]

vāja : vā́ja n. (only [L.]) ghee or clarified butter

vāja : an oblation of rice offered at a Śrāddha

vāja : rice or food in general

vāja : water

vāja : an acetous mixture of ground meal and water left to ferment

vāja : a Mantra or prayer concluding a sacrifice.

yuj : (cf. √ 2. yu) cl. 7. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxix, 7]) yunákti, yuṅkté (ep. also yuñjati, °te; Ved. yojati, °te; yuje, yujmahe, 3. pl. yujata Impv. yukṣvá; Pot. yuñjīyāt, [R.]; pf. yuyója, yuyujé, [RV.] &c. &c., 3. sg. yuyojate, [RV. viii, 70, 7]; aor. Class. P. ayokṣīt, ayaukṣīt or ayujat; Ved. also Ā. áyuji; Ved. and Class. ayukṣi, ayukta; fut. yoktā́, [Br.]; yokṣyati, [ib.]; °te, [AV.] &c. &c.; inf. yoktum, [Br.]; yujé, [RV.]; ind.p. yuktvā́, [ib.] &c. &c.; yuktvā́ya, [RV.]; [Br.]; -yujya, [MBh.] &c.), to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot), [RV.] &c. &c.; to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply, [ib.]; to equip (an army), [R.]; to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice), [BhP.]; to put on (arrows on a bow-string), [MBh.]; to fix in, insert, inject (semen), [ŚBr.]; to appoint to, charge or intrust with (loc. or dat.), [MBh.]; [VP.]; to command, enjoin, [BhP.]; to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts &c.) upon (loc.), [TS.] &c. &c.; (P. Ā.) to concentrate the mind in order to obtain union with the Universal Spirit, be absorbed in meditation (also with yogam), [MaitrUp.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to recollect, recall, [MBh.]; to join, unite, connect, add, bring together, [RV.] &c. &c. (Ā. to be attached, cleave to, [Hariv.]); to confer, or bestow anything (acc.) upon (gen. or loc.), [BhP.]; [MārkP.] (Ā. with acc., to become possessed of [MBh.]; with ātmani, to use for one's self, enjoy, [Mn. vi, 12]); to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with (instr.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to join one's self to (acc.), [RV.]; (in astron.) to come into union or conjunction with (acc.), [VarBṛS.] : Pass. yujyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. áyoji), to be yoked or harnessed or joined &c., [RV.] &c. &c.; to attach one's self to (loc.), [Hit.]; to be made ready or prepared for (dat.), [Bhag.]; to be united in marriage, [Gaut.]; [MBh.]; to be endowed with or possessed of (instr. with or without saha), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (in astron.) to come into conjunction with (instr.), [VarBṛS.]; to accrue to, fall to the lot of (gen.), [Pañcat.]; to be fit or proper or suitable or right, suit anything (instr.), be fitted for (loc.), belong to or suit any one (loc. or gen.), deserve to be (nom.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with na) not to be fit or proper &c. for (instr.) or to (inf., also with pass. sense = ‘ought not to be’), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] : Caus. yojayati (mc. also °te; aor. ayūyujat; Pass. yojyate), to harness, yoke with (instr.), put to (loc.), [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c.; to equip (an army), draw up (troops), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to use, employ, set to work, apply, undertake, carry on, perform, accomplish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to urge or impel to, [Bhartṛ.]; [Prab.]; to lead towards, help to (loc.), [Sarvad.]; to set (snares, nets &c.), [MBh.]; [Hit.]; to put or fix on (esp. arrows), [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to aim (arrows) at (loc.), [R.]; to fasten on or in, attack, adjust, add, insert, [Kauś.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; (with manas, ātmānam &c.) to direct the thoughts to, concentrate or fix the mind upon (loc.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]; to join, unite, connect, combine, bring or put together (also = write, compose), [R.]; [Var.]; [Rājat.] &c.; to encompass, embrace, [MBh.]; to put in order, arrange, repair, restore, [Rājat.]; to endow or furnish or provide with (instr.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to mix (food) with (instr.), [Mn. vii, 218]; to confer anything upon (loc.), [BhP.]; (in astron.) to ascertain or know (jānāti) the conjunction of the moon with an asterism (instr.), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 11 [Pat.]; (Ā.) to think little of, esteem lightly, despise, [Vop.] in [Dhātup. xxxiii, 36] : Desid. yuyukṣati, to wish to harness or yoke or join &c.; to wish to appoint or institute, [MBh.]; to wish to fix or aim (arrows), [BhP.]; (Ā.) to wish to be absorbed in meditation, devout, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Intens. yoyujyate, yoyujīti or yoyokti Gr.

yuj : [cf. Gk. ζεύγνυμι, ζυγόν; Lat. jungere, jugum; Lith. jùngus; Slav. igo; Goth. juk; Germ. joh, Joch; Angl.Sax. geoc; Eng. yoke.]

yuj : yúj mfn. (mostly ifc.; when uncompounded, the strong cases have a nasal, e.g. nom. yuṅ, yuñjau, yuñjas, but aśva-yuk &c., [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 71]) joined, yoked, harnessed, drawn by, [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. aśva-, hari-, hayottama-yuj)

yuj : furnished or provided or filled with, affected by, possessed of (instr., mostly comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

yuj : bestowing, granting (e.g. kāma-yuj, ‘granting wishes’), [Hariv.]

yuj : exciting, an exciter (e.g. yuṇ bhiyaḥ, an exciter of fear), [Bhaṭṭ.]

yuj : being in couples or pairs, even (not odd or separate), [Lāṭy.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

yuj : yúj m. a yoke-fellow, companion, comrade, associate, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

yuj : a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation, [W.]

yuj : a pair, couple, the number ‘two’, [Pañcar.]

yuj : du. the two Aśvins, [L.]

yuj : (in astron.) the zodiacal sign Gemini.

hū : weak form of √ hve, p. 1308.

hū : mfn. calling, invoking (see indra-, deva-, pitṛ-hū &c.)

hū : ind. an exclamation of contempt, grief &c. (hū hū, the yelling of a jackal, [VarBṛS.])

aśvin : aśvín mfn. possessed of horses, consisting of horses, [RV.]

aśvin : mounted on horseback, [MārkP.]

aśvin : aśvín (ī́), m. a cavalier

aśvin : horse-tamer, [RV.]

aśvin : aśvín (ínā or inau), m. du. ‘the two charioteers’, N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds; they bring treasures to men and avert misfortune and sickness; they are considered as the physicians of heaven), [RV.] &c.

aśvin : a N. of the Nakṣatra presided over by the Aśvins, [VarBṛS.]

aśvin : the number, ‘two’, [ib.]; [Sūryas.]

aśvin : (for aśvi-sutau) the two sons of the Aśvins, viz. Nakula and Sahadeva, [MBh. v, 1816]

aśvin : aśvín (í), n. (= aśva-vat n. q.v.) richness in horses, [RV. i, 53, 4.]