4.9.4
उ॒त ग्ना अ॒ग्निर॑ध्व॒र उ॒तो गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्दमे॑
उ॒त ब्र॒ह्मा नि षी॑दति
4.9.4
utá gnā́ agnír adhvaré-
utó gr̥hápatir dáme
utá brahmā́ ní ṣīdati
4.9.4
utafrom utá
from agní-
from adhvará-
from utá
from gr̥hápati-
from dáma-
from utá
from brahmán-
from ní
from √sad-
4.9.4
Agni in fire at sacrifice, and in the house as Lord thereof, And as a Brahman takes his seat.
4.9.4
Agni sits down also as (the sacrificer's) wife 1 at the sacrifice, and as the master of the house in the house, and as the Brahman 2.
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| 4.9.4 | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | invariable |
| 4.9.4 | gnā́ḥ | gnā́- gnā : gnā́ f. (nom. sg. ? gnā́s, [RV. iv, 9, 4]) ‘wife’ (=γυνή, √ jan), a divine female, kind of goddess, [RV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. viii] gnā : = vāc (speech, voice), [Naigh. i, 11.] 🔎 gnā́- | nominal stemPLFACC |
| 4.9.4 | agníḥ | agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 4.9.4 | adhvaré | adhvará- adhvara : a-dhvará mfn. (√ dhvṛ), not injuring, [AV.]; [TS.] adhvara : a-dhvará (ás), m. a sacrifice (especially the Soma sacrifice) adhvara : N. of a Vasu adhvara : of the chief of a family adhvara : a-dhvará n. sky or air, [L.] 🔎 adhvará- | nominal stemSGMLOC |
| 4.9.4 | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | invariable |
| 4.9.4 | u u : the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the u in full. u : ind. an interjection of compassion, anger, [L.] u : a particle implying assent, calling, command, [L.] u : ind. an enclitic copula used frequently in the Vedas; u : (as a particle implying restriction and antithesis, generally after pronominals, prepositions, particles, and before nu and su, equivalent to) and, also, further; on the other hand (especially in connexion with a relative, e.g. ya u, he on the contrary who &c.) u : This particle may serve to give emphasis, like id and eva, especially after prepositions or demonstrative pronouns, in conjunction with nu, vai, hi, cid, &c. (e.g. ayám u vām purutámo … johavīti [[RV. iii, 62, 2]], this very person [your worshipper] invokes you &c.) It is especially used in the figure of speech called Anaphora, and particularly when the pronouns are repeated (e.g. tám u stuṣa índram tám gṛṇīṣe [[RV. ii, 20, 4]], him I praise, Indra, him I sing). It may be used in drawing a conclusion, like the English ‘now’ (e.g. tád u táthā ná kuryāt [[ŚBr. v, 2, 2, 3]], that now he should not do in such a manner), and is frequently found in interrogative sentences (e.g. ká u tác ciketa [[RV. i, 164, 48]], who, I ask, should know that?) u : Pāṇini calls this particle uñ to distinguish it from the interrogative . In the Pada-pāṭha it is written ūm. u : In the classical language occurs only after atha, na, and kim, with a slight modification of the sense, and often only as an expletive (see kim); u : — or — uta, on the one hand — on the other hand; partly — partly; as well — as. u : cl. 5. P. unoti (see vy-u, [RV. v, 31, 1]) : cl. 2. Ā. (1. sg. uvé, [RV. x, 86, 7]) : cl. 1. Ā. avate, [Dhātup.]; to call to, hail; to roar, bellow (see also ota = ā-uta). u : m. N. of Śiva u : also of Brahman, [L.] 🔎 u | u u : the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the u in full. u : ind. an interjection of compassion, anger, [L.] u : a particle implying assent, calling, command, [L.] u : ind. an enclitic copula used frequently in the Vedas; u : (as a particle implying restriction and antithesis, generally after pronominals, prepositions, particles, and before nu and su, equivalent to) and, also, further; on the other hand (especially in connexion with a relative, e.g. ya u, he on the contrary who &c.) u : This particle may serve to give emphasis, like id and eva, especially after prepositions or demonstrative pronouns, in conjunction with nu, vai, hi, cid, &c. (e.g. ayám u vām purutámo … johavīti [[RV. iii, 62, 2]], this very person [your worshipper] invokes you &c.) It is especially used in the figure of speech called Anaphora, and particularly when the pronouns are repeated (e.g. tám u stuṣa índram tám gṛṇīṣe [[RV. ii, 20, 4]], him I praise, Indra, him I sing). It may be used in drawing a conclusion, like the English ‘now’ (e.g. tád u táthā ná kuryāt [[ŚBr. v, 2, 2, 3]], that now he should not do in such a manner), and is frequently found in interrogative sentences (e.g. ká u tác ciketa [[RV. i, 164, 48]], who, I ask, should know that?) u : Pāṇini calls this particle uñ to distinguish it from the interrogative . In the Pada-pāṭha it is written ūm. u : In the classical language occurs only after atha, na, and kim, with a slight modification of the sense, and often only as an expletive (see kim); u : — or — uta, on the one hand — on the other hand; partly — partly; as well — as. u : cl. 5. P. unoti (see vy-u, [RV. v, 31, 1]) : cl. 2. Ā. (1. sg. uvé, [RV. x, 86, 7]) : cl. 1. Ā. avate, [Dhātup.]; to call to, hail; to roar, bellow (see also ota = ā-uta). u : m. N. of Śiva u : also of Brahman, [L.] 🔎 u | invariable |
| 4.9.4 | gr̥hápatiḥ | gr̥hápati- gṛhapati : gṛhá—pati (°há-), m. ([Pāṇ. vi, 2, 18]) the master of a house, householder, [RV. vi, 53, 2]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. iv], [viii]; [Kauś.] &c. gṛhapati : N. of Agni, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. i], [v]; [MBh. iii, 14211]; [xii, 8883] (gen. pl. °tinām metrically for °tīnām) gṛhapati : for graha-p° (q.v.) gṛhapati : a householder of peculiar merit (giving alms and performing all the prescribed ceremonies), esp. one who has the precedence at a grand sacrifice (sattrá), [AitBr. v], [viii]; [ŚBr. viii], [xi f.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.] &c. gṛhapati : the head or judge of a village, [Daś. viii, 207]; [Mṛcch. ii, 14/15, 8], Sch. gṛhapati : a Brāhman of the 2nd order who after having finished his studies marries, [W.] gṛhapati : = dharma (the maintenance of a sacred and perpetual fire, the duty of a householder, hospitality &c.), [L.] gṛhapati : = -vitta, [L.] 🔎 gr̥hápati- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 4.9.4 | dáme | dáma- dama : dáma m. (or n.) house, home (δόμος, Lat. domus), [RV.]; [AV. vii] (also puru-dáma, q.v.), [VS. viii, 24] dama : dáma mfn. ifc. ‘taming, subduing’, see ariṃ-, gāṃ-, baliṃ- dama : dáma m. self-command, self-restraint, self-control, [ŚBr. xiv, 8, 2, 4] (°má, but cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34], [Kāś.]), [TUp.]; [KenUp.]; [Mn.] &c. dama : taming, [L.] dama : punishment, fine, [viii f.]; [Yājñ. ii, 4]; [BhP.] dama : N. of a brother of Damayantī, [Nal. i, 9] dama : of a Maha-rṣi, [MBh. xiii, 1762] dama : of a son of Dakṣa, [i], Sch. dama : of a grandson [or son, [BhP. ix, 2, 29]] of Marutta, [VP. iv, 1, 20]; [MārkP. cxxxiv]; [VāyuP.] dama : cf. dur-, su-. 🔎 dáma- | nominal stemSGMLOC |
| 4.9.4 | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | utá uta : mfn. (fr. √ ve, q.v.), sewn, woven. uta : utá ind. and, also, even, or, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c. uta : often used for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line after iti or a verb (e.g. sarva-bhūtāni tam pārtha sadā paribhavanty uta, all creatures, O king, certainly always despise him, [MBh. iii, 1026]), [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c. (As an interrogative particle, generally at the beginning of the second or following part of a double interrogation) or, utrum-an (e.g. katham nirṇīyate kiṃ syān niṣkāraṇo bandhur uta viśvāsa-ghātakaḥ, how can it be decided whether he be a friend without a motive or a violator of confidence? [Hit.]), [Kum.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Sāh.] &c. uta : in this sense it may be strengthened by āho (e.g. kaccit tvam asi mānuṣī utāho surāṅganā, art thou a mortal woman or divine? Nala), or by āho-svit (e.g. śālihotraḥ kiṃ nu syād utāhosvid rājā nalaḥ, can it be Śālihotra or king Nala?) Rarely kim is repeated before used in this sense (e.g. kim nu svargāt prāptā tasyā rūpeṇa kimutānyāgatā, has she arrived from heaven or has another come in her form? [Mṛcch.]), [Amar.]; [MBh.] &c. (As a particle of wishing, especially at the beginning of a sentence followed by a potential) would that! utinam! (e.g. utādhīyīta, would that he would read!) ( preceded by kim) on the contrary, how much more, how much less (e.g. samartho 'si sahasram api jetuṃ kimutaikam, thou art able to conquer even a thousand, how much more one, [R.]), [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Ragh.] &c. ( preceded by prati) on the contrary, rather (e.g. eṣa pṛṣṭo 'smābhir na jalpati hanti praty-uta pāṣāṇaiḥ, this one questioned by us does not speak, but rather throws stones at us), [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. uta : uta vā, or else, and (e.g. samudrād uta vā purīṣāt, from the sea or from the moisture in the air) uta : vā — uta vā or utāho vāpi — vā, either — or uta : — , both — and (e.g. uta balavān utābalaḥ, both the strong and the weak) uta : kim — uta vā, whether — or else. uta : mfn. woven &c. See 1. , p. 175, col. 2. 🔎 utá | invariable |
| 4.9.4 | brahmā́ | brahmán- brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.] brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.] brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100] brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83]) brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.] brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.) brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7] brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10] brahman : final emancipation, [L.] brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen] brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3] brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c. brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.] brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.] brahman : the sun, [L.] brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch. brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.] brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.] brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.] brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.] brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.] brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.] brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.] 🔎 brahmán- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 4.9.4 | ní ni : ní ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, [AV. x, 8, 7] always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis) ni : it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., [L.] ni : [cf. Zd. ni; Gk. ἐ-νί; Slav. ni-zu; Germ., ni-dar, ni-der, nieder; Angl.Sax. ni-ther, Eng. ne-ther, be-neath.] ni : (for nī) mfn. See ṛta-ní. ni : (in music) the 7th note (for niṣadha). 🔎 ní | ní ni : ní ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, [AV. x, 8, 7] always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis) ni : it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., [L.] ni : [cf. Zd. ni; Gk. ἐ-νί; Slav. ni-zu; Germ., ni-dar, ni-der, nieder; Angl.Sax. ni-ther, Eng. ne-ther, be-neath.] ni : (for nī) mfn. See ṛta-ní. ni : (in music) the 7th note (for niṣadha). 🔎 ní | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 4.9.4 | sīdati | √sad- sad : in comp. for sat. sad : cl. 1. or cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xx, 24] and [xxvii, 133]) sīdati (ep. also °te; Ved. sádati or sī́dati, °te; pf. sasā́da, sasáttha, sedús, sediré, [RV.]; sīdatus, [MBh.]; sasadyāt, [AV.]; aor. asadat [cf. pres. stem] Gr.; 2. 3. sg. sátsi, sátsat, [RV.]; asādīt, [TĀr.]; fut. sattā Gr.; satsyati, [Br.]; sīdiṣyati, [Pur.]; inf. sáde, [RV.]; sattum, [Br.]; sīditum, [MBh.]; ind.p. -sádya, -sádam, [RV.]; -sādam, [Br.]), to sit down (esp. at a sacrifice), sit upon or in or at (acc. or loc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; to sit down before, besiege, lie in wait for, watch (acc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; to sink down, sink into despondency or distress, become faint or wearied or dejected or low-spirited, despond, despair, pine or waste away, perish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. : Pass. sadyate (aor. asādi, sādi, [RV.]) : Caus. sādáyati, °te (aor. asīṣadat), to cause to sit down or be seated, place down, put upon or in (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to put in distress, afflict, weary, exhaust, ruin, destroy, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Desid. siṣatsati Gr.: Intens. sāsadyate (Gr. also sāsatti), to sit down in an indecent posture, [Bhaṭṭ.] sad : [cf. Gk. ἵζω for σίσδω; Lat. sidere, sedere; Lith. sė́sti, sedė́ti; Slav. sěsti; Goth. sitan; Germ. sitzen; Angl.Sax. sittan; Eng. sit.] sad : sád mfn. (mostly ifc.; for 1. See p. 1137, col. 1) sitting or dwelling in (cf. adma-, antarikṣa-, apsu-sad &c.) sad : sád covering (the female); sádā = ‘ever’ in [AV. iv, 4, 7] 🔎 √sad- | rootSGPRSACT3IND |