pra : prá ind. before

pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).

śaṃtama : śaṃ—tama (śáṃ-), mfn. most beneficent or wholesome or salutary, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [BhP.]

varuṇa : váruṇa m. (once in the [TĀr.] varuṇá) ‘All-enveloping Sky’, N. of an Āditya (in the Veda commonly associated with Mitra [q.v.] and presiding over the night as Mitra over the day, but often celebrated separately, whereas Mitra is rarely invoked alone; Varuṇa is one of the oldest of the Vedic gods, and is commonly thought to correspond to the Οὐρανός of the Greeks, although of a more spiritual conception; he is often regarded as the supreme deity, being then styled ‘king of the gods’ or ‘king of both gods and men’ or ‘king of the universe’; no other deity has such grand attributes and functions assigned to him; he is described as fashioning and upholding heaven and earth, as possessing extraordinary power and wisdom called māyā, as sending his spies or messengers throughout both worlds, as numbering the very winkings of men's eyes, as hating falsehood, as seizing transgressors with his pāśa or noose, as inflicting diseases, especially dropsy, as pardoning sin, as the guardian of immortality; he is also invoked in the Veda together with Indra, and in later Vedic literature together with Agni, with Yama, and with Viṣṇu; in [RV. iv, 1, 2], he is even called the brother of Agni; though not generally regarded in the Veda as a god of the ocean, yet he is often connected with the waters, especially the waters of the atmosphere or firmament, and in one place [[RV. vii, 64, 2]] is called with Mitra, sindhu-pati, ‘lord of the sea or of rivers’; hence in the later mythology he became a kind of Neptune, and is there best known in his character of god of the ocean; in the [MBh.] Varuṇa is said to be a son of Kardama and father of Puṣkara, and is also variously represented as one of the Deva-gandharvas, as a Nāga, as a king of the Nāgas, and as an Asura; he is the regent of the western quarter [cf. loka-pāla] and of the Nakṣatra Śatabhiṣaj [[VarBṛS.]]; the Jainas consider Varuṇa as a servant of the twentieth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 10]; [12] &c.)

varuṇa : the ocean, [VarBṛS.]

varuṇa : water, [Kathās.]

varuṇa : the sun, [L.]

varuṇa : awarder off or dispeller, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 48, 5]

varuṇa : N. of a partic. magical formula recited over weapons, [R.] (v.l. varaṇa)

varuṇa : the tree Crataeva Roxburghii, [L.] (cf. varaṇa)

varuṇa : pl. (prob.) the gods generally, [AV. iii, 4, 6]

varuṇa : váruṇa &c. See p. 921, col. 2.

dīdhiti : dī́dhiti f. brightness, splendour, light, a ray, [Naigh. i, 5]; [MBh.]; [Kālid.] &c.

dīdhiti : majesty, power, [Bhartṛ. ii, 2]

dīdhiti : N. of works., esp. ifc.

dīdhiti : dī́dhiti f. religious reflection, devotion, inspiration, [RV. i, 186, 11] &c.

gīḥ : (in comp. for 1. gír).

gir : gír mfn. (√ gṝ) addressing, invoking, praising, [RV.]

gir : gír f. (ī́r) invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song, [RV.] (the Maruts are called ‘sons of praise’, sūnávo gíraḥ, [i, 37, 10]), [AV.]

gir : speech, speaking, language, voice, words (e.g. mānuṣīṃ giraṃ √ 1. kṛ, to assume a human voice, [Nal. i, 25]; girāṃ prabhaviṣṇuḥ [[VarBṛS.]] or pati [[VarYogay.]] = gir-īśa, q.v.; tad-girā, on his advice, [Kathās. lxxv]), [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.

gir : = gīr-devī, fame, celebrity, [W.]

gir : a kind of mystical syllable, [RāmatUp.];

gir : [cf. Hib. gair, ‘an outcry, shout’; Gk. γῆρυς.]

gir : mfn. (√ gṝ) ifc. ‘swallowing’, see gara- and muhur-gír.

gir : gír m. = girí, a mountain, [RV. v, 41, 14] and [vii, 39, 5]; [Śiś. iv, 59.]

mitra : mitrá m. (orig. mit-tra, fr. √ mith or mid; cf. medin) a friend, companion, associate, [RV.]; [AV.] (in later language mostly n.)

mitra : N. of an Āditya (generally invoked together with Varuṇa cf. mitrā-v°, and often associated with Aryaman q.v.; Mitra is extolled alone in [RV. iii, 59], and there described as calling men to activity, sustaining earth and sky and beholding all creatures with unwinking eye; in later times he is considered as the deity of the constellation Anurādhā, and father of Utsarga), [RV.] &c. &c.

mitra : the sun, [Kāv.] &c. (cf. comp.)

mitra : N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]

mitra : of a son of Vasiṣṭha and various other men, [Pur.]

mitra : of the third Muhūrta, [L.]

mitra : du. = mitrá-varuṇa, [RV.]

mitra : mitrá n. friendship, [RV.]

mitra : mitrá n. a friend, companion (cf. m. above), [TS.] &c., &c.

mitra : mitrá n. (with aurasa) a friend connected by blood-relationship, [Hit.]

mitra : an ally (a prince whose territory adjoins that of an immediate neighbour who is called ari, enemy, [Mn. vii, 158] &c., in this meaning also applied to planets, [VarBṛS.])

mitra : a companion to = resemblance of (gen.; ifc. = resembling, like), [Bālar.]; [Vcar.]

mitra : N. of the god Mitra (enumerated among the 10 fires), [MBh.]

mitra : a partic. mode of fighting, [Hariv.] (v.l. for bhinna).

mitra : Nom. P. mitrati, to act in a friendly manner, [Śatr.]

bhaga : bhága See p. 743, col. 2.

bhaga : bhága m. (ifc. f(A and I). g. bahv-ādi) ‘dispenser’, gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, esp. to Savitṛ), [RV.]; [AV.]

bhaga : N. of an Āditya (bestowing wealth and presiding over love and marriage, brother of the Dawn, regent of the Nakṣatra Uttara-Phalgunī; Yāska enumerates him among the divinities of the highest sphere; according to a later legend his eyes were destroyed by Rudra), [ib.] &c. &c.

bhaga : the Nakṣatra U°-Ph°, [MBh. vi, 81]

bhaga : the sun, [ib.] [iii, 146]

bhaga : the moon, [L.]

bhaga : N. of a Rudra, [MBh.]

bhaga : good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Yājñ.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (ifc. f(A). ) dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛS.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (also n., [L.]) love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]; [BhP.]

bhaga : (n., [L.]; ifc. f(A). ) the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

bhaga : bhága n. a partic. Muhūrta, [Cat.]

bhaga : the perinaeum of males, [L.]

bhaga : bhága m. n. = yatna, prayatna, kīrti, yaśas, vairāgya, icchā, jñāna, mukti, mokṣa, dharma, śrī, [L.]

bhaga : [cf. Zd. bagha = Old Pers. baga; Gk. Ζεὺς Βαγαῖος; Slav. bogǔ, bogatǔ; Lith. bagótas, na-bágas.]

aditi : á-diti f. having nothing to give, destitution, [RV.]

aditi : for 2. , 3. á-diti See below.

aditi : m. (√ ad), devourer i.e. death, [BṛĀrUp.]

aditi : á-diti mfn. (√ 4. dā or do, dyati; for 1. á-diti See above), not tied, free, [RV. vii, 52, 1], boundless, unbroken, entire, unimpaired, happy, [RV.]; [VS.]

aditi : á-diti f. freedom, security, safety

aditi : boundlessness, immensity, inexhaustible abundance, unimpaired condition, perfection, creative power, N. of one of the most ancient of the Indian goddesses (‘Infinity’ or the ‘Eternal and Infinite Expanse’, often mentioned in [RV.], daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, mother of the Ādityas and of the gods)

aditi : a cow, milk, [RV.]

aditi : the earth, [Naigh.]

aditi : speech, [Naigh.] (cf. [RV. viii, 101, 15])

aditi : á-diti f. du. heaven and earth, [Naigh.]

nūnam : nūnám ind. now, at present, just, immediately, at once

nūnam : for the future

nūnam : now then, therefore

nūnam : (esp. in later lang.) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions, e.g. kadā n°, when indeed? kva n°, where indeed?), [RV.]; &c.

aś : (in classical Sanskṛt only) Ā. aśnute (aor. 3. pl. āśiṣata, [Bhaṭṭ.]; perf. ānaśe, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 72.] Vedic forms are: aśnoti, &c.; Subj. aśnavat, &c.; aor. P. ānaṭ (2. & 3. sg., frequently in [RV.]) and Ā. aṣṭa or ā́ṣṭa, 3. pl. āśata (frequently in [RV.]) or ā́kṣiṣur [[RV. i, 163, 10]] Subj. ákṣat [[RV. x, 11, 7]] Pot. 1. pl. aśema Prec. aśyās (2. & 3. sg.) &c. Pot. Ā. 1. sg. aśīya and pl. aśīmahi, Imper. aṣṭu [[VS.]]; perf. ānaṃśa (thrice in [RV.]) or ānāśa [[RV. vi, 16, 26]] or āśa [[RV. viii, 47, 6]], 2. pl. ānaśá, 3. pl. ānaśúḥ (frequently in [RV.]) or āśuḥ [[RV. iv, 33, 4]], Ā. ānaśé, Subj. 1. pl. anaśāmahai [[RV. viii, 27, 22]], Pot. 1. sg. ānasyām, p. ānaśāná [[AV.]]; Inf. aṣṭave, [RV. iv, 30, 19]) to reach, come to, reach, come to, arrive at, get, gain, obtain, [RV.] &c.; (said of an evil, aṃhati, áṃhas, grā́hi) to visit, [RV.]; [AV. vi, 113, 1]; to master, become master of [RV.]; to offer, [RV.]; to enjoy, [MBh. xii, 12136]; to pervade, penetrate, fill, [Naigh.]; [Bhaṭṭ. ii, 30]; to accumulate, [L.] : Desid. aśiśiṣate, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 74] Intens. aśāśyate, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 22]; [Pat.]

aś : aśnā́ti (Pot. aśnīyāt; p. aśnát (see s.v. 1. aśna); aor. Subj. aśīt, [RV. x, 87, 17]; fut. p. aśiṣyát, [ŚBr.], perf. ā́śa, [RV. i, 162, 9] and [iii, 36, 8]; perf. p. āśivas See án-āśvas s.v. án-āśaka; Pass. p. aśyámāna, [AV. xii, 5, 38]) to eat, consume (with acc. [this only in classical Sanskṛt] or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to enjoy, [Bhag. ix, 20], &c. : Caus. āśayati ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 87], Sch.; aor. āśiśat, [ib.] [i, 1, 59], Sch.) to cause to eat, feed, [Mn.]; (with double acc.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], [Kāś.]), [BhP.]; (cf. ā́śita) : Desid. áśiśiṣati ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 2], Sch.) to wish to eat, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] : Intens. aśāśyate, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 22]; [Pat.]

pṛṣadyoni : pṛ́ṣad—yoni (pṛ́°), mfn. (prob.) = pṛśni-garbha, [RV.]

śru : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 44]) śṛṇóti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. śṛṇute, and in [RV.] 3. sg. śṛṇvé, 2. sg. °viṣé, 3. pl. °viré [cf. below]; Impv. śṛṇu, °ṇudhī́ or °ṇudhí and °ṇuhī́ or °ṇuhí pl. śṛṇutā́ or śṛṇutá, °ṇota and °ṇotana, [RV.]; pf. śuśrā́va [once in [R.] with pass. sense], śuśruve [2. sg. śuśrotha, 1. pl. śuśruma, in [Up.] also °mas; śuśravat, śuśrūyā́s, [RV.], p. śuśruvás, q.v.]; aor. Ved. áśravam, áśrot, 2. sg. śróṣi; Subj. śrávat, °vathaḥ; [?] śruvam, [TĀr.]; Impv. śrudhī́ or śrudhí, śrótu, [RV.]; aśrauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; Subj. śroṣan Impv. śroṣantu, [RV.] [cf. śróṣamāṇa]; Prec. śrūyā́sam, [AV.] &c.; fut. śrotā, [MBh.]; śroṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrotum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śrutvā́, [RV.] &c.; -śrútya, [AV.] &c.; śrāvam, [GṛŚrS.] &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything (acc.), give ear to any one (acc. or gen.), hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr., mukhāt or śakāśāt), or that anything is (two acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Pass. śrūyáte (ep. also °ti; and in [RV.] śṛṇve &c. [cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aśrāvi, śrāvi), to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or mukhāt; in later language often 3. sg. śrūyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc.)’; Impv. śrūyatām, ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called (nom.), [RV.] ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), [Pañcat.]; to be taught or stated (in a book), [Sarvad.]; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), [TPrāt.], Sch.: Caus. śrāváyati (ep. also °te, in [RV.] also śraváyati; aor. aśuśravi, °vuḥ, [RV.]; aśuśruvat, [Br.]; aśiśravat Gr.; Pass. śrāvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen., or dat. of pers., or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. śrāvyate, to be informed of (acc.), [MBh.] &c.: Desid. śúśrūṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. or mc. also °ti; Pass. śuśrūṣyate), to wish or like to hear (acc.), desire to attend or listen to (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey (acc., rarely gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. of Desid. śuśrūṣayati, to wait upon, be at the service of (acc.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 243] : Desid. of Caus. śiśrāvayiṣati or śuśrāvayiṣati Gr.: Intens. śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti Gr.

śru : [cf. Gk. κλύω, κλῦθι = śrudhí, κλυτός = śrutá &c.; Lat. cluo, in-clutus; Slav. sluti; Germ. laut; Eng. loud.]

śru : (only in śrúvat; generally an incorrect form of √ sru), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, [RV. i, 127, 3.]

asura : ásura mfn. (√ 2. as, [Uṇ.]), spiritual, incorporeal, divine, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

asura : ásura m. a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa), [RV.]; [VS.]

asura : the chief of the evil spirits, [RV. ii, 30, 4] and [vii, 99, 5]

asura : an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods, [RV. viii, 96, 9]

asura : [x]; [AV.] &c. [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa See daitya; as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākṣasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices]

asura : a N. of Rāhu, [VarBṛS.] &c.

asura : the sun, [L.]

asura : a cloud, [Naigh.] (cf. [RV. v, 83, 6])

asura : ásura m. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, (g. parśv-ādi, q.v.)

asura : ásura m. of a Vedic school

asura : ásura [In later Sanskṛt sura has been formed from , as sita from asita, q.v.]

asura : ásura See ásu.

mayobhu : mayo—bhú or mayo—bhū́, mf(U/)n. = -bhava, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]