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-).

aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c.

aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.]

aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az].

devī : devī́ (ī́), f. See s.v.

devī : devi- and devī-, see devī́.

devī : devī́ f. (cf. devá) a female deity, goddess, [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c. (e.g. Uṣas, [RV. vii, 75, 5]; Sarasvatī, [v, 41, 17]; Sāvitrī, the wife of Brahmā, [MBh.]; Durgā, the wife of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.; the 4 goddesses of Buddhists are Rocanī, Māmakī, Pāṇḍurā and Tārā, [Dharmas. iv])

devī : N. of nymph beloved by the Sun, [L.]

devī : of an Apsaras, [MBh. i, 4818]

devī : (with Jainas) the mother of 18th Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī, [L.]

devī : queen, princess lady (the consecrated wife or daughter of a king, but also any woman of high rank), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

devī : a kind of bird (= śyāmā), [L.]

devī : a partic. supernatural power (= kuṇḍalinī), [Cat.]

devī : worship, reverence, [W.]

devī : N. of plants (colocynth, a species of cyperus, Medicago Esculenta &c.), [L.]

devī : (also) = gāyatrī, [Parāś.]

devī : = nāgī, [Buddh.]

sarasvatī : sáras—vatī (atī), f., see s.v.

sarasvatī : sárasvatī f. (of sárasvat, q.v. under sáras) a region abounding in pools and lakes, [MBh. i, 7745]

sarasvatī : N. of a river (celebrated in [RV.] and held to be a goddess whose identity is much disputed; most authorities hold that the name S° is identical with the Avestan Haraquaiti river in Afghanistan, but that it usually means the Indus in the [RV.], and only occasionally the small sacred rivers in Madhya-deśa [see below]; the river-goddess has seven sisters and is herself sevenfold, she is called the mother of streams, the best of mothers, of rivers, and of goddesses; the Ṛṣis always recognize the connection of the goddess with the river, and invoke her to descend from the sky, to bestow vitality, renown, and riches; elsewhere she is described as moving along a golden path and as destroying Vṛtra &c.; as a goddess she is often connected with other deities, e.g. with Pūṣan, Indra, the Maruts and the Aśvins ; in the Āprī hymns she forms a triad with the sacrificial goddesses Iḍā and Bhāratī; accord. to a myth told in the [VS. xix, 12], S° through speech [vācā] communicated vigour to Indra; in the Brāhmaṇas she is identified with vāc, ‘Speech’, and in later times becomes goddess of eloquence See below), [RV.] &c. &c.

sarasvatī : N. of a well-known small river (held very sacred by the Hindūs; identified with the modern Sursooty, and formerly marking with the Dṛṣadvatī one of the boundaries of the region Ārya-deśa and of the sacred district called Brahmāvarta [see, [Mn. ii, 17]] in [RV. vii, 95, 2], this river is represented as flowing into the sea, although later legends make it disappear underground and join the Ganges and Jumnā at Allahābād; see tri-veṇī, prayāga), [ib.]

sarasvatī : N. of various rivers (esp. of rivers which in sacredness are equal to S° and which are three accord. to [AV. vi, 101], and seven accord. to [MBh. ix, 2188])

sarasvatī : any river, [Naigh. i, 13]

sarasvatī : N. of the goddess of eloquence and learning (cf. above; she is opposed to Śrī or Lakṣmī [cf. [Vikr. v, 24]], and sometimes considered as the daughter and also wife of Brahmā, the proper wife of that god being rather Sāvitri or Gāyatrī; she is also identified with Durgā, or even with the wife of Viṣṇu and of Manu, and held to be the daughter of Dakṣa), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

sarasvatī : speech or the power of speech, eloquence, learning wisdom, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

sarasvatī : a celestial or oracular voice, [Kālid.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]

sarasvatī : a cow, [VS. viii, 43]

sarasvatī : an excellent woman (= strī-ratna), [L.]

sarasvatī : N. of various plants (Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Egle Marmelos, Ruta Graveolens &c.), [L.]

sarasvatī : N. of a two-year-old girl representing Durgā at her festival, [L.]

sarasvatī : of a poetess, [Cat.]

sarasvatī : of various other women (esp. of the wives of Dadhīca, Śaṃkarācārya, Maṇḍanamiśra &c.), [ib.]

sarasvatī : of one of the ten mendicant orders traced back to Śaṃkarācārya (whose members add the word to their names).

sarasvatī : &c. See p. 1182, col. 2.

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.

dhī : cl. 3. Ā. dīdhīte, &c., [RV.] (cf. √ dīdhī; the forms dhīmahi and ádhāyi belong rather to √ dhā; pf. dīdhaya, °dhima, °dhiyur or °dhyur, °dhire, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]) to perceive, think, reflect; wish, desire: Intens. dedhyat, [TS.]

dhī : dhī́ f. thought, (esp.) religious thought, reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer (pl. Holy Thoughts personified), [RV.]

dhī : understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu, [BhP.]), knowledge, science, art

dhī : mind, disposition, intention, design (ifc. intent upon, [Kāv.])

dhī : notion, opinion, the taking for (comp.), [RV.] &c. &c. (yáthā dhiyā́ or dhiyā́ ná, according to thy wisdom or will; itthā́ dhiyā́ or dhíyaḥ, willingly lit. such is thy will, [RV.])

dhī : N. of the 5th house from the Lagna, [Var.]

dhī : cl. 4. Ā. dhīyate, to contain, hold (Pass. of √ 1. dhā?); to slight, disregard; to propitiate (?), [Dhātup. xxvi, 37.]

dhī : dhī́ f. for dī, splendour, [RV. iii, 34, 5]; [vi, 3, 3.]

av : cl. 1. P. ávati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. ávat; impf. ā́vat, 2. sg. 1. ā́vaḥ [for 2. ā́vaḥ See √ vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. pl. āvá, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. ā́vitha; aor. ávīt, 2. sg. ávīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhí [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. aviṣṭam, 3. du. aviṣṭām, 2. pl. aviṣṭánā, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, Inf. ávitave, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. āvyā, [RV. i, 166, 13]) to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.]; Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh; to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6]; to lead or bring to (dat.: ūtáye, vā́ja-sātaye, kṣatrā́ya, svastáye), [RV.]; (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes) to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.: Caus. (only impf. āvayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

av : [cf. Gk. ἀίω; Lat. aveo ?].