brāhmaṇa : brā́hmaṇa mfn. relating to or given by a Brāhman, befitting or becoming a Brāhman, Brāhmanical, [AV.]; [TBr.]; [MBh.]

brāhmaṇa : brāhmaṇá m. one who has divine knowledge (sometimes applied to Agni), a Brāhman, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindū body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the Veda), [RV.] &c. &c.

brāhmaṇa : = brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, [KātyŚr.]

brāhmaṇa : a Brāhman in the second stage (between Mātra and Śrotriya), [Hcat.]

brāhmaṇa : N. of the 28th lunar mansion, [L.]

brāhmaṇa : brā́hmaṇa n. that which is divine, the divine, [AV.]

brāhmaṇa : sacred or divine power, [ib.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]

brāhmaṇa : Brāhmanical explanation, explanations of sacred knowledge or doctrine (esp. for the use of the Brāhmans in their sacrifices), [Br.]

brāhmaṇa : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda (as distinct from its Mantra and Upaniṣad portion) and consisting of a class of works called Brāhmaṇas (they contain rules for the employment of the Mantras or hymns at various sacrifices, with detailed explanations of their origin and meaning and numerous old legends; they are said by Sāyaṇa to contain two parts: 1. vidhi, rules or directions for rites; 2. artha-vāda, explanatory remarks; each Veda has its own Brāhmaṇa, that of the [RV.] is preserved in 2 works, viz. the Aitareya, sometimes called Āśvalāyana, and the Kauṣītaki or Śāṅkhāyana-Brāhmaṇa; the white Yajur-veda has the Śata-patha-Br°; the black Yajur-veda has the Taittirīya-Br° which differs little from the text of its Saṃhitā; the [SV.] has 8 Br°s, the best known of which are the Prauḍha or Pañca-viṃśa and the Ṣaḍviṃśa; the [AV.] has one Br° called Go-patha), [Nir.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.

brāhmaṇa : the Soma vessel of the Brahman priest, [RV.]; [AV.]

brāhmaṇa : a society or assemblage of Brāhmans, a conclave, [W.]

somya : somyá mfn. offering S°, a S°-offerer, [RV.]; [ĀśvŚr.]

somya : consisting of or containing or connected with or belonging to Soma, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Gobh.]

somya : Soma-loving, inspired by S°, [RV.]

somya : incorrect for saumya, q.v. (also -tā f.), [Up.]; [MBh.]; [MārkP.]

śiva : śivá mf(A/)n. (according to [Uṇ. i, 153], fr. √ 1. śī, ‘in whom all things lie’; perhaps connected with √ śvi cf. śavas, śiśvi) auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear (°vám ind. kindly, tenderly), [RV.] &c. &c.

śiva : happy, fortunate, [BhP.]

śiva : śivá m. happiness, welfare (cf. n.), [R. v, 56, 36]

śiva : śivá m. liberation, final emancipation, [L.]

śiva : ‘The Auspicious one’, N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity (who constitutes the third god of the Hindū Trimūrti or Triad, the other two being Brahmā ‘the creator’ and Viṣṇu ‘the preserver’; in the Veda the only N. of the destroying deity was Rudra ‘the terrible god’, but in later times it became usual to give that god the euphemistic N. Śiva ‘the auspicious’ [just as the Furies were called Εὐμενίδες ‘the gracious ones’], and to assign him the office of creation and reproduction as well as dissolution; in fact the preferential worship of Śiva as developed in the Purāṇas and Epic poems led to his being identified with the Supreme Being by his exclusive worshippers [called Śaivas]; in his character of destroyer he is sometimes called Kāla ‘black’, and is then also identified with ‘Time’, although his active destroying function is then oftener assigned to his wife under her name Kālī, whose formidable character makes her a general object of propitiation by sacrifices; as presiding over reproduction consequent on destruction Śiva's symbol is the Liṅga [q.v.] or Phallus, under which form he is worshipped all over India at the present day; again one of his representations is as Ardha-nārī, ‘half-female’, the other half being male to symbolize the unity of the generative principle [[RTL. 85]]; he has three eyes, one of which is in his forehead, and which are thought to denote his view of the three divisions of time, past, present, and future, while a moon's crescent, above the central eye, marks the measure of time by months, a serpent round his neck the measure by years, and a second necklace of skulls with other serpents about his person, the perpetual revolution of ages, and the successive extinction and generation of the races of mankind: his hair is thickly matted together, and gathered above his forehead into a coil; on the top of it he bears the Ganges, the rush of which in its descent from heaven he intercepted by his head that the earth might not be crushed by the weight of the falling stream; his throat is dark-blue from the stain of the deadly poison which would have destroyed the world had it not been swallowed by him on its production at the churning of the ocean by the gods for the nectar of immortality; he holds a tri-śūla, or three-pronged trident [also called Pināka] in his hand to denote, as some think, his combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer, and Regenerator; he also carries a kind of drum, shaped like an hour-glass, called Ḍamaru: his attendants or servants are called Pramatha [q.v.]; they are regarded as demons or supernatural beings of different kinds, and form various hosts or troops called Gaṇas; his wife Durgā [otherwise called Kālī, Pārvatī, Umā, Gaurī, Bhavāṇī &c.] is the chief object of worship with the Śāktas and Tāntrikas, and in this connection he is fond of dancing [see tāṇḍava] and wine-drinking ; he is also worshipped as a great ascetic and is said to have scorched the god of love (Kāma-deva) to ashes by a glance from his central eye, that deity having attempted to inflame him with passion for Pārvatī whilst he was engaged in severe penance; in the exercise of his function of Universal Destroyer he is fabled to have burnt up the Universe and all the gods, including Brahmā and Viṣṇu, by a similar scorching glance, and to have rubbed the resulting ashes upon his body, whence the use of ashes in his worship, while the use of the Rudrākṣa berries originated, it is said, from the legend that Śiva, on his way to destroy the three cities, called Tri-pura, let fall some tears of rage which became converted into these beads: his residence or heaven is Kailāsa, one of the loftiest northern peaks of the Himālaya; he has strictly no incarnations like those of Viṣṇu, though Vīra-bhadra and the eight Bhairavas and Khaṇḍo-bā &c. [[RTL. 266]] are sometimes regarded as forms of him; he is especially worshipped at Benares and has even more names than Viṣṇu, one thousand and eight being specified in the 69th chapter of the Śiva-Purāṇa and in the 17th chapter of the Anuśāsana-parvan of the Mahā-bhārata, some of the most common being Mahā-deva, Śambhu, Śaṃkara, Īśa, Īśvara, Maheśvara, Hara; his sons are Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya), [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c., [RTL. 73]

śiva : a kind of second Śiva (with Śaivas), a person who has attained a partic. stage of perfection or emancipation, [MBh.]; [Sarvad.]

śiva : śiva-liṅga, [L.]

śiva : any god, [L.]

śiva : śivá m. a euphemistic N. of a jackal (generally śivā f. q.v.)

śiva : śivá m. sacred writings, [L.]

śiva : (in astron.) N. of the sixth month

śiva : a post for cows (to which they are tied or for them to rub against), [L.]

śiva : bdellium, [L.]

śiva : the fragrant bark of Feronia Elephantum, [L.]

śiva : Marsilia Dentata, [L.]

śiva : a kind of thorn-apple or = puṇḍarīka (the tree), [L.]

śiva : quicksilver, [L.] (cf. śiva-bīja)

śiva : a partic. auspicious constellation, [L.]

śiva : a demon who inflicts diseases, [Hariv.]

śiva : śivá m. = śukra m. kāla m. vasu m., [L.]

śiva : śivá m. the swift antelope, [L.]

śiva : rum, spirit distilled from molasses, [L.]

śiva : buttermilk, [L.]

śiva : a ruby, [L.]

śiva : a peg, [L.]

śiva : time, [L.]

śiva : N. of a son of Medhātithi, [MārkP.]

śiva : of a son of Idhma-jihva, [BhP.]

śiva : of a prince and various authors (also with dīkṣita, bhaṭṭa, paṇḍita, yajvan, sūri &c.), [Cat.]

śiva : of a fraudulent person, [Kathās.]

śiva : (du.) the god Śiva and his wife, [Kir. v, 40]; [Pracaṇḍ. i, 20] (cf. [Vām. v, 2, 1])

śiva : pl. N. of a class of gods in the third Manvantara, [Pur.]

śiva : of a class of Brāhmans who have attained a partic. degree of perfection like that of Śiva, [MBh.]

śiva : śivá n. welfare, prosperity, bliss (āya, éna or ébhis, ‘auspiciously, fortunately, happily, luckily’; śivāya gamyatām, ‘a prosperous journey to you!’), [RV.] &c. &c.

śiva : final emancipation, [L.]

śiva : water, [L.]

śiva : rock-salt, [L.]

śiva : sea-salt, [L.]

śiva : a kind of borax, [L.]

śiva : iron, [L.]

śiva : myrobalan, [L.]

śiva : Tabernaemontana Coronaria, [L.]

śiva : sandal, [L.]

śiva : N. of a Purāṇa (= śiva-purāṇa or śaiva), [Cat.]

śiva : of the house in which the Pāṇḍavas were to be burnt, [MārkP.]

śiva : of a Varṣa in Plakṣa-dvīpa and in Jambu-dvīpa, [Pur.]

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].

dyāvāpṛthivī : dyā́vā—pṛthivī (dyā́°), f. du. id., [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (°vyaú, [Suparṇ.])

anehas : an-ehás mfn. (√ īh), without a rival, incomparable, unattainable

anehas : unmenaced, unobstructed, [RV.]

anehas : an-ehás (ā), m. time, [Bālar.]; [BhP.]

pūṣā : f. N. of the third Kalā of the moon, [BrahmaP.]

pūṣan : pūṣán m. (the a not lengthened in the strong cases, but acc. °ṣāṇam, in [MārkP.]) N. of a Vedic deity (originally connected with the sun, and therefore the surveyor of all things, and the conductor on journeys and on the way to the next world, often associated with Soma or the Moon as protector of the universe; he is, moreover, regarded as the keeper of flocks and herds and bringer of prosperity; in the Brāhmaṇas he is represented as having lost his teeth and feeding on a kind of gruel, whence he is called karambhād; in later times he is one of the 12 Ādityas and regent of the Nakṣatra Revatī or Pauṣṇa; du. ‘Pūṣan and Aryaman’, [VP.], Sch.)

pūṣan : the sun, [Kād.]; [Bālar.]

pūṣan : (?) growth, increase (cf. pūṣa-rāti)

pūṣan : the earth, [L.]

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].

pātu : m. a protector, [L.]

pātu : N. of Brahmā, ib.

pā : f. guarding, protecting, [L.]

pā : f. = pūta and pūritaka.

pā : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 27]) píbati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. °te; rarely pipati, °te, [Kāṭh.]; [Br.]) cl. 2. pāti, pāthás, pānti, [RV.]; [AV.]; p. Ā. papāná, [RV.], pípāna, [AV.] (pf. P. papaú, 2. sg. papātha, [RV.]; papitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64], Sch.; papīyāt, [RV.]; p. papivás, [AV.]; Ā. pape, papire, [RV.]; p. papāná, [ib.]; aor. or impf. apāt, [RV.] [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] [RV. i, 164, 7]; -pāsta, [AV. xii, 3, 43]; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā́, [RV.] &c. &c., °tvī, [RV.]; -pāya, [AV.] &c. &c.; -pīya, [MBh.]; pāyam, [Kāvyād.]; inf. píbadhyai, [RV.]; pātum, [MBh.] &c.; pā́tave, [AV.]; [Br.]; pā́tavaí, [RV.]), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, [BhP.]; [Pañc.]; to drink intoxicating liquors, [Buddh.] : Pass. pīyáte, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, °te (pf. pāyayām āsā, [MBh.]; aor. apīpyat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4]; ind.p. pāyayitvā, [MBh.]; inf. pā́yayitavaí, [ŚBr.]), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati ([RV.] also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, [Kāṭh.] : Intens. pepīyate (p. °yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, [Up.]; [Hariv.]

pā : [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]

pā : mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)

pā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 48]) pā́ti (Impv. pāhí; pr. p. P. pā́t Ā. pāná, [RV.]; pf. papau Gr.; aor. apāsīt, [Rājat.] Subj. pāsati, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, pātā Gr.; Prec. pāyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68], Sch.; inf. pātum, [MBh.]), to watch, keep, preserve; to protect from, defend against (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to protect (a country) i.e. rule, govern, [Rājat.]; to observe, notice, attend to, follow, [RV.]; [AitBr.] : Caus. pālayati See √ pāl: Desid. pipāsati Gr.: Intens. pāpāyate, pāpeti, pāpāti, [ib.]

pā : [cf. Zd. pā, paiti; Gk. πά-ομαι, πέ-πα-μαι, πῶ-ν, &c.; Lat. pa-sco, pa-bulum; Lith. pë-mů́]

pā : mfn. keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)

pā : cl. 3. Ā. pípīte, to rise against, be hostile (see 2. anūt-√ , p. 41; 2. ut-pā, p. 181; praty-ut- √ , p. 677).

durita : dur—itá n. (dúr-, [RV. i, 125, 7]) bad course, difficulty, danger, discomfort, evil, sin (also personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.

durita : dur—itá mfn. difficult, bad, [AV. xii, 2, 28]

durita : wicked, sinful, [L.]

ṛtāvṛdh : ṛtā-vṛ́dh mfn. increasing or fostering truth or piety (said of gods), [RV.]; [VS.]

rakṣa : rakṣá mf(I)n. (f(A). See p. 860) guarding, watching, protecting, serving

rakṣa : a watcher, keeper, [Suparṇ.]; [MBh.] &c. (mostly ifc.; cf. kṣetra-, go-, cakra-r° &c.)

rakṣa : in comp. for rakṣas.

rakṣ : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 6]) rákṣati (Ved. and mc. also °te; pf. rarákṣa, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. arakṣīt, [AV.] &c.; arākṣīt, [Br.]; Prec. rakṣyāt Gr.; fut. rakṣitā, [MBh.]; rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat, [ib.]; rakṣye, [R.]; inf. rakṣitum, [MBh.]), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve (‘from’ abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to tend (cattle), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to rule (the earth or a country), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; to keep (a secret), [Kathās.]; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings), [Mālav.]; to observe (a law, duty &c.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure, [AV. v, 1]; to beware of [Kathās.]; (Ā.) to heed, attend to (loc.), [RV. i, 72, 5]; (Ā.) to conceal, hide (?), [RV. ix, 68, 4]; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?), [ib.] [x, 68, 1] : Caus. rakṣayati, °te (aor. ararakṣat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] : Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), [MBh.] : Intens. See rārakṣāṇá.

rakṣ : [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj or rajj; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]

rakṣ : (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakṣ).

mākis : mā́—kis (mā́-), ind. (only in prohibitive sentences with Subj.) may not or let not (= Lat. ne), [RV.]; may no one (= ne-quis), [ib.]

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].

aghaśaṃsa : aghá—śaṃsa (aghá-), mfn. wishing evil, wicked, [RV.]; [TBr.]

īś : cl. 2. Ā. ī́ṣṭe, or Ved. ī́śe (2. sg. ī́śiṣe and ī́kṣe, [RV. iv, 20, 8]; [vi, 19, 10]; Pot. 1. sg. ī́śīya, pf. 3. pl. īśire, īśiṣyati, īśitum) to own, possess, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to belong to, [RV.]; to dispose of, be valid or powerful; to be master of (with gen., or Ved. with gen. of an inf., or with a common inf., or the loc. of an abstract noun), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to command; to rule, reign, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to behave like a master, allow, [KaṭhUp.];

īś : [cf. Goth. aigan, ‘to have’; Old Germ. eigan, ‘own’; Mod. Germ. eigen.]

īś : m. master, lord, the supreme spirit, [VS.] &c.

īś : N. of Śiva.