saṃvatsara : saṃ-vatsará m. (rarely n.; cf. pari-v°) a full year, a year (having 12 [[TS.]] or 13 [[VS.]] months or 360 days [[ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [Suśr.]]; am, ‘for a year’; eṇa ‘after or in course of a year’; e or asya, ‘after or within a year’), [RV.] &c. &c.

saṃvatsara : a year of the Vikrama era (see above; varṣa is used for the śaka) the first in a cycle of five or six years, [TS.]; [PārGṛ.]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.]

saṃvatsara : the Year personified (having the new and full moon for eyes and presiding over the seasons), [TS.]; [Pur.]

saṃvatsara : N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

śī : cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 22]) śéte (with Guṇa throughout the pr. stem : thus, śáye [in [RV.] also 3. sg.], śéṣe &c., 3. pl. śérate [in [AV.] also śére and Class. śayire]; Pot. śáyīta, [RV.] &c.; Impv. śetām and śayām, [AV.]; impf. aśeta, [ŚBr.] &c., 3. pl. aśerata [in [RV.] also áśeran], p. śáyāna, [RV.] &c.; Ved. and ep. also cl. 1. śáyate, °ti; impf. áśayat and aśāyata, [RV.]; pf. śiśye, śiśyire, [Br.]; p. Ved. śaśayāná, Class. śiśyāna; aor. aśayiṣṭa Subj. śéṣan, [RV.]; fut. śayitā, [Up., 2.] sg. °tā́se, [ŚBr.]; śayiṣyate, °ti, [Br.]; śeṣyate, °ti, [MBh.]; inf. śayádhyai, [RV.]; śayitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. śayitvā, [Up.] &c.; -śayya, [Kāv.]), to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose, [RV.] &c. &c.; to remain unused (as Soma), [TS.]; to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with patye) to lie down to a husband (for sexual intercourse), [Pat.]; (madanena-√ śī = ‘to be impotent’), [VarBṛS.] : Pass. śayyate Gr. (aor. aśāyi, [ib.], pr.p. once in [MBh.] śīyat) : Caus. śāyayati, °te (aor. aśīśayat), to cause to lie down, lay down, put, throw, fix on or in (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cause to lie down, allow to rest or sleep, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; [BhP.] : Desid. śiśayiṣate, to wish to rest or sleep, [Daś.] : Intens. śāśayyate, śeśayīti, śeśeti Gr. [cf. Gk. κεῖσθαι, ‘to lie’; κοίτη, ‘a bed’.]

śī : mfn. (ifc.) lying, resting (see jihma-, madhyama-śī, &c.)

śī : f. sleep, repose, [L.]

śī : devotion, tranquillity, [L.]

śī : (connected with √ 2. śad; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 78]) cl. 4. Ā. śīyate, to fall out or away, disappear, vanish, [TBr.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]

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.]

vratacārin : vrata—cārín mfn. vow-performing, engaged in any religious observance or practice (‘in honour of’, with gen.; °ri-tā f.), [RV.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.

vācam : acc. of vāc, in comp.

vāc : vā́c f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)

vāc : a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)

vāc : Speech personified (in various manners or forms, e.g. as Vāc Āmbhṛṇī in [RV. x, 125]; as the voice of the middle sphere in [Naigh.] & [Nir.]; in the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajā-pati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra; in [VP.] she is the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa; but most frequently she is identified with Bhāratī or Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech; vācaḥ sāma and vāco vratam N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; vācaḥ stomaḥ, a partic. Ekāha, [ŚrS.])

parjanyajinvita : parjanya—jinvita (°ján°) mfn. impelled by P°, [ib.]

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-).

maṇḍūka : maṇḍū́ka m. (ifc. f(A). ) a frog, [RV.] &c. &c.

maṇḍūka : N. of a partic. breed of horses, [MBh.]

maṇḍūka : Calosanthes Indica, [L.]

maṇḍūka : a machine like a frog, [L.]

maṇḍūka : the sole of a horse's hoof, [L.]

maṇḍūka : N. of a Ṛṣi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 119]

maṇḍūka : of a Nāga, [L.]

maṇḍūka : maṇḍū́ka n. a kind of coitus, [L.]

vad : cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 40]) vádati, °te (ep. mc. also vādati; Pot. udeyam, [AV.]; pf. uvāda pl. ūdimá, [RV.]; ūde &c., [Br.]; [Up.]; veditha, °dāthuḥ, °duḥ, [Vop.]; aor. avādīt, °diṣuḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; Subj. vādiṣaḥ, [AV.]; avādiran, [ib.]; vadiṣma, °ṣṭhāḥ, [Br.]; Prec. udyāt, [ib.]; fut. vadiṣyáti, °te, [AV.] &c.; inf. váditos, [Br.]; vaditum, [ib.] &c.; ind.p. uditvā, [GṛŚrS.]; -udya, [Br.]), to speak, say, utter, tell, report, speak to, talk with, address (P. or Ā.; with acc. of the thing said, and acc. [with or without abhi] or gen., or loc. of the person addressed ; also followed by yad, ‘that’, or by yadi, ‘whether’), [RV.] &c. &c.; (P.) to praise, recommend, [MBh.]; to adjudge, adjudicate, [TS.]; [BhP.]; to indicate, designate, [VarBṛS.]; to proclaim, announce, foretell, bespeak, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to allege, affirm, [ib.]; to declare (any one or anything) to be, call (two acc. or acc. and nom. with iti), [AV.] &c. &c.; (with or scil. vācam) to raise the voice, sing, utter a cry (said of birds and &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to say, tell, speak to (acc.), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to mention, state, communicate, name, [TS.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; to confer or dispute about, [RV.]; [TS.]; to contend, quarrel, [ŚBr.]; to lay claim to (loc.), [AitBr.]; to be an authority, be eminent in (loc.), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 47]; to triumph, exult, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. udyáte (aor. avādi), to be said or spoken &c., [AV.]; &c. : Caus. vādáyati m.c. also °te (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 89]; aor. avīvadat; Pass. vādyate, ep. also °ti), to cause to speak or say, [MBh.]; to cause to sound, strike, play (with instr., rarely loc. of the instrument), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to play music, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; (with bahu) to make much ado about one's self, [Subh.]; to cause a musical instrument (acc.) to be played by (instr.), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 58] Vārtt. 2; [Pat.]; to speak, recite, rehearse, [Hariv.] : Desid. vivadiṣati, °te, to desire to speak, [Br.]; [Gobh.] : Intens. vā́vadīti ([RV.]; [AV.]), vāvadyáte, ([ŚBr.]), vāvatti (Gr.), to speak or sound aloud.

vad : [cf. Lit. vadìnti.]