vāstu : vā́stu n. (m. only in [BhP.]) the site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building or dwelling-place, habitation, homestead, house, [RV.] &c. &c.

vāstu : an apartment, chamber, [VarBṛS.]

vāstu : vā́stu m. N. of one of the 8 Vasus, [BhP.]

vāstu : of a Rākṣasa, [Cat.]

vāstu : vā́stu (prob.) f. N. of a river, [MBh.]

vāstu : vā́stu n. the pot-herb Chenopodium Album, [L.]

vāstu : a kind of grain, [ĀpŚr.], Sch. (cf. -maya).

pati : páti m. (cf. √ pat; when uncompounded and meaning ‘husband’ instr. pátyā; dat. pátye; gen. abl. pátyur; loc. pátyau; but when meaning ‘lord, master’, and ifc. regularly inflected with exceptions; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 8]; [9]) a master, owner, possessor, lord, ruler, sovereign, [RV.] &c. &c.

pati : a husband, [ib.] (in comp. either with the stem or with the gen., e.g. duhitṛ-p° or °tuḥ-p°, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 24]; when mfn. f. = m., e.g. -jīvat-patyā tvayā, [R. ii, 24, 8], or patikā, e.g. pramīta-patikā, [Mn. ix, 68])

pati : one of the 2 entities (with pāśupatás), [RTL. 89]

pati : a root, [L.]

pati : páti f. a female possessor, mistress, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 33], Sch.

pati : a wife (vṛddha-p° = -patnī, the wife of an old man, [ib.] [34], Sch.)

pati : f. = gati, going, motion.

pati : [cf. Gk. πόσις, ‘husband’; Lat. potis, pos-sum for potis-sum; Lith. patìs, ‘husband’; Goth. (bruth-)faths, ‘bridegroom’]

dhruvā : (ā), f. the largest of the 3 sacrificial ladles, [AV. xviii, 4, 5, 6] (with juhū & upabhṛt), [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

dhruvā : (scil. vṛtti) a partic. mode of life, [Baudh.]

dhruvā : (scil. strī) a virtuous woman, [L.]

dhruvā : Desmodium Gangeticum, [L.]

dhruvā : Sanseviera Zeylanica, [L.]

dhruvā : (in music) the introductory verse (cf. above)

dhruva : dhruvá mf(A/)n. (prob. fr. √ dhṛ, but cf. √ dhru and dhruv) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal, [RV.] &c. &c. (e.g. the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow &c.; with svāṅga n. an inseparable member of the body, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 177]; with dhenu f. a cow which stands quiet when milked, [AV. xii, 1, 45]; with diś f. the point of the heavens directly under the feet [reckoned among the quarters of the sky, cf. 2. diś] [AV.]; [Br.]; with smṛti f. a strong or retentive memory, [ChUp. vii, 26, 2]; cf. also under karaṇa and nakṣatra)

dhruva : staying with (loc.), [RV. ix, 101, 12]

dhruva : settled, certain, sure, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

dhruva : ifc. = pāpa, [L.]

dhruva : dhruvá m. the polar star (personified as son of Uttāna-pāda and grandson of Manu), [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.

dhruva : celestial pole, [Sūryas.]

dhruva : the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars, a constant arc, [ib.]

dhruva : a knot, [VS. v, 21]; [30]

dhruva : a post, stake, [L.]

dhruva : the Indian fig-tree, [L.]

dhruva : tip of the nose (?), [L.]

dhruva : a partic. water-bird, [ib.]

dhruva : the remaining (i.e. preserved) Graha which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening, [ŚBr.]; [Vait.]

dhruva : (in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a partic. time or measure (tāla-viśeṣa)

dhruva : any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred, [W.]

dhruva : N. of an astrol. Yoga

dhruva : of the syllable Om, [RāmatUp.]

dhruva : of Brahmā, [L.]

dhruva : of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]

dhruva : of Śiva, [Śivag.]

dhruva : of a serpent supporting the earth, [GṛS.]; [TĀr.]

dhruva : of a Vasu, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

dhruva : of a son of Vasu-deva and Rohiṇī, [BhP.]

dhruva : of an Āṅgirasa (supposed author of [RV. x, 173]), [Anukr.]

dhruva : of a son of Nahuṣa, [MBh.]

dhruva : of a follower of the Pāṇḍus, [ib.]

dhruva : of a son of Ranti-nāra (or Ranti-bhāra), [Pur.]

dhruva : dhruvá n. the fixed point (from which a departure takes place), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 24]

dhruva : the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidhāna), [RPrāt.]

dhruva : air, atmosphere, [L.]

dhruva : a kind of house, [Gal.]

dhruva : [cf. Zd. drva.]

sthūṇā : (ā), f. See next

sthūṇā : sthū́ṇā f. the post or pillar or beam of a house, any post or stake or pillar or column, [RV.] &c. &c.

sthūṇā : the trunk or stump of a tree, [Kām.]

sthūṇā : an iron statue, [L.]

sthūṇā : an anvil = śūrmi or sūrmi, [L.]

sthūṇā : (prob.) = rajju, a rope, cord, [Hcat.]

sthūṇā : a kind of disease, [L.] [cf. Gk. στήλη]

aṃsatra : áṃsa—tra n. armour to protect the shoulder, [RV.]

aṃsatra : a bow, [Nir.]

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.]

drapsa : drapsá m. (√ 2. dru?) a drop (as of Soma, rain, semen &c.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]

drapsa : a spark of fire, [RV. i, 94, 11]; [x, 11, 4]

drapsa : the moon (cf. indu), [vii, 87, 6]

drapsa : flag, banner, [iv, 13, 2]

drapsa : drapsá n. thin or diluted curds, [L.]

pur : púr f. (√ pṝ) only instr. pl. pūrbhís, in abundance, abundantly, [RV. v, 66, 4.]

pur : cl. 6. P. purati, to precede, go before, lead, [Dhātup. xxviii, 56] (prob. invented to furnish an etymology for puras and purā below).

pur : púr f. (in nom. sg. and before consonants pūr) a rampart, wall, stronghold, fortress, castle, city, town (also of demons), [RV.] &c. &c.

pur : the body (considered as the stronghold of the puruṣa, q.v.), [BhP.]

pur : the intellect (= mahat), [VP.]

pur : N. of a Daśa-rātra, [KātyŚr.] [Perhaps fr. √ pṝ and orig. identical with 1. ; cf. Gk., πόλις]

indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]

muni : múni m. (accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 122] fr. √ man) impulse, eagerness (?), [RV. vii, 56, 8]

muni : (prob.) any one who is moved by inward impulse, an inspired or ecstatic person, enthusiast, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

muni : a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit (esp. one who has taken the vow of silence), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (with hṛdayeṣu sthitaḥ, the internal monitor or conscience, [Mn. viii, 91])

muni : a Brāhman of the highest (eighth) order, [Hcat.]

muni : N. of a son of Kuru, [MBh.]

muni : of a son of Dyuti-mat, [MārkP.]

muni : of Vyāsa, [Kir.]

muni : of Bharata, [Sāh.]

muni : of Agastya, [L.]

muni : of a Buddha or Arhat, [Lalit.]

muni : of Pāṇini &c. (cf. -traya)

muni : of other men, [VP.]

muni : of various authors, [Cat.]

muni : of various plants (Agati Grandiflora, Buchanania Latifolia, Butea Frondosa, Terminalia Catappa, the mango-tree and Artemisia Indica), [L.]

muni : pl. ‘the celestial Munis’, N. of the seven stars of Ursa Major (and there fore a symbolical N. for the number ‘seven’), [Var.]; [Sūryas.]; [Śrutab.]

muni : múni f. a female Muni (also ī), [Uṇ. iv, 122], Sch.

muni : N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (and wife of Kaśyapa), mother of a class of Gandharvas and Apsaras (cf. mauneya), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

muni : múni n. N. of a Varṣa (called after a royal Muni), [VP.]

sakhi : sákhi m. (strong cases nom. sákhā pl. sákhāyaḥ; acc. sg. sákhāyam; gen. abl. sákhyus; other cases regularly from ) a friend, assistant, companion, [RV.] &c. &c.

sakhi : the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law, [Gal.]

sakhi : [cf. Lat. socius.]