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.]

vāśa : vāśá mfn. roaring, sounding, [RV. viii, 19, 31]

vāśa : id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), [VS.]; [TS.]

vāśa : m. patr. fr. vaśa, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāśa : n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

ṛtviya : ṛtvíya mfn. (fr. ṛtú), being in proper time, observing or keeping the proper time, regular, proper, [RV.]; [AV. iii, 20, 1]; [vii, 72, 1]; [VS.]

ṛtviya : ṛ́tviya (ṛ́tviya), n. the time after the courses (favourable for procreation), [AV. xii, 3, 29]; [TS. ii, 5, 1, 5.]

ṛtviya : &c. See [ib.]

idh : ifc. lighting

idh : [cf. agnī́dh.]

siṣṇu : mfn. ready to give, [RV.]

ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far.

ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.]

ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]]

ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.]

ā : grandfather, [L.]

ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.]

ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.]

ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.]

ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.]

ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.]

ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.]

ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.]

ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21]

ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.]

ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.]

ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.)

ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531]

ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it)

ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403]

ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’

ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12]

ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-)

ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51]

ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’.

dā : f. id., [L.]

dā : f. id., [L.]

dā : f. heat, pain, [L.]

dā : cl. 3. dádāti (pl. °dati, [RV.] &c.; Ā. datte, [Pañcat. i, 4, 19/20] [12, 7]; [Subh.]; 1. sg. dadmi, [MBh. xii]; [Hariv.]; [R. i f.]; Impv. dádātu pl. °dahu; 2. sg. daddhí, [RV. i f.]; [iv], [vi], [viii], [x]; dehí [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] [RV. iii f.], [viii], [x]; [AV. v], [xviii f.] &c. ; 2. pl. dádāta, [RV. vii, 57, 6], °tana, [x, 36, 10], dattá, [51, 8]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; 2. du. °ttám, [RV. i, 34, 6]; [AV.] &c.; Pot. dadyā́t, [AV.] &c.; impf. ádadāt; pl. ádadur, [RV. vi], [x]; [AV. v, 18, 1]; 2. du. ádattam, [RV.] &c.; 2. pl. °ttana, [i, 139, 7], ádadāta, [x, 64, 12]; Subj. dádat, [ii], [v], [vii f.], [x], °das, [vii f.] °dan, [AV. vi, 24, 1] p. m. nom. sg. dádat pl. °tas, [RV.] &c.; p. Ā. dádāna, [v, 33, 9]; °ná, [i, 148, 2]; [v, 2, 3]; sg. dadati, [ii, 35, 10]; [MBh. iii, 13422]; pl. °danti, [xii f.]; Impv. °da, [ix]; [MārkP.]; °data, [Siṃhās.]; Pot. °det, [Parāś. vi, 19]; impf. ádadat, [AV. xii, 4, 23]; [MBh.]; [R.]; Ā. sg. dádate, [RV. i, 24, 7]; [AV. x, 8, 36]; pl. °dante, [35]; [VS. viii, 31]; Impv. sg. °datām, [RV. iii, 53, 17]; °dasva, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; impf. pl. ádadanta, [RV. vii, 33, 11]; [AV. xiv]; p. dádamāna, [RV. i, 41, 9]; [iv, 26, 6]; aor. ádāt [[Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]], dat, ádur, dúr &c.; Subj. 2. du. dāsathas, [RV. viii, 40, 1] [cf. [Naigh. ii, 30]]; Pot. 1. pl. deṣma, [VS. ii, 32]; pf. dadaú, °dúr, °dáthur, °datur, °dó, [RV.] &c.; Pass. °dé, [iv, 34] & [37]; [AV. x, 2, 16]; dadade, °dāte, °dire, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 126], [Kāś.]; p. gen. dadúṣas, [RV. i], [viii], °ṣām, [vi]; nom. °dvā́n, [x, 132, 3]; °dāvan, [AV. v, 11, 1]; acc. °divā́ṃsam, [ix, 5, 10] [cf. [Vop. xxvi, 133]]; fut. p. dāsyát, [AV. vi, 71, 3]; Ā. °syate, °syante, 1. sg. °sye, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.]; Prec. deyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 67]; inf. dāváne, [RV.]; dā́tos, [vii, 4, 6]; °tave, [vii]-[ix]; [AV. iii, 20, 5]; dā́tavaí [[Pāṇ. vi, 1, 200]; [Siddh.]] [RV. iv, 21, 9]; °tum, [v]; [AV.] &c.: ind.p. dattvā́ya [[Pāṇ. vii, 1, 47], [Kāś.]] [RV. x, 85, 33]; °ttvā́, [AV.] &c.; -dā́ya [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 69]] [RV.] &c.: Pass. dīyate [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 62]]; p. °yámāna, [AV. ix]; aor. adāyi, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]; Prec. dāsīṣṭa, dāyis°, [vi, 4, 62]) cl. 1. dā́ti ([RV. iv]-[vii]; Impv. °tu, [15, 11]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.]; [ii, 4, 76], [Kāś.]) to give, bestow, grant, yield, impart, present, offer to (dat., in later language also gen. or loc.), [RV.] &c.; to give (a daughter, kanyām) in marriage, [Mn. v], [ix]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to hand over, [Mn. viii, 186] & [234]; (with haste), [Kathās.]; to give back, [222 f.]; [MBh. iii]; [Pañcat.]; [VP.]; [Kathās. lxxiv]; to pay (daṇḍam, ‘a fine’, [Mn. viii f.]; ṛṇam, ‘a debt’, [viii]; [Yājñ. ii, 45]); to give up, cede (āsanam, ‘one's seat’), [Mn. iv, 54]; (panthānam or mārgam, ‘to give up the road, allow to pass’), [viii, 275] & [R. v, 94, 8]; to sell (with instr. of the price), [i]; [Nal. xiv, 21]; [VarBṛS. xlii, 11]; to sacrifice (ātmānam, ‘one's self’, [Kathās. xxii, 227]; āt° khedāya, ‘to give one's self up to grief’, [v, 57]); to offer (an oblation &c.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [R.] &c.; to communicate, teach, utter (blessings, āśiṣas, [Śak.]; [MārkP.]), give (answer, prati-vacas, °canam, praty-uttaram, [Nal.]; [Śak.] &c.), speak (satyaṃ vacas, the truth, [Yājñ. ii, 200]; vacam, to address a speech to [dat.] [Śak. vi, 5]); to permit, allow (with inf.), [MBh. i]; [Śak. vi, 22]; to permit sexual intercourse, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 7]; to place, put, apply (in med.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to add, [Pañcat. ii, 6, 5]; [Sūryas.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Laghuj.]; with varam, ‘to grant a boon’, [ŚBr. xi]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; śoham, ‘to cause grief’, [xiii]; [R. ii]; avakāśam, ‘to give room or space, allow to enter’, [Yājñ. ii, 276]; [Mṛcch.]; [Ragh.] &c.; prāṇān or jīvitam, ‘to spare any one's life’, [MBh.]; [Kathās. xviii, 275]; talam or °lān, to slap with the palms of the hands, [MBh. iii], [ix]; [Hariv. 15741]; °la-prahāram, to strike with the palm, [Pañcat. iv, 2, 0/1] tālam, to beat time with the hands, [MBh. i]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; saṃjñām, to make a sign, [Mṛcch.]; saṃketakam, to make an appointment, [Pañcat. ii, 4, 3/4] samayam, to propose an agreement, [Kathās. xviii, 139]; upamām, to compare with [gen.] [Cāṇ.]; paṭaham, to proclaim with the drum, [Kathās. lxxiii, 357]; śabdam, to make a noise, call out, [Vet. iv, 2/3]; śāpam, to utter a curse, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; gālīḥ. id., [Bhartṛ.]; anuyātram, to accompany, [Kathās. xviii, 197]; āliṅganane, parirambhaṇam, to embrace, [209]; [Gīt. iii, 8]; jhampam, to jump, [Hit.]; śrāddham, to perform a Śrāddha, [MBh. xiv]; [R. ii]; vratakam, to accomplish a vow, [Hariv.]; yuddham, niy°, saṃgrāmam, to give battle, fight with, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; ājñām, ādeśam, to give an order, command, [i]; [BrahmaP.]; [Vet.]; saṃdeśam, to give information, [Kathās. xvii, 161]; prayogam, to give a dramatic representation, [Mālav. i, 11/12] vṛtim, to fence in [Mn. viii, 240]; [Kull.]; darśanam, to show one's self, [Prab. iii, 0/1]; dṛṣṭim, dṛśam, akṣi, cakṣus, to fix the eyes on (loc.), [Śak. i, 6]; [Kathās.]; [Dhūrtas.]; [Śṛṅgārat.]; [Sāh.]; karṇam, to give ear, listen, [Śak.]; [Kathās.]; manas, to direct the mind to (loc.), [MBh. xii, 2526]; kare kapolam, to rest the cheek on the hand, [Kāraṇḍ. xviii, 73]; nigaḍāni to put on or apply fetters, [Mṛcch. vii, 6/7] pāvakam, to set on fire; agnīn to consume by fire, [Mn. v, 168]; śāram, to move a chess-man, [Daś. vii, 137]; argalam, to draw a bolt, bar, [Kathās.]; [Rājat. vi, 96]; jānu, to kneel upon (gen.), [MBh. iii f.]; padam, to tread upon [loc.] [Bhartṛ.]; [Hit. ii, 12, 25]; [SŚaṃkar. i, 38]; to direct the steps, [Amar. 74]; viṣam, to poison, [Pañcar. i, 14, 80] (with acc.!); garam id., [VP. iv, 3, 16] (with gen.); — Ā. to carry, hold, keep, preserve, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; to show, [SV. i, 2, 1, 4, 7] (aor. adadiṣṭa; aded° fr. √ diś, [RV.]) : Caus. dāpayati ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36]; aor. adīdapat, [4, 1] and [58], [Kāś.]) to cause to give or be given, cause to bestow or present or give up, oblige to pay, make restore, [VS. ix, 24]; [AV. iii, 20, 8]; [Mn.] &c.; to demand from (abl.), [Mn. viii, 47]; to cause to utter or speak, [Hariv. 15782]; [Yājñ. ii, 6/7] ghoṣaṇām, to cause to be made known, [Kathās. lxiv, 86]; to cause to place or advance, [xii, 160]; to cause to perform, [v, 112] to cause to be put on (loc.), [MBh. i, 5724] : Desid. dítsati ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54] and [58]; p. dídāsat, [RV. x, 151, 2]; dítsat, [ii], [vii]-[ix]; [AV. v, 7, 6]; [MBh.]; Pot. °tseyam, [RV. viii]; [MBh.]; pf. 2. sg. didāsitha, [AitBr. viii, 21]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 16]; cf. [ŚBr. xiii, 7, 1, 15]) to wish to give, be ready to bestow, [RV.] &c.; to wish to give in marriage, [MBh.] &c.: Intens. dedīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66], [Kāś.];

dā : [cf. δίδωμι; Lat. do; &c.]

dā : dā́ m. a giver, [RV. v, 41, 1] (dat. dé), [vi, 16, 26] (nom. dā́s)

dā : dā́ mfn. ifc. ‘giving, granting’, see an-aśva-, a-bhikṣa-, aśva-, ātma-, &c. -dā́; án-āśīr-.

dā : For √ do, to cut q.v.

dā : cl. 4. P. dyáti (cf. ā- √ ), to bind, only in dīṣva, [VS. xxxviii, 3] [cf. δέω δίδημι].

dā : For √ de, q.v.

dā : f. (√ de), protection, defence, [L.]

dā : For √ dai, q.v.

dā : f. (√ dai) cleansing, purifying, [L.]

mah : (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 81]; [xxxv, 15]) mahati, maháyati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, °háyate; p. mahát, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahé; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, [RV.]; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. mahitvā, [MBh.]; inf. mahe, and maháye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Kauś.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), [RV. iii, 52, 6]; [vi, 15, 2]; to give, bestow, [ib.] [i, 94, 6]; [117, 17]; [v, 27, 1] &c.

mah : [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.]

mah : máh mf(I/ or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [RV.]; [VS.]

mah : (with pitṛ or mātṛ) old, aged, [RV. i, 71, 5]; [v, 41, 15] &c.

uṣas : uṣás ās, f. (nom. pl. uṣā́sas and uṣásas; instr. pl. uṣádbhis, [RV. i, 6, 3]; see [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 48]) morning light, dawn, morning (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas and the night), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śak.] &c.

uṣas : the evening light, [RV. x, 127, 7]

uṣas : N. of a wife of Bhava (= Φοῖβος) or Rudra, [VP.]

uṣas : (uṣā́sau, °ā́sā, and °ásā) f. du. night and morning, [RV.]; [VS.] &c.

uṣas : uṣás (as), n. daybreak, dawn, twilight, [Uṇ. iv, 233]; [L.]

uṣas : the outer passage of the ear, [L.]

uṣas : the Mālaya range, [L.]

uṣas : , [cf. Gk. ἠώς; Lat. auro-ra; Lith. ausz-ra; Old High Germ. ôs-tan.]

uṣas : uṣás See under √ 1. uṣ

asi : así m. (√ 2. as), a sword, scimitar, knife (used for killing animals), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

asi : (also) a shark, alligator, [L.]

asi : (is), f. N. of a river (near Benares), [VāmP.] (cf. asī);

asi : [Lat. ensi-s.]

as : cl. 2. P. ásti (2. sg. ási, 1. sg. ásmi; pl. smási or smás, sthá, sánti; (rarely Ā., e.g. 1. pl. smahe, [MBh. xiii, 13]); Subj. ásat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]); Pot. syā́t; impf. ā́sīt, rarely ās [only in [RV. x]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 97]] ; perf. 1. and 3. sg., ā́sa, 2. sg. ā́sitha, 3. pl. āsúḥ; p. m. sát f. satī́) to be, live, exist, be present; to take place, happen; to abide, dwell, stay; to belong to (gen. or dat.); to fall to the share of, happen to any one (gen.); to be equal to (dat.), [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. xi, 85]; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dat.); to become, [BṛĀrUp.] &c., (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 51]-[55]); to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adj., but also with adv. [e.g. tūṣṇīm āsīt, [MBh. iii, 4041]], and often with part., [e.g. perf. Pass. p. prasthitāḥ sma, [N.]; fut. p.p. hantavyo 'smi, [N.]; fut. p. especially with Pot., and only in [ŚBr.], as yádi dāsyán-t-syā́t, ‘if he should intend to give’]; the pf. āsa helps to form the periphrastic perf., and asmi &c. the fut.);

as : [cf. Gk. ἐσ-τί; Lat. es-t; Goth. is-t; Lith. es-ti.]

as : cl. 4. P. ásyati (p. ásyat; impf. ā́syat, [AV.] [cf. parās and vy-as]; fut. p. asiṣyát; aor. āsthat [[Nir. ii, 2]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 17]; cf. vy-as]; perf. P. āsa [cf. parās] Ā. āse [cf. vy-as]; Ved. Inf. ástave, [VS.]) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to drive or frighten away, [Nalod. iv, 36]; See also 1. astá s.v.

as : asati, °te = √ aṣ, q.v.

priya : priyāla. See under √ 1. prī below.

priya : priyá mf(A)n. beloved, dear to (gen. loc. dat. or comp.), liked, favourite, wanted, own, [RV.] &c. &c. (with abl. ‘dearer than’, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.]; priyaṃ-√ kṛ Ā. kurute, either ‘to gain the affection of, win as a friend’, [RV.]; or ‘to feel affection for, love more and more’, [MBh.])

priya : dear, expensive, high in price (cf. priya-dhānyaka, priyānna-tva)

priya : fond of attached or devoted to (loc.), [RV.] (id. in comp., either ibc., e.g. priya-devana, ‘fond of playing’, or ifc., e.g. akṣa-priya, ‘fond of dice’, cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 35], Vārtt. 2; ifc. also = pleasant, agreeable, e.g. gamana-priya, ‘pleasant to go’, [vi, 2, 15]Sch.)

priya : priyá m. a friend, [Gaut.]

priya : a lover, husband, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

priya : a son-in-law, [Mn. iii, 119] ([Kull.])

priya : a kind of deer, [L.]

priya : priyá m. N. of 2 medicinal plants, [L.]

priya : priyá n. love, kindness, favour, pleasure, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

kṣapaḥ : kṣápaḥ ind. acc. pl. at night

kṣapaḥ : kṣapáḥ ind. gen. sg. at night

kṣap : cl. 1. P. Ā. kṣapati, °te (pr. p. kṣápamāṇa; inf. kṣapitum, [BhP. iii, 23, 6]), to be abstinent, fast, do penance, [SV.]; [Kauś.]; [Mn. v, 69]; [MBh.] &c.; (for √ kṣip, [Ṛtus. v, 9.])

kṣap : cl. 10. P. kṣapayati, to throw, cast, [Dhātup. xxxv, 84] (cf. √ kṣip.)

kṣap : = Caus. √ 4. kṣi, q.v.

kṣap : kṣáp p, f. night, [RV.]

kṣap : a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours, [RV.]

kṣap : darkness, [RV. i, 64, 8]

kṣap : water, [Naigh. i, 12]

kṣap : [cf. Gk., κνέϕας; Lat. crepus-culum]

vastu : vástu f. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) becoming light, dawning, morning, [RV.]; [VS.] (gen. vástoḥ, in the morning; vástor vastoḥ, every morning; vástor asyā́ḥ, this morning; práti vástoḥ, towards morning; dat. vástave See under √ 2. vas).

vastu : n. (for 1. See p. 931, col. 3) the seat or place of (see kapila-, vraṇa-v°)

vastu : any really existing or abiding substance or essence, thing, object, article, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.] &c. (also applied to living beings, e.g. [Śak. ii, 7/8])

vastu : (in phil.) the real (opp. to a-v°, ‘that which does not really exist, the unreal’; a-dvitīya-v°, ‘the one real substance or essence which has no second’), [IW. 53 n. 1]; [103] &c.

vastu : the right thing, a valuable or worthy object, object of or for (comp.), [Kāv.]

vastu : goods, wealth, property (cf. -vinimaya and -hāni)

vastu : the thing in question, matter, affair, circumstance, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vastu : subject, subject-matter, contents, theme (of a speech &c.), plot (of a drama or poem), [Kāv.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c.

vastu : (in music) a kind of composition, [Saṃgīt.]

vastu : natural disposition, essential property, [W.]

vastu : the pith or substance of anything, [W.]

vastu : 1. 2. See pp. 931 and 932.

rāj : (prob. originally two roots; cf. √ raj, √ rañj, √ ṛñj) cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 74]) rā́jati, °te (Ved. also rāṣṭi, rāṭ; pf. rarāja; rarāje or reje, 2. sg. P. rarājitha or rejitha, [MBh.] &c.; aor. arājiṣuḥ, [RV.]; arājiṣṭa Gr.; fut. rājitā, rājiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. rājáse, [RV.]), to reign, be king or chief, rule over (gen.), direct, govern (acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be illustrious or resplendent, shine, glitter, [ib.]; to appear as or like (iva), [Kum. vi, 49] : Caus. rājayati, °te (aor. ararājat), to reign, rule, [AV.]; [MBh.]; to illuminate, make radiant (cf. rājita) : Desid. rirājiṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. rārājyate, rārāṣṭi, [ib.][For cognate words See under rājan.]

rāj : mfn. (ifc.) shining, radiant &c.

rāj : rā́j (rā́j), m. (nom. rā́ṭ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.), [RV.] &c. &c.

rāj : anything the best or chief of its kind (cf. śaṅkha-r°)

rāj : N. of an Ekāha, [ŚrS.]

rāj : a kind of metre, [RPrāt.]

rāj : f. N. of a goddess (explained by rājamānā), [TBr.]