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’.

vām : (encl.) acc. dat. gen. du. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20]; [24] &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (the accented vā́m in [RV. vi, 55, 1] is thought to be = āvām nom. du. of 1st pers. pron.)

vāhiṣṭha : vā́hiṣṭha mf(A)n. bearing or carrying best or most, [RV.]

vāhiṣṭha : flowing most, [ib.]

aśvin : aśvín mfn. possessed of horses, consisting of horses, [RV.]

aśvin : mounted on horseback, [MārkP.]

aśvin : aśvín (ī́), m. a cavalier

aśvin : horse-tamer, [RV.]

aśvin : aśvín (ínā or inau), m. du. ‘the two charioteers’, N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds; they bring treasures to men and avert misfortune and sickness; they are considered as the physicians of heaven), [RV.] &c.

aśvin : a N. of the Nakṣatra presided over by the Aśvins, [VarBṛS.]

aśvin : the number, ‘two’, [ib.]; [Sūryas.]

aśvin : (for aśvi-sutau) the two sons of the Aśvins, viz. Nakula and Sahadeva, [MBh. v, 1816]

aśvin : aśvín (í), n. (= aśva-vat n. q.v.) richness in horses, [RV. i, 53, 4.]

ratha : rátha m. (√ 4. ṛ) ‘goer’, a chariot, car, esp. a two-wheeled war-chariot (lighter and swifter than the anas, q.v.), any vehicle or equipage or carriage (applied also to the vehicles of the gods), waggon, cart, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. f(A). )

ratha : a warrior, hero, champion, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.]

ratha : the body, [L.]

ratha : a limb, member, part, [L.]

ratha : Calamus Rotang, [L.]

ratha : Dalbergia Ougeinensis, [L.]

ratha : = pauruṣa, [L.]

ratha : m. (√ ram) pleasure, joy, delight (cf. mano-ratha)

ratha : affection, love (cf. next).

yātu : yātú m. one who goes, a traveller, [L.]

yātu : ‘going against, attack (?)’, sorcery, witchcraft, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ŚBr.]

yātu : a kind of evil, spirit, fiend, demon, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.]

yātu : wind, [L.]

yātu : time, [L.]

yātu : yātú n. = rakṣas, [L.]

yātu : &c. See p. 849, col. 2.

yā : (ā), f. going; a car

yā : restraining, religious meditation

yā : attaining

yā : pudendum muliebre

yā : N. of Lakṣmī.

yā : (collateral form of √ 5. i) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 41]) yā́ti (1. pl. yāmahe, [MBh.]; impf. 3. pl. ayuḥ, [Br.]; ayān, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 111], Sch.; pf. yayaú, yayā́tha, yayá, yayúḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; yaye, [Kāv.]; aor. ayāsam or ayāsiṣam; Subj. yā́sat, yeṣam, yāsiṣat, [RV.]; [Br.]; Prec. yāsiṣīṣṭhās, [Br.]; fut. yātā, [MBh.] &c.; yāsyati, [AV.]; °te, [MBh.]; inf. yātum, [MBh.] &c.; Ved. inf. yaí, yā́tave or °vaí; ind.p. yātvā́, [Br.] &c.; -yā́ya, -yāyam, [ib.]), to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey (often with instr. or acc. of the way, esp. with gatim, mārgam, adhvānam, panthānam, padavīm, yātrām), [RV.] &c. &c.; to go away, withdraw, retire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (also with palāyya) to flee, escape, [R.]; [Kathās.] (with kṣemeṇa or svasti, to escape unscathed, [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]); to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach, [RV.] &c. &c. (with acc. often followed by prati, e.g. with gṛham, to enter a house; with ripum prati, to march against the enemy; with mṛgayām, to go out hunting; with śirasāmahīm, to bow down to the ground with the head; with prakṛtim, to return to one's natural state; with karṇau, to come to the ears, be heard; with utsavād utsavam, to go from one festival to another; with hastam ifc., to fall into the hands of; with patham or gocaram ifc., to come within range of; esp. with the acc. of an abstract noun = to go to any state or condition, become, be, e.g. vināśaṃ yāti, he goes to destruction i.e. he is destroyed; kāṭhinyaṃ yāti, it becomes hard; dveṣyatāṃ yāti, he becomes hated; similarly nidhanaṃ-√ yā, to die; nidrāṃ-√ yā, to fall asleep; udayaṃ-√ yā, to rise, said of stars &c.; sometimes also with loc., e.g. yāhi rājñaḥ sakāśe, go into the presence of the king, [R.]; or even with dat., e.g. yayatuḥ sva-niveśāya, both went home, [Kathās.] ; na cātmane kṛpaṇasya dhanaṃ yāti, nor does the wealth of the miser go to [i.e. benefit] himself, [Hit.]; phalebhyo yāti, he goes to [fetch] fruits, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 14], Sch.); to go to for any request, implore, solicit (with two acc.), [RV.]; (with striyam) to go to a woman for sexual intercourse, [MBh.]; to go to for any purpose (inf.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Vop.]; often with adverbs, e.g. with bahir, to go out, [Kathās.]; with adho, to go down, sink, [BhP.]; with khaṇḍaśo or dalaśo, to fall to pieces, [Kathās.]; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, [ib.]; to extend to (acc.), [VarBṛS.]; to last for (acc.), [Hit.]; to pass away, elapse (said of time), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to vanish, disappear (as wealth), [Mṛcch.]; to come to pass, prosper, succeed, [BhP.]; to proceed, behave, act, [MBh.]; to find out, discover, [MBh.]; to receive or learn (a science) from (abl.), [BhP.]; to undertake, undergo (acc.), [RV.]; Impv. yātu, be it as it may, [Hit.] : Pass. yāyate, to be gone or moved, [MBh.] : Caus. yāpáyati (aor. ayīyapat), to cause to depart, cause to go or march, dismiss, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to cause to go towards (acc.), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 32], Sch. (cf. yāpita); to direct (the gaze) towards (loc.), [Bhartṛ.] (v.l. pātayati); to drive away remove, cure (a disease), [Suśr.]; to cause to pass or elapse, pass or spend (time), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to live (Pāli yāpeti), [Divyāv.]; to cause to subsist, support, maintain, [Divyāv.]; to induce, [MW.] : Desid. yiyāsati, to intend or be about to go, desire to proceed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Intens. īyāyate (?), to move, [PraśnUp.]; yāyayate, yāyeti, yāyāti Gr.

yā : (ifc.) going, moving (see ṛṇa-, eva-, tura-, deva-yā).

yā : f. of ya, q.v.

śru : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 44]) śṛṇóti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. śṛṇute, and in [RV.] 3. sg. śṛṇvé, 2. sg. °viṣé, 3. pl. °viré [cf. below]; Impv. śṛṇu, °ṇudhī́ or °ṇudhí and °ṇuhī́ or °ṇuhí pl. śṛṇutā́ or śṛṇutá, °ṇota and °ṇotana, [RV.]; pf. śuśrā́va [once in [R.] with pass. sense], śuśruve [2. sg. śuśrotha, 1. pl. śuśruma, in [Up.] also °mas; śuśravat, śuśrūyā́s, [RV.], p. śuśruvás, q.v.]; aor. Ved. áśravam, áśrot, 2. sg. śróṣi; Subj. śrávat, °vathaḥ; [?] śruvam, [TĀr.]; Impv. śrudhī́ or śrudhí, śrótu, [RV.]; aśrauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; Subj. śroṣan Impv. śroṣantu, [RV.] [cf. śróṣamāṇa]; Prec. śrūyā́sam, [AV.] &c.; fut. śrotā, [MBh.]; śroṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrotum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śrutvā́, [RV.] &c.; -śrútya, [AV.] &c.; śrāvam, [GṛŚrS.] &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything (acc.), give ear to any one (acc. or gen.), hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr., mukhāt or śakāśāt), or that anything is (two acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Pass. śrūyáte (ep. also °ti; and in [RV.] śṛṇve &c. [cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aśrāvi, śrāvi), to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or mukhāt; in later language often 3. sg. śrūyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc.)’; Impv. śrūyatām, ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called (nom.), [RV.] ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), [Pañcat.]; to be taught or stated (in a book), [Sarvad.]; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), [TPrāt.], Sch.: Caus. śrāváyati (ep. also °te, in [RV.] also śraváyati; aor. aśuśravi, °vuḥ, [RV.]; aśuśruvat, [Br.]; aśiśravat Gr.; Pass. śrāvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen., or dat. of pers., or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. śrāvyate, to be informed of (acc.), [MBh.] &c.: Desid. śúśrūṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. or mc. also °ti; Pass. śuśrūṣyate), to wish or like to hear (acc.), desire to attend or listen to (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey (acc., rarely gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. of Desid. śuśrūṣayati, to wait upon, be at the service of (acc.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 243] : Desid. of Caus. śiśrāvayiṣati or śuśrāvayiṣati Gr.: Intens. śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti Gr.

śru : [cf. Gk. κλύω, κλῦθι = śrudhí, κλυτός = śrutá &c.; Lat. cluo, in-clutus; Slav. sluti; Germ. laut; Eng. loud.]

śru : (only in śrúvat; generally an incorrect form of √ sru), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, [RV. i, 127, 3.]

upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten)

upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well)

upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions)

upa : near to, at, on, upon

upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains)

upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.;

upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.]

stoma : stóma m. praise, eulogium, a hymn, [RV.]; [AV.]; [GṛS.]; [Up.]; [BhP.]

stoma : (in ritual) a typical form of chant (7 such forms are usually enumerated; but accord. to [Lāṭy.], Sch. the Stoma consists of 5 parts, viz. prastāva, udgītha, pratihāra, upadrava, and nidhana), [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.]

stoma : a Stoma day, [TS.]; [PañcavBr.]

stoma : a sacrificer, [L.]

stoma : N. of partic. bricks, [ŚBr.]

stoma : a heap, collection, number, multitude, quantity, mass, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]

stoma : the letting of a dwelling, [Āpast.], Sch.

stoma : a measure of 10 Dhanv-antaras or of 96 inches, [L.]

stoma : stóma n. (only [L.]) the head

stoma : riches, wealth

stoma : grain, corn

stoma : an iron-pointed stick or staff

stoma : stóma mfn. crooked, bent, [L.]

tura : turá mfn. quick, willing, prompt, [RV.]; [AV. vi, 102, 3]

tura : strong, powerful, excelling, rich, abundant, [RV.]; [AV. vii, 50, 2]; [TS. ii]; [Kauś. 91]

tura : turá m. N. of a preceptor and priest with the patr. Kāvaṣeya, [ŚBr. ix f.], [xiv]; [AitBr.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [BhP.]

tura : turá mfn. hurt, [RV. viii, 79, 2]

tura : cf. ā-.

dṛś : (Pres. forms supplied by √ paś, q.v.; pf. P. dadárśa, [RV.] &c. [2. sg. dadarśitha and dadraṣṭha, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 65]]; Ā. dadṛśé, [AV.] [dádṛśe, 3. pl. °dṛśre, [RV.]; °śrire, [TBr.]]; p. P. dadṛśvás, [RV.]; °śivas, [Up.]; darśivas, q.v. ; Ā. dádṛśāna, [RV.]; fut. P. drakṣyáti, [Br.] &c.; Ā. °ṣyate and fut. 2. draṣṭā, [MBh.]; aor. P. adarśam, °śas, °śat, 3. pl. °śur, [Br.]; 1. pl. adarśma, [TS.]; adṛśma, [JaimBr.]; Subj. darśam, °śat, °śathas, [RV.]; [AV.]; Ā. 3. pl. ádṛśran, [VS.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; °śram, [RV.]; p. dṛśāná or dṛ́śāna [cf. s.v.] [RV.]; P. dṛśan, 3. pl. ádṛśan, [Br.]; Pot. dṛśéyam, [RV.]; °śema, [AV.]; P. adrākṣit and adrāk, [Br.]; Ā. 3. pl. ádṛkṣata; Subj. 2. sg. dṛ́kṣase, [RV.]; inf. dṛśé and dṛśáye, [RV.]; dráṣṭum, [AV.] &c.; ind.p. dṛṣṭvā́, [AV.] &c. [[MBh.] also dṛśya], °ṭvāya, [RV.]; -dṛ́śya, [RV.]; -darśam, [Daś.]) to see, behold, look at, regard, consider, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to see i.e. wait on, visit, [MBh.]; [R.]; to see with the mind, learn, understand, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to notice, care for, look into, try, examine, [Yājñ.]; [Pañc.]; to see by divine intuition, think or find out, compose, contrive (hymns, rites, &c.), [Br.]; [Nir. ii, 11] : Pass. dṛśyáte (ep. also °ti) aor. adárśi, [RV.] &c. to be seen, become visible, appear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be shown or manifested, appear as (iva), prove, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. P. Ā. darśayati, °te, [AV.] &c.; aor. adīdṛśat, [Br.]; adadarśat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 7], to cause to see or be seen, to show a thing (Ā. esp. of something belonging to one's self) or person (P. and Ā. with or scil. ātmānam, also one's self), to (acc. [AV. iv, 20, 6]; [ŚBr.] &c.; gen. [Mn. iv, 59]; [MBh.] &c.; dat. [R. ii, 31, 33]; [Ragh.] &c.; instr. after Ā. refl, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 53], [Kāś.]); to show = prove, demonstrate, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to produce (money) i.e. pay, [Mn. viii, 155]; (a witness), [158] : Desid. Ā. didṛkṣate (ep. also °ti) to wish to see, long for (acc.), [RV. iii, 30, 13]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. didarśayiṣati, to wish to show, [Śaṃk.]; adidarśayiṣīt, [Nid.] : Intens. darīdṛśyate, to be always visible, [Bhojapr.]; darīdarṣṭi or daridarṣṭi or dard°, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 90]; [91].

dṛś : [cf. Gk. δέρκομαι, δέδορκα, ἔδρακον; Goth. tarhjan.]

dṛś : dṛ́ś m. (nom. k, Ved. ṅ, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 83]) seeing, viewing, looking at

dṛś : knowing, discerning, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. cf. āyurveda-d°, diṣṭa-d°, pṛthag-d°, mántra-d°, sama-d°, sarva-d°, sūrya-d°)

dṛś : dṛ́ś f. sight, view (dat. dṛśé as inf. cf. √ 1. )

dṛś : look, appearance (in ī-d°, kī-d°, tā-d°)

dṛś : dṛ́ś f. the eye, [R.]; [Var.] &c. (also n., [BhP. iv, 4, 24])

dṛś : dṛ́ś f. theory, doctrine, [Vcar.]

dṛś : (astrol.) the aspect of a planet or the observed spot. [cf. Gk. δρα for δρακ in ὑπόδρα.]

śrī : (cf. √ śrā) cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 3]) śrīṇáti, śrīṇīté (Gr. also pf. śiśrāya, śiśrīye; aor. aśraiṣīt, aśreṣṭa &c.; for aśiśrayuḥ See 2. abhi-√ śrī), to mix, mingle, cook (cf. abhi- and ā-√ śrī), [RV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; (= √ śri), to burn, flame, diffuse light, [RV. i, 68, 1.]

śrī : mfn. (ifc.) mixing, mingling, mixed with

śrī : f. mixing, cooking.

śrī : f. (prob. to be connected with √ 1. śri and also with √ 1. in the sense of ‘diffusing light or radiance’ ; nom. śrī́s accord. to some also ) light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness (śriyé and śriyaí, ‘for splendour or beauty’, ‘beauteously’, ‘gloriously’, cf. śriyáse; du. śriyau, ‘beauty and prosperity’; śriya ātmajāḥ, ‘sons of beauty’ i.e. horses [cf. śrī-putra]; śriyaḥ putrāḥ, ‘goats with auspicious marks’), [RV.] &c. &c.

śrī : prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches (śriyā, ‘according to fortune or wealth’), high rank, power, might, majesty, royal dignity (or ‘Royal dignity’ personified; śriyo bhājaḥ, ‘possessors of dignity’, ‘people of high rank’), [AV.] &c. &c.

śrī : symbol or insignia of royalty, [Vikr. iv, 13]

śrī : N. of Lakṣmī (as goddess of prosperity or beauty and wife of Viṣṇu, produced at the churning of the ocean, also as daughter of Bhṛgu and as mother of Darpa), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

śrī : N. of Sarasvatī (see -pañcamī)

śrī : of a daughter of king Su-śarman, [Kathās.]

śrī : of various metres, [Col.]

śrī : (the following only in [L.] ‘a lotus-flower; intellect, understanding; speech; cloves; Pinus Longifolia; Aegle Marmelos; a kind of drug = vṛddhi; N. of a Buddhist goddess and of the mother of the 17th Arhat’)

śrī : m. N. of the fifth musical Rāga (see rāga), [Saṃgīt.]

śrī : mfn. diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning (ifc.; see agni-, adhvara-, kṣatra-, gaṇa-, jana-śrī &c.), [RV. iv, 41, 8.] [The word is frequently used as an honorific prefix (= ‘sacred’, ‘holy’) to the names of deities (e.g. Śrī-Durgā, Śrī-Rāma), and may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration. (e.g. Śrī-śrī-Durgā &c.); it is also used as a respectful title (like ‘Reverend’) to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects (e.g. Śrī-Jayadeva, ŚrīBhāgavata), and is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents &c.; also before the words caraṇa and pāda ‘feet’, and even the end of personal names.]