ayam : ayám this one. See idám.

sahasram : (am), ind., e.g. sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ, ‘with a thousand Ṛṣis’, [RV.]

sahasra : sa—hasra See below.

sahasra : sahásra n. (rarely) m. (perhaps fr. 7. sa + hasra = Gk. χίλιοι for χεσλοι; cf. Pers. hazār) a thousand (with the counted object in the same case sg. or pl., e.g. sahasreṇa bāhunā, ‘with a thousand arms’, [Hariv.]; sahasraṃ bhiṣajaḥ, ‘a thousand drugs’, [RV.]; or in the gen., e.g. dve sahasre suvarṇasya, ‘two thousand pieces of gold’, [Rājat.]; catvāri sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām, ‘four thousand years’, [Mn.]; sometimes in comp., either ibc., e.g. yuga-sahasram, ‘a thousand ages’, [Mn.], or ifc., e.g. sahasrāśvena, ‘with a thousand horses’; sahasram may also be used as an ind., e.g. sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ, ‘with a thousand Ṛṣis’, [RV.]; with other numerals it is used thus, ekādhikaṃ sahasram, or eka-sahasram, ‘a thousand one’, 1001; dvyadhikaṃ s°, ‘a thousand two’, 1002; ekādaśādhikam s°sahasram or ekādaśaṃ s° or ekādaśa-s°, ‘a thousand eleven’ or ‘a thousand having eleven’, 1011; viṃśaty-adhikaṃ s° or vimaṃ s°, ‘a thousand twenty’, 1020; dve sahasre or dvi-sahacram, ‘two thousand’; trīṇi sahasrāṇi or tri-sahasram, ‘three thousand’ &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.

sahasra : a thousand cows or gifts (= sahasraṃ gavyam &c., used to express wealth; sahasraṃ śatāśvam, ‘a thousand cows and a hundred horses’, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (in later language often = ‘1000 Paṇas’, e.g. [Mn. viii, 120]; [336] &c.)

sahasra : any very large number (in [Naigh. iii, 1] among the bahu-nāmāni; cf. sahasra-kiraṇa &c. below)

sahasra : sahásra mf(I)n. a thousandth or the thousandth (= sahasra-tama which is the better form; cf. [Pāṇ. v, 2, 57]).

ṛṣi : ṛ́ṣi m. (√ 2. ṛṣ Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 119]; ṛṣati jñānena saṃsāra-pāram, [T.]; perhaps fr. an obsolete √ ṛṣ for √ dṛś, ‘to see ?’, cf. ṛṣi-kṛt), a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character (e.g. the ancient hymn-singers Kutsa, Atri, Rebha, Agastya, Kuśika, Vasiṣṭha, Vy-aśva), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.

ṛṣi : the Ṛṣis were regarded by later generations as patriarchal sages or saints, occupying the same position in India history as the heroes and patriarchs of other countries, and constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from gods, men, Asuras, &c., [AV. x, 10, 26]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛṣi : they are the authors or rather seers of the Vedic hymns i.e. according to orthodox Hindū ideas they are the inspired personages to whom these hymns were revealed, and such an expression as ‘the Ṛṣi says’ is equivalent to ‘so it stands in the sacred text’

ṛṣi : seven Ṛṣis, sapta ṛṣayaḥ, or saptaṛṣayaḥ or saptarṣayaḥ, are often mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas and later works as typical representatives of the character and spirit of the pre-historic or mythical period

ṛṣi : in [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 2, 6] their names are given as follows, Gotama, Bharadvāja, Viśvā-mitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, and Atri

ṛṣi : in [MBh. xii], Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha are given as the names of the Ṛṣis of the first Manvantara, and they are also called Prajāpatis or patriarchs

ṛṣi : the names of the Ṛṣis of the subsequent Manv-antaras are enumerated in [Hariv. 417 ff.]

ṛṣi : afterwards three other names are added, viz. Pracetas or Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, and Nārada, these ten being created by Manu Svāyambhuva for the production of all other beings including gods and men, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [VP.] &c.

ṛṣi : in astron. the seven Ṛṣis form the constellation of ‘the Great Bear’, [RV. x, 82, 2]; [AV. vi, 40, 1]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.

ṛṣi : (metaphorically the seven Ṛṣis may stand for the seven senses or the seven vital airs of the body, [VS. xxxiv]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.])

ṛṣi : a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite (this is a later sense; sometimes three orders of these are enumerated, viz. Devarṣis, Brahmarṣis, and Rājarṣis; sometimes seven, four others being added, viz. Maharṣis, Paramarṣis, Śrutarṣis, and Kāṇḍarṣis), [Mn. iv, 94][xi, 236]; [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c.

ṛṣi : the seventh of the eight degrees of Brāhmans, [Hcat.]

ṛṣi : a hymn or Mantra composed by a Ṛṣi

ṛṣi : the Veda Comm. on [MBh.] & [Pat.]

ṛṣi : a symbolical expression for the number seven

ṛṣi : the moon

ṛṣi : an imaginary circle

ṛṣi : a ray of light, [L.]

ṛṣi : the fish Cyprinus Rishi, [L.];

ṛṣi : [cf. Hib. arsan, ‘a sage, a man old in wisdom’; arrach, ‘old, ancient, aged’.]

sahaskṛta : sáhas—kṛta (sáhas-), mfn. produced by strength (said of Agni), [RV.]

sahaskṛta : invigorated, increased, excited, [ib.]

samudra : sam-udrá m. (n. only, [RV. vi, 72, 3]; ifc. f(A). cf. udrá, an-udrá; for sa-mudra See p. 1168, col. 2) ‘gathering together of waters’, the sea, ocean (in Veda also ‘the aerial waters’, ‘atmospheric ocean or sky’ [cf. [Naigh. i, 3]]; in [VP. ii, 4], seven circular concentric [elsewhere 3 or 4] oceans are named, viz. lavaṇa, ‘salt-water’; ikṣu, ‘syrup’; surā, ‘wine’; ghṛta, ‘clarified butter’; dadhi, ‘curds’; dugdha, ‘milk’; jala, ‘fresh water’; in later language the Ocean is often personified as king of the rivers), [RV.] &c. &c.

samudra : N. of the number, four (four principal oceans being reckoned by some, one for every quarter of the sky), [Gaṇit.]

samudra : a large Soma vessel, [RV. vi, 69, 6]; [ix, 29, 3] &c.

samudra : N. of an immensely high number (1 with 14 cyphers), [TS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.]

samudra : a partic. configuration of the stars and planets (when the 7 planets are situated in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th houses), [VarBṛS.]

samudra : = rukma, [VS.], Sch.

samudra : N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

samudra : of a Daitya, [Hariv.]

samudra : of various authors (also with sūri), [Cat.]

samudra : of the son of a merchant born on the sea, [Buddh.]

samudra : of other men, [HPariś.]

samudra : of a wk. quoted by Padmanābha, [Cat.]

samudra : of a place, [ib.]

samudra : sam-udrá m. n. N. of two Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

samudra : of various metres, [TS.]; [Nidānas.] &c.

samudra : sa-mudra mf(A)n. (for sam-udra See p. 1166, col. 3) having a stamp or seal, stamped, sealed, marked, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Mudr.]

prath : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 3]) práthate (rarely P. °ti, e.g. impf. 2. du. áprathatam, [RV.]; Impv. prathantu, [VS.]; pf. paprathatuḥ, [BhP.]; mostly Ā. pf. paprathé, p. paprathāná, [RV.]; aor. prathiṣṭa, p. prathāná, [ib.]; fut. prathiṣyate, prathitā Gr.), to spread, extend (intrans.; P. trans. and intrans.), become larger or wider, increase, [RV.] &c. &c.; to spread abroad (as a name, rumour &c.), become known or celebrated, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to come to light, appear, arise, [Kir.]; [Rājat.]; to occur (to the mind), [Rājat.] : Caus. pratháyati (rarely °te; aor. apaprathat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 95]; Subj. papráthat, [RV.]; paprathanta, [ib.]; práthayi, [TS.]), to spread, extend, increase, [RV.] &c. &c. (prathayati-tarām, [Ratnāv. iv, 3]; Ā. intr. [RV.]; [AV.]); to spread abroad, proclaim, celebrate, [R.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; to unfold, disclose, reveal, show, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to extend over i.e. shine upon, give light to (acc.), [RV. iii, 14, 4.]

prath : or pṛth, cl. 10. P. prāthayati or parthayati, to throw, cast; to extend, [Dhātup. xxxii, 19.]

satya : satyá mf(A)n. true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid (satyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to make true, ratify, realise, fulfil’), [RV.] &c. &c.

satya : satyá m. the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; see loka), [L.]

satya : N. of the ninth Kalpa (q.v.), [Pur.]

satya : the Aśvattha tree, [L.]

satya : N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]

satya : of Rāma-candra, [L.]

satya : of a supernatural being, [Gaut.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Hcat.]

satya : of a deity presiding over the Nāndī-mukha Śrāddha, [L.]

satya : of one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [Cat.]

satya : of a Vyāsa, [Cat.]

satya : of a son of Havir-dhāna, [BhP.]

satya : of a son of Vitatya, [MBh.]

satya : of one of the 7 Ṛṣis in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

satya : (with ācārya) N. of an astronomer (author of the Horā-śāstra), [VarBṛS.]

satya : pl. N. of a class of gods in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

satya : satyá (am), n. truth, reality (satyena, ‘truly’, ‘certainly’, ‘really’; kásmāt sátyāt, ‘for what reason, how is it that?’ téna satyéna, ‘for that reason, so truly’; yathā-tena [or evaṃ] satyena, ‘as-so truly’; with Buddhists truth is of two kinds, viz. saṃvṛti- and paramārtha-satyam, ‘truth by general consent’ and ‘self-evident truth’, [Dharmas. 95]; for the four fundamental truths of Buddhists See [MWB. 43]; [56]), [RV.] &c. &c.

satya : speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity, [KenUp.]; [Mn.]; [R.] &c.

satya : a solemn asseveration, vow, promise, oath (satyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇa, ‘wishing to fulfil one's promise or keep one's word’), [AV.] &c. &c.

satya : demonstrated conclusion, dogma, [W.]

satya : the quality of goodness or purity or knowledge, [MW.]

satya : the first of the four Yugas or ages (= 1. -kṛtá, q.v.), [L.]

satya : a partic. mythical weapon, [R.]

satya : the uppermost of the 7 Lokas (see under m.), [Vedāntas.]; [BhP.]

satya : one of the 7 Vyāhṛtis, [L.]

satya : partic. Satya-formula, [ĀśvŚr.]

satya : = udaka, water, [Naigh. i, 12]

satya : (also with prajāpateḥ) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; [ŚrS.]

satya : &c. See p. 1135, col. 3.

sa : the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).

sa : (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)

sa : (in music) an abbreviated term for ṣaḍ-ja (see p. 1109, col. 2).

sa : m. (only [L.]) a snake

sa : air, wind

sa : a bird

sa : N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva

sa : n. knowledge

sa : meditation

sa : a carriage road

sa : a fence.

sa : mfn. (fr. √ san) procuring, bestowing (only ifc.; cf. palu-ṣá and priya-sá).

sa : sá the actual base for the nom. case of the 3rd pers. pron. tád, q.v. (occurring only in the nom. sg. mf. [sá or sás, sā], and in the Ved. loc. [sásmin, [RV. i, 152, 6]; [i, 174, 4]; [x, 95, 11]]; the final s of the nom. m. is dropped before all consonants [except before p in [RV. v, 2, 4], and before t in [RV. viii, 33, 16]] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga; occasionally blends with another vowel [as in saīṣaḥ]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pron. as with aham, tvam, eṣa, ayam &c. [e.g. so 'ham, sa tvam, ‘I (or thou) that very person’; cf. under tád, p. 434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd pers. even if aham or tvam be omitted [e.g. sa tvā pṛcchāmi ‘I that very person ask you’, [BṛĀrUp.]; sa vai no brūhi ‘do thou tell us’, [ŚBr.]]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with bhavān [e.g. sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām, ‘let your Highness set out for victory’, [Śak.]]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Brāhmaṇas] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adv. such as ya, yad, yadi, yathā, ced; in this position may be used pleonastically or as a kind of ind., even where another gender or number is required [e.g. sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhananti, ‘if those waters are stagnant’, [ŚBr.]]; in the Sāṃkhya , like eṣa, ka, and ya, is used to denote Puruṣa, ‘the Universal Soul’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sa : [cf. Zd. hō, hā; Gk. ὁ, ἡ.]

sa : ind. (connected with saha, sam, sama, and occasionally in [BhP.] standing for saha with instr.) an inseparable prefix expressing ‘junction’, ‘conjunction’, ‘possession’ (as opp. to a priv.), ‘similarity’, ‘equality’

sa : (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by ‘with’, ‘together or along with’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘added to’, ‘having’, ‘possessing’, ‘containing’, ‘having the same’ [cf. sa-kopa, sāgni, sa-bhāya, sa-droṇa, sa-dharman, sa-varṇa]; or it may = ‘ly’, as in sa-kopam, ‘angrily’, sopadhi, ‘fraudulently’), [RV.]; &c.

sa : [cf. Gk. ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Lat. sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper Eng. same.]

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ayam : ayám this one. See idám.

mahimā : f. = mahimán, greatness &c., [R.]

mahiman : mahimán m. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, [RV.] &c. &c. (°himnā́ ind. or °hinā́ ind. mightily, forcibly, [RV.])

mahiman : the magical power of increasing size at will, [Vet.]; [Pañcar.] (cf. [MWB. 245])

mahiman : magnitude (as one of Śiva's attributes; °mnaḥ stava m. stuti f. stotra n. N. of hymns; cf. mahimastava)

mahiman : N. of a man, [Rājat.]

mahiman : a N. of Mammaṭa q.v., [Cat.]

mahiman : du. N. of two Grahas at the Aśva-medha sacrifice, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]

mahiman : &c. See col. 1.

śavas : śávas n. (orig. ‘swelling, increase’) strength, power, might, superiority, prowess, valour, heroism (°sā ind. mightily, with might), [RV.]; [AV.]

śavas : water, [L.]

śavas : a dead body (= -śava), [L.]

śavas : śávas m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.]

yajñeṣu : yajñéṣu m. N. of a man, [TBr.]

yajña : yajñá m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise

yajña : act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y°), [RV.] &c. &c.

yajña : a worshipper, sacrificer, [RV. iii, 30, 15]; [32, 12]

yajña : fire, [L.]

yajña : = ātman, [L.]

yajña : Sacrifice personified, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

yajña : (with prājāpatya) N. of the reputed author of [RV. x, 130], [Anukr.]

yajña : N. of a form of Viṣṇu, [Pur.]

yajña : of Indra under Manu Svāyambhuva, [ib.]

yajña : of a son of Ruci and Ākūti, [ib.]

viprarājya : vipra—rā́jya n. the reign of the wise or pious, [RV.]

viprarājya : the kingdom or sovereignty of the Brāhman or priests, [Pañcar.]