abhi : abhí ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) to, towards, into, over, upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses the notion or going towards, approaching, &c. (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority, intensity, &c.

abhi : e.g. abhi-tāmra, abhi-nava, q.v. (As a separate adverb or preposition) it expresses (with acc.) to, towards, in the direction of, against

abhi : into, [ŚBr.] & [KātyŚr.]

abhi : for, for the sake of

abhi : on account of

abhi : on, upon, with regard to, by, before, in front of

abhi : over. It may even express one after the other, severally, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 91], e.g. vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣam abhi, tree after tree

abhi : [cf. Gk. ἀμϕί; Lat. ob; Zend aibi, aiwi; Goth. bi; Old High Germ. bī].

abhi : a-bhi mfn. fearless, [MBh.]

pūrvapīti : pūrvá—pīti (pūrvá-), f. precedence in drinking, [RV.]

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most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities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.]

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.]

āyu : ā-√ 2. yu Ā. (ā́-yuvate, [RV. ix, 77, 2]; pf. -yuyuvé, [RV. i, 138, 1]; p. -yuvámāna, [RV. i, 582] and -yuvāna, [ŚBr. ix, 4, 1, 8]) to draw or pull towards one's self; to seize, take possession of [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; to procure, provide, produce, [TS.]; to stir up, agitate, mingle, [MānŚr.] & [MānGṛS.] : Intens. (p. -yóyuvāna, [RV. iv, 1, 11]) to meddle with.

āyu : āyú mfn. (fr. √ i, [Uṇ. i, 2]), living, movable, [RV.]; [VS.]

āyu : āyú (us), m. a living being, man

āyu : living beings collectively, mankind, [RV.]

āyu : son, descendant, offspring

āyu : family, lineage, [RV.]

āyu : a divine personification presiding over life, [RV. x, 17, 4]

āyu : N. of fire (as the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī), [VS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (cf. āyus)

āyu : N. of a man persecuted by Indra, [RV.]

āyu : N. of several other men, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

āyu : N. of a king of frogs, [MBh.]

āyu : āyú (u), n. [and (us) m., [L.]] life, duration of life, [RV. iii, 3, 7]; [ix, 100, 1.]

samīcīna : samīcīná mf(A/)n. tending in a common direction, going with or in company with, being or remaining together, connected, united, complete, all, whole, [RV.]; [TS.]

samīcīna : fit, proper, correct, true, just, right, [KauṣUp.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]

samīcīna : samīcīná n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

samīcīna : = next, [W.]

ṛbhu : ṛbhú mfn. (√ rabh), clever, skilful, inventive, prudent (said of Indra, Agni, and the Ādityas, [RV.]; also of property or wealth, [RV. iv, 37, 5]; [viii, 93, 34]; of an arrow, [AV. i, 2, 3])

ṛbhu : (us), m. an artist, one who works in iron, a smith, builder (of carriages &c.), N. of three semi-divine beings (Ṛbhu, Vāja, and Vibhvan, the name of the first being applied to all of them; thought by some to represent the three seasons of the year [[Ludwig, RV. vol. iii, p. 187]], and celebrated for their skill as artists; they are supposed to dwell in the solar sphere, and are the artists who formed the horses of Indra, the carriage of the Aśvins, and the miraculous cow of Bṛhaspati; they made their parents young, and performed other wonderful works [Sv-apas]; they are supposed to take their ease and remain idle for twelve days [the twelve intercalary days of the winter solstice] every year in the house of the Sun [Agohya]; after which they recommence working; when the gods heard of their skill, they sent Agni to them with the one cup of their rival Tvaṣṭṛ, the artificer of the gods, bidding the Ṛbhus construct four cups from it; when they had successfully executed this task, the gods received the Ṛbhus amongst themselves and allowed them to partake of their sacrifices &c.; cf. [Kaegi, RV. p. 53 f.]), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ṛbhu : they appear generally as accompanying Indra, especially at the evening sacrifice

ṛbhu : in later mythology Ṛbhu is a son of Brahman, [VP.]

ṛbhu : a deity, [L.]

ṛbhu : ṛbhú (avas), m. a class of deities

ṛbhu : [cf. Gk. ἀλϕεῖν; Lat. labor; Goth. arb-aiths; Angl.Sax. earfoð; Slav. rab-ǔ.]

sam : or stam cl. 1. P. samati or stamati, to be disturbed (accord. to some ‘to be undisturbed’; cf. √ śam), [Dhātup. xix, 82]; cl. 10. P. samayati or stamayati, to be agitated or disturbed, [Vop.]

sam : sám ind. (connected with 7. sa and sama, and opp. to 3. vi, q.v.) with, together with, along with, together, altogether (used as a preposition or prefix to verbs and verbal derivatives, like Gk. σύν, Lat. con, and expressing ‘conjunction’, ‘union’, ‘thoroughness’, ‘intensity’, ‘completeness’ e.g. saṃ√ yuj, ‘to join together’; saṃ-√ dhā, ‘to place together’; saṃ-dhi, ‘placing together’; saṃ-√ tap, ‘to consume utterly by burning’; sam-uccheda, ‘destroying altogether, complete destruction’; in Ved. the verb connected with it has sometimes to be supplied, e.g. ā́po agním yaśásaḥ sáṃ hí pūrvī́ḥ, ‘for many glorious waters surrounded Agni’; it is sometimes prefixed to nouns in the sense of sama, ‘same’; cf. samartha), [RV.] &c.;

svar : (= √ sur) cl. 10. P. svarayati, to find fault, blame, censure, [Dhātup. xxxv, 11.]

svar : (prob. = a lost √ sur; cf. √ svṛ), cl. 1. P. svarati, Caus. svarayati, to shine.

svar : svàr ind. (in Yajur-veda also súvar) (used in Veda as nom. acc. loc., or gen., in [Naiṣ. vi, 99] also as abl.; from the weak base sū́r the [RV.] forms the gen. sū́ras and the dat. sūré [[iv, 3, 8]]), the sun, sunshine, light, lustre, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

svar : bright space or sky, heaven (as distinguished from div, which is regarded as the vault above it; often ‘heaven’ as a paradise and as the abode of the gods and the Blest, in [AV.] also of the Asuras; svaḥ prayātaḥ, ‘gone to heaven’ i.e. ‘departed this life’), [RV.] &c. &c.

svar : the space above the sun or between the sun and the polar star, the region of the planets and constellations (regarded as the 3rd of the 7 worlds [see loka] and the 3rd of the three Vyāhṛtis [i.e. bhúr bhúvaḥ sváḥ]; is pronounced after om and before the Gāyatrī by every Brāhman on beginning his daily prayers), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

svar : water, [Naigh. i, 12]

svar : N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

svar : svàr [cf. Gk. ἠέλιος, ἥλιος; Lat. sol; Lith. sáulė; Goth. sauil; Angl.Sax. sôl.]

rudra : rudrá mfn. (prob.) crying, howling, roaring, dreadful, terrific, terrible, horrible (applied to the Aśvins, Agni, Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, and the spáśaḥ), [RV.]; [AV.] (accord. to others ‘red, shining, glittering’, fr. a √ rud or rudh connected with rudhira; others ‘strong, having or bestowing strength or power’, fr. a √ rud = vṛd, vṛdh; native authorities give also the following meanings, ‘driving away evil’; ‘running about and roaring’, fr. ru + dra = 2. dru; ‘praiseworthy, to be praised’; ‘a praiser, worshipper’ = stotṛ, [Naigh. iii, 16])

rudra : rudrá m. ‘Roarer or Howler’, N. of the god of tempests and father and ruler of the Rudras and Maruts (in the Veda he is closely connected with Indra and still more with Agni, the god of fire, which, as a destroying agent, rages and crackles like the roaring storm, and also with Kāla or Time the all-consumer, with whom he is afterwards identified; though generally represented as a destroying deity, whose terrible shafts bring death or disease on men and cattle, he has also the epithet śiva, ‘benevolent’ or ‘auspicious’, and is even supposed to possess healing powers from his chasing away vapours and purifying the atmosphere; in the later mythology the word śiva, which does not occur as a name in the Veda, was employed, first as an euphemistic epithet and then as a real name for Rudra, who lost his special connection with storms and developed into a form of the disintegrating and reintegrating principle; while a new class of beings, described as eleven [or thirty-three] in number, though still called Rudras, took the place of the original Rudras or Maruts: in [VP. i, 7], Rudra is said to have sprung from Brahmā's forehead, and to have afterwards separated himself into a figure half male and half female, the former portion separating again into the 11 Rudras, hence these later Rudras are sometimes regarded as inferior manifestations of Śiva, and most of their names, which are variously given in the different Purāṇas, are also names of Śiva ; those of the [VāyuP.] are Ajaikapād, Ahir-budhnya, Hara, Nirṛta, Īśvara, Bhuvana, Aṅgāraka, Ardha-ketu, Mṛtyu, Sarpa, Kapālin; accord. to others the Rudras are represented as children of Kaśyapa and Surabhi or of Brahmā and Surabhi or of Bhūta and Su-rūpā; accord. to [VP. i, 8], Rudra is one of the 8 forms of Śiva; elsewhere he is reckoned among the Dik-pālas as regent of the north-east quarter), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [RTL. 75] &c.)

rudra : N. of the number ‘eleven’ (from the 11 Rudras), [VarBṛS.]

rudra : the eleventh, [Cat.]

rudra : (in astrol.) N. of the first Muhūrta

rudra : (in music) of a kind of stringed instrument (cf. rudrī and rudra-vīṇā)

rudra : of the letter e, [Up.]

rudra : of various men, [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]

rudra : of various teachers and authors (also with ācārya, kavi, bhaṭṭa, śarman, sūri &c.), [Cat.]

rudra : of a king, [Buddh.]

rudra : du. (incorrect acc. to, [Vām. v, 2, 1]) Rudra and Rudrāṇī (cf. also bhavā-r° and somā-rudra)

rudra : pl. the Rudras or sons of Rudra (sometimes identified with or distinguished from the Maruts who are 11 or 33 in number), [RV.] &c. &c.

rudra : an abbreviated N. for the texts or hymns addressed to Rudra, [GṛŚrS.]; [Gaut.]; [Vas.] (cf. rudra-japa)

rudra : of a people (v.l. puṇḍra), [VP.]

rudra : &c. See p. 883, col. 1.

pūrvyam : pūrvyám (ám), ind. before, formerly, at first, long since, hitherto, [RV.]

pūrvya : pūrvyá mf(A)n. (rarely pū́rvya) former, previous, ancient, old (opp. to navīyas, nū-tana &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [ŚvetUp.]

pūrvya : precedent, first, [RV.]; [RPrāt.]

pūrvya : next, nearest, [RV.]

pūrvya : most excellent, [ib.]; [ŚBr.] (Sch. ‘young’)