purā : purā́ ind. (cf. pra, puras, pūrva) before, formerly, of old (with na, ‘never’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : in a previous existence, [VarYogay.]

purā : (with pres. = pf.) from of old, hitherto, up to the present time (also with sma cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 122]; with na, ‘never yet’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : at first, in the beginning, [Bhartṛ.] (opp. to paścā, paścāt, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 33], [Kāś.])

purā : soon, shortly (with pres. = fut.), [Kālid.]; [Naiṣ.]

purā : (as prep., mostly in earlier language, with abl., rarely with dat. or gen.) before

purā : securely from

purā : except, beside

purā : (with pres. = fut. [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 4]], once with Pot.) ere, before (sometimes with na or na and yāvat [followed by tāvat], with mā or yadi, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.)

purā : (ā), f. a stronghold, fortress (cf. agni-purā and aśma-p°)

purā : a kind of perfume, [L.]

purā : See p. 634, col. 3.

agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa)

agni : the number three, [Sūryas.]

agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid

agni : bile, [L.]

agni : gold, [L.]

agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida

agni : mystical substitute for the letter r

agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u

agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.]

agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj].

durita : dur—itá n. (dúr-, [RV. i, 125, 7]) bad course, difficulty, danger, discomfort, evil, sin (also personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.

durita : dur—itá mfn. difficult, bad, [AV. xii, 2, 28]

durita : wicked, sinful, [L.]

purā : purā́ ind. (cf. pra, puras, pūrva) before, formerly, of old (with na, ‘never’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : in a previous existence, [VarYogay.]

purā : (with pres. = pf.) from of old, hitherto, up to the present time (also with sma cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 122]; with na, ‘never yet’), [RV.] &c. &c.

purā : at first, in the beginning, [Bhartṛ.] (opp. to paścā, paścāt, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 33], [Kāś.])

purā : soon, shortly (with pres. = fut.), [Kālid.]; [Naiṣ.]

purā : (as prep., mostly in earlier language, with abl., rarely with dat. or gen.) before

purā : securely from

purā : except, beside

purā : (with pres. = fut. [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 4]], once with Pot.) ere, before (sometimes with na or na and yāvat [followed by tāvat], with mā or yadi, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.)

purā : (ā), f. a stronghold, fortress (cf. agni-purā and aśma-p°)

purā : a kind of perfume, [L.]

purā : See p. 634, col. 3.

mṛdhra : mṛdhrá n. contempt or one who contemns or injures, adversary, foe, [RV.]

kavi : kaví mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ā́kūta, ā́kūti, kāvya, [Naigh. iii, 15]; [Nir. xii, 13]; [Uṇ. iv, 138]) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning

kavi : kaví (is), m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader

kavi : a wise man, sage, seer, prophet

kavi : a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda), [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 8]; [KaṭhUp. iii, 14]; [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [BhāgP.]; [Mn. vii, 49]; [R.]; [Ragh.]

kavi : N. of several gods, (esp.) of Agni, [RV. ii, 23, 1]; [x, 5, 3]; [iii, 5, 1]; [i, 31, 2]; [76, 5]

kavi : of Varuṇa, Indra, the Aśvins, Maruts, Ādityas

kavi : of the Soma

kavi : of the Soma priest and other sacrificers

kavi : (probably) N. of a particular poet

kavi : cf. áṅgiras ([Mn. ii, 151]) and uśánas ([Bhag. x, 37])

kavi : of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun)

kavi : of the Ṛbhus (as skilful in contrivance)

kavi : of Pūṣan (as leader or guider)

kavi : N. of a son of Brahmā, [MBh. xiii, 4123], [4142]-[4150]

kavi : of Brahmā, [W.]

kavi : of a son of Bhṛgu and father of Śukra, [MBh. i, 2606] (cf. [3204]; [BhāgP. iv, 1, 45] and [Kull.] on [Mn. iii, 198])

kavi : that of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons), [Rājat. iv, 495]

kavi : of the planet Venus, [NBD.]

kavi : of the sons of several Manus, [Hariv.]; [BhāgP.]; [VP.]

kavi : of a son of Kauśika and pupil of Garga, [Hariv.]

kavi : of a son of Ṛṣabha, [BhāgP.]

kavi : of Vālmīki, [L.]

kavi : a keeper or herd, [RV. vii, 18, 8]

kavi : (fig.) N. of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure, [TS. v, 11, 1, 2] (cf. kaváṣ)

kavi : the sun, [W.]

kavi : of various men

kavi : the soul in the Sāṃkhya philosophy Comm.

kavi : a cunning fighter, [L.]

kavi : an owl, [L.]

kavi : kaví (is or ī, [W.]), f. the bit of a bridle, [L.]

kavi : the reins (cf. kavikā), [W.]

kavi : a ladle (cf. kambi), [L.]

pra : prá ind. before

pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).

aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c.

aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.]

aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az].

āyuḥ : (in comp. for āyus below).

āyus : ā́yus n. life, vital power, vigour, health, duration of life, long life, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

āyus : active power, efficacy, [RV.]; [VS.]

āyus : the totality of living beings [food, [Sāy.]] [RV. ii, 38, 5] and [vii, 90, 6]

āyus : N. of a particular ceremony (= āyuḥ-ṣṭoma, q.v.)

āyus : N. of a Sāman

āyus : of the eighth lunar mansion

āyus : food, [L.]

āyus : ā́yus (us), m. the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī (cf. āyu), [MBh.]; [Vikr.]; [VP.]

āyus : [cf. Dor. αἰές; perhaps also αἰών.]

āyus : ā́yus See col. 1.

vasu : vásu mf(u or vI)n. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) excellent, good, beneficent, [RV.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vasu : sweet, [L.]

vasu : dry, [L.]

vasu : N. of the gods (as the ‘good or bright ones’, esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Uṣas, Rudra, Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Kubera), [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.]

vasu : of a partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra, later Agni and Viṣṇu; they form one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā q.v.; the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constituting with them and with Dyaus, ‘Heaven’, and Pṛthivī, ‘Earth’ [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made; the names of the Vasus, according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with ap, ‘water’]; 2. Dhruva, ‘the Pole-star’; 3. Soma, ‘the Moon’; 4. Dhava or Dhara; 5. Anila, ‘Wind’; 6. Anala or Pāvaka, ‘Fire’; 7. Pratyūṣa, ‘the Dawn’; 8. Prabhāsa, ‘Light’; but their names are variously given; Ahan, ‘Day’, being sometimes substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Purānic mythology), [RV.] &c. &c.

vasu : a symbolical N. of the number ‘eight’, [VarBṛS.]

vasu : a ray of light, [Naigh. i, 15]

vasu : a partic. ray of light, [VP.]

vasu : = jina, [Śīl.] (only [L.] the sun; the moon; fire; a rope, thong; a tree; N. of two kinds of plant = baka and pīta-madgu; a lake, pond; a kind of fish; the tie of the yoke of a plough; the distance from the elbow to the closed fist)

vasu : N. of a Ṛṣi (with the patr. Bharad-vāja, author of [RV. ix, 80]-[82], reckoned among the seven sages), [Hariv.]

vasu : of a son of Manu, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Uttāna-pāda, [ib.]

vasu : of a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara, [MBh.]

vasu : of a son of Īlina, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Kuśa and the country called after him, [RV.]

vasu : of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhP.]

vasu : of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Vatsara, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Hiraṇya-retas and the Varṣa ruled by him, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Bhūtajyotis, [ib.]

vasu : of a son of Naraka, [ib.]

vasu : of a king of Kaśmīra, [Cat.]

vasu : vásu (u), f. light, radiance, [L.]

vasu : a partic. drug, [L.]

vasu : N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods), [Hariv.]; [VP.]

vasu : vásu n. (in Veda gen. vásos, vásvas and vásunas; also pl., exceptionally m.) wealth, goods, riches, property, [RV.] &c. &c. (°soṣ-pati m. prob. ‘the god of wealth or property’, [AV. i, 12] [[Paipp.] asoṣ-p°, ‘the god of life’]; °sor-dhā́rā f. ‘stream of wealth’, N. of a partic. libation of Ghṛta at the Agni-cayana, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.] &c.; of the wife of Agni, [BhP.]; of the heavenly Gaṅgā, [MBh.]; of sacred bathing-place, [ib.]; of a kind of vessel, [ib.]; °sor-dhā́rā-prayoga m. N. of wk.)

vasu : vásu n. gold (see -varma-dhara)

vasu : a jewel, gem, pearl (see -mekhala)

vasu : any valuable or precious object, [L.]

vasu : vásu n. (also f.) a partic. drug, [L.]

vasu : vásu n. a kind of salt (= romaka), [L.]

vasu : water, [L.]

vasu : a horse (?), [L.]

vasu : = śyāma, [L.]

vasu : m. or n. (for 1. See p. 930, col. 3) dwelling or dweller (see sáṃ-vasu).

vasu : 1. 2. See pp. 930 and 932.