Rig Veda 8.5.29

Addressed to: Asvins

Group: Hymns of Priyamedha's, Medyatithi Etc.

Text (Devanagari)

8.5.29

हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑ वां॒ रभि॑री॒षा अक्षो॑ हिर॒ण्ययः॑

उ॒भा च॒क्रा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑

Text (Roman)

8.5.29

hiraṇyáyī vāṃ rábhir

īṣā́ ákṣo hiraṇyáyaḥ

ubhā́ cakrā́ hiraṇyáyā

Padapāṭha

8.5.29

nominal stemDUMNOM

from cakrá-

cakrā : (ā), (ā), f. a kind of Cyperus or another plant, [L.]

cakra : cakrá n. (Ved. rarely m.; g. ardharcādi; fr. √ car?; √ 1. kṛ, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 12], [Kāś.]) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot [[RV.]], of Time [[i, 164, 2]-[48]]; °kráṃ-√ car, to drive in a carriage, [ŚBr. vi]), [RV.] &c.

cakra : a potter's wheel, [ŚBr. xi]; [Yājñ. iii, 146] (cf. -bhrama &c.)

cakra : a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (esp. that of Viṣṇu), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]

cakra : an oil-mill, [Mn. iv, 85]; [MBh. xii, 6481] & [7697]

cakra : a circle, [R.]; [BhP.] &c. (kalāpa-, ‘the circle of a peacock's tail’, [Ṛtus. ii, 14])

cakra : an astronomical circle (e.g. rāśi-, the zodiac), [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.]

cakra : a mystical circle or diagram, [Tantr.]

cakra : = -bandha, q.v., [Sāh. x, 13 a/b]

cakra : a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, [Hariv. 652]

cakra : ‘a form of military array (in a circle)’, see -vyūha

cakra : circular flight (of a bird), [Pañcat. ii, 57]

cakra : a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, [VarBṛS. xx]; [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.]

cakra : a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, viz. 1. mūlādhāra, the parts about the pubis; 2. svādhiṣṭhāna, the umbilical region; 3. maṇi-pūra, the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. anāhata, the root of the nose; 5. viśuddha, the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. ājñākhya, the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows)

cakra : N. of a metre (= -pāta)

cakra : a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron.), [Laghuj.]; [Sūryas. xiii, 20]; [Gol. xi, 10 ff.]

cakra : (also m., [L.]) a troop, multitude, [MBh. v], [ix] (°krāvalī, q.v.), [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.

cakra : the whole number of (in comp.), [Sarvad. xi, 127]

cakra : a troop of soldiers, army, host, [MBh.] (ifc. f(A). , [iii, 640]), [BhP. i], [ix]; [Cāṇ.]

cakra : a number of villages, province, district, [L.]

cakra : (fig.) range, department, [VarBṛS. xxx, 33]

cakra : the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm, [Yājñ. i, 265]; [MBh. i], [xiii]; [BhP. ix, 20, 32]; [VP.]

cakra : cakrá n. (pl.) the winding of a river, [L.]

cakra : a whirlpool, [L.]

cakra : a crooked or fraudulent device (cf. cakrikā), [L.]

cakra : the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, [W.]

cakra : N. of a medicinal plant or drug, [Suśr. v f.]

cakra : of a Tīrtha, [BhP. x, 78, 19]

cakra : cakrá m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. -vāká), [MBh. ix, 443]; [Bālar. viii, 58]; [Kathās. lxxii, 40]; [ŚārṅgP.]

cakra : (pl.) N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 352]

cakra : (g. aśvādi) N. of a man, [BṛĀrUp. iii, 4], 1 Sch.

cakra : of another man, [Kathās. lvi, 144]

cakra : of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 2147]

cakra : of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh. ix, 2539] and [2542]

cakra : of a mountain, [BhP. v, 20, 15]; [Kathās. liv, 16]

cakra : [cf. a-, aṣṭā́-, uccā-, éka-, kāla-, kū-, daṇḍa-, dik-, dharma-, mahā-, mātṛ-, ródha-, viṣṇu-, sa-, saptá-, hiraṇya-; tri- and sucakrá; cf. also, κύκλος, Lat. circus; Angl.Sax. hveohl, Engl. wheel.]

🔎 cakrā́ 🔎 cakrá-

| hiraṇyayā

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

8.5.29

Golden is its supporting shaft, the axle also is of gold, And both the wheels are made of gold.

Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
8.5.29	hiraṇyáyī 🔎 hiraṇyáyī	hiraṇyáya- hiraṇyaya : hiraṇyáya mf(I)n. golden, abounding in gold (hiraṇyayā́, instr. f., [RV. viii, 1, 32]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] 🔎 hiraṇyáya-	nominal stemSGFNOM
8.5.29	vām 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.) 🔎 vām	tvám 🔎 tvám	pronounDUGEN
8.5.29	rábhiḥ 🔎 rábhiḥ	rábhi- rabhi : rábhi f. a partic. part of a chariot, [RV.] (accord. to [Sāy.] ‘mfn. supporting’). 🔎 rábhi-	nominal stemSGFNOM
8.5.29	īṣā́ īṣā : īṣā́ f. (said to be fr. 1. īṣ), the pole or shafts of a carriage or plough īṣā : (e), f. du. (e) the double or fork-shaped pole, [RV. iii, 53, 17]; [viii, 5, 29]; [AV. viii, 8, 23]; [xi, 3, 9]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. īṣā : a plank, board, [VarBṛS.] īṣā : a particular measure, [Śulb.] 🔎 īṣā́	īṣā́- īṣā : īṣā́ f. (said to be fr. 1. īṣ), the pole or shafts of a carriage or plough īṣā : (e), f. du. (e) the double or fork-shaped pole, [RV. iii, 53, 17]; [viii, 5, 29]; [AV. viii, 8, 23]; [xi, 3, 9]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. īṣā : a plank, board, [VarBṛS.] īṣā : a particular measure, [Śulb.] 🔎 īṣā́-	nominal stemSGFNOM
8.5.29	ákṣaḥ 🔎 ákṣaḥ	ákṣa- akṣa : ákṣa m. an axle, axis (in this sense also n., [L.]) akṣa : a wheel, car, cart akṣa : the beam of a balance or string which holds the pivot of the beam akṣa : a snake, [L.] akṣa : terrestrial latitude (cf. -karṇa, -bhā, -bhāga) akṣa : the collar-bone, [ŚBr.] akṣa : the temporal bone, [Yājñ.] akṣa : N. of a measure (= 104 aṅgula); akṣa : (also) a chariot, [Dharmaś.] akṣa : [cf. Lat. axis; Gk. ἄξων; Old Germ. ahsa; Mod. Germ. Achse; Lith. assis.] akṣa : akṣá m. (√ 1. aś, [Uṇ.]) a die for gambling akṣa : a cube akṣa : a seed of which rosaries are made (cf. indrākṣa, rudrākṣa) akṣa : the Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, producing that seed akṣa : a weight called karṣa, equal to 16 māṣas akṣa : Beleric Myrobalan (Terminalia Belerica), the seed of which is used as a die akṣa : a N. of the number 5 akṣa : akṣá n. sochal salt akṣa : blue vitriol (from its cube-like crystals), [L.] akṣa : n. an organ of sense akṣa : sensual perception, [L.] akṣa : m. the soul, [L.] akṣa : knowledge, religious knowledge, [L.] akṣa : a lawsuit, [L.] akṣa : a person born blind, [L.] akṣa : N. of Garuḍa, [L.] akṣa : of a son of Rāvaṇa akṣa : of a son of Nara, &c. akṣa : , akṣa-caraṇa, &c. See col. 3. akṣa : n. [only ifc. (f(I). ) for akṣi], the eye. 🔎 ákṣa-	nominal stemSGMNOM
8.5.29	hiraṇyáyaḥ 🔎 hiraṇyáyaḥ	hiraṇyáya- hiraṇyaya : hiraṇyáya mf(I)n. golden, abounding in gold (hiraṇyayā́, instr. f., [RV. viii, 1, 32]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] 🔎 hiraṇyáya-	nominal stemSGMNOM
8.5.29	ubhā́ ubhā : (in comp. for ubha above). 🔎 ubhā́	ubhá- ubha : ubhá au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]) both, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.; ubha : [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.] 🔎 ubhá-	pronounDUMNOM
8.5.29	cakrā́ cakrā : (ā), (ā), f. a kind of Cyperus or another plant, [L.] 🔎 cakrā́	cakrá- cakra : cakrá n. (Ved. rarely m.; g. ardharcādi; fr. √ car?; √ 1. kṛ, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 12], [Kāś.]) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot [[RV.]], of Time [[i, 164, 2]-[48]]; °kráṃ-√ car, to drive in a carriage, [ŚBr. vi]), [RV.] &c. cakra : a potter's wheel, [ŚBr. xi]; [Yājñ. iii, 146] (cf. -bhrama &c.) cakra : a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (esp. that of Viṣṇu), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] cakra : an oil-mill, [Mn. iv, 85]; [MBh. xii, 6481] & [7697] cakra : a circle, [R.]; [BhP.] &c. (kalāpa-, ‘the circle of a peacock's tail’, [Ṛtus. ii, 14]) cakra : an astronomical circle (e.g. rāśi-, the zodiac), [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.] cakra : a mystical circle or diagram, [Tantr.] cakra : = -bandha, q.v., [Sāh. x, 13 a/b] cakra : a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, [Hariv. 652] cakra : ‘a form of military array (in a circle)’, see -vyūha cakra : circular flight (of a bird), [Pañcat. ii, 57] cakra : a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, [VarBṛS. xx]; [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.] cakra : a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, viz. 1. mūlādhāra, the parts about the pubis; 2. svādhiṣṭhāna, the umbilical region; 3. maṇi-pūra, the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. anāhata, the root of the nose; 5. viśuddha, the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. ājñākhya, the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows) cakra : N. of a metre (= -pāta) cakra : a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron.), [Laghuj.]; [Sūryas. xiii, 20]; [Gol. xi, 10 ff.] cakra : (also m., [L.]) a troop, multitude, [MBh. v], [ix] (°krāvalī, q.v.), [Hariv.]; [R.] &c. cakra : the whole number of (in comp.), [Sarvad. xi, 127] cakra : a troop of soldiers, army, host, [MBh.] (ifc. f(A). , [iii, 640]), [BhP. i], [ix]; [Cāṇ.] cakra : a number of villages, province, district, [L.] cakra : (fig.) range, department, [VarBṛS. xxx, 33] cakra : the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm, [Yājñ. i, 265]; [MBh. i], [xiii]; [BhP. ix, 20, 32]; [VP.] cakra : cakrá n. (pl.) the winding of a river, [L.] cakra : a whirlpool, [L.] cakra : a crooked or fraudulent device (cf. cakrikā), [L.] cakra : the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, [W.] cakra : N. of a medicinal plant or drug, [Suśr. v f.] cakra : of a Tīrtha, [BhP. x, 78, 19] cakra : cakrá m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. -vāká), [MBh. ix, 443]; [Bālar. viii, 58]; [Kathās. lxxii, 40]; [ŚārṅgP.] cakra : (pl.) N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 352] cakra : (g. aśvādi) N. of a man, [BṛĀrUp. iii, 4], 1 Sch. cakra : of another man, [Kathās. lvi, 144] cakra : of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 2147] cakra : of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh. ix, 2539] and [2542] cakra : of a mountain, [BhP. v, 20, 15]; [Kathās. liv, 16] cakra : [cf. a-, aṣṭā́-, uccā-, éka-, kāla-, kū-, daṇḍa-, dik-, dharma-, mahā-, mātṛ-, ródha-, viṣṇu-, sa-, saptá-, hiraṇya-; tri- and sucakrá; cf. also, κύκλος, Lat. circus; Angl.Sax. hveohl, Engl. wheel.] 🔎 cakrá-	nominal stemDUMNOM
8.5.29	hiraṇyáyā hiraṇyayā : hiraṇyayā́ f. desire for gold (only hiraṇyayā́ instr.), [RV.] 🔎 hiraṇyáyā	hiraṇyáya- hiraṇyaya : hiraṇyáya mf(I)n. golden, abounding in gold (hiraṇyayā́, instr. f., [RV. viii, 1, 32]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] 🔎 hiraṇyáya-	nominal stemDUMNOM

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