deva : devá mf(I)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (superl. m. devá-tama, [RV. iv, 22, 3] &c.; f. devi-tamā, [ii, 41, 16])

deva : devá m. (according to [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120] déva) a deity, god, [RV.] &c. &c.

deva : (rarely applied to) evil demons, [AV. iii, 15, 5]; [TS. iii, 5, 4, 1]

deva : (pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones; víśve devā́s, all the gods, [RV. ii, 3, 4] &c., or a partic. class of deities [see under víśva], often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds, [RV. i, 139, 11] &c. [cf. tri-daśa], or 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 12 Ādityas [to which the 2 Aśvins must be added] [Br.]; cf. also, [Divyāv. 68]; with Jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanādhīśa, vyantara, jyotiṣka, and vaimānika; devā́nām pátnyas, the wives of the gods, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] [cf. deva-patnī below])

deva : N. of the number 33 (see above), [Gaṇit.]

deva : N. of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

deva : a cloud, [L.]

deva : (with Jainas) the 22nd Arhat of the future Ut-sarpiṇī

deva : the image of a god, an idol, [Viṣṇ.]

deva : a god on earth or among men, either Brāhman, priest, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. bhū-d°), or king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. ‘your majesty’ or ‘your honour’; also ifc., e.g. śrī-harṣa-d°, vikramāṅka-d°, king Śrī-h° or Vikr°, and in names as puruṣottama-d° [lit. having Viṣṇu as one's deity; cf. atithi-d°, ācārya-d°, pitṛ-d°, mātṛ-d°]; rarely preceding the name, e.g. deva-caṇḍamahāsena, [Kathās. xiii, 48]), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.] &c. (cf. kṣiti-, nara-, &c.)

deva : a husband's brother (cf. devṛ and devara), [W.]

deva : a fool, dolt, [L.]

deva : a child, [L.]

deva : a man following any partic. line or business, [L.]

deva : a spearman, lancer, [L.]

deva : emulation, wish to excel or overcome, [L.]

deva : sport, play, [L.]

deva : a sword, [Gal.]

deva : N. of men, [VP.]

deva : of a disciple of Nāgārjuna, [MWB. 192]

deva : dimin. for devadatta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 83], Vārtt. 4, Sch.

deva : devá n. ([L.]) an organ of sense, [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 8]; [2, 7]

deva : [cf. Lat. dīvus, deus; Lit. dë́vas; Old Pruss. deiwas.]

trayaḥ : = °yas.

tri : trí m. tráyas f. nom. acc. tisrás n. trī́ṇi [trī́, [RV.]; [ŚBr. xi]] 3 [RV.] &c. (tribhís & tisṛ́bhis, &c., [RV.]; only once tríbhis [[viii, 59, 5]] with the later accentuation, cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 177] and [180 f.]; gen. trīṇā́m [[RV. x, 185, 1]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 53], [Kāś.]] and tisṝṇā́m [[RV. viii, 19, 37] and [101, 6]], later on [fr. °yá] trayāṇām [[AitBr.]; [Mn.]] and tisṛṇā́m [[RV. v, 69, 2] against metre; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 4 f.]]; ifc., [vii, 2, 99 f.], [Kāś.]) ;

tri : [cf. τρεῖς, Lat. tres; Goth. threis; &c.]

ekādaśa : ekādaśá mf(I)n. the eleventh, [RV. x, 85, 45]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.

ekādaśa : ([v]ṛṣabhaikādaśā gāvas, ‘cows that have a bull as the eleventh’ i.e. ten cows and one bull, [Gaut.]; [Mn.] &c.)

ekādaśa : together with eleven, plus eleven, [Vop.]

ekādaśa : consisting of eleven, lasting eleven (e.g. months), [RV.]; [AV. v, 16, 11]; [MBh.] &c.

ekādaśa : ekādaśá (am), n. the number eleven, [ŚBr.]

ekādaśa : ékādaśa (in comp. for ékādaśan below)

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.

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.

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.]

purastāt : purástāt ind. before, forward, in or from the front, in the first place, in the beginning, [RV.] &c. &c.

purastāt : in or from the east, eastward, [ib.]

purastāt : in the preceding part (of a book), above, [RPrāt.]

purastāt : (but also) further on i.e. below, [Suśr.]

purastāt : (as prep.) before (of place or time), in front or in presence or before the eyes of (gen. abl. acc. or comp.), [RV.] &c. &c.

purastāt : in comparison with (gen.), [Vcar.]

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].

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.]

savana : sávana n. (for 2. See col. 2) the act of pressing out the Soma-juice (performed at the three periods of the day; cf. tri-ṣavaṇa; prātaḥ-.,mādhyaṃdina- and tṛtīya-s°), [RV.] &c. &c.

savana : the pressed out Soma-juice and its libation, a Soma festival, any oblation or sacrificial rite, [ib.]

savana : (with puṃsaḥ) = puṃsavana, [Yājñ. i, 11] (pl.) the three periods of day (morning, noon, and evening), [Gaut.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

savana : time (in general), [BhP.]

savana : bathing, ablution, religious bathing (performed at morning, noon, and evening), [Kir.]

savana : sávana n. (for 1. See col. 1; for See p. 1191, col. 2; for sa-vana See col. 3) instigation, order, command (cf. satyá-s°), [RV.]; [MaitrUp.]

savana : sa—vana mf(A)n. (fur See col. 1 &c.) together with woods, [MBh.]

savana : n. (fr. √ su or sū; for 1. 2. see 1190, cols. 1. 2; for sa-vana, p. 1190, col. 3) fire, [BhP.]

savana : a kind of hell, [VP.]

savana : N. of a son of Bhṛgu, [MBh.]

savana : of a son of Vasiṣṭha (one of the seven Ṛṣis under Manu Rohita), [VP.]

savana : of a son of Manu Svayambhuva, [Hariv.]

savana : of a son of Priya-vrata (v.l. savala), [Pur.]

juṣ : cl. 6. Ā. °ṣáte (also P. [RV.] [°ṣát, ájuṣat] [MBh.] &c.; Subj. °ṣāte; Pot. °ṣéta; 3. pl. °ṣerata, [RV.]; Impv. °ṣátām; impf. ajuṣata, [ii, 37, 4]; 1. sg. ájuṣe, [AV. vi, 61, 3]; p. °ṣámāṇa) cl. 3. P. irr. jújoṣati (Subj. and p. jújoṣat; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 87], Vārtt. 2; Impv. 2. pl. °juṣṭana, [RV.]), rarely cl. 1. P. joṣati (Subj. jóṣat; — aor. p. juṣāṇá; 3. pl. ajuṣran, [i, 71, 1]; 2. sg. jóṣi, [ii], [iv]; 3. sg. jóṣiṣat, [ii, 35, 1] [cf. [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 34] and [4, 7]; [94] and [97]]; pf. jujóṣa, °juṣé; p. °juṣvás, generally °ṣāṇá; ind.p. juṣṭvī́, [RV.]) to be pleased or satisfied or favourable, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to like, be fond of delight in (acc. or gen.), enjoy, [RV.] (with tanvām or °vás, ‘to be delighted’, [iii, 1, 1]; [x, 8, 3]), [AV.] &c.; to have pleasure in granting anything (acc.) to (loc.), [RV. vi, 14, 1]; to have pleasure in (dat.), resolve to (Ved. Inf.), [i, 167, 5]; [iv, 24, 5]; [ŚBr. iii, 6, 4, 7]; to give pleasure to (loc.), [RV. x, 105, 8]; to choose for (dat.), [VS. v, 42]; [TS. vi]; [ŚBr. iii, 6, 4, 8]; to devote one's self to (acc.), practise, undergo, suffer, [BhP. ii, 2, 7]; [viii, 7, 20]; [Bhaṭṭ. xvii, 112]; to delight in visiting, frequent, visit, inhabit, enter (a carriage &c.), [MBh. iii], [v], [xiv]; [Bhaṭṭ. xiv, 95]; to afflict, [MBh. iii] : Caus. Ā. (Subj. 2. sg. joṣáyāse) to like, love, behave kindly towards (acc.), cherish, [RV.]; to delight in, approve of (acc.), choose, [ŚBr. iii]; [MBh. xiv, 1289]; (P. cf. [Dhātup. xxxiv, 28]), [Bhag. iii, 26];

juṣ : [cf. γεύομαι; Zd. zaosha; Hib. gus; Goth. kiusu; Lat. gus-tus.]

juṣ : mfn. ifc. liking, fond of, devoted to (once with acc. [BhP. vii, 6, 25]; cf. nikṛtiṃ-), [BhP.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Śāntiś.]; [Kathās.]

juṣ : dwelling in [Hcar. vii]

juṣ : visiting, approaching, [BhP. ii, 7, 25]; [Madhus.]

juṣ : having, showing, [Bālar. iv, 17]; [ix, 25]; [Siṃhās. Introd. 5l]; [xv, 4]; [Kuval. 169]

juṣ : similar, [Hcar. i, 44]

juṣ : cf. sa-.

pā : f. guarding, protecting, [L.]

pā : f. = pūta and pūritaka.

pā : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 27]) píbati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. °te; rarely pipati, °te, [Kāṭh.]; [Br.]) cl. 2. pāti, pāthás, pānti, [RV.]; [AV.]; p. Ā. papāná, [RV.], pípāna, [AV.] (pf. P. papaú, 2. sg. papātha, [RV.]; papitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64], Sch.; papīyāt, [RV.]; p. papivás, [AV.]; Ā. pape, papire, [RV.]; p. papāná, [ib.]; aor. or impf. apāt, [RV.] [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] [RV. i, 164, 7]; -pāsta, [AV. xii, 3, 43]; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā́, [RV.] &c. &c., °tvī, [RV.]; -pāya, [AV.] &c. &c.; -pīya, [MBh.]; pāyam, [Kāvyād.]; inf. píbadhyai, [RV.]; pātum, [MBh.] &c.; pā́tave, [AV.]; [Br.]; pā́tavaí, [RV.]), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, [BhP.]; [Pañc.]; to drink intoxicating liquors, [Buddh.] : Pass. pīyáte, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, °te (pf. pāyayām āsā, [MBh.]; aor. apīpyat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4]; ind.p. pāyayitvā, [MBh.]; inf. pā́yayitavaí, [ŚBr.]), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati ([RV.] also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, [Kāṭh.] : Intens. pepīyate (p. °yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, [Up.]; [Hariv.]

pā : [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]

pā : mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)

pā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 48]) pā́ti (Impv. pāhí; pr. p. P. pā́t Ā. pāná, [RV.]; pf. papau Gr.; aor. apāsīt, [Rājat.] Subj. pāsati, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, pātā Gr.; Prec. pāyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68], Sch.; inf. pātum, [MBh.]), to watch, keep, preserve; to protect from, defend against (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to protect (a country) i.e. rule, govern, [Rājat.]; to observe, notice, attend to, follow, [RV.]; [AitBr.] : Caus. pālayati See √ pāl: Desid. pipāsati Gr.: Intens. pāpāyate, pāpeti, pāpāti, [ib.]

pā : [cf. Zd. pā, paiti; Gk. πά-ομαι, πέ-πα-μαι, πῶ-ν, &c.; Lat. pa-sco, pa-bulum; Lith. pë-mů́]

pā : mfn. keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)

pā : cl. 3. Ā. pípīte, to rise against, be hostile (see 2. anūt-√ , p. 41; 2. ut-pā, p. 181; praty-ut- √ , p. 677).

soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c.

soma : the moon or moon-god (see above)

soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.]

soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.]

soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.]

soma : nectar, [L.]

soma : camphor, [L.]

soma : air, wind, [L.]

soma : water, [L.]

soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.]

soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.]

soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.]

soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.]

soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.]

soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.]

soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.]

soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.]

soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.]

soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.]

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.]