ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

mūrdhan : mūrdhán m. ([Uṇ. i, 158]) the forehead, head in general, skull, (fig.) the highest or first part of anything, top, point, summit, front (of battle), commencement, beginning, first, chief (applied to persons), [RV.] &c., &c., (mūrdhni with √ vṛt &c., to be above everything, prevail; with √ dhṛ, or ā-√ dā = mūrdhnā √ 1. kṛ, to place on the head, hold in high honour)

mūrdhan : the base (in geom.; opp. to agra; perhaps w.r. for budhna), [Col.]

mūrdhan : (in gram.) the roof or top of the palate (as one of the 8 Sthānas or places of utterance), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 9], Sch.

mūrdhan : (with Buddhists) ‘the summit’, N. of a state of spiritual exaltation, [Divyāv.]

kṣiti : f. dominion (Comm.), [MBh. xiii, 76, 10.]

kṣiti : kṣití is, f. an abode, dwelling, habitation, house (cf. also uru- and su-kṣití, dhruvá.), [RV.]

kṣiti : ([Naigh. i, 1]) the earth, soil of the earth, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

kṣiti : the number ‘one’, [Bījag.]

kṣiti : (áyas), settlements, colonies, races of men, nations (of which five are named; cf. kṛṣṭí), [RV.]

kṣiti : (said of the families of the gods), [iii, 20, 4]

kṣiti : estates, [Rājat. v, 109] (cf. uru- and su-kṣití, dhārayát-, dhruvá-, bhava-, raṇa-, samara-.)

kṣiti : kṣíti f. wane, perishing, ruin, destruction, [AV.]

kṣiti : the period of the destruction of the universe, end of the world, [L.] (cf. á-, ásura-.)

kṣiti : 1. 2. kṣití, 3. kṣíti, see √ 1. 2. & 4. kṣi.

kṣiti : m. N. of a man, [Pravar.]

kṣiti : f. a sort of yellow pigment, [L.]

kṣiti : a sort of base metal

kṣiti : = kṣiti-kṣama (s.v. 2. kṣití), [Gal.]

adabdha : á-dabdha mfn. (√ dambh, or dabh), not deceived or tampered with, unimpaired, unbroken, [Pur.]; [RV.]

svayaśas : svá—yaśas (svá-), mfn. glorious or illustrious through one's own (acts), self-sufficient (compar. -tara), [RV.]; [AV.]

svayaśas : sva-yaśas , sva-yāvan &c. See p. 1276, col. 2.

vrata : vratá n. (ifc. f(A). ; fr. √ 2. vṛ) will, command, law, ordinance, rule, [RV.]

vrata : obedience, service, [ib.]; [AV.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]

vrata : dominion, realm, [RV.]

vrata : sphere of action, function, mode or manner of life (e.g. śuci-vr°, ‘pure manner of life’, [Śak.]), conduct, manner, usage, custom, [RV.] &c. &c.

vrata : a religious vow or practice, any pious observance, meritorious act of devotion or austerity, solemn vow, rule, holy practice (as fasting, continence &c.; vratáṃ-√ car, ‘to observe a vow’, esp. ‘to practise chastity’), [ib.]

vrata : any vow or firm purpose, resolve to (dat. loc., or comp.; vratāt or vrata-vaśāt, ‘in consequence of a vow’; cf. asi-dhārā-vrata and āsidhāraṃ vratam), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vrata : the practice of always eating the same food (cf. madhu-vr°), [L.]

vrata : the feeding only on milk (as a fast or observance according to rule; also the milk itself), [VS.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]

vrata : any food (in a-yācita-vr°, q.v.)

vrata : = mahā-vrata (i.e. a partic. Stotra, and the day for it), [Br.]; [ŚrS.];

vrata : (with gen. or ifc.) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] ([L.] also ‘month’; season; year; fire; ‘= Viṣṇu’; ‘N. of one of the seven islands of Antara-dvīpa’)

vrata : vráta m. (of unknown meaning), [AV. v, 1, 7]; [ĀpŚr. xiii, 16, 8]

vrata : N. of a son of Manu and Naḍvalā, [BhP.]

vrata : (pl.) N. of a country belonging to Prācya, [L.]

vrata : vratá mfn. = veda-vrata, one who has taken the vow of learning the Veda, [Gṛhyās. ii, 3] (Sch.)

rakṣ : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 6]) rákṣati (Ved. and mc. also °te; pf. rarákṣa, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. arakṣīt, [AV.] &c.; arākṣīt, [Br.]; Prec. rakṣyāt Gr.; fut. rakṣitā, [MBh.]; rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat, [ib.]; rakṣye, [R.]; inf. rakṣitum, [MBh.]), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve (‘from’ abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to tend (cattle), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to rule (the earth or a country), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; to keep (a secret), [Kathās.]; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings), [Mālav.]; to observe (a law, duty &c.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure, [AV. v, 1]; to beware of [Kathās.]; (Ā.) to heed, attend to (loc.), [RV. i, 72, 5]; (Ā.) to conceal, hide (?), [RV. ix, 68, 4]; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?), [ib.] [x, 68, 1] : Caus. rakṣayati, °te (aor. ararakṣat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] : Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), [MBh.] : Intens. See rārakṣāṇá.

rakṣ : [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj or rajj; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]

rakṣ : (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakṣ).

adruh : a-drúh (nom. a-dhrúk) mfn. free from malice or treachery, [RV.]