nu : nú ind. (in [RV.] also nū́; esp. at the beginning of a verse, where often = nú + u), now, still, just, at once

nu : so now, now then, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.]

nu : indeed, certainly, surely, [RV.] &c. &c.

nu : cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121], Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahí nú, ‘by no means’, nákir nú, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā́ nú, ‘in order that surely not’; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam &c. [nū́ cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [RV. vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [RV.] &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98], [Kāś.]] where is either always repeated [[Śak. vi, 9]] or omitted in the first place [[ib.] [i, 8]] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā &c., and strengthened by vā, atha vā &c.)

nu : [cf. 1. náva, nū́tana, nūnám; Zd. nū; Gk. νύ, νῦν; Lat. nun-c; Germ. nu, nun; Angl.Sax. nu, nū; Eng. now.]

nu : m. a weapon, [L.]

nu : time, [L.]

nu : cl. 1. Ā. navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Caus. nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.]

nu : or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 26]; [xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, (pres. also návate, °ti, [RV.] &c.; p. P. nuvát, návat, Ā. návamāna, [RV.]; pf. nunāva, [Kāv.]; aor. ánūnot, ánūṣi, °ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [RV.]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr.; fut. naviṣyati, nuv°; navitā, nuv°, [ib.]; ind.p. -nutya, -nāvam, [Br.]; inf. navitum v.l. nuv°, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr.: Desid. nunūṣati, [ib.]; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. nónavīti, nonumas (impf. anonavur, Subj. návīnot; pf. nónāva, nonuvur, [RV.]; nonūyate, nonoti Gr.), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [RV.]

nu : m. praise, eulogium, [L.]

nu : Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Car.] (cf. 3. nava).

nu : (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [BhP.]

me : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 65]) mayate (ep. also P. mayati; pf. mame Gr.; aor. amāsta, [ib.]; fut. mātā, māsyate, [ib.]; ind.p. -mitya or -māya, [ib.]). to exchange, barter (cf. apa-. and ni-√ me) : Caus. māpayati, [ib.] : Desid. mitsate, [ib.] : Intens. memīyate, māmeti, māmāti, [ib.]

me : (onomat.) imitative of the sound of a bleating goat (me-me-√ kṛ, to bleat), [Kāv.]

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].

gir : gír mfn. (√ gṝ) addressing, invoking, praising, [RV.]

gir : gír f. (ī́r) invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song, [RV.] (the Maruts are called ‘sons of praise’, sūnávo gíraḥ, [i, 37, 10]), [AV.]

gir : speech, speaking, language, voice, words (e.g. mānuṣīṃ giraṃ √ 1. kṛ, to assume a human voice, [Nal. i, 25]; girāṃ prabhaviṣṇuḥ [[VarBṛS.]] or pati [[VarYogay.]] = gir-īśa, q.v.; tad-girā, on his advice, [Kathās. lxxv]), [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.

gir : = gīr-devī, fame, celebrity, [W.]

gir : a kind of mystical syllable, [RāmatUp.];

gir : [cf. Hib. gair, ‘an outcry, shout’; Gk. γῆρυς.]

gir : mfn. (√ gṝ) ifc. ‘swallowing’, see gara- and muhur-gír.

gir : gír m. = girí, a mountain, [RV. v, 41, 14] and [vii, 39, 5]; [Śiś. iv, 59.]

nāsatyā : nā́satyā (ā), f. the constellation Aśvinī, [L.] (The derivations fr. na + asatya, or fr. nāsā + tya or fr. nā + satya are very improbable.)

nāsatya : See s.v.

nāsatya : nā́satya mfn. (prob. fr. √ 2. nas, Caus.) helpful, kind, friendly (mostly m. du. as N. of the Aśvins, [RV.]; later m. sg. N. of one of the A°s, the other being then called Dasra)

nāsatya : relating or belonging to the A°s [MBh.]

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.]

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-).

av : cl. 1. P. ávati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. ávat; impf. ā́vat, 2. sg. 1. ā́vaḥ [for 2. ā́vaḥ See √ vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. pl. āvá, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. ā́vitha; aor. ávīt, 2. sg. ávīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhí [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. aviṣṭam, 3. du. aviṣṭām, 2. pl. aviṣṭánā, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, Inf. ávitave, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. āvyā, [RV. i, 166, 13]) to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.]; Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh; to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6]; to lead or bring to (dat.: ūtáye, vā́ja-sātaye, kṣatrā́ya, svastáye), [RV.]; (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes) to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.: Caus. (only impf. āvayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

av : [cf. Gk. ἀίω; Lat. aveo ?].

madhu : mádhu mf(U or u or vI)n. (gen. n. Ved. mádhvas, mádhos, or mádhunas; instr. mádhvā; dat. mádhune; loc. mádhau) sweet, delicious, pleasant, charming, delightful, [RV.]; [TS.]

madhu : bitter or pungent, [L.]

madhu : mádhu m. N. of the first month of the year (= Caitra, March-April), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

madhu : the season of spring, [Var.]; [Kālid.]

madhu : Bassia Latifolia, [L.]

madhu : Jonesia Asoka, [L.]

madhu : liquorice, [L.]

madhu : N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

madhu : of two Asuras (the one killed by Viṣṇu, the other by Śatru-ghna), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

madhu : of one of the 7 sages under Manu Cākṣuṣa, [MārkP.]

madhu : of a son of the third Manu, [Hariv.]

madhu : of various princes (of a son of Vṛṣa, of Deva-kṣatra, of Bindu-mat, of Arjuna Kārtavīrya), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

madhu : of a son of Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa, [Kṣitīś.]; of a teacher (= madhva or ananda-tīrtha), [Col.]

madhu : of a mountain, [MārkP.]

madhu : (pl.) the race of Madhu (= the Yādavas or Māthuras), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]

madhu : mádhu (u) f. a partic. plant (= jīvā or jīvantī), [L.]

madhu : mádhu n. anything sweet (esp. if liquid), mead &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.]

madhu : Soma (also somyam madhu), [RV.]

madhu : honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds; madhuno leha m. licker of honey a bee, [W.]), [RV.] &c. &c.

madhu : milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.]

madhu : the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor, [Kāv.]; [Var.]; [Sāh.]

madhu : sugar, [L.]

madhu : water, [L.]

madhu : pyrites, [Bhpr.]

madhu : N. of a Brāhmaṇa, [ŚBr.]; a kind of metre, [Col.]

madhu : [cf. Gk., μέθυ, μέθη, Slav. medǔ; Lith. midùs, medùs; Germ. Meth; Eng. mead.]

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.]

pīti : pītí f. drinking (with acc. or gen.), a draught, [RV.]

pīti : a tavern, [L.]

pīti : pītí m. a horse, [L.]

pīti : f. (√ 3. pā; for 1. See p. 629) protection (see nṛ-p°).