indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]

sāma : n. (fr. sama, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) likeness, similarity, [L.]

sāma : mfn. undigested, crude, not sufficiently prepared or matured (a morbid state of the humours), [Car.]; [Bhpr.]

sāma : in comp. for 2. sāman.

sāma : in comp. for 3. sāman.

sāma : (ifc.) = 3. sāman (see anu-, ava-s°).

sāman : sā́man n. (fr. √ sā = san) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, [RV.]; [VS.]

sāman : sā́man n. (m. only in [TBr.]; prob. connected with √ sāntv; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā; cf. 3. ) calming, tranquillizing, (esp.) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāyas or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna, bheda, and daṇḍa, qq.vv.; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl., ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), [TBr.]; &c.

sāman : sā́man n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 152] fr. √ so = 2. sā, as ‘destroying sin’; in [Nir. vii, 12] apparently connected with sammita; by others derived fr. √ 1. san, sā, sāntv, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. ) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp.) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with ṛc, yajus, chandas, one of the 4 kinds of Vedic composition mentioned first in [RV. x, 90, 9]), [RV.] &c. &c.

sāman : any song or tune (sacred or profane, also the hum of bees), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

sāman : the faculty of uttering sounds (?), [TBr.] (Sch.)

vipra : vípra mf(A)n. stirred or excited (inwardly), inspired, wise (said of men and gods, esp. of Agni, Indra, the Aśvins, Maruts &c.; cf. paṇḍita), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

vipra : learned (esp. in theology), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]

vipra : a sage, seer, singer, poet, learned theologian, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

vipra : a Brāhman (ā f. a Brāhman woman), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

vipra : a priest, domestic priest, [R.]

vipra : the moon, [L.]

vipra : the month Bhādrapada, [L.]

vipra : Ficus Religiosa, [L.]

vipra : Acacia Sirissa, [L.]

vipra : (in prosody) a proceleusmatic, [Col.]

vipra : N. of a son of Ślīṣṭi, [VP.] (v.l. ripra)

vipra : of a son of Śrutaṃ-jaya (or Śṛtaṃ-jaya), [BhP.]

vipra : of a son of Dhruva, [ib.]

vipra : pl. a class of demi-gods (mentioned with the Sādhyas, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas), [ĀśvGṛ.]

vipra : &c. See √ vip, p. 972.

bṛhat : bṛhát mf(atI/)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, [RV.] &c. &c.

bṛhat : full-grown, old, [RV.]

bṛhat : extended or bright (as a luminous body), [ib.]

bṛhat : clear, loud (said of sounds), [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : of a prince, [MBh.]

bṛhat : of a son of Su-hotra and father of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. or n. (?) speech (°tām pati = bṛhaspati), [Śiś. ii, 26]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. height (also = heaven, sky), [RV.]

bṛhat : N. of various Sāmans composed in the metrical form Bṛhatī (also with āneyam, bharad-vājasya. bhāradvājam, vāmadevyam, sauram), [ĀrṣBr.]

bṛhat : N. of Brahman, [BhP.]

bṛhat : of the Veda, [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát ind. far and wide, on high, [RV.]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. firmly, compactly, [ib.]

bṛhat : brightly, [ib.]

bṛhat : greatly, much, [ib.]

bṛhat : aloud, [ib.] (also atā́, [AV.])

dharmakṛt : dharma—kṛ́t mfn. (2. See under 3. dharma) doing one's duty, virtuous, [MBh.]

dharmakṛt : dharma—kṛ́t m. maintainer of order (Indra), [RV. viii, 87, 1.]

vipaścit : vipaś—cít mfn. inspired, wise, learned, versed in or acquainted with (comp.), [RV.] &c. &c.

vipaścit : vipaś—cít m. N. of Indra under Manu Svārociṣa, [Pur.]

vipaścit : of the Supreme Spirit, [Sarvad.]

vipaścit : of a Buddha (prob. w.r. for vipaśyin), [Lalit.]

panasyu : pana°syú mfn. showing one's self worthy of admiration, glorious, [ib.]