abhi : abhí ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) to, towards, into, over, upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses the notion or going towards, approaching, &c. (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority, intensity, &c.

abhi : e.g. abhi-tāmra, abhi-nava, q.v. (As a separate adverb or preposition) it expresses (with acc.) to, towards, in the direction of, against

abhi : into, [ŚBr.] & [KātyŚr.]

abhi : for, for the sake of

abhi : on account of

abhi : on, upon, with regard to, by, before, in front of

abhi : over. It may even express one after the other, severally, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 91], e.g. vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣam abhi, tree after tree

abhi : [cf. Gk. ἀμϕί; Lat. ob; Zend aibi, aiwi; Goth. bi; Old High Germ. bī].

abhi : a-bhi mfn. fearless, [MBh.]

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.]

payaḥ : in comp. for °yas.

payas : páyas n. (√ 1. pī) any fluid or juice, (esp.) milk, water, rain

payas : semen virile, (met.) vital spirit, power, strength, [RV.] &c. &c.

payas : a species of Andropogon, [Bhpr.]

payas : N. of a Sāman, [ŚrS.]

payas : of a Virāj, [RPrāt.]

payas : night, [Naigh. i, 7.]

atharvan : átharvan m. (said to be fr. an obsolete word athar, fire), a priest who has to do with fire and Soma

atharvan : N. of the priest who is said to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma and prayers (he is represented as a Prajāpati, as Brahmā's eldest son, as the first learner and earliest teacher of the Brahma-vidyā, as the author of the Atharva-veda, as identical with Aṅgiras, as the father of Agni, &c.)

atharvan : N. of Śiva, Vasiṣṭha [[Kir. x, 10]], Soma, Prāṇa

atharvan : átharvan m. n. (ā, a) the fourth or Atharva-veda (said to have been composed by Atharvan, and consisting chiefly of formulas and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities)

atharvan : átharvan m. pl. (átharvāṇas). descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu

atharvan : pl. the hymns of the Atharva-veda.

śrī : (cf. √ śrā) cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 3]) śrīṇáti, śrīṇīté (Gr. also pf. śiśrāya, śiśrīye; aor. aśraiṣīt, aśreṣṭa &c.; for aśiśrayuḥ See 2. abhi-√ śrī), to mix, mingle, cook (cf. abhi- and ā-√ śrī), [RV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; (= √ śri), to burn, flame, diffuse light, [RV. i, 68, 1.]

śrī : mfn. (ifc.) mixing, mingling, mixed with

śrī : f. mixing, cooking.

śrī : f. (prob. to be connected with √ 1. śri and also with √ 1. in the sense of ‘diffusing light or radiance’ ; nom. śrī́s accord. to some also ) light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness (śriyé and śriyaí, ‘for splendour or beauty’, ‘beauteously’, ‘gloriously’, cf. śriyáse; du. śriyau, ‘beauty and prosperity’; śriya ātmajāḥ, ‘sons of beauty’ i.e. horses [cf. śrī-putra]; śriyaḥ putrāḥ, ‘goats with auspicious marks’), [RV.] &c. &c.

śrī : prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches (śriyā, ‘according to fortune or wealth’), high rank, power, might, majesty, royal dignity (or ‘Royal dignity’ personified; śriyo bhājaḥ, ‘possessors of dignity’, ‘people of high rank’), [AV.] &c. &c.

śrī : symbol or insignia of royalty, [Vikr. iv, 13]

śrī : N. of Lakṣmī (as goddess of prosperity or beauty and wife of Viṣṇu, produced at the churning of the ocean, also as daughter of Bhṛgu and as mother of Darpa), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

śrī : N. of Sarasvatī (see -pañcamī)

śrī : of a daughter of king Su-śarman, [Kathās.]

śrī : of various metres, [Col.]

śrī : (the following only in [L.] ‘a lotus-flower; intellect, understanding; speech; cloves; Pinus Longifolia; Aegle Marmelos; a kind of drug = vṛddhi; N. of a Buddhist goddess and of the mother of the 17th Arhat’)

śrī : m. N. of the fifth musical Rāga (see rāga), [Saṃgīt.]

śrī : mfn. diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning (ifc.; see agni-, adhvara-, kṣatra-, gaṇa-, jana-śrī &c.), [RV. iv, 41, 8.] [The word is frequently used as an honorific prefix (= ‘sacred’, ‘holy’) to the names of deities (e.g. Śrī-Durgā, Śrī-Rāma), and may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration. (e.g. Śrī-śrī-Durgā &c.); it is also used as a respectful title (like ‘Reverend’) to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects (e.g. Śrī-Jayadeva, ŚrīBhāgavata), and is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents &c.; also before the words caraṇa and pāda ‘feet’, and even the end of personal names.]

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.]

devāya : Nom. P., only p. °yát = °vayát, [Maitr.] and [KapS.]; [Kāṭh.]

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.]

devayu : deva°yú mfn. devoted to the gods, pious, [RV.]