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म॒न्द्रया॑ सोम॒ धार॑या॒ वृषा॑ पवस्व देव॒युः
अव्यो॒ वारे॑ष्वस्म॒युः
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mandráyā soma dhā́rayā
vŕ̥ṣā pavasva devayúḥ
ávyo vā́reṣv asmayúḥ
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mandrayāfrom mandrá-
from sóma-
from dhā́rā- 1
from vŕ̥ṣan-
from √pū-
from ávi-
from vā́ra- 1
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SOMA, flow on with pleasant stream, a Bull devoted to the Gods, Our Friend, unto the woollen sieve.
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| 9.6.1 | mandráyā | mandrá- mandra : mandrá mf(A/)n. pleasant, agreeable, charming, (esp.) sounding or speaking pleasantly &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] mandra : low, deep (of sound), hollow, rumbling (am ind.), [Br.] &c. &c. mandra : mandrá m. a low tone, the low or base tone (sthāna) of the voice (as opp. to the middle or madhyama and the high or uttama), [RPrāt.] mandra : a kind of drum, [L.] mandra : a species of elephant, [L.] mandra : mandrá &c. See p. 787, col. 3. 🔎 mandrá- | nominal stemSGFINS |
| 9.6.1 | soma 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.] 🔎 soma | sóma- 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.] 🔎 sóma- | nominal stemSGMVOC |
| 9.6.1 | dhā́rayā | dhā́rā- 1 dhārā : dhā́rā f. stream or current of water dhārā : (cf. tri-, dvi-, śata-, sahasra-), flood, gush, jet, drop (of any liquid), shower, rain (also fig. of arrows, flowers, &c.; vásor dh°, ‘source of good’, N. of a partic. libation to Agni, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.]; of Agni's wife, [BhP.]) dhārā : a leak or hole in a pitcher &c., [L.] dhārā : the pace of horse, [Śiś. v, 60] (5 enumerated, viz. dhorita, valgita, pluta, ut-tejita, ut-terita, or ā-skandita, recita for the two latter, [L.]; with paramā, the quickest pace, [Kathās. xxxi, 39]) dhārā : uniformity, sameness (as of flowing water?), [L.] dhārā : custom, usage, [W.] dhārā : continuous line or series (cf. vana-) dhārā : fig. line of a family, [L.] dhārā : N. of a sacred bathing-place (also with māheśvarī cf. above), [MBh.] dhārā : of a town (the residence of Bhoja), [Cat.] dhārā : dhā́rā f. (√ dhāv) margin, sharp edge, rim, blade (esp. of a sword, knife, &c.; fig. applied to the flame of fire), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. dhārā : the edge of a mountain, [L.] dhārā : the rim of a wheel, [Ragh. xiii, 15] dhārā : the fence or hedge of a garden, [L.] dhārā : the van of an army, [L.] dhārā : the tip of the ear, [L.] dhārā : highest point, summit (cf. °rādhirūḍha) glory, excellence, [L.] dhārā : night, [L.] dhārā : turmeric, [L.] 🔎 dhā́rā- 1 | nominal stemSGFINS |
| 9.6.1 | vŕ̥ṣā vṛṣā : (ā), f. Gendarussa Vulgaris or Adhatoda, [L.] vṛṣā : Salvinia Cucullata, [L.] vṛṣā : Mucuna Pruritus, [L.] vṛṣā : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] vṛṣā : in comp. for vṛṣa or vṛṣan. 🔎 vŕ̥ṣā | vŕ̥ṣan- vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan mfn. (acc. vṛ́ṣāṇam or vṛ́ṣaṇam nom. pl. °ṣāṇas; prob. originally ‘raining, sprinkling, impregnating’) manly, vigorous, powerful, strong, mighty, great (applied to animate and inanimate objects), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] (superl. -tama) vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan m. a man, male, any male animal, a bull, stallion &c. (also N. of various gods, as implying strength, esp. of Indra and the Maruts), [ib.] vṛṣan : (ifc.) chief, lord (e.g. kṣiti-, kṣmā-v°, lord of the earth, prince), [Rājat.] vṛṣan : a kind of metre, [RPrāt.] vṛṣan : N. of a man, [RV.] vṛṣan : of Karṇa, [L.] vṛṣan : vṛ́ṣan n. N. of a Sāman, [Lāṭy.] 🔎 vŕ̥ṣan- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 9.6.1 | pavasva | √pū- pū : cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 12]) punā́ti, punīté (3. pl. Ā. punáte, [AV.], punaté, [RV.]; 2. sg. Impv. P. punīhi, [RV.] &c., punāhí, [SV.]); cl. 1. Ā. ([xxii, 70]) pávate (of P. only Impv. -pava, [RV. ix, 19, 3], and p. gen. pl. pavatām, [Bhag. x, 31]; p. Ā. punāná below, pávamāna See p. 610, col. 3; 1. sg. Ā. punīṣe, [RV. vii, 85, 1]; pf. pupuvuḥ, °ve, [Br.]; apupot, [RV. iii, 26, 8]; aor. apāviṣuḥ Subj. apaviṣṭa, [RV.]; fut. paviṣyati, pavitā Gr.; ind.p. pūtvā́, [AV.]; pūtvī́, [RV.]; pavitvā Gr.; -pū́ya and -pāvam, [Br.] &c.; inf. pavitum, [Br.]), to make clean or clear or pure or bright, cleanse, purify, purge, clarify, illustrate, illume (with sáktum, ‘to cleanse from chaff, winnow’; with krátum or manīṣā́m, ‘to enlighten the understanding’; with hiraṇyam, ‘to wash gold’), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to sift, discriminate, discern; to think of or out, invent, compose (as a hymn), [RV.]; [AV.]; (Ā. pávate) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright; (esp.) to flow off clearly (said of the Soma), [RV.]; to expiate, atone for, [ib.] [vii, 28, 4]; to pass so as to purify; to purify in passing or pervading, ventilate, [RV.] &c. (cf. √ pav) : Pass. pūyáte, to be cleaned or washed or purified; to be freed or delivered from (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. paváyati or pāvayati (ep. also °te; aor. apīpavat Gr.; Pass. pāvyate, [Kāv.]), to cleanse, purify, [TS.]; [Br.]; &c. : Desid., pupūṣati, pipaviṣate Gr.: Desid. of Caus. pipāvayiṣati Gr. pū : [cf. Gk. πῦρ; Umbr. pir; Germ. Feuer; Eng. fire.] pū : mfn. cleansing, purifying (ifc.; cf. anna-, uda-, ghṛta- &c.) pū : mfn. (√ 1. pā) drinking (see agre-pū́). 🔎 √pū- | rootSGPRSMED2IMP |
| 9.6.1 | devayúḥ | devayú- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 9.6.1 | ávyaḥ | ávi- avi : ávi mfn. (√ av), favourable, kindly disposed, [AV. v, 1, 9] avi : ávi m. f. a sheep, [RV.] (mentioned with reference to its wool being used for the Soma strainer), [AV.] &c. avi : the woollen Soma strainer, [RV.] avi : ávi m. a protector, lord, [L.] avi : the sun, [L.] avi : air, wind, [L.] avi : a mountain, [L.] avi : a wall or enclosure, [L.] avi : a cover made of the skin of mice, [L.] avi : ávi f. an ewe, [AV. x, 8, 31], (= a-vī, q.v.; cf. also adhi) a woman in her courses, [L.] avi : [cf. Lith. awi-s; Slav. ovjza; Lat. ovi-s; Gk. ὄϊ-ς; Goth. avistr]. 🔎 ávi- | nominal stemSGMGEN |
| 9.6.1 | vā́reṣu | vā́ra- 1 vāra : vā́ra m. (earlier form of vāla, q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά), [RV.] vāra : vā́ra m. n. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve, [ib.] vāra : m. (fr. √ 1. vṛ) keeping back, restraining (also mfn. ifc. = difficult to be restrained, [TBr.]; cf. dur-v°) vāra : anything which covers or surrounds or restrains, a cover, [MW.] vāra : anything which causes an obstruction, a gate, door-way, [W.] vāra : anything enclosed or circumscribed in space or time, esp. an appointed place (e.g. sva-vāraṃ samā-√ sthā, to occupy one's proper place), [R.] vāra : the time fixed or appointed for anything (accord. to some fr. √ 2. vṛ, to choose), a person's turn, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (often, esp. with numerals, = times, e.g. varāṃs trīn or vara-trayam, three times; bhūribhir vāraiḥ or bhūri-vārān or bahu-vāram or vāraṃ vāram or vāraṃ vāreṇa, many times, often, repeatedly) vāra : the turn of a day (under the regency of a planet), a day of the week (they are Āditya-, Soma-, Maṅgala-, Budha-, Guru-, Śukra-, and Śani-vāra; cf. [IW. 178 n. 1]), [Gaṇit.]; [Yājñ.], Sch.; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. dina and divasa-v°) vāra : a moment, occasion, opportunity, [W.] vāra : a multitude, quantity (see bāṇa-v°) vāra : an arrow, [L.] vāra : Achyranthes Aspera, [L.] vāra : N. of Śiva, [L.] vāra : n. a vessel for holding spirituous liquor, [L.] vāra : a partic. artificial poison, [L.] vāra : vā́ra m. (fr. √ 2. vṛ) choice (see vāre-vṛta) vāra : anything chosen or choice or exquisite, goods, treasure, [RV.] (often ifc.; cf. aśasta-, ṛdhad-, dāti-v° &c.) vāra : N. of a poet, [Cat.] 🔎 vā́ra- 1 | nominal stemPLLOC |
| 9.6.1 | asmayúḥ | asmayú- | nominal stemSGMNOM |