han : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 2]) hanti (3. du. hatáḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl. 1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, °ti; Pot. hanyāt, [Br.] also hánīta, ghnīta; Impv. jahí, [TĀr.] handhí; impf. áhan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta; p. jaghnat, ghnamāna, [MBh.]; pf. jaghā́na, jaghnúḥ, [Br.] and ep. also jaghne, °nire, Subj. jaghánat, [RV.]; p. jaghnivás, Ved. also jaghanvas; aor. ahānīt, [JaimBr.] [cf. √ vadh]; fut. hantā, [MBh.]; haṃsyati, [ib.]; haniṣyáti, °te, [AV.] &c.; inf. hántum, Ved. also hántave, °tavaí, °toḥ; ind.p. hatvā́, Ved. also °tvī́, °tvāya, -hatya; -hanya, [MBh.]; -ghā́tam, [Br.] &c.), to strike, beat (also a drum), pound, hammer (acc.), strike &c. upon (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy, [ib.]; to put to death, cause to be executed, [Mn.]; [Hit.]; to strike off, [Kathās.]; to ward off, avert, [MBh.]; to hurt, wound (the heart), [R.]; to hurl (a dart) upon (gen.), [RV.]; (in astron.) to touch, come into contact, [VarBṛS.]; to obstruct, hinder, [Rājat.]; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow &c.), [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; (?) to go, move, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Pass. hanyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. avadhi or aghāni), to be struck or killed, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. ghātayati, °te (properly a Nom. fr. ghāta, q.v.; aor. ajīghatat or ajīghanat), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃ ghātayati = kaṃsa-vadham ācaṣṭe), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 6 [Pat.]; to mar, destroy, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] (v.l.) : Desid. jíghāṃsati, °te (Pot. jighāṃsīyat, [MBh.]; impf. ajighāṃsīḥ, [ŚBr.]), to wish to kill or destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.: Intens. jáṅghanti ([RV.]; p. jaṅghanat, jáṅghnat or ghánighnat), jaṅghanyate (with pass. sense, [MuṇḍUp.]), jeghnīyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31]), to strike = tread upon (loc. or acc.), [RV.]; to slay, kill, [ib.]; to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm), [ib.]; to hurt, injure, wound, [MuṇḍUp.]

han : [cf. Gk. θείνω, θάνατος; ϕόνος, ἔπεϕνον πέϕαται; Lat. de-fendere, of-fendere; Lit. genu, gíti; Slav. gǔnati.]

han : mf(GnI)n. killing, a killer, slayer (only ifc.; see ari-, tamo-han &c.)

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.]

rakṣas : rákṣas mfn. guarding, watching (see pathir°)

rakṣas : rákṣas n. ‘anything to be guarded against or warded off’, harm, injury, damage, [RV.]

rakṣas : (in [RV.] & [AV.] also rakṣás, m.) an evil being or demon, a Rākṣasa (q.v.; in [VP.] identified with Nirṛti or Nairṛta), [RV.]; &c.

rakṣas : pl. N. of a warlike race g. parśv-ādi.

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.]

krand : cl. 1. P. Ā. krándati, krandate (v.l. kradate fr. √ krad, [Dhātup.]; Subj. krándat; impf. krandat and ákrandat; aor. 2. sg. kradas, cakradas, and ákrān, 3. sg. akrān and ákrān; akrandīt, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65], [Kāś.]; p. krándat), to neigh (as a horse), roar (metaphorically applied to the clouds and to wind and water), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr. vi]; to creak (as a wheel), [ŚBr. xi]; to sound, make a noise, [Ratnāv.]; to cry piteously, weep, lament, grieve, be confused with sorrow, [RV. x, 95, 13]; [MBh.] &c.; to call out piteously to any one (acc.), [Kathās.] (perf. cakranda), [MārkP.] : Caus. krandayati (aor. ácikradat, 3. pl. °dan), to cause to roar, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; to cause to weep or lament, [Suśr.]; to roar, rave, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; to neigh after (acc.), [RV. ix, 67, 4] and [x, 96, 10] : Intens. P. kánikrantti (Ā. °ntte, [AdbhBr.]; p. kánikradat, once kánikrat, [RV. ix, 63, 20]; p. Ā. kanikradyámana, [ŚBr. vi]), to neigh, roar, rave, cry out, [RV.]; [AV.]; to creak, crackle, [RV.];

krand : [cf. Goth. grēta, ‘to lament’.]

śuṣma : m. n. fire, flame, [L.]

śuṣma : the sun, [L.]

śuṣma : śúṣma mf(A)n. hissing, roaring (as water), [RV.]

śuṣma : fragrant, [ib.]

śuṣma : strong, bold, [ib.]

śuṣma : śúṣma m. hissing, roaring, rushing (of water, fire, the wind &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]

śuṣma : exhalation, fragrance, odour (of plants, esp. of the Soma), [RV.]; [VS.]

śuṣma : strength, vigour, vital or sexual energy, impulse, courage, valour, [ib.]; [AV.]; [TBr.]

śuṣma : semen virile (?), [AV. ix, 1, 10]; [20]

śuṣma : air, wind, [L.]

śuṣma : a bird, [L.]

śuṣma : w.r. for śuṣṇa, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 85], Sch.

śuṣma : śúṣma n. strength (= bala), [Naigh. ii, 9.]

uttamam : ut-tamám (ám), ind. most, in the highest degree, [R.]

uttamam : at last, lastly, [ŚBr. iii, 2, 1, 21]

uttama : ut-tamá mfn. (superlative fr. 1. ud; opposed to avama, adhama, &c.; cf. an-uttama), uppermost, highest, chief

uttama : most elevated, principal

uttama : best, excellent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Mn.]; [Pañcat.] &c. (often ifc., e.g. dvijottama, best of the twice-born i.e. a Brāhman, [Mn.])

uttama : first, greatest

uttama : the highest (tone), [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]

uttama : the most removed or last in place or order or time, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

uttama : ut-tamá (as), m. the last person (= in European grammars the first person), [Pāṇ.]; [Kāty.], [Kāś.] &c.

uttama : N. of a brother of Dhruva (son of Uttāna-pāda and nephew of Priya-vrata), [VP.]

uttama : of a son of Priya-vrata and third Manu

uttama : of the twenty-first Vyāsa, [VP.]

uttama : ut-tamá (ās), m. pl. N. of people, [VP.]; [MBh.]