sṛj : (cf. √ 2. sarj) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 121]) sṛjáti (Ved. and ep. also °te, and once in [AV.] sárjati; pf. sasarja, sasṛjé [2. sg. accord. to [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 65], sasarjitha and sasraṣṭha, in [BhP.] once sasarktha]; Vedic forms are sasṛjmáhe, °jrire, sasṛjyāt, asasṛgram; p. sasṛjāná, q.v.; sasṛgmáhe; aor. asrākṣīt; ásṛkṣi, ásṛṣṭa [Ved. also ásṛgram or °ran; ásarji; asrāk, asrāṭ; srās; srakṣat; p. sṛjāná, q.v.] [ib.] ; fut. sraṣṭā, [PañcavBr.]; srakṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. sraṣṭum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. sṛṣṭvā, [Br.]; -sṛ́jya, [ib.] &c.; -sárgam or -sárjam, [Br.]), to let go or fly, discharge, throw, cast, hurl at (acc. or dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to cast or let go (a measuring line), [RV.]; to emit, pour forth, shed, cause to flow (rain, streams &c.), [ib.] &c. &c.; to utter (a sound), [Kathās.]; to turn or direct (glances), [Kum.]; to let loose, cause (horses) to go quickly; Ā. ‘to speed, run, hasten’, [RV.]; to release, set free, [ib.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.]; to open (a door), [Kauś.]; to publish, proclaim, [AitBr.]; to draw out and twist (a thread), twist, wind, spin (lit. and fig.; Ā. sṛjyate, ‘for one's self’; cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87], Vārtt. 15, and [Dhātup. xxvi, 69]), [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; (in older language only Ā.) to emit from one's self, i.e. create, procreate, produce, beget, [RV.] &c. &c.; to procure, grant, bestow, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to use, employ, [Rājat.]; to get, acquire, obtain, take (interest on money lent), [Mn. viii, 140]; to hang on, fasten to (loc.), [MBh. iii, 2218] (perhaps asṛjat, w.r. for asajat; see √ sañj) : Pass. sṛjyate (aor. ásarji), to be let loose or emitted or created, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. sarjayati, °te (aor. asasarjat or asīsṛjat), to cause to let loose, let go, create &c., [Br.] &c.: Desid. sisṛkṣati, °te, to wish to send forth or hurl or throw, [Hariv.]; (Ā.) to wish to produce or create, [Kāṭh.]; [BhP.] : Intens. sarīsṛjyate, sarīsṛṣṭi &c. Gr.

sṛj : (ifc.) letting loose, emitting, discharging, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

sṛj : producing, creating, begetting (also with gen.), [Inscr.]; [MBh.]; [Rājat.]

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-).

vājin : vājín mfn. swift, spirited, impetuous, heroic, warlike, [RV.] &c. &c. (with ratha m. a war-chariot; superl. vājín-tama)

vājin : strong, manly, procreative, potent, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]

vājin : winged, (ifc.) having any thing for wings, [BhP.]

vājin : feathered (as an arrow), [Hariv.]

vājin : vājín m. a warrior, hero, man, [RV.] (often applied to gods, esp. to Agni, Indra, the Maruts &c.)

vājin : the steed of a war-chariot, [ib.]

vājin : a horse, stallion, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

vājin : N. of the number ‘seven’, [Gol.] (cf. aśva)

vājin : a bridle, [L.]

vājin : a bird, [L.]

vājin : an arrow, [L.]

vājin : Adhatoda Vasika, [L.]

vājin : pl. ‘the Coursers’, a class of divine beings (prob. the steeds of the gods, but accord. to [TBr.] Agni, Vāyu and Sūrya), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.] (vājināṃ sāma N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.])

vājin : the school of Vājasaneya (so called because the Sun in the shape of a horse revealed to Yājñavalkya partic. Yajus verses called a-yātayāmāni, q.v.), [VP.]

gavyā : gávyā f. a cow-herd, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 50]

gavyā : the measure commonly called Gav-yūti (q.v.), [L.]

gavyā : See also gavyā́

gavyā : gavyā́ f. (fr. 1. gavya) desire for or delight in cows, [viii, 46, 10] and [ix, 64, 4] (instr. °vyā́)

gavyā : desire for (what comes from a cow i.e. for) milk, [viii, 93, 17] (instr. °vyayā́).

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.]

aśvayā : aśvayā́ f. desire to get horses, [RV. viii, 46, 10]; [ix, 64, 4.]

śukra : śukrá mf(A/)n. (fr. √ 1. śuc cf. śukla) bright, resplendent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]

śukra : clear, pure, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

śukra : light-coloured, white, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.]

śukra : pure, spotless, [RV.]; [Br.]

śukra : śukrá m. N. of Agni or fire, [R.]

śukra : of a month (Jyeṣṭha = May-June, personified as the guardian of Kubera's treasure), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]

śukra : the planet Venus or its regent (regarded as the son of Bhṛgu and preceptor of the Daityas), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

śukra : clear or pure Soma, [RV.]

śukra : (with or scil. graha) a partic. Graha or receptacle for Soma, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

śukra : a partic. astrol. Yoga, [L.]

śukra : a N. of the Vyāhṛtis (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svar), [MW.]

śukra : a kind of plant (= citraka), [ib.]

śukra : N. of a Marutvat, [Hariv.]

śukra : of a son of Vasiṣṭha, [VP.]

śukra : of the third Manu, [Hariv.]

śukra : of one of the seven sages under Manu Bhautya, [MārkP.]

śukra : of a son of Bhava, [VP.]

śukra : of a son of Havir-dhāna (cf. śukla), [VP.]

śukra : (with Jainas) of a partic. Kalpa (q.v.)

śukra : śukrá n. brightness, clearness, light, [RV.]; [Up.]; [MBh.]; [R.]

śukra : (also pl.) any clear liquid (as water, Soma &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]

śukra : juice, the essence of anything, [Br.]; [ŚrS.] (also pl.)

śukra : semen virile, seed of animals (male and female), sperm, [RV.] &c. &c.

śukra : a morbid affection of the iris (change of colour &c. accompanied by imperfect vision; cf. śukla), [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]

śukra : a good action, [L.]

śukra : gold, wealth, [L.]

śukra : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

śukra : of a Vedic metre, [RPrāt.]

vīrayā : vīrayā́ ind. (instr.) with heroism, courageously, boldly, [RV.]

āśu : āśú mfn. (√ 1. aś, [Uṇ. i, 1]), fast, quick, going quickly, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

āśu : (us), m. Ved. the quick one, a horse, [RV.]; [AV.]

āśu : āśú (us or u), m n. rice ripening quickly in the rainy season, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [L.]

āśu : āśú (u), n. N. of a Sāman

āśu : āśú (u), ind. quickly, quick, immediately, directly, [Suśr.]; [Megh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

āśu : [cf. Gk. ὠκύς, ὤκιστος; Lat. acu in acupedius, ôcissimus: of the same origin may be the Lat. aquila and accipiter.]