9.86.17
प्र वो॒ धियो॑ मन्द्र॒युवो॑ विप॒न्युवः॑ पन॒स्युवः॑ सं॒वस॑नेष्वक्रमुः
सोमं॑ मनी॒षा अ॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ स्तुभो॒ऽभि धे॒नवः॒ पय॑सेमशिश्रयुः
9.86.17
prá vo dhíyo mandrayúvo vipanyúvaḥ
panasyúvaḥ saṃvásaneṣv akramuḥ
sómam manīṣā́ abhy ànūṣata stúbhaḥ
-abhí dhenávaḥ páyasem aśiśrayuḥ
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prafrom prá
from dhī́-
from vipanyú-
from panasyú-
from saṃvásana-
from √kramⁱ-
from sóma-
from manīṣā́-
from abhí
from √nu- ~ nū-
from stúbh-
from abhí
from dhenú-
from páyas-
from īm
from √śrī-
9.86.17
Your songs, exhilarating, tuneful, uttering praise, are come into the placns where the people meet. Worshippers have exalted Soma with their hymns, and milch kine have come near to meet him with their milk.
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| 9.86.17 | prá 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-). 🔎 prá | prá 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-). 🔎 prá | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 9.86.17 | vaḥ | tvám | pronounPLGEN |
| 9.86.17 | dhíyaḥ | dhī́- dhī : cl. 3. Ā. dīdhīte, &c., [RV.] (cf. √ dīdhī; the forms dhīmahi and ádhāyi belong rather to √ dhā; pf. dīdhaya, °dhima, °dhiyur or °dhyur, °dhire, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]) to perceive, think, reflect; wish, desire: Intens. dedhyat, [TS.] dhī : dhī́ f. thought, (esp.) religious thought, reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer (pl. Holy Thoughts personified), [RV.] dhī : understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu, [BhP.]), knowledge, science, art dhī : mind, disposition, intention, design (ifc. intent upon, [Kāv.]) dhī : notion, opinion, the taking for (comp.), [RV.] &c. &c. (yáthā dhiyā́ or dhiyā́ ná, according to thy wisdom or will; itthā́ dhiyā́ or dhíyaḥ, willingly lit. such is thy will, [RV.]) dhī : N. of the 5th house from the Lagna, [Var.] dhī : cl. 4. Ā. dhīyate, to contain, hold (Pass. of √ 1. dhā?); to slight, disregard; to propitiate (?), [Dhātup. xxvi, 37.] dhī : dhī́ f. for dī, splendour, [RV. iii, 34, 5]; [vi, 3, 3.] 🔎 dhī́- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | mandrayúvaḥ | mandrayū́- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | vipanyúvaḥ | vipanyú- vipanyu : vi-°panyú mfn. praising, admiring, rejoicing, exulting, [RV.] vipanyu : wonderful, admirable (said of the Aśvins and Maruts), [ib.] 🔎 vipanyú- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | panasyúvaḥ | panasyú- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | saṃvásaneṣu | saṃvásana- | nominal stemPLNLOC |
| 9.86.17 | akramuḥ | √kramⁱ- kram : cl. 1. P. Ā. krā́mati ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 76]; ep. also kramati), kramate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 43], ep. also krāmate; according to [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 70] also cl. 4. P. krāmyati [kramyati, [Vop.]]; aor. akramīt, [RV.] &c.; Ā. krámiṣṭa, kraṃsate [[RV. i, 121, 1]], 3. pl. cákramanta [[RV. ii, 19, 2]]; perf. cakrāma, or cakrame; p. cakramāṇá, [RV. x, 123, 3]; fut. kramiṣyati or kraṃsyate ind.p. krāntvā, krantvā, or kramitvā, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 18] and [vii, 2, 36]), to step, walk, go, go towards, approach (with áccha, ádhi acc. or loc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.] &c.; to approach in order to ask for assistance (with loc.), [AV. iv, 11, 12] and [xix, 17, 1]; to go across, go over, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; Ved. to climb (as on a tree's branch), [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 40], [Kāś.]; to cover (in copulation), [AV. iv, 4, 7]; to stretch over, project over, tower above, (ind.p. krāntvā), [Ragh. i, 14]; to take possession of [Pañcat.]; Ā. to undertake, strive after, make effort for (dat.), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 38]; [iii, 1, 14], [Kāś.]; (loc.), [Bhaṭṭ. xv, 20]; Ā. ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 38]) to proceed well, advance, make progress, gain a footing, succeed, have effect, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to be appliable or practicable, [Sarvad.]; P. to be liable to the peculiar arrangement of a Vedic text called Krama (i.e. to be doubled, as a letter or word), [RPrāt. vi, 4]; Ā. to read according to the Krama arrangement of a Vedic text, [RPrāt.]; [Lāṭy.] (a-krānta) : Caus. P. kramayati, to cause to step, [ŚBr. v]; [xi]; kramayati or krām°, to make liable to the peculiar arrangement called Krama (i.e. to double a letter or word), [RPrāt.] &c.: Intens. caṅkramyate ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 23], [Kāś.]; p. caṅ-kramyámāṇa [[TS. vii, 1, 19, 3]; [MBh.]] or °kramam°, [MBh. i, 7919] & [BhP. v, 6, 7]) or caṅkramīti ([MBh. xiv, 137] and [141]; impf. 2. pl. caṅkramata, [RV. viii, 55, 4]; fut. p. caṅkramiṣyát, [TS. vii, 1, 19, 3]; ind.p. °mitvā, [Vop. v, 3]; cf. °mitá), to step to and fro, walk or wander about. 🔎 √kramⁱ- | rootPLAORACT3IND |
| 9.86.17 | sómam | 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 stemSGMACC |
| 9.86.17 | manīṣā́ḥ | manīṣā́- manīṣā : manīṣā́ f. thought, reflection, consideration, wisdom, intelligence, conception, idea (páro manīṣáyā, beyond all conception), [RV.] &c. &c. manīṣā : prayer, hymn, [RV.] manīṣā : desire, wish, request, [ib.] manīṣā : &c. See p. 784, col. 2. 🔎 manīṣā́- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | abhí 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.] 🔎 abhí | abhí 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.] 🔎 abhí | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 9.86.17 | anūṣata | √nu- ~ nū- nu : nú ind. (in [RV.] also nū́; esp. at the beginning of a verse, where often = nú + u), now, still, just, at once nu : so now, now then, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.] nu : indeed, certainly, surely, [RV.] &c. &c. nu : cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121], Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahí nú, ‘by no means’, nákir nú, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā́ nú, ‘in order that surely not’; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam &c. [nū́ cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [RV. vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [RV.] &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98], [Kāś.]] where is either always repeated [[Śak. vi, 9]] or omitted in the first place [[ib.] [i, 8]] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā &c., and strengthened by vā, atha vā &c.) nu : [cf. 1. náva, nū́tana, nūnám; Zd. nū; Gk. νύ, νῦν; Lat. nun-c; Germ. nu, nun; Angl.Sax. nu, nū; Eng. now.] nu : m. a weapon, [L.] nu : time, [L.] nu : cl. 1. Ā. navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Caus. nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.] nu : or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 26]; [xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, (pres. also návate, °ti, [RV.] &c.; p. P. nuvát, návat, Ā. návamāna, [RV.]; pf. nunāva, [Kāv.]; aor. ánūnot, ánūṣi, °ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [RV.]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr.; fut. naviṣyati, nuv°; navitā, nuv°, [ib.]; ind.p. -nutya, -nāvam, [Br.]; inf. navitum v.l. nuv°, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr.: Desid. nunūṣati, [ib.]; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. nónavīti, nonumas (impf. anonavur, Subj. návīnot; pf. nónāva, nonuvur, [RV.]; nonūyate, nonoti Gr.), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [RV.] nu : m. praise, eulogium, [L.] nu : Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Car.] (cf. 3. nava). nu : (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [BhP.] 🔎 √nu- ~ nū- | rootPLAORMED3IND |
| 9.86.17 | stúbhaḥ | stúbh- stubh : (connected with √ stu and stumbh) cl. 1. P. ([Naigh. iii, 14]) stóbhati (only in pres. base; 3. sg. stobdhi, [JaimBr.]; p. Ā. -stubhāna, [RV.]; Gr. also pf. tuṣṭubhe; fut. stobhitā &c.), to utter a joyful sound, hum, make a succession of exclamations, shout (esp. applied to the chanted interjections in a Sāman), [RV.]; [Br.]; [Lāṭy.]; cl. 1. Ā. stobhate, to pause, stop, cause to stop, paralyze &c. (stambhe), [Dhātup. x, 34] : Caus. stobhayati (aor. atuṣṭubhat), to praise in successive exclamations, celebrate, [RV.] stubh : [cf. Eng. stop.] stubh : stúbh mfn. (ifc.) uttering joyful sounds, praising (cf. anu-, tri-ṣṭubh, vṛṣa-stubh &c.; accord. to some in the first two comp. means ‘stopping, pausing’, the metre requiring regular stoppages or pauses; but see, anu-ṣṭubh) stubh : stúbh f. joyful exclamation or cry, praise, [RV.] stubh : stúbh m. a praiser, [Naigh. iii, 16.] 🔎 stúbh- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | abhí 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.] 🔎 abhí | abhí 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.] 🔎 abhí | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 9.86.17 | dhenávaḥ | dhenú- dhenu : dhenú mfn. milch, yielding or giving milk dhenu : dhenú f. a milch cow or any cow, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. of names of animals also denoting the female of any species of khaḍga-, go-, vaḍava-) dhenu : any offering or present to Brāhmans instead or in the shape of a cow (mostly ifc. [cf. ghṛta-, jala-, tila- &c.], where it also forms diminutives; cf. asi-, khaḍga-) dhenu : metaph. = the earth, [MBh. xiii, 3165] dhenu : pl. any beverage made of milk, [RV. iv, 22, 6] &c. dhenu : dhenú n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] (also marutāṃ dh° and dhenu-payasī du.) 🔎 dhenú- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 9.86.17 | páyasā | páyas- 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.] 🔎 páyas- | nominal stemSGNINS |
| 9.86.17 | īm īm : ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), Ved. a particle of affirmation and restriction (generally after short words at the beginning of a period, or after the relative pronouns, the conjunction yad, prepositions and particles such as āt, uta, atha, &c.) has also the sense ‘now’ (= idānīm), and is by, [Sāy.] sometimes considered as an acc. case for enam, [RV.]; [VS.] 🔎 īm | īm īm : ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), Ved. a particle of affirmation and restriction (generally after short words at the beginning of a period, or after the relative pronouns, the conjunction yad, prepositions and particles such as āt, uta, atha, &c.) has also the sense ‘now’ (= idānīm), and is by, [Sāy.] sometimes considered as an acc. case for enam, [RV.]; [VS.] 🔎 īm | invariable |
| 9.86.17 | aśiśrayuḥ | √śrī- 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.] 🔎 √śrī- | rootPLAORACT3IND |