f. or (in ṛg-- veda-) /iḷā-, (not to be confounded with the inst. case of iḍ-above) , refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit
f. offering, libation (especially a holy libation, offered between the pra-yāga- and anu-yāga-, and consisting of four preparations of milk, poured into a vessel containing water, and then partially drunk by the priest and sacrificers;personified in the cow, the symbol of feeding, and nourishment)
f. (metaphorically seeid-), stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action, invoked together with aditi- and other deities, but especially in the āprī- hymns together with sarasvatī- and mahī- or bhāratī-) etc.
f. the goddess iḍā- or iḷā- (daughter of manu- or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods;she is the wife of budha- and mother of purū-ravas-;in another aspect she is called maitrāvaruṇi- as daughter of mitra-- varuṇa-, two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion)
इडा ला [इल्-अच्, वा लस्य डत्वम्] 1 The earth; प्रवुध्यते नूनमिडातलस्थः Mb. -2 Speech. -3 An offering, libation (coming between प्रयाज and अनुयाज); अग्निश्चते योनिरिडा च देहः Mb.3.114.28. -4 Refreshing draught. -5 (Hence) Food. -6 (Fig.) Stream or flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech; इडोपहूताः क्रोशन्ति कुञ्जरास्त्वङ्कुशेरिताः Mb.12.98.26. -7 Libation and offering of milk. -8 A cow. इडेरन्ते &c. ŚB. on MS. 1.3.49. -9 N. of a goddess, daughter of Manu. (She is the wife of Budha and mother of Purūravas; she is also called मैत्रावरुणी as the daughter of मित्र and वरुण). -1 N. of Durgā -11 Heaven. -12 A tubular vessel (नाडीभेद), (being in the right side of the body).
इडविडा 1 A species of she-goat. -2 The bleating of a goat; सो$पि चानुगतः स्त्रैणं कृपणस्तां प्रसादितुम् । कुर्वन्निडविडा- कारं नाशक्नोत्पथि सन्धितुम् ॥ Bhāg.9.19.9.
बैडाल a. (-ली f.) [बिडालस्येदम् अण्] 1 Relating to a cat. -2 Peculiar to cats. -Comp. -व्रतम् 'a cat-like observance,' concealing one's malice or evil designs under the garb of piety or virtue. -व्रतिः one who leads a chaste life simply from want of female company (and not because he has controlled his senses). -व्रतिकः, -व्रतिन् m. a religious hypocrite, an impostor; बैडालव्रतिकाञ्छठान् ...... वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत् Ms.4.3.
m. cat: -ka, m. id., i-kâ, f. kitten, cat; -pada, m.: -ka, n. a certain measure of weight (=a karsha or 16 mâ shas); -putra, m. N.; -banig, m. cat-dealer, nickname of a man; -½aksha, a. (î) cat eyed; m. N. of a Râkshasa.
noun (feminine) a cow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular artery on the left side of the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tubular vessel (one of the principal channels of the vital spirit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
animation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
comfort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
heaven (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
libation (especially a holy libation) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra tadhvaja (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Durgā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
offering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
recreation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
refreshing draught (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
refreshment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the goddess iḍā (daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vital spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a particular disease and the female demon presiding over it (reckoned among the Yoginīs) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a cat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular remedy for the eye (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the eye-ball (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective belonging to a cat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
feline (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
peculiar to cats (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective a religious impostor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
acting like a cat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hypocritical (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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