(svañj-), -ṣvajate- (imperfect tense-aṣvajata-; perf.-ṣasvaje-,or -ṣasvañje-) to embrace : (exceptionally) P. (optative-ṣvajet-) idem or 'n. a smaller city appended to a larger one, suburb '
mfn. (especiallyin the beginning of a compound; see below) conceived, formed, entertained, manifested, shown, betrayed, visible, apparent (seejāta-in the beginning of a compound) etc.
cl.7 P.A1. () bhun/akti-, bhuṅkt/e- (rarely cl.6 P.A1.bhuñjati-, te-;3. pluralA1.bhuñjat/e-; PotentialP.bhuñjīyāt-; perfect tenseA1.bubhuj/e-, jm/ahe-, jrir/e-pluralP.juḥ-; Aoristabhaukṣīt-, abhnkta-grammar; bh/ojam-, bh/ojate-, bhujema-; bhukṣiṣīya-; futurebhokṣyati-, te- etc.; bhoktā-; infinitive moodbh/ojase-, bh/ujam-, bhuje- : bhoktum- etc.; ind.p.bhuktvā-or bhuṅktvā-) . to enjoy, use, possess, (especially) enjoy a meal, eat, eat and drink, consume (mostly A1.;in Vedic or Veda generally with instrumental case,later with accusative) etc. ; to enjoy (carnally) ; to make use of, utilize, exploit etc. ; (with pṛthivīm-, mahīm-etc.) to take possession of, rule, govern etc. ; to suffer, experience, undergo, be requited or rewarded for (accusative) or at the hands of (genitive case) etc. ; (P.) to be of use or service to (accusative) ; to pass, live through, last (a time) ; (in astronomy) to pass through, fulfil : Passive voicebhujyate- (Aoristabhoji-), to be enjoyed or eaten or possessed or made use of etc.: Causalbhojayati- (te-, mc.; confer, compare;once bhuñjāpayati-varia lectio; Aoristabūbhujat-, jata-grammar), to cause to enjoy or eat, feed with (two accusative or accusative of Persian and instrumental case of thing; confer, compare) etc. ; etc. ; to use as food : Desiderativebubhukṣati- (once), te-, to wish to eat, be hungry ; to wish to enjoy or partake of (confer, comparebubhukṣā-, kṣita-, kṣu-): Intensivebobhujyate-, to be eaten frequently ; bobhokti- and bobhujīti-, to eat or enjoy frequently grammar ([ confer, compareLatin fungor.])
m.Name of a race (said to have been descendants of yadu-;they are described in the purāṇa-s as separated into 5 divisions, viz. the tālajaṅgha-s, vīti-hotra-s, āvantya-s, tuṇḍikera-s, and jāta-s;they are, said to have overrun parts of India along with the śaka-s or Scythian tribes) etc.
m. yellow sandal etc. (in this sense prob. only n.), one of the five trees of paradise (the other four being pārijāta-, mandāra-, saṃtāna-, and kalpa-)
mf(ā-and ī-)n. being nothing but, simply or merely (seepadāti--, manuṣya-m-;after a pp. = scarcely, as soon as, merely, just exempli gratia, 'for example'jāta-m-,scarcely or just born ; kṛṣṭa-m-,merely ploughed ; bhukta-mātre-,immediately after eating )
f. a kind of supernatural oracular voice (answering questions about future events, and supposed to be uttered by an idol after mystic invocations, vidhāna-pārijāta-) etc., (seeśakunopa-)
f. knowledge (seekāla-jāta-v-), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy etc. etc. (according to some there are four vidyā-s or sciences, 1. trayī-,the triple veda-;2. ānvīkṣikī-,logic and metaphysics;3. daṇḍa-nīti-,the science of government;4. vārttā-,practical arts, such as agriculture, commerce, medicine etc.;and adds a fifth, viz. ātma-vidyā-,knowledge of soul or of spiritual truth;according to others, vidyā- has fourteen divisions, viz. the four veda-s, the six vedāṅga-s, the purāṇa-s, the mīmāṃsā-. nyāya-, and dharma- or law;or with the four upa-veda-s, eighteen divisions;others reckon 33 and even 64 sciences[ equalskalās-or arts];Knowledge is also personified and identified with durgā-;she is even said to have composed prayers and magical formulas)
(confer, compare2. yu-cl.7 P.A1.) yun/akti-, yuṅkt/e- (Epic also yuñjati-, te-;Ved. yojati-, te-; yuje-, yujmahe-,3. pluralyujata-imperativeyukṣv/a-; Potentialyuñjīyāt-; perfect tenseyuy/oja-, yuyuj/e- etc. etc., 3. sg.yuyojate-; Aorist Class. P.ayokṣīt-, ayaukṣīt-or ayujat-;Ved. also A1./ayuji-;Ved. and Class. ayukṣi-, ayukta-; futureyokt/ā-; yokṣyati-; te- etc.; infinitive moodyoktum-; yuj/e-; ind.p.yuktv/ā- etc.; yuktv/āya-; -yujya- etc.), to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot) etc. ; to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply ; to equip (an army) ; to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice) ; to put on (arrows on a bow-string) ; to fix in, insert, inject (semen) ; to appoint to, charge or intrust with (locative case or dative case) ; to command, enjoin ; to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts etc.) upon (locative case) etc. ; (P.A1.) to concentrate the mind in order to obtain union with the Universal Spirit, be absorbed in meditation (also with yogam-) etc. ; to recollect, recall ; to join, unite, connect, add, bring together etc. (A1.to be attached, cleave to ) ; to confer, or bestow anything (accusative) upon (genitive case or locative case) (A1.with accusative,to become possessed of ;with ātmani-,to use for one's self, enjoy ) ; to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with (instrumental case) etc. ; to join one's self to (accusative) ; (in astronomy) to come into union or conjunction with (accusative) : Passive voiceyujy/ate- (Epic also ti-; Aorist/ayoji-), to be yoked or harnessed or joined etc. etc. ; to attach one's self to (locative case) ; to be made ready or prepared for (dative case) ; to be united in marriage ; to be endowed with or possessed of (instrumental case with or without saha-) etc. ; (in astronomy) to come into conjunction with (instrumental case) ; to accrue to, fall to the lot of (genitive case) ; to be fit or proper or suitable or right, suit anything (instrumental case), be fitted for (locative case), belong to or suit any one (locative case or genitive case), deserve to be (Nominal verb) etc. ; (with na-) not to be fit or proper etc. for (instrumental case) or to (infinitive mood,also with pass. sense = "ought not to be") : Causalyojayati- (mc. also te-; Aoristayūyujat-; Passive voiceyojyate-), to harness, yoke with (instrumental case), put to (locative case) etc. ; to equip (an army), draw up (troops) etc. ; to use, employ, set to work, apply, undertake, carry on, perform, accomplish etc. ; to urge or impel to ; to lead towards, help to (locative case) ; to set (snares, nets etc.) ; to put or fix on (especially arrows) etc. ; to aim (arrows) at (locative case) ; to fasten on or in, attack, adjust, add, insert ; (with manas-, ātmānam-etc.) to direct the thoughts to, concentrate or fix the mind upon (locative case) ; to join, unite, connect, combine, bring or put together (also = write, compose) etc. ; to encompass, embrace ; to put in order, arrange, repair, restore ; to endow or furnish or provide with (instrumental case) etc. ; to mix (food) with (instrumental case) ; to confer anything upon (locative case) ; (in astronomy) to ascertain or know (jānāti-) the conjunction of the moon with an asterism (instrumental case) Va1rtt. 11 ; (A1.) to think little of, esteem lightly, despise in : Desiderativeyuyukṣati-, to wish to harness or yoke or join etc. ; to wish to appoint or institute ; to wish to fix or aim (arrows) ; (A1.) to wish to be absorbed in meditation, devout : Intensiveyoyujyate-, yoyujīti- or yoyokti-grammar ([ confer, compareGreek , ; Latin jungere,jugum; Lithuanian ju4ngus; Slavonic or Slavonian igo; Gothic juk; German joh,Joch; Anglo-Saxon geoc; English yoke.])
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