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kanyā

f. ( kan-

), a girl, virgin, daughter

etc.

etc. (kanyāṃ- dā-or pra-dā-or pra-yam-or upa-pad-, Causal to give one's daughter in marriage

; kanyāṃ prati-grah-or hṛ-or vah-,to receive a girl in marriage, marry

)

prodyam

(pra-ud-yam-) P. -yacchati-, to lift up, raise

saṃdarśana

n. the act of looking steadfastly gazing, viewing, beholding, seeing, sight, vision (svapne saṃdarśanaṃ-gam-,"to be seen by or appear to [gen.] in a dream"; nampra-yam-,"to show one's self to [gen.]"; ne-,"in view or in the presence of [gen. or compound ]")

etc.

śāpa

m. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).;fr. śap-) a curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation, ban, interdiction (accusative with vac-, dā-, pra-yam-, ny-as-, vi-sṛj-, ā-diś-,"to pronounce or utter a curse on any one", with dative case genitive case locative case,or accusative with prati-)

vara

m. boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour (v/arāya-, v/aram /ā-, pr/ati v/aram-or v/araṃ varam-,"according to wish, to one's heart's content"; mad-varāt-,"in consequence of the boon granted by me"; v/araṃ-vṛ-,"to choose a boon"; varaṃ-yāc-or ā-kāṅkṣ-or brū-or Causal of pra-arth-,"to prefer a request"; v/araṃdā-,"to grant a boon or blessing"; varam pra-dā-or pra-yam- idem or 'm. (rarely n.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).) "act or object of choosing", election, wish, request'; varaṃ-labh-,"to receive a boon or reward")

etc.

yam

cl.1 P. (

) y/acchati- (Vedic or Veda also te-,and Vedic or Veda Epic y/amati-, te-; perfect tense yayāma-, yeme-;2. sg. yayantha-,3. plural yem/uḥ-, yemir/e-

etc.;3. dual number irreg. -yamatuḥ-

; Aorist /ayān-, /ayamuh-; imperative yaṃsi-, yandh/i-; Potential yamyās-, yamīmahi-

; /ayāṃsam-, ayāṃsi-, /ayaṃsta- subjunctive yaṃsat-, satas-, sate-

;3. sg. -y/amiṣṭa-

; ayaṃsiṣam- grammar; future yantā-

; yaṃsyati-, yamiṣyati-

etc. infinitive mood y/antum-, yamitum-

; y/antave-, y/amitav/ai-

; ind.p. yatvā-, yamitvā-

etc.; y/atya-

; -yamya-

; -y/amam-

), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (A1."one's self";with locative case"to be founded on")

; to raise, wield (a weapon etc.; A1.with āyudhaih-,"to brandish weapons")

; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen etc.) over (dative case)

; (A1.) to extend one's self before (dative case)

; to raise (the other scale), weigh more

; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show

; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control

etc. ; to offer ; confer, grant, bestow on (dative case or locative case), present with (instrumental case)

etc. ; (with mārgam-), to make way for (genitive case)

; (with prati-and ablative), to give anything in exchange for anything

; (A1.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dative case)

; to raise, utter (a sound etc.)

; to fix, establish

; (A1.) to be firm, not budge

; to catch fire

(Scholiast or Commentator) : Passive voice yamy/ate- (Aorist /ayā-mī-), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained

etc. etc.: Causal yāmayati- (

), yamayati- (

etc.; te-

; Aorist ayīyamat-), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desiderative yiyaṃsati-, to wish to restrain etc.

: Intensive yaṃyamīti- (See ud-yam-) or yaṃyamyate- (

, Va1rtt. 2

) ([ confer, compare Greek ,"restraint, punishment."])

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