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ācyu

Causal P. (1. plural -cyāvayāmas-,or masi-;2. sg. -cyāvayasi-and imperative ya-) to cause or induce to come near

: Intensive P. (imperfect tense -acucyavīt-,3. plural vuḥ-) to cause to flow over, pour out

: P. and A1. (imperfect tense 3. plural -acucyavuḥ-: A1.1. plural -cucyuvīm/ahi-,3. plural -cucyavīrata-) to cause or induce to come near

ahigopā

(/ahi--) mfn. guarded by a serpent

ahimanyu

(/ahi--) mfn. enraged like serpents (Name of the marut-s)

ahimāya

(/ahi--) mfn. multiform or versatile like a snake, showing the same variety of colour and shape

ahina

= 1. /ahīna-,

ahīnara

See ah/ī- sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order /ahi-.

ahīraṇi

m. (see /ahi-and ah/ī-) a two-headed snake

ahirbudhnya

See /ahi-.

ahirbudhnyas

Nominal verb sg. m. (instrumental case /ahinā budhny/ena-

) = , the serpent of the deep (enumerated in

among the divinities of the middle region, the abyss in which he lives being that of the region of mist)

ahīvatī

See /ahi-.

ahyarṣu

See /ahi-.

aś

(in classical Sanskrit only) A1. aśnute- (Aorist 3. plural āśiṣata-

; perf. ānaśe-

Vedic forms are: aśnoti-,etc.; subjunctive aśnavat-,etc.; Aorist P. ānaṭ- (2. & 3. sg.,frequently in

)and A1. aṣṭa-or /āṣṭa-,3. plural āśata-(frequently in

)or /ākṣiṣur-[

] subjunctive /akṣat-[

] Potential 1. plural aśema- preceding aśyās-(2. & 3. sg.) etc. Potential A1.1. sg. aśīya-and plural aśīmahi-, Imper. aṣṭu-[

]; perf. ānaṃśa-(thrice in

)or ānāśa-[

] or āśa-[

] , 2. plural ānaś/a-3. plural ānaś/uh-(frequently in

)or āśuh-[

] A1. ānaś/o- subjunctive 1. plural a anaśāmahai-[

] Potential 1. sg. ānasyām-, parasmE-pada ānaśān/a-[

];Inf. aṣṭave-

) to reach, come to, reach, come to, arrive at, get, gain, obtain

etc. ; (said of an evil, aṃhati-, /aṃhas-, gr/āhi-) to visit

; to master, become master of.

; to offer

; to enjoy

; to pervade, penetrate, fill

; to accumulate

: Desiderative aśiśiṣate-

Intensive aśāśyate-

budhnya

mfn. being on the ground or at the base, coming from or belonging to the depths

(very often in connexion with /ahi- q.v)

duh

(originally dugh- see d/ughāna-, dugha-etc., and the initial dh-of some forms) cl.2 P.A1. dogdhi- ; dugdhe- or duh/e-

etc. (plural A1. duhat/e-,

; duhrate-,

; duhr/e-,

; imperfect tense P. /adhok-,

; duh/ur-

; A1. adugdha-[according to

Aorist ] plural aduhra-,i

sg. aduha- plural hra-

[ see

]; imperative dhukṣva-

sg. duh/ām-

; plural duhr/ām-, r/atām-

; dhuṅgdhvam-

; subjunctive dohat-[3 plural hān-

], hate-

; Potential duhīyat-

; y/an-,

; A1. hīta-,

; parasmE-pada P. duh/at- A1. duhān/a-, d/uhāna-,and d/ugh-

; cl.6 P. A1. duh/ati-, te-

etc.; cl.4. duhyati-, te-

; perfect tense dud/oha-[ hitha-

], duduh/e-,3 plural duduhur-[ dudūhur-

]

etc.; A1. duduhre-

[

hrire-]; future dhokṣyati-, te-

; Aorist /adhukṣat-, ṣata-[3 sg.

plural

], adukṣat-,

; dukṣata-,3 sg.

; imperative dhukṣ/asva-

; Potential dhukṣīm/ahi-

; infinitive mood dogdhum-

etc.; dogdhos-

; duh/adhyai-and doh/ase-

; ind.p. dugdhvā-

) to milk (a cow or an udder) figuratively take advantage of (see) , enjoy ; to milk or squeeze out, extract (milk, soma- exempli gratia, 'for example' any good thing) ; draw anything out of another thing (with 2 accusative)

etc. ; (mostly A1.) to give milk, yield any desired object (accusative,rarely genitive case)

etc. etc.: Passive voice duhy/ate- Aorist adohi- (

) to be milked, to be drawn or extracted from

etc.: Causal doh/ayati-, te- Aorist adūduhat- Passive voice dohy/ate-, to cause to milk or be milked ; to milk, milk out, extract

: Desiderative d/udukṣati- (

), dudhukṣati- (

see dudhukṣu-), to wish to milk.

ehimāya

mfn. (

) erroneous for /ahi-māya- ([

]),of all-pervading intelligence

ghna

n. in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "killing" See /ahi--, parṇaya-ghn/a- (see artha--, arśo--, kāsa--, kula--, kuṣṭha--, kṛta--, kṛmi--, gara--, guru--, go--, jvara--, puruṣa--,etc.)

mahāvrata

mf(ā-)n. also used to explain m/ahi-vrata- (q.v)

mahikeru

(m/ahi--) mfn. raising highly

(fr.2. kṛ-

equals prauḍha-karman-,fr.1. kṛ-).

mahikṣatra

(m/ahi--) mfn. possessing great power

mahimagha

(m/ahi--) mfn. rich in oblations or treasures

mahiṣa

mf(m/ahiṣī-)n. great, powerful

mahivrata

(m/ahi--) mfn. having great power, ruling mightily

pratitij

to emit heat or fire against or towards

(only imperative pr/ati-tigdhi-and titig/ahi-,for which

prati-tityagdhi-[!], and

prati-tiṅḍhi-[!]) .

sac

(connected with2. sajj-, sañj-, sakh-; confer, compare sap-) cl.1 A1. (

) s/acate- (in

also P. sacati-and s/iṣakti-,2. sg. s/aścasi-,3. plural saścati-,2. 3. plural saścata-,1. sg. A1. saśce-; parasmE-pada s/acamāna-, sacān/a-and s/aścat-or saśc/at-[ quod vide ]; perfect tense Ved. saścima-, saśc/uḥ-; A1. saścir/e-

; secire-

; Aorist 3. plural asakṣata-

; sakṣat-, sakṣata-, sakṣante-, sakṣīm/ahi-

; asaciṣṭa- grammar; future sacitā-, saciṣyate-

; infinitive mood sac/adhyai-

), to be associated or united with, have to do with, be familiar with, associate one's self with (instrumental case)

; be possessed of, enjoy (instrumental case or accusative)

; to take part or participate in, suffer, endure (instrumental case)

; to belong to, be attached or devoted to, serve, follow, seek, pursue, favour, assist (accusative)

; to he connected with (instrumental case)

; to fall to the lot of (accusative)

; to be together

; (s/iṣakti-), to go after, follow, accompany, adhere or be attached to (accusative)

; to help any one to anything (two dative case)

; to abide in (locative case)

; (3. plural saścati-and saścata-), to follow, obey

; to belong to (accusative)

; to be devoted to or fond of (accusative)

[ confer, compare Greek ; Latin sequor; Lithuanian seku4.]

sah

cl.1 A1. (

) s/ahate- (Vedic or Veda and Epic also ti-and exceptionally sāhati-,once in

sg. sahyāmi-; parasmE-pada s/ahat- s/ahamāna-[ q.v ]; perfect tense sehe-, sasāha-; Vedic or Veda also sasāh/e-and sāsāhat-; sās/ahat-; sāsahīṣṭ/āḥ-,; sāsahy/āma-,; parasmE-pada sehān/a-, sāsahān/a-, sāsahv/as-and sāhv/as-[ q.v ]; Aorist asākṣi-, sākṣi-, sākṣate-

; sākṣīt-

; sakṣati-

; sakṣat-, s/ākṣāma-

; imperative sakṣi-, sākṣva-

; parasmE-pada s/akṣat-

; /asahisṭa-

; preceding sahyās-, sāhy/āma-

; sākṣīya-.

; s/āhiṣīm/ahi-

; future soḍhā-

etc.; sahitā- grammar; sakṣyati-

, te-

; sākṣye-[?]

; -sahiṣyati-, te-

; Conditional asahisyat-

; infinitive mood s/ahadhyai-

; s/āḍhyai-

; soḍhum-, sahitum-

; ind.p. soḍhvā-

; sādhvā-, sahitvā- grammar; s/ahya-

etc.; s/aham-

), to prevail, be victorious ; to overcome, vanquish, conquer, defeat (enemies), gain, win (battles)

; to offer violence to (accusative)

; to master, suppress, restrain

etc. ; to be able to or capable of (infinitive mood or locative case)

; to bear up against, resist, withstand

etc. ; to bear, put up with, endure, suffer, tolerate (with na-,"to grudge")

etc. ; to be lenient towards, have patience with any one (genitive case)

; to spare any one

; to let pass, approve anything

; (with kalam-, kala-kṣepam-etc.) to bide or wait patiently for the right time

: Causal or cl.10. sāhayati- (Aorist asīṣahat-), to forbear

: Desiderative of Causal sisāhayiṣati-

: Desiderative s/īkṣate- (parasmE-pada s/īkṣat-; according to to

, also sisahiṣa-), to wish to overcome

: Intensive sāsaṣyate-, sāsoḍhi- (see sāsah/i-) grammar ([ see sahas-and for ; , .])

vadh

(also written badh-; confer, compare bādh-;properly only used in the Aorist and preceding tenses avadhīt-and dhiṣṭa-; vadhyāt-and vadhiṣīṣṭa-

;the other tenses being supplied by han-; confer, compare

;but in Vedic or Veda and Epic poetry also present tense vadhati-; Potential vadhet-; future vadhiṣyati-, te-;other Vedic or Veda forms are Aorist avadhīm-, v/ahīm- subjunctive vadhiṣaḥ-; badhīḥ-

; preceding badhyāsam-, suḥ-

), to strike, slay, kill, murder, defeat, destroy

etc. etc.: Passive voice vadhyate-, ti- (Aorist avadhi-), to be slain or killed

: Causal vadhayati-, to kill, slay

[a. Greek .]

vand

(see vad-) cl.1 A1. (

) v/andate- (Epic also ti-; perfect tense vavanda-, de-

etc.; preceding vandiṣīm/ahi-

; future vanditā-, vandiṣyate- grammar; infinitive mood vanditum-

etc.; vandādhyai-

; ind.p. vanditvā-vandya-

etc.) , to praise, celebrate, laud, extol

; to show honour, do homage, salute respectfully or deferentially, venerate, worship, adore

etc. ; to offer anything (accusative) respectfully to (dative case)

: Passive voice vandyate- (Aorist avandi-, vandi-), to be praised or venerated

etc. etc. Causal vandayati- (aor. avavandat- data-), to show honour to any one, greet respectfully

: Desiderative See vivandiṣu-.

vṛdh

cl.1 A1. (

) v/ardhate- (Vedic or Veda and Epic also ti-; perfect tense vav/ardha-, vavṛdhe-

etc. etc. [Ved. also vāvṛ-; vavṛdhāti-, dhīt/ās-, dh/asva-

; vāvṛdh/ete-

; parasmE-pada vāvṛdh/at-

; Aorist Ved. avṛdhat-, vṛdhātas-, dhātu-; parasmE-pada vṛdh/at-, dhān/a-]; avardhiṣṭa-

etc.; preceding vardhiṣīm/ahi-

; future vardhitā- grammar; vartsyati-

; vardhiṣyate- grammar; infinitive mood Ved. vṛdhe-["for increase","to make glad"], vṛdh/ase-, vāvṛdh/adhyai-; Classical vardhitum-; ind.p. vṛddhvā-,or vardhitvā- grammar;in

vṛdh-is sometimes confounded with1. vṛt-), trans. P., to increase, augment, strengthen, cause to prosper or thrive

; to elevate, exalt, gladden, cheer, exhilarate (especially the gods, with praise or sacrifice)

; (intrans. A1.; in Vedic or Veda P.in perfect tense and Aorist; in Class. P.in Aorist future and Conditional; also P. mc. in other forms) , to grow, grow up, increase, be filled or extended, become longer or stronger, thrive, prosper, succeed

etc. ; to rise, ascend (as the scale in ordeals)

; to be exalted or elevated, feel animated or inspired or excited by (instrumental case locative case genitive case) or in regard to (dative case), become joyful, have cause for congratulation (vṛdhaḥ-, dhat-in sacrificial formulas ="mayest thou or may he prosper";in later language often with diṣṭyā-)

etc. etc.: Causal vardh/ayati-, te- (in later language also vardhāpayati-; Aorist Ved. avīvṛdhat-, dhata-), to cause to increase or grow, augment, increase, make larger or longer, heighten, strengthen, further, promote (A1."for one's self")

etc. ; to rear, cherish, foster, bring up

; to elevate, raise to power, cause to prosper or thrive

etc. ; to exalt, magnify, glorify (especially the gods), make joyful, gladden (A1.in Vedic or Veda also = to rejoice, be joyful, take delight in [instr.], enjoy

etc.;with. or scilicet diṣṭyā-) to congratulate

; (cl.10. according to to

) "to speak" or "to shine" (bhāṣārthe-or bhāsārthe-): Desiderative of Causal See vivardhayiṣu-: Desiderative vivardhiṣate- or vivṛtsati- grammar : Intensive varivṛdhyate-, varivṛdhīti-

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