n. (a species of alliteration) the repetition of the odd (id est the first and third) pāda-s of a stanza (in such a manner that the sense of the sounds repeated is different in the first and third pāda-) commentator or commentary on
P. A1.-yacchati-, te-, to hold out towards, stretch forth, extend ; to place upon (locative case) ; to offer, present, give, grant, bestow, deliver, despatch, send, effect, produce, cause (with dative casegenitive case or locative case of Persian and accusative of thing) etc. etc. (with vikrayeṇa-,to sell;with uttaram-,to answer;with śāpam-,to pronounce a curse;with yuddham-,to give battle, fight;with viṣam-,to administer poison;with buddhau-,to set forth or present to the mind) ; to restore, pay (a debt), requite (a benefit) etc. ; to give (a daughter) in marriage
P. A1.-yacchati-, te-, to offer or present or bestow together (A1.also, "mutually") , give or present to (dative casegenitive caseaccording to to also instrumental case) etc. ; to give in marriage ; to give back, restore
ind. (prob. originally a Nominal verb of 1. sva-,formed like aham-) self, one's self (applicable to all persons exempli gratia, 'for example' myself, thyself, himself etc.), of or by one's self spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord (also used emphatically with other pronouns[ exempli gratia, 'for example'ahaṃ svayaṃ tat kṛtavān-,"I myself did that"];sometimes alone[ exempli gratia, 'for example'svayaṃ tat kṛtavān-,"he himself did that"; svayaṃ tat kurvanti-,"they themselves do that"];connected in sense with a Nominal verb [either the subject or predicate] or with instrumental case [when the subject] or with a genitive case,and sometimes with accusative or locative case;often in compound)
mf(ī-)n. "having a face towards either way","two-faced", a pregnant female (so called because the embryo has its face turned in an opposite direction to that of the mother)
P. A1.-yacchati-, -te-, to seize, lay hold of, touch (P.if not in the sense of appropriating on ) etc. ; to reach forth, offer (Passive voiceAorist-ayāmi-) ; to put under, prop, stay ; to take for one's self, receive, appropriate ; to take as one's wife, marry (only A1.;butSee) etc. ; to sleep with (a woman)
अयानयम् [अयश्च अनयश्च तयोः समाहारः] Good or bad luck. -यः A particular position of the pieces on a chess-board. A place on a chess-board, which the pieces of the opponents cannot occupy. (आनीयन्ते शारा अस्मिन् इत्यानयः; अयेन दक्षिणावर्तेन अपसव्यगमनेन आनयः अयानयः शीर्षस्थानम् Saralā).
उपयम् 1 U. 1 To marry, take a wife (Ā. in this sense); भवान् मिथः समयादिमामुपायंस्त Ś.5; आत्मानुरूपां विधिनोपयेमे Ku.1.18; R.14.87; Śi.15.27; Ms.3.11; Bk.4.2, 28;7.11. -2 (a) To seize, hold; उपयच्छ शूर्पम् Av.; उपायंस्त महास्त्राणि Bk.15.21; शस्त्राण्युपायंसत जित्वराणि 1.16. (b) To take, receive, accept; कोपात्काश्चित्प्रियैः प्रत्तमुपायंसत नासवम् Bk.8.33. -3 To show, indicate (सूच्); मोपयध्वं भयम् Bk.7.11. -4 To lie under, support, prop up (Ved.). -5 To go to (a woman); एतास्तिस्रस्तु भार्यार्थे नोपयच्छेत्तु बुद्धिमान् Ms.11.172. -6 To curb, restrain.
उपयमनम् 1 Marrying, taking a wife; P.I.2.16. विभाषोपयमने -2 Restraining, curbing. -3 Placing down the fire -4 Support. -नी 1 Any support of stone for holding fire-wood; उपयमनीरुपकल्पयन्ति Śat. Br. -2 A sacrificial ladle.
कुवलयम् 1 The blue water-lily; कुवलयदलस्निग्धैरङ्गैर्ददौ नयनोत्सवम् U.3.22. -2 A water-lily in general. -3 The earth (-m. also). -Comp. -आनन्द N. of a work on rhetoric by अप्पय्या दीक्षित. -ईशः a king.
कुशेशयम् A water-lily, a lotus in general; भूयात्केश- शयरजोमृदुरेणुरस्याः (पन्थाः) Ś.4.1; R.6.18. कुशेशयैरत्र जलाशयोषिता Śi.4.33. -यः The (Indian) crane or Sārasa bird.
प्रयम् 1 P. 1 To give, grant (with dat. of person). -2 To curb, check, restrain, control. -3 To deliver, restore. -4 To give in marriage. -5 To pay, discharge (as a debt).
भयम् [विमेत्यस्मात्, भी-अपादाने अच्] 1 Fear, alarm, dread, apprehension, (oft. with abl.); भोगे रोगमयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयम् Bh.3.35; यदि समरमपास्य नास्ति
मृत्योर्भयम् Ve.3.4. -2 Fright, terror; जगद्भयम् &c. -3 A danger, risk, hazard; तावद्भयस्य भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् । आगतं तु भयं वीक्ष्य नरः कुर्याद्यथोचितम् H.1.54. -4 The sentiment of fear; see भयानक below; रौद्रशक्त्या तु जनितं चित्तवैकल्यजं भयम् S. D.6. -5 The blossom of Trapa Bispinosa (Mar. शिंगाडा) -यः Sickness, disease. -Comp. अन्वित, -आक्रान्त a. overcome with fear. -अपह a. warding off or removing fear. (-हः) 1 N. of Viṣṇu. -2 a king. -आतुर, -आर्त a. afraid, alarmed, frightened. -आवह a. 1 causing fear, formidable. -2 risky; स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः Bg.3.35. -उत्तर a. attended with or succeeded by fear. -एकप्रवण a. wholly overpowered by fear. -कम्पः tremour of fear. -कर (also भयंकर) a. 1 frightening, terrible, fearful. -2 dangerous, perilous; so भयकारक, -भयकृत्. -कृत् m. N. of Viṣṇu; भयकृद् भयनाशन V. Sah. -डिण्डिमः a drum used in battle. -त्रातृ a. a deliverer from fear. -दर्शिन् a. 1 fearful. -2 intimidating. -द्रुत a. fleeing from fear, routed, put to flight. -नाशन removing fear. (-नः) N. of Viṣṇu; भयकृद् भयनाशनः V. Sah. -प्रतीकारः warding off or removal of fears. -प्रद a. inspiring fear, fearful, terrible. -प्रस्तावः an occasion of fear. -ब्राह्मणः a timid Brāhmaṇa, a Brāhmaṇa who, to save himself from danger, declares his caste relying on the inviolability of a Brāhmaṇa. -भ्रष्ट a. put to flight. -विप्लुत a. panic-struck. -व्यूहः a particular array of troops when they are threatened with danger; सर्वतः सर्वतोभद्रं भयव्यूहं प्रकल्पयेत् Kām. -शील a. timid. -स्थानम्, -हेतुः a cause of fear; हर्षस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च Mb.18.5.61. -हर्तृ, हारिन् a. removing fear, dispelling alarm.
स्वयम् ind. 1 Oneself, in one's own person (used reflexively and applicable to all persons, such as myself, ourselves, thyself, himself &c. &c., and sometimes used with other pronouns for the sake of emphasis); विषवृक्षो$पि संवर्ध्य स्वयं छेत्तुमसांप्रतम् Ku.2.55; यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम् Subhāṣ.; R.1.7;3.2; 2.56; Ms.5.39. -2 Spontaneously, of one's own accord, without trouble or exertion; स्वयमेवोत्पद्यन्त एवंविधाः कुलपांशवो निःस्नेहाः पशवः K. -Comp. -अधिगत a. self-acquired. -अनुष्ठानम् one's own achievement. -अर्जित a. self-acquired. -इन्द्रियमोचनम् spontaneous emission of semen. -ईश्वरः an absolute sovereign. -ईहितलब्ध a. gained by one's own effort; अनुपध्नन् पितृद्रव्यं श्रमेण यदु- पार्जितम् । स्वयमीहितलब्धं तन्नाकामो दातुमर्हति ॥ Ms.9.28. -उक्तिः f. 1 voluntary declaraion. -2 information, deposition (in law). -उद्यत a. offered spontaneously. -उपागतः a son who offers himself voluntarily to an adoptive parent. -कृत a. self-made, natural. (-तः) an artificial or adopted son. -गुप्ता Mucuna Pruritus (Mar. कुयली). -ग्रहः taking for one-self (without leave). -ग्राह a. 1 voluntary, self-choosing. -2 one who takes forcibly. (-हः) self-choice, self-election; नितम्बिनीमिच्छसि मुक्तलज्जां कण्ठे स्वयंग्राहनिषक्तबाहुम् Ku.3.7; Māl.6.7. -जात a. self-born. -ज्योतिस् self-shining. -दत्त a. self-given. (-त्तः) a boy who has given himself to be adopted (by his adoptive parents); one of the twelve kinds of sons recognised in Hindu law; मातापितृविहीनो यस्त्यक्तो वा स्यादकारणात् । आत्मानं स्पर्शयेद्यस्मै स्वयंदत्तुस्तु स स्मृतः ॥ Ms.9.177. -दृश् a. self-evident. -पाठः an original text. -प्रकाश a. self-manifesting. -प्रभ a. self-shining. -प्रभु a. self-powerful. -भुः N. of Brahman; शंभुस्वयंभुहरयो हरिणेक्षणानां येनाक्रियन्त सततं गृहकर्मदासाः Bh.1. 1. -भुवः 1 the first Manu. -2 N. of Brahman. -3 of Śiva. -भू a. self-existent; त्वमेको ह्यस्य सर्वस्य विधानस्य स्वयंभुवः Ms.1.3. (-भूः) 1 N. of Brahman. -2 of Viṣṇu. -3 Of Śiva. -4 of Kāla or time personified. -5 of Kāmadeva. -6 a Jaina deified saint. -7 the female breast. -8 the Supreme Being. -भूतः N. of Śiva. -भृत a. self-maintained. -वरः self-choice, self-election (of a husband by the bride herself), choicemarriage. -वरा a maiden who chooses her own husband; ततस्ते शुश्रुवुः कृष्णां पञ्चलेषु स्वयंवराम् Mb.1.61.3. -श्रेष्ठः N. of Śiva.
हृदयम् 1 The heart, soul, mind; हृदये दिग्धशरैरिवाहतः Ku.4.25; so अयोहृदयः R.9.9; पाषाणहृदय &c. -2 The bosom, chest, breast; बाणभिन्नहृदया निपेतुषी R.11.19. -3 Love, affection. -4 The interior or essence of anything. -5 The secret science; अश्व˚, अक्ष˚ &c.; ऋतुपर्णो नलसखो यो$श्वविद्यामयान्नलात् । दत्वा$क्षहृदयं चास्मै सर्वकामस्तु तत्सुतः ॥ Bhag.9.9.17. -6 True or divine knowledge. -7 The Veda. -8 Wish, intention; एवं विरिञ्चादिभिरीडितस्तद्विज्ञाय तेषां हृदयं तथैव Bhāg.8.6.16. -9 = अहंकारम् q. v.; मनो विसृजते भावं बुद्धिरध्यवसायिनी । हृदयं प्रियाप्रिये वेद त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना Mb.12.248.1. -Comp. -आत्मन् m. a heron. -आविध् a. heart-rending, heart-piercing; रोचनैर्भूषितां पम्पामस्माकं हृदयाविधम् Bk.6.73. -ईशः, -ईश्वरः a husband. (-शा, -री f.) 1 a wife. -2 a mistress. -उदङ्कः heaving of the heart. -उद्वेष्टनम् contraction of the heart. -उन्मादकर a. bewitching hearts. -कम्पः tremor of the heart, palpitation. -क्लमः weakness of the heart. -क्षोभः agitation of the heart. -ग्रन्थिः anything which binds the soul or grieves the heart (as अविद्यारूपसंसार- बन्धन); भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः Muṇd.2.2.8. -ग्रहः spasm of the heart. -ग्राहिन् a. heart-captivating. -चोरः one who steals the heart or affections. -छिद् a. heart-rending, heart-piercing. -जः a son. -ज्ञ a. knowing the heart or its secret. -दाहिन् a. heart-burning. -दीपः, -दीपकः N. of a glossary of materia medica by Vopadeva. -दौर्बल्यम् faint-heartedness. -पुरुषः beating of the heart. -प्रमाथिन् a. agitating the heart; क्व रुजा हृदयप्रमाथिनी क्व च ते विश्वसनीयमायुधम् M.3.1. -प्रस्तर a. cruel. -रज्जुः (in geom.) a central line. -रोगः, -शल्यम् a thorn or wound in the heart, a heartdisease; P.VI.3.51; समुत्खाता नन्दा नव हृदयशल्या इव भुवः Mu.1.13. -लेखः 1 knowledge. -2 heart-ache, anxiety. -विध्, -वेधिन् a. heart-piercing. -विरोधः oppression of the heart. -वृत्ति f. disposition of the heart. -शैथिल्यम् depression, faintheartedness. -शोषण a. heart-withering. -संघट्टः paralysis of the heart. -संमित a. breast-high. -स्थ a. being or cherished in the heart. -स्थानम् the breast, bosom.
vay-ám, prs. prn. N. pl. we, i. 1, 7; ii. 12, 15; iii, 59, 3. 4; iv. 50, 6; 51, 11; vi. 54, 8. 9; vii. 86, 5; viii. 48, 9. 13. 14; x. 14, 6; 127, 4 [Av. vaem, Go. wais, Eng. we].
n. one's own lightness; -anushthâna, n. performance by oneself; -apodita, pp. n. imps. one is by oneself exempted from (ab.; Br.); -argita, pp. acquired by oneself; -âgata, pp.come of one's own accord; -âhrita, pp. brought by oneself; -îhita-labdha, pp. acquired by one's own effort; -udyata, pp. offered spontaneously.
indecl. oneself (himself, etc.); of oneself, of one's own accord: in C. agreeing in sense with a nm. (as subject or predicate), with an in. (as logical subject), or with a g. (sts. also an ac., or a lc.).
the four diplomatic principles (sāma - the process of pacifying, dāna - the process of giving money in charity, bheda - the principle of dividing, and daṇḍa - the principle of punishment)
verb (class 6 parasmaipada) to appropriate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lay hold of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to marry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to offer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to prop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to put under (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to reach forth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to receive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to seize (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sleep with (a woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take as one's wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take for one's self (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to touch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
appropriation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kindling a fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
marriage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
marrying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking possession of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
marrying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sleeping with (a woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the taking a wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective a pregnant female (so called because the embryo has its face turned in an opposite direction to that of the mother) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to give back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to restore (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to return (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to answer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to bestow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to deliver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to despatch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to effect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to extend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to give (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to give (a daughter) in marriage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to grant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hold out towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to offer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to pay (a debt) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to place upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to present (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to produce (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to requite (a benefit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to restore (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to send (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stretch forth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indeclinable according to agreement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
according to established custom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
according to time (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
at the proper time (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 6 parasmaipada) to give back
to give in marriage
to give or present to
to offer or present or bestow together
to restore Frequency rank 7246/72933
indeclinable of one's own accord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
of or by one's self spontaneously (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one's self (applicable to all persons) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
self (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voluntarily (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) (in law) voluntary testmony or evidence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voluntary declaration or information (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a daughter of Hemasāvarṇi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a daughter of Maya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Apsaras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Brahman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] name of Viṣṇu Frequency rank 2179/72933
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