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abhidās

Ved. -dāsati- (subjunctive 3. sg. -d/āsat-[

] or -d/āsāt-

) to consider and treat as an enemy.

abhīśu

m. (through incorrect interpretation of d/aśābhīśu- q.v) arm, finger

adas

Nominal verb mf. as/au- (vocative case /asau-

) (n. ad/as-), (opposed to id/am- q.v), that, a certain

adhara

mfn. (connected with adh/as-), lower, inferior, tending downwards

adhastānnirbādham

(adh/astān--), ind. (with the knobs) turned downwards,

adhastāt

ind. equals adh/as- q.v

adhopahāsa

(dh/as-up-) m. sexual intercourse

adomaya

etc. See ad/as-.

amu

a pronominal base, used in the declension of the pronominal ad/as-, that (exempli gratia, 'for example' accusative am/um-, am/ūm-; instrumental case amunā-, amuyā-; dative case am/uṣmai-, amuṣyai-,etc.)

amuṣmin

ind. (locative case sg. of ad/as-) in the other world

apyardham

ind. within proximity, near to (genitive case)

(see abhy-ardh/as-.)

aritra

n. (f ā-.) (ar/itra- [

] or /aritra- [

]) an oar (confer, compare d/aśāritra-, n/ityār-, ś/atār-, sv-aritr/a-) ; [ Latin aratrum.]

asakau

mf. equals asau- (See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order ad/as-), only used in connection with yak/aḥ- and yak/ā- (for y/aḥ-and y/ā-)

(see

)

asau

See ad/as- and amu- - 1.

bhuji

f. (for 2.See column 3) clasping, enfolding (others"sweeping")

(see d/aśa--and śat/a-bhuji-).

codas

See a-cod/as-.

dā

m. a giver

(dative case d/e-)

(Nominal verb d/ās-)

daṃś

cl.1. (originally cl.6.) d/aśati- (

; A1.

; parasmE-pada d/aśat-

etc.; perfect tense dadaṃśa-; plural śur-

; parasmE-pada dadaśv/as-

; future daṅkṣyati-

; daṃṣṭā-

;1. plural daśiṣyāmas-

; Aorist adāṅkṣīt-

; plural ṣur-

; ind.p. daṃṣṭvā-

; cl.1. daṃśati-

) to bite

etc.: Causal to cause to bite

; to cause to be bitten by (instrumental case)

: Intensive dandaśyate-, śīti-

; dandaṣṭi-, daṃṣṭi-

; parasmE-pada d/andaśāna- (confer, compare ś/ūka-) repeatedly biting

: Causal of Intensive (ind.p. dandaśayitvā-) causing to be bitten by (instrumental case)

; ([ confer, compare ; Gothic tahyan.])

dāś

(the finite forms only in

and once in

See below) cl.1 P. d/āśti-,

A1. te-

(rarely cl.2.5. P. dāṣṭi-,

; dāśn/oti-,

[the latter also = dās-]; perfect tense dad/āsa-,

; subjunctive d/adāśati-, śas-, śat-,

; parasmE-pada dadāśv/as-[ dative case ś/uṣe-,

], dāśiv/as-[only

] and dāśv/as-[see below]), to serve or honour a god (dative case or accusative) with (instrumental case),

; offer or present (accusative) to (dative case), grant, give, bestow,

: Causal P. dāśayati-, offer, present

[ confer, compare daśasya-,and Greek in -a-, -a-.]

das

cl.1.4. (parasmE-pada d/asamāna-; imperfect tense plural adasyan-) to suffer want, become exhausted

(

)

; equals upa-- kṣip-

: Causal A1. (1. sg. saye-; subjunctive plural sayanta-) to exhaust,

; see apa--, upa--, anūpa--, pra--, vi-- ; saṃ-dadasv/as-, draviṇo-d/as- ;

dāsa

m. savage, barbarian, infidel (also d/āsa-, opp. to ārya-; see dasyu-)

daśabhuji

(d/aś-) mfn. equals -guṇa-

daśadyu

(d/aś-) m. Name of a man favoured by indra-

daśagra

(d/aś-) m. "Decimus", Name of an aṅgiras-

(plural) his family (named with that of nava-gva-; worshipping indra-)

daśakakṣya

(d/asu-) mfn. having 10 girths

daśamāsya

mfn. (d/aś-) 10 months old (the child just before birth; see /a--)

daśamāya

(d/aś-) mfn. having 10 tricks

daśan

plural (gaRa svasr-ādi-

) ten (Nominal verb accusative d/aśa-

etc.; instrumental case [ d/aśa-,

] daś/abhis- locative case s/asu-

etc.;both forms & śabhyas-in Class. also oxyt.

)

daśapakṣa

(d/aś-) mf(ā-)n. having 10 side posts

daśapramati

(d/as-) mfn. (agni-) taken care of by the 10 (fingers)

daśaratha

mfn. (d/aś-) having 10 chariots

daśarṣabha

(d/aś-) mf(ā-)n. consisting of 10 (ṛṣ-) bulls

daśaśākha

(d/aś-) mfn. having 1000 fingers

daśaśala

(d/aś-), a distance of 10 śala-s

daśaśipra

(d/aś-) m. Name of a man,

daśaśīrṣa

mfn. (d/aś-) ten-headed

daśavīra

(d/aś-) mfn. granting 10 men

daśavraja

(d/aś-) m. "having 10 cow-sheds", Name of a man

daśayantra

mfn. (d/aś-) equals śābhīśu-

daśayojana

mfn. (d/aś-) 10 times fastened

daśayoktra

(d/aś-) mfn. having 10 girths,

dasyu

m. see tras/o-- (d/asyave v/ṛka- m."wolf to the dasyu-", Name of a man

; d/asyave s/ahas- n.violence to the dasyu- (Name of turvīti-),

)

dasyujūta

(d/as-) mfn. instigated by dasyu-s

dhā

cl.3 P. A1. d/adhāti-, dhatt/e-

etc. (P. dual number dadhv/as-, dhatth/as-, dhatt/as-[

]; plural dadhm/asi-or m/as-, dhatth/a-, dādhati-; imperfect tense /adadhāt- plural dhur-,

plural /adhatta-or /adadhāta-

; subjunctive d/adhat-or dhāt-[

], dhas-, dhatas-, dhan-; Potential dadhy/āt-; imperative dādhātu- plural dhatu-;2. sg. dheh/i-[fr. dhaddhi-; confer, compare

] or dhattāt-

;2. plural dhatt/a-,

, dhattana-,

, d/adhāta-,

,or tana-,

[ confer, compare

]; parasmE-pada d/adhat-, ti- m. plural tas-; A1.1. sg. dadh/e-[at once3. sg. equals dhatt/e-

and= perfect tense A1.],2. sg. dh/atse-,

or dhats/e-

dual number dadh/āthe-, dh/āte-;2. plural dhidhv/e-[ confer, compare perfect tense ];3. plural d/adhate-

; imperfect tense /adhatta-, tthās-; subjunctive d/adhase-,

[

]; Potential d/adhīta-

dadhīt/a-,

; imperative 2. sg. dhatsva-,

or dadhiṣva-,

;2. plural dhaddhvam-[

]or dadhidhvam-

,etc.;3. pl. dadhatām-

; parasmE-pada d/adhāna-) ; rarely cl.1 P. A1. dadhati-, te-

; only thrice cl.2 P. dh/āti-

; and once cl.4 A1. Potential dhāyeta-

(pf.P. dadh/au-, dh/ātha-, dhatur-, dhim/ā-, dhur-

etc.; A1. dadh/e-[ confer, compare proper ], dadhiṣ/e-or dhiṣe-

;2.3. dual number dadh/āthe-, dh/āte-,2. pl. dadhidhv/e-[ confer, compare proper ];3. plural dadhir/e-, dadhre-,

,or dhire-,

; parasmE-pada d/adhāna-[ confer, compare proper ]; Aorist P. /adhāt-, dh/āt-, dh/ās-; adh/ur-, dh/ur-

etc.; Potential dheyām-, yur-; dhetana-

; 2. sg. dhāyīs-

; imperative dh/ātu-[ confer, compare

];2. plural dh/āta-or tana-,3. plural dhāntu-

; A1. adhita-, thās-, adhītām-, adhīmahi-, dhīmahi-, dhimahe-, dhāmahe-

;3. sg. ahita-, hita-

; subjunctive dh/ethe-

, dhaithe-,

; imperative dhiṣv/ā-,

; P. adhat-

; dhat-

; P. dhāsur- subjunctive sathas-and satha-

; A1. adhiṣi-, ṣata-

; Potential dhiṣīya-

[

]; dheṣīya-

; future dhāsyati-, te-or dhātā-

etc.; infinitive mood dh/ātum-

etc.;Ved. also tave-, tav/ai-, tos-; dhiy/adhyai-

;Class. also -dhitum-; ind.p. dhitv/ā-

; hitvā-[

], -dh/āya-and -dh/ām-

: Passive voice dhīy/ate-

etc.[

] , p. dhīy/amāna-

; Aorist /adhāyi-, dh/āyi-

[

]; preceding dhāsīṣṭa-or dhāyiṣīṣṭa-[

]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (locative case)

etc. etc. (with daṇḍam-,to inflict punishment on [with locative case

,with genitive case

];with tat-padavyām padam-,to put one's foot in another's footstep id est imitate, equal

) ; to take or bring or help to (locative case or dative case;with ār/e-,to remove)

; (A1.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām-, manas-, matim-, samādhim-etc.) upon, think of (locative case or dative case), fix or resolve upon (locative case dative case accusative with prati-or a sentence closed with iti-)

; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (locative case dative case or genitive case)

etc. (Passive voice to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share

) ; to appoint, establish, constitute

; to render (with double accusative)

; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute

etc. (Aorist with pūrayām-, mantrayām-, varayām-etc. equals pūrayām-etc. cakāra-) ; to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes)

etc. ; (A1.) to accept, obtain, conceive (especially in the womb), get, take (with /okas-or c/anas-,to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dative case ])

; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo

: Causal -dhāpayati-

(See antar-dhā-, śrad-dhā-etc.) : Desiderative dh/itsati-, te- (

) , to wish to put in or lay on (locative case)

(Class. Passive voice dhitsyate-; dhitsya-See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order) ; d/idhiṣati-, te-, to wish to give or present

; (A1.) to wish to gain, strive after (parasmE-pada d/idhiṣāṇa-,

)

: with avady/am-, to bid defiance

(confer, compare didhiṣ/āyya-, didhiṣ/u-): Intensive dedhīyate-

[ confer, compare Zend da1,dadaiti; Greek ,; Lithuanian dedu4,de4ti; Slavonic or Slavonian dedja,diti; Old Saxon duan,do7n, Anglo-Saxon do7n,Engl.do; German tuan;tuon,thun.]

gva

in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' See atithi-gv/a-, /eta--, d/aśa--, n/ava--.

jūta

mfn. see /adri-- /indra--, d/asyu--, dev/a--, br/ahma--, v/āta--, v/ipra--.

naudhasa

etc. See nodh/as-.

rudh

(see 1. ruh-,of which this seems to be only another form) cl.1 P. r/odhati-, to sprout, shoot, grow (only r/odhati-

;and vir/odhat-,

; according to to some also parasmE-pada rudhat-,

nad/asya rudhat/aḥ k/āmaḥ-,"the desire of the growing reed" id est of the membrum virile;others,"of the husband who keeps me away", from 2. rudh-; see also nada-).

spardh

(or spṛdh-; see spṛh-) cl.1 A1. (

) sp/ardhate- (mc. also P. ti-;Subj.[ pr/a-] -spūrdh/an-

; perfect tense paspṛdh/e-, dhān/a-, /apaspṛdhethām-

; paspardha-

etc.; Aorist aspṛdhran-, spṛdhānd-

: aspardhiṣṭa- grammar; future spardhitā-, spardhiṣyate-

; infinitive mood sp/ardhitum-

; spūrdh/ase-

; ind.p. -sp/ṛdhya-

), to emulate, compete, rival, vie or cope with (instrumental case with and without saha-,or accusative), contend or struggle for (locative case)

etc. etc.: Causal spardhayati- grammar : Desiderative pispardhiṣate-

: Intensive pāspardhyate-, pāsparddhi-

(apāspāḥ-

)

tāt

ind. (obsolete ablative of 2. t/a-) thus, in this way

obsolete accusative plural ([!]) of 2. t/a-

; see adh/as-tāt- etc.

triṣadhastha

mf(ā-)n. having a triple seat (sadh- equals barh/is-)

(also dh/astha-,

)

triśīrṣan

mfn. three-headed (tvāṣṭra-, d/āsa-,etc.)

(tr/i-ś-)

vedhas

mfn. (in some meanings prob. connected with vi-dhā-; Nominal verb m. vedh/ās- accusative vedh/asam-or vedh/ām-) pious, religious, virtuous, good, brave (also applied to gods)

vedhastama

(vedh/as--). mfn. most pious or religious, best, wisest

vid

(originally identical with1. vid-) cl.6 P. A1. (

) vind/ati-, te- (Vedic or Veda also vitt/e-, vid/e-; parasmE-pada vidān/a-or vidāna-[ q.v ]; Epic 3. plural vindate- Potential vindyāt-,often equals vidyāt-; perfect tense viv/eda-[3. plural vividus- subjunctive vividat-], vividv/as-,3. plural vividre-, vidr/e-

etc.; parasmE-pada vividv/as-

; vividivas-

; Aorist /avidat-, data-

[ Vedic or Veda subjunctive vid/āsi-, d/āt-; Potential vid/et-, deta-

;3. sg. videṣṭa-

]; A1.1. sg. avitsi-

; future vettā-, vediṣyati- grammar; vetsyati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood vid/e-

; vettum-

etc.; v/ettave-

; ttavai-[?] and tos-

; ind.p. vittv/ā-

; -vidya-

etc.) , to find, discover, meet or fall in with, obtain, get, acquire, partake of, possess

etc. etc. (with diśas-,to find out the quarters of she sky

) ; to get or procure for (dative case)

; to seek out, look for, attend to

etc. ; to feel, experience

; to consider as, take for (two accusative)

; to come upon, befall, seize, visit

; to contrive, accomplish, perform, effect, produce

; (A1. mc. also P.) to take to wife, marry (with or scilicet bhāryām-)

etc. ; to find (a husband), marry (said of a woman)

; to obtain (a son, with or scilicet sutam-)

: Passive voice or A1. vidy/ate- (Epic also ti-; parasmE-pada vidyamāna-[ q.v ]; Aorist avedi-), to be found, exist, be

etc. ; (especially in later language) vidyate-,"there is, there exists", often with na-,"there is not" ; with bhoktum-,"there is something to eat" ; followed by a future ,"is it possible that?"

; yathā-vid/e-,"as it happens" id est "as usual","as well as possible"

: Causal vedayati-, to cause to find etc.

: Desiderative vividiṣati- or vivitsati-, te- grammar (see vivitsita-): Intensive vevidyate-, vevetti-

(for parasmE-pada v/evidat-and dāna-See vi--and saṃvid-).

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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