P. to revile, abuse etc. ; to distract, divert, console by tales ; (in grammar) to except ; (A1.only) to disown, deny, contradict : Causal-vādayati-, to oppose as unadvisable ; to revile ; (in grammar) to except
P.-vadati-, to speak ill of, decry, abuse, curse ; to speak to, address : A1.-vadate-, to talk over, conciliate ; to flatter ; to cajole, court secretly
P.-vasati-, to abide or dwell with or at ; to stay, wait, wait for ; to abide in a state of abstinence, abstain from food, fast on ; etc. ; to encamp (with accusative) ; to dwell on, give one's self up to, apply one's self to : Causal to cause to abide or wait ; to cause to fast
n. the act of sprinkling clarified butter or other fluids on the sacrificial fire (with two blades of kuśa- grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid)
पवमानः [पू-ताच्छील्ये शानच्] 1 Air, wind; पवमानः पृथिवी- रुहानिव R.8.9. -2 One of the sacred fires, considered to be the same as गार्हपत्य q. v; also called पवमानात्मजः -3 N. of a particular Stotra sung in the Soma-yāga; अथातः पवमानानामेवाभ्यारोहः Bri. Up.1.3.28. -Comp. -सखः fire.
पवन a. Clean, pure; महतां पदपद्मजं परागं पवनानां पवनं ह्युपादिशन्ति Rām. Ch.2.3. -नः [पू-ल्यु] 1 Air, wind; सर्पाः पिबन्ति पवनं न च दुर्बलास्ते Subhāṣ; Bg.1.31; पवनपदवी, पवनसुतः &c.; The vital air, breath. -2 N. of Viṣṇu. -3 A householder's sacred fire. -4 A purifier (wind); परितो दुरितानि यः पुनीते शिव तस्मै पवनात्मने नमस्ते Ki.18.37. -5 N. of the number five (from the 5 vital airs). -नम् 1 Purification. -2 Winnowing. -3 A sieve, strainer. -4 Water. -5 A potter's kiln (m. also). -नी A broom. -Comp. -अशनः, -भुज् m. a serpent. -आत्मजः 1 an epithet of Hanumat. -2 of Bhīma. -3 fire. -आशः a serpent, snake. ˚नाशः 1 an epithet of Garuḍa. -2 a peacock. -चक्रम् Whirl-wind. -जः, -तनयः, -भूः, -सुतः 1 epithets of Hanumat; संक्षोभं पवनभुवा जवेन नीताः Śi.4.59. -2 of Bhīma. -पदवी The sky, air; त्वामारूढं पवनपदवीम् (प्रेक्षिष्यन्ते पथिकवनिताः) Me.8. -वाहनः fire. -विजयः a kind of book dealing with omens relating to breath exhaled and inhaled. -व्याधिः 1 an epithet of Uddhava, a friend and counsellor of Kṛiṣṇa. -2 rheumatism.
अपवत्सय् (Denominative from अपवत्स) "To behave as towards a weaned calf" with cautious watchfulness; neither too much love, nor too much apathy. ये सपत्नाः सपत्नानां सर्वांस्तानपवत्सयेत् v. l. सर्वांस्तानुपसेवयेत् Mb.12.139.14.
अपवह् 1 P. 1 To carry off or away, bear off or away; अपोवाह च वासो$स्या मारुतः Mb. (प्रद्युम्नं) अपोवाह रणा- त्सूतः Bhāg.1.76.27. -2 To drive away, disperse, dispel, remove, take away; अमी जनस्थानमपोढविघ्नं मत्वा R. 13.22 freed from obstacles; अथानपोढार्गलमप्यगारम् (प्रविष्टाम्) 16.6 the bolts of which were not removed or unchained; तदुच्छिष्टमपोह्य Dk.133. -3 To give up, relinquish, leave, abandon, cast off; शमिततापमपोढमहीरजः Śi.6.33; संभ्रमो$भवदपोढकर्मणाम् (ऋत्विजाम्) R.11.25; तद्भक्त्यपोढपितृराज्य- महाभिषेके (मूर्धनि) 13.7 thrown away; Dk.67; दिव्येन शून्यं वलयेन बाहुमपोढनेपथ्यविधिर्ददर्श R.16.73 before he had commenced his toilet. -4 To deduct, subtract. -Caus. 1 To carry off, remove, carry or draw to a distance, take away; मलयकेतुरपवाहितः Mu.1,3; कलत्रम् 2; इमां मया सार्धमपवाह्य M.5; अपवाह्य च्छलाद् वीरौ किमर्थं मामिहा$हरः Bk. 8.86. -2 To chase or drive away, expel; हृतसर्वस्वतया
अपवाहितः Dk.47,59. -3 To reduce to powder, pulverize. -4 To cause to carry the yoke; गामिव नासिकां विद्धूवाप- वाहयति Mk.8.
अपवर्जनम् 1 Leaving, abandonment; making good, fulfilling (a promise); discharging (debt &c.). -2 A gift or donation; spending. -3 Final beatitude, salvation.
अपवर्जित p. p. Left, abandoned; fulfilled; see above; oft. in comp. in the sense of 'free from', 'being without', 'destitute of', or with instr.; ष़ड्भिरपवर्जिता- शीतिः Bṛi. S.53.7;8 minus 6, अपवर्जितविप्लवे शुचौ Ki.2.26.
अपवर्तः 1 Taking away, removing. -2 (Math.) The (common) divisor which is applied to both or either of the quantities of an equation. -3 Reduction to a common measure.
अपवर्तनम् 1 Removal, transferring from one place to another; स्थान˚. -2 Taking away, depriving one of; न त्यागो$स्ति द्विषन्त्याश्च न च दायापवर्तनम् Ms.9.79. -3 Abridging, abbreviation. -4 Reducing a fraction to its lowest terms; division without remainder, or the divisor itself.
उत्पवनम् 1 Cleansing, purifying; द्रव्याणां च्चै व सर्वेषां शुद्धिरुत्पवनं स्मृतम् Ms.5.115. -2 Straining liquids for
domestic or religious purposes. -3 Any instrument for cleansing. -4 Sprinkling ghee (or other fluids) on the sacrificial fire with two blades of Kuśa grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid; अप्रच्छिन्नाग्रावनन्तर्गर्भौ प्रादेश- मात्रौ कुशौ नानान्तयोर्गृहीत्वा अङ्गुष्ठोपकनिष्ठिकाभ्यामुत्तानाभ्यां प्रागुत्पु- नाति सकृन्मन्त्रेण द्विस्तूष्णीम् Āśval.
उपवनम् [उपमितं वनेन] A garden, grave, a planted forest; पाण्डुच्छायोपवनवृतयः केतकैः सूचिभिन्नैः Me.23; R.8.73. 13.79; ˚लता a garden creeper. -Comp. -विनोदः N. of a work on gardening.
उपवस् 1 P. 1 To dwell in or at, inhabit (with acc.); तपःश्रद्धे ये ह्युपवसन्त्यरण्ये Mund. Up.1.2.11. वैकुण्ठं उपवसति Sk. -2 To be in a state of abstinence, abstain from food, fast; उपवसेद्दिनम् Ms.2.22,5,2; Y.3.292,64; (fig. also); उपोषिताभ्यामिव नेत्राभ्यां पिबन्ती Dk.4. -3 To go to (a master). -4 To enter upon, learn, take to, begin. -Caus. To cause to fast.
उपवसथः [उप-वस्-आधारे अथ] 1 A village. -2 The day preceding a Soma sacrifice; or a day of preparation for this sacrifice; a fast-day.
उपवसथीय upavasathīya उपवसथ्य upavasathya
उपवसथीय उपवसथ्य a. Selected for an उपवसथ (as a day).
उपवहम् Ved. Anything placed on the neck of an ox under the yoke, to raise it to the right level for a yoke-fellow of greater height; M. W. cf. Śat. Br. 1.4.4.7.
उपवर्तनम् 1 A place for exercise. -2 A place whether inhabited or not. -3 A district or Pargaṇā. -4 A kingdom (राज्य) उपवर्तनमाहर्तुमुद्यतो$स्म्यहमञ्जसा Śiva. B.31.11. -5 A bog, marshy place.
पुष्पवत् a. 1 Blooming, flowery -2 Set off with flowers. -m. (du.) The sun and moon; तेजस्विनौ विराजेते पुष्पवन्ताविवोदितौ Śiva. B.2.23; रबित्वचन्द्रत्वाभ्यामेकशक्तिमदेव नियतद्विवचनाकाङ्क्षम्. -ती 1 A woman in her courses; पुष्पवत्यपि पवित्रा K. -2 A cow longing for the bull.
रूपवत् a. 1 Having form or colour. -2 Bodily, corporeal. -3 Embodied. -4 Handsome, beautiful. -5 (Mīmāṁsā) Possessed of रूप i. e. where are mentioned द्रव्य, देवता etc. which form the रूप of a sacrificial act; स एष रूपवतां संनिधावरूपः शब्दः श्रूयमाणः समुदायवाचकः समधिगतः ŚB. on MS.4.4.1. -ती A beautiful woman.
pr. pt. √ pû; m. wind; god of wind; N. of a certain Agni or of a son of Agni; N. of certain stotras sung by the Sâmagas at the Gyotishtoma sacrifice: -vat, a. accompanied by the Pavamâna stotra; -sakha, m. (friend of the wind), fire; -½uktha, n. series of verses in the midday Pavamâna.
m. (purifier), wind, breeze, air; god of wind; vital air; breath; domestic (sacred) fire; n. instrument for purifying, winnowing-fan; whisk; sieve, strainer; potter's kiln; -kshipta, pp. tempest-tossed; -gava, m. (swift as the wind), N. of a horse; -tanaya, m. son of the wind, ep. of Hanu mat and of Bhîmasena; -½âghâta, m. gust of wind; -½âtmaga, m. son of the wind, fire; ep. of Bhîmasena.
Is a term very frequently applied in the Rigveda to the Soma ‘purifying itself’ by running through the sieve. Later it appears in a few passages1 in the sense of ‘ wind ’ (as a. purifier).
(‘purifier’) in the Atharvaveda denotes an instrument for purifying grain from husks, etc.; either a sieve ’ or a ‘winnowing basket’ may be meant. In the Sūtras it is mentioned as used for cleaning the bones of the dead after cremation.
Descendant of Gopavana ’) is mentioned as a pupil of Pautimāsya in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) in the Kānva recension of the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad
persons who were supposed to have been Prahlāda Mahārāja's enemies (even such a devotee as Prahlāda Mahārāja had enemies, including even his own father)
noun (masculine) name of a particular Agni (associated with Pāvaka and Śuci and also regarded as a son of Agni by Svāhā or of Antardhāna and by Śikhaṇḍinī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince and the Varsha in Śākadvīpa ruled by him (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of particular Stotras sung by the Sāmaga at the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wind or the god of wind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a householder's sacred fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
breath (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
breeze (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a country in Bharatakṣetra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Manu Uttama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the number 5 (from the 5 vital airs) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and the north-west region (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vital air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wind or the god of wind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of vrata
a potter's kiln (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
purification (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
winnowing of corn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an instrument for purifying grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sieve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strainer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Bhīmasena (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Hanuman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a broom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the wild citron-tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) (in Gr.) to except (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to abuse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to console by tales (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to contradict (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to deny (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to disown (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to distract (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to divert (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to revile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to avert (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cut off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to repel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to split (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) completion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
donation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
end (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
exemption from further transmigration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
final beatitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gift (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restriction (of a rule) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the emancipation of the soul from bodily existence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) abandoning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
completion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discharging a debt or obligation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
final emancipation or beatitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
giving in marriage (a daughter) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transmitting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 10 parasmaipada) to bestow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to get rid of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to grant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to quit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sever (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to transmit
to turn off from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) ademption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
division without remainder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
divisor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reduction of a fraction to its lowest terms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
removal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 10 ātmanepada) (in arithm.) to divide (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to reduce to a common measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to turn or drive away from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to carry off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to deduct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to give up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) any implement for cleaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cleaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cleansing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
straining liquids for domestic or religious uses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of sprinkling clarified butter or other fluids on the sacrificial fire (with two blades of Kuśa grass) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to abuse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to address (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cajole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to court secretly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to curse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to decry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to flatter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to speak ill of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to speak to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a planted forest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a small forest or wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
garden (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) delineation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
description (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
glorification (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
minute description (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
praise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (denominative parasmaipada) to communicate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to describe particularly or minutely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to relate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tell fully (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a country (inhabited or not) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place for exercise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of bringing near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to abide in a state of abstinence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to abide or dwell with or at (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to abstain from food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to apply one's self to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dwell on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to encamp (with acc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to give one's self up to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to wait (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to wait for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a fast-day (esp. the day preceding a Soma sacrifice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place of abiding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the period of preparation for the Soma sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a fast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fasting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the state of abiding or being near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to adduce (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to bring near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to bring or lead or convey near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to procure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective angry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
passionate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] creating increase (kopa) of a doṣa Frequency rank 50194/72933
noun (feminine) a king's wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a queen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective blooming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flowery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having flower or decorated with flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Daitya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain in Kuśdvipa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sun and moon (du.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) (a cow) longing for the bull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(a woman) having the menses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a sacred bathing place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[geogr.] name of a river Frequency rank 24634/72933
adjective beautiful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
corporeal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
embodied (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
formed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
handsome (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
handsomely formed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having a beautiful form or colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having form or colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having the form or appearance of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to abide in a state of abstinence
to abide wholly in
to devote one's self to
to engage in
to fast Frequency rank 13819/72933
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