पयस् n. 1 Water; Bhāg.8.2.4; पयसा कमलं कमलेन पयः पयसा कमलेन विभाति सरः. -2 Milk; पयःपानं भुजङ्गानां केवलं विषवर्धनम् H.3.4; R.2.36,63;14,78 (where both senses are intended). -3 Semen virile. -4 Food. -5 Ved. Night. -6 Vital spirit, power, strength (Ved). (पयस् is changed to पयो before soft consonants). -Comp. -गलः, -डः 1 hail. -2 an island. -घनम् hail. -चयः (पयश्चयः) a reservoir or lake. -जम् a lotus; पातामेतौ पयोजोदरललिततलौ पङ्कजाक्षस्य पादौ । विष्णुपादादि स्तोत्रम् 12. ˚योनिः (same as पद्मयोनि = Brahmadeva); पयोजयोनिः प्रणिधाय मानसं व्यधत्त यस्यामरविन्दलोचनः Śāhendra 3.37. -जन्मन् m. a cloud. -दः a cloud; Me.7; मत्तः सदाचारशुचे कलङ्कः पयोदवातादिव दर्पणस्य R.14.37. ˚सुहृद् m. a peacock. -धरः 1 a cloud; पयोधरघनीभावस्तावदम्बरमध्यगः । आश्लेषोप- गमस्तत्र यावन्नेव प्रवर्तते ॥ Subh. Ratn. (this refers both to a cloud and a woman's breast). -2 a woman's breast; पद्मापयोधरतटी Gīt.1; विपाण्डुभिर्म्लानतया पयोधरैः Ki.4.24. (where the word means 'a cloud' also); R.14.22. -3 an udder; पयोधरीभूतचतुःसमुद्रां जुगोप गोरूप- धरामिवोर्वीम् R.2.3. -4 the cocoa-nut tree. -5 the backbone or spine (कशेरुक). -धस् m. 1 the ocean. -2 a pond, lake, a piece of water. -3 a rain-cloud. -धारागृहम् a bath-room with flowing water. -धिः, -निधिः the ocean; प्रयान्ति नद्यस्त्वरितं पयोनिधिम् Ṛs.2.7; N.4.5. -पूरः a pool, lake. -भृत् m., -मुच् m. a cloud; यदि नासारभृतः पयोभृतः Śi.16.61; करीव सिक्तं पृषतैः पयोमुचाम् R.3.3;6.5. -मानुषी a water-nymph. -रयः the current of a river. -राशिः the ocean. -वाहः a cloud; प्रावृषेण्यं पयोवाहं विद्युदैरावताविव R.1.36. -व्रतः, -व्रतम् subsisting on mere milk (as a vow); दिनमेकं पयोव्रतः Ms.11.144. cf. अदितिपयोव्रतम् Bhāg.8.16.
पयस्य a. 1 Milky, made of milk. -2 Watery. -स्यः A cat. -स्या Curds.
पयस्यति payasyati पयायते payāyatē
पयस्यति पयायते Den, P. To flow, to act like milk; कामं मदीक्षामयकामधेनोः पयायतामभ्युदयस्त्वदीयः N.14.79.
Denotes the 'milk’ of the cow in the Rigveda and later. More generally it has also the sense of 'sap’ or ‘fluid’ found in plants, and giving them life and strength. In other passages it denotes the ‘water' of heaven. A vow to live for a time on milk alone occurs In the śatapatha Brāhmana.
noun (neuter) (esp.) milk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(met.) vital spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of Andropogon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any fluid or juice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Sāman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Virāj (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
night (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
power (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
semen virile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strength (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Asteracantha Longifolia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a milch-cow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a river or name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a she-goat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wild variety of Lagenaria vulgaris Seringe
Batatas Paniculata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jīvantī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kṣīra-kākū (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the night (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Cleome pentaphylla Linn.
coagulated milk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
curds (made by mixing sour with hot sweet milk) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC.
name of several plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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