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āvir

See āv/is- below.

āviś

P. A1. -viśati-, -te- (infinitive mood ā-v/iśam-

) to go or drive in or towards ; to approach, enter ; to take possession of

etc. ; to sit down, settle

; to get or fall into ; to reach, obtain ; to become

etc.: Causal -veśayati-, to cause to enter or approach ; to cause to reach or obtain ; to deliver, offer, present ; to make known

āviṣ

See āv/is-.

guhā

ind. (3. g/uhā-), Ved. instrumental case in a hiding-place, in secret, secretly (opposed to āv/is-,and especially with dhā-, ni-dhā-, kṛ-,"to conceal, remove")

kṛṣṭi

f. plural (once only sg.

) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet m/ānuṣīs-[

] or n/āhuṣīs-[

] or mānav/īs-[

]; see carṣaṇ/i-;originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; indra- and agni- have the N. r/ājā-or p/atiḥ kṛṣṭīn/ām-;the term p/añca kṛṣṭ/ayas-,perhaps originally designating the five Aryan tribes of the yadu-s, turvaśa-s, druhyu-s, anu-s, and pūru-s, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Aryan tribes)

puru

mf(pūrv/ī-)n. ( pṝ-) much, many, abundant (only purū-, r/ūṇi-, rūṇām-and several cases of f. pūrvī-;in later language only in the beginning of a compound)

etc. (r/u-.much, often, very [also with a Comparative degree or superl.];with simā-,everywhere;with tir/as-,far off, from afar; purār/u-,far and wide; pur/u v/iśva-,one and all, every

)

takvavī

m. (Nominal verb sg. and plural v/īs-) a bird, bird of prey

triṣaṃyukta

mfn. (n. scilicet hav/is-or k/arman-)

and

tugryā

f. plural (scilicet v/iśas-) tugra-'s race ["the waters"

]

m. (Nominal verb v/is-or v/es- accusative v/im- genitive case ablative v/es-; plural Nominal verb accusative v/ayas-[acc. vīn-

]; v/ibhis-, v/ibhyas-, vīn/ām-) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the marut-s)

(also occurring in later language).[ confer, compare 1. v/ayas-; Greek for ; Latin a-vis; according to tosome German Ei; Anglo-Saxon ae4g; English egg.]

viśva

m. plural (v/iśve-,with or scilicet dev/ās- see viśve-deva-,p.995)"all the gods collectively"or the"All-gods"(a particular class of gods, forming one of the 9 gaṇa-s enumerated under gaṇadevatā- q.v; according to to the viṣṇu- and other purāṇa-s they were sons of viśvā-, daughter of dakṣa-, and their names are as follow, 1. vasu-, 2. satya-, 3. kratu-, 4. dakṣa-, 5. kāla-, 6. kāma-, 7. dhṛti-, 8. kuru-, 9. purū-ravas-, 10. mādravas- [?];two others are added by some, viz. 11. rocaka- or locana-, 12. dhvani- [or dhūri-;or this may make 13]: they are particularly worshipped at śrāddha-s and at the vaiśvadeva- ceremony[

];moreover according to to manu- [

], offerings should be made to them daily - these privileges having been bestowed on them by brahmā- and the pitṛ-s, as a reward for severe austerities they had performed on the himālaya-: sometimes it is difficult to decide whether the expression viśve devāḥ-refers to all the gods or to the particular troop of deities described above)

etc.

viśvavat

(v/iśva--) mfn. containing the word v/iśva-

viśvāvat

mfn. (v/iśvā--) (perhaps) universal

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