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adhikṣi

(3. du. -kṣit/aḥ-;3. plural -kṣiy/anti-) to be settled in or over, be extended over or along (accusative or locative case)

; to rest upon

ākṣi

cl.2. -kṣeti- (3. plural -kṣiy/anti-and imperfect tense /ākṣiyan-; Potential 1. plural -kṣiyema-) to abide, dwell in (accusative), inhabit

; -kṣeti-, to possess, take possession of (accusative)

: cl.6. -kṣiy/ati-, to exist

apapre

( i-), (3. pl. -pra-y/anti-,or -pr/a-yanti-;Opt. -pr/eyāt-) to go away, withdraw

āpruṣāya

Nom. P. /ā-pruṣāyati-, to besprinkle, bespeckle

: A1. (imperfect tense 3. plural -pruṣāy/anta-) idem or '( pru-= plu-) A1. -pravate-, to spring up, jump up.'

cl.2 P. /asti- (2. sg. /asi-,1. sg. /asmi-; plural sm/asi-or sm/as-, sth/a-, s/anti-;(rarely A1. exempli gratia, 'for example' 1.pl. smahe-

); subjunctive /asat-;Imper. astu-,2. sg. edhi-(fr. as-dhi- confer, compare

); Potential sy/āt-; imperfect tense /āsīt-,rarely ās-[only in

; confer, compare

]; perf. 1. and 3.sg, /āsa-,2. sg. /āsitha-,3. plural ās/uḥ-; parasmE-pada m. s/at- f. sat/ī-) to be, live, exist, be present ; to take place, happen ; to abide, dwell, stay ; to belong to (genitive case or dative case) ; to fall to the share of. happen to any one (genitive case) ; to be equal to (dative case)

; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dative case) ; to become

etc., (confer, compare

) ; to be (id est used as copula, but not only with adjective (cf. mfn.),but also with adverb [ exempli gratia, 'for example' tūṣṇīm āsīt-

],and often with participle,[ exempli gratia, 'for example' perf. Passive voice parasmE-pada prasthitāḥ sma-

; future past participle hantavyo 'smi-

; fut.p. especially with Potential,and only in

y/adi dāsy/an-t-sy/āt-,"if he should intend to give"];the perfect tense āsa-helps to form the periphrastic perf. , and asmi-etc. the future); ([ confer, compare Greek Latin es-t; Gothic is-t; Lithuanian es-ti.])

āsyand

A1. -syandate- (parasmE-pada -sy/andamāna-), to stream or flow towards or near

and

ayana

n. (with gen[ exempli gratia, 'for example' /angirasām-, ādity/ānam-, gavām-,etc.] or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') "course, circulation", Name of various periodical sacrificial rites

etc. the sun's road north and south of the equator, the half year

etc., the equinoctial and solstitial points

etc.

dakṣa

m. dākṣāy/an-

diya

n. diy/ānām p/ati- lord of gifts, a very liberal man.

duh

(originally dugh- see d/ughāna-, dugha-etc., and the initial dh-of some forms) cl.2 P.A1. dogdhi- ; dugdhe- or duh/e-

etc. (plural A1. duhat/e-,

; duhrate-,

; duhr/e-,

; imperfect tense P. /adhok-,

; duh/ur-

; A1. adugdha-[according to

Aorist ] plural aduhra-,i

sg. aduha- plural hra-

[ see

]; imperative dhukṣva-

sg. duh/ām-

; plural duhr/ām-, r/atām-

; dhuṅgdhvam-

; subjunctive dohat-[3 plural hān-

], hate-

; Potential duhīyat-

; y/an-,

; A1. hīta-,

; parasmE-pada P. duh/at- A1. duhān/a-, d/uhāna-,and d/ugh-

; cl.6 P. A1. duh/ati-, te-

etc.; cl.4. duhyati-, te-

; perfect tense dud/oha-[ hitha-

], duduh/e-,3 plural duduhur-[ dudūhur-

]

etc.; A1. duduhre-

[

hrire-]; future dhokṣyati-, te-

; Aorist /adhukṣat-, ṣata-[3 sg.

plural

], adukṣat-,

; dukṣata-,3 sg.

; imperative dhukṣ/asva-

; Potential dhukṣīm/ahi-

; infinitive mood dogdhum-

etc.; dogdhos-

; duh/adhyai-and doh/ase-

; ind.p. dugdhvā-

) to milk (a cow or an udder) figuratively take advantage of (see) , enjoy ; to milk or squeeze out, extract (milk, soma- exempli gratia, 'for example' any good thing) ; draw anything out of another thing (with 2 accusative)

etc. ; (mostly A1.) to give milk, yield any desired object (accusative,rarely genitive case)

etc. etc.: Passive voice duhy/ate- Aorist adohi- (

) to be milked, to be drawn or extracted from

etc.: Causal doh/ayati-, te- Aorist adūduhat- Passive voice dohy/ate-, to cause to milk or be milked ; to milk, milk out, extract

: Desiderative d/udukṣati- (

), dudhukṣati- (

see dudhukṣu-), to wish to milk.

gātuya

Nom. P. (imperative 2. sg. yā-: pr. p. y/at-;3. plural gātūy/anti-, pada-pāṭha- gātuy-) to wish to obtain or to procure free progress

janiya

Nom. (3. plural y/anti-) to wish for a wife

jāyānujīvin

m. (jāyānujīvin-) equals jāy/ānujīva-

jāyeya

See jāy/ānya-.

kaṇūkaya

Nom. P. (present tense parasmE-pada f. kaṇūkay/antī-) to desire to utter words (of blame or censure)

lelāya

(either a kind of Intensive fr. lī-,or Nom.fr. lelā- confer, compare next) P. A1. lel/āyati-, te- (pr. p. lelāy/antī- genitive case lel/ayatas-; imperfect tense /alelāyat-, lelāyat-; perfect tense lel/āya-), to move to and fro. quiver, tremble, shake

[ confer, compare Gothic reiraith.]

niyantu

See dur-niy/antu-.

pariprasyand

A1. -sy/andate- (Aorist P. -/asiṣyadat-), to flow forth or round

pratyañc

mfn. (Nominal verb praty/aṅ-. prat/īcī-, pratīc/ī-[and pratyañcī-

]; praty/ak-) turned towards, facing (accusative)

samyañc

mfn. (fr. sami-= sam-2+ 2. añc- see

; Nominal verb samy/an-, samīc/ī-,or sam/īcī-, samy/ak-) going along with or together, turned together or in one direction, combined, united (accusative with dhā-,"to unite or provide with"[ accusative or dative case of Persian and instrumental case or accusative of thing]) , entire, whole, complete, all (samyañcaḥ- sarve-,"all together")

sū

(see 1. sū-and5. su-) cl.2 A1. (

) sūte- (1. sg. proper suve-,3. sg. imperfect tense asūta-;in later language also sūyate-[

] and in compound with pra-also -savati-and -sauti-[ see

]; perfect tense sasūva-

; suṣuv/e-

etc.; susāva-

etc.; Aorist asuṣot-

; ṣavuḥ-

; asoṣṭa-

; asauṣīt-and asaviṣṭa- grammar; future sotā-, savitā-

; soṣy/ati-, te-

etc.; saviṣyati-, te-

etc.; parasmE-pada f. s/ūṣyantī-

; soṣy/antī-[ sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order ]

; infinitive mood s/ūtave-

; sūtav/ai-

; s/avitave-

; sotum-or savitum- grammar; ind.p. sūtv/ā-

; -sūya-

etc.; -s/utya-

), to beget, procreate, bring forth, bear, produce, yield

etc. etc.: Passive voice sūyate- (Aorist asāvi-), to be begotten or brought forth

etc.: Causal sāvayati- grammar : Desiderative -susūṣati-

syand

(or syad-;often confounded with spand-) cl.1 A1. (

) sy/andate- (Epic and mc. also ti-; perfect tense siṣy/anda-, siṣyad/uḥ-

; sasyande-, dire- grammar; Aorist 2. 3. sg. -asyān-

; asyandiṣṭa-, asyantta-, asyadat- grammar; future syanttā-, syanditā-

; syantsy/ati-

; syandiṣyate-, syantsyate- grammar; infinitive mood sy/ade-

; sy/anttum-

; ind.p. syanttv/ā-, syattv/ā-, -syadya-

; syanditvā- grammar), to move or flow on rapidly, flow, stream, run, drive (in a carriage), rush, hasten, speed

etc. ; to discharge liquid, trickle, ooze, drip, sprinkle, pour forth (accusative)

etc. ; to issue from (ablative)

: Causal syandayati- (Aorist /asiṣyadat-;Ved. infinitive mood syandayādhyai-), to stream, flow, run

etc. ; to cause to flow or run

: Desiderative sisyandiṣate-, sisyantsate-, sisyantsati- grammar : Intensive See acchā-syand-, under 3. accha-, and next.

tiryañc

mfn. (fr. tir/as-+ añ-

; Nominal verb m. ry/aṅ- n. ry/ak- f. r/aścī-,also ryañcī-

) going or lying crosswise or transversely or obliquely, oblique, transverse (opposed to anv-/añc-), horizontal (opposed to ūrdhv/a-)

etc.

tṛh

cl.7. (imperative tṛṇ/eḍhu-; subjunctive plural tṛṇ/ahān-; Aorist atṛham-

; atarhīt-

; atṛkṣat-,

; perfect tense tatarha-

; pr. p. Nominal verb m. tṛṃh/at-

; f. dual number hat/ī-

; ind.p. tṛḍhv/ā- Passive voice plural tṛhy/ante-, parasmE-pada hy/amāṇa-

; cl.6. tṛhati-, tṛṃh-

) to crush, bruise

: Desiderative titṛkṣati-, titṛṃhiṣati-

; see vi-- ; t/arhaṇa-, tṛṃhaṇa-, tṛḍh/a-.

uruvyañc

mfn. (vy/aṅ-, urūc/ī-, vy/ak-) extending far, capacious

vadharya

Nom. P. y/ati-, to hurl a thunderbolt (only f.of pr. p. vadhary/antī-,"casting a bolt", prob. = lightning)

vī

cl.2 P. (

) veti- (according to to some in the conjug. tenses substituted for aj-;2. sg. v/eṣi-also as imperative

;3. plural vy/anti-

; subjunctive 2. 3. sg. ves-

; imperative vīh/i-, vītāt-

;3. plural viyantu-

; parasmE-pada A1. vyān/a-

; perfect tense vivāya-, vivye-

; Aorist avaiṣīt- grammar;3. plural aveṣan- subjunctive veṣat-

; future vetā-, veṣyati- infinitive mood vetum- grammar), to go, approach, (either as a friend id est"seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy", or as an enemy id est"fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge")

; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel

; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two accusative)

; to get, procure

: Passive voice -vīy/ate- etc.

: Causal vāyayati- or vāpayati- (Aorist avīvayat-), to cause to go or approach etc. ; to impregnate

: Desiderative vivīṣati- grammar : Intensive , See ā-vī- and vevī-. ([ confer, compare according to to some, Latin ve-nari; German weida,Weide,weiden.])

yadvā

f. equals buddhi-, perception, mind, intelligence (?)

y/antave- (See under yam-below), yantavy/a-, yanti- etc. (See column 3) .

yam

cl.1 P. (

) y/acchati- (Vedic or Veda also te-,and Vedic or Veda Epic y/amati-, te-; perfect tense yayāma-, yeme-;2. sg. yayantha-,3. plural yem/uḥ-, yemir/e-

etc.;3. dual number irreg. -yamatuḥ-

; Aorist /ayān-, /ayamuh-; imperative yaṃsi-, yandh/i-; Potential yamyās-, yamīmahi-

; /ayāṃsam-, ayāṃsi-, /ayaṃsta- subjunctive yaṃsat-, satas-, sate-

;3. sg. -y/amiṣṭa-

; ayaṃsiṣam- grammar; future yantā-

; yaṃsyati-, yamiṣyati-

etc. infinitive mood y/antum-, yamitum-

; y/antave-, y/amitav/ai-

; ind.p. yatvā-, yamitvā-

etc.; y/atya-

; -yamya-

; -y/amam-

), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (A1."one's self";with locative case"to be founded on")

; to raise, wield (a weapon etc.; A1.with āyudhaih-,"to brandish weapons")

; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen etc.) over (dative case)

; (A1.) to extend one's self before (dative case)

; to raise (the other scale), weigh more

; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show

; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control

etc. ; to offer ; confer, grant, bestow on (dative case or locative case), present with (instrumental case)

etc. ; (with mārgam-), to make way for (genitive case)

; (with prati-and ablative), to give anything in exchange for anything

; (A1.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dative case)

; to raise, utter (a sound etc.)

; to fix, establish

; (A1.) to be firm, not budge

; to catch fire

(Scholiast or Commentator) : Passive voice yamy/ate- (Aorist /ayā-mī-), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained

etc. etc.: Causal yāmayati- (

), yamayati- (

etc.; te-

; Aorist ayīyamat-), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desiderative yiyaṃsati-, to wish to restrain etc.

: Intensive yaṃyamīti- (See ud-yam-) or yaṃyamyate- (

, Va1rtt. 2

) ([ confer, compare Greek ,"restraint, punishment."])

yantṛ

mfn. fixing, establishing

(f. y/antrī-)

yantu

See su-y/antu-.

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