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acchāsyand

Caus. to flow near (Aorist -/asiṣyadat-)

,2: Intensive to cause to flow near (participle Nominal verb sg. m. -s/aniṣyadat-)

adhvarīya

Nom. P. (2. sg. rīy/asi-; parasmE-pada riy/at-) to perform an adhvara-

ākṝ

(2. sg. subjunctive -kir/āsi-and imperative -kirā-; parasmE-pada f. -kir/antī-) to scatter or sprinkle over, give abundantly

aś

aśn/āti- (Potential aśnīyāt-; parasmE-pada aśn/at-(See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order 1. aśna-); Aorist subjunctive aśīt-

; future parasmE-pada aśiṣy/at-

, perf. /āsa-

; perf. p. āśivas-See /an-āśvas- sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order /an-āsaka-; Pass.p. aśy/amāna-

) to eat, consume (with accusative [this only in classical Sanskrit] or genitive case)

etc. ; to enjoy

: Causal āśayati- (

; Aorist āśiśat-

) to cause to eat, feed

; (with double accusative; see

)

; (see /āśita-): Desiderative /aśiśiṣāti- (

) to wish to eat

: Intensive aśāśyate-

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.])

asiknī

Ved. f. of 2. /asita- q.v

asita

mf(ā-;Ved. /asiknī-)n. (sita-,"white", appears to have been formed from this word, which is probably original, and not a compound of a-and sita-; see asura-and sura-), dark-coloured, black

etc.

asitagrīva

mfn. (/asita--) having a black neck

(

)

asitavarṇa

(/asita--) mfn. dark-coloured

aśithilaṃbhāva

(/aśithilaṃ-bh-) m. the becoming tight or firm

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.]

hve

cl.1 P. A1. (

) hv/ayati-, te- (Vedic or Veda also h/avate-and huv/ati-, te-; other present forms are hve-

; hvāmahe-

; h/oma-, hūm/ahe-, juhūm/asi-

; p. huvān/a-[with pass. sense]

; hvayāna-

; perfect tense juhāva-, juhuvuḥ-

etc.; juhv/e-, juhūr/e-

; juhuve-, huhurire-

; hvayāṃ-āsa-and hvayāṃ-cakre-

; Aorist /ahvat-, ahvata-[or ahvāsta-

]

etc. etc.; ahvi-

; /ahūmahi-, ahūṣata-

; ahvāsīt-[?]

; future hvātā- grammar; hvayiṣyati-, te-

; hvāsyate-

; infinitive mood Class. hvātum-; Vedic or Veda h/avitave-, hv/ayitum-, tav/ai-; huv/adhyai-; ind.p. Class. hūtvā-;Ved. -h/ūya-and -hāvam-), to call, call upon, summon, challenge, invoke (with nāmnā-,"to call by name"; with yuddhe-,"to challenge to fight")

etc. ; to emulate, vie with

: Passive voice hūy/ate- (Aorist /ahāvi-,or ahvāyi-), to be called etc.

: Causal hvāyayati- (Aorist ajūhavat-or ajuhāvat-), to cause anyone (accusative) to be challenged by (instrumental case)

: Desiderative juhūṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive johūyate- or j/ohavīti- (johuvanta-, ajohavuḥ-, j/ohuvat-, j/ohuvāna-

) or johoti- (grammar), to call on, invoke etc. [ confer, compare Greek .]

pariprasyand

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

pāśī

f. (for 1.See under pāśa-) a stone

(varia lectio p/asī-; see pāṣ/aṇa-, pāṣī-).

prā

cl.2 P. (

) prāti- (perfect tense P. papr/au-or paprā-,2. sg. paprātha-, parasmE-pada papriv/as- f. pr/uṣī-

; A1. papre-,2. sg. priṣe-

; papre-as Passive voice,Bhatt aor 3. sg. aprāt-or aprās-

; subjunctive pr/ās-or pr/āsi-

; Aorist Passive voice aprāyi-

), to fill

[ confer, compare Greek , ; Latin ple1-nus.]

śri

cl.1 P. A1. (

) śrayati-, te- (perfect tense śiśr/āya-, śiśriy/e-; Aorist /aśret-, āśriyan-

; aśrait-

; /aśiśriyat-

etc.; aśrāyiṣṭa- grammar [Ved. forms belonging either to the perfect tense or Aorist type are also aśiśret-, śrema-, śrayuḥ-, śiśrīt/a-]; future śrayitā- grammar; śrayiṣyati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood śrayitum-

; śrayitav/ai-

; ind.p. śrayitvā-

etc., -śr/itya-

etc.) P. to cause to lean or rest on, lay on or in, fix on, fasten to, direct or turn towards, (especially) spread or diffuse (light or radiance or beauty) over (locative case)

; (A1.or Passive voice,rarely P.) to lean on, rest on, recline against (accusative), cling to (locative case), be supported or fixed or depend on, abide in or on (accusative locative case or adverb)

; (A1. P.) to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to (for help or refuge) , tend towards (accusative)

etc. ; (A1.) to go into, enter, fall to the lot or take possession of (accusative or locative case)

; (A1. P.) to attain, undergo, get into any state or condition (accusative)

etc. ; to assume (with śrāvikā-tvam-,"to assume the form of a śrāvikā-", q.v)

; to show, betray (heroism)

; to honour, worship

: Passive voice śrīyate- (Aorist /aśrāyi-: confer, compare above)

etc. etc.: Causal śrāpayati- (in uc-chr-)

; śrāyayati- (Aorist aśiśrayat-;for aśiśriyat-See above) grammar : Desiderative śiśrayiṣati-, te- or śiśrīṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive śeśrīyate-, śeśrayīti-, śeśreti-

[ confer, compare Greek , ; Latin clino,clivus; Lithuanian szly4ti,szle14ti,szlai4tas; Gothic hlains;hlaiw; German hline7n,line7n,lehnen; Anglo-Saxon hlinian; English lean.]

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.

trai

cl.1 A1. tr/āyate- (imperative yatām-,2. sg. yasva-and tr/āsva- plural yadhvam-and tr/ādhvam-

; Epic trāti-, trātu-, trāhi-; Aorist subjunctive trāsate-,2. dual number tr/āsāthe- preceding tr/āsīthām-

; infinitive mood trātum-

etc.; ind.p. trātvā-

) to protect, preserve, cherish, defend, rescue from (genitive case or ablative) ; see pari--, saṃ--.

tṛp

cl.4. t/ṛpyati- ([

etc.;metrically also te-]) cl.5. [Subj. 2. sg. tṛpṇ/avas- imperative ṇuhi-, ṇut/am-

(See also /a-tṛpṇuvat-); noti-

and gaRa kṣubhnādi-] cl.6. [2. sg. tṛmp/asi- imperative p/a-, patu-,etc.

; see

Va1rtt. 1

; tṛpati-

; perfect tense parasmE-pada A1. tātṛpāṇ/a-

; P. tatarpa-;3. plural tātṛpur-

; Aorist atṛpat-

or atrāpsīt-

vArttika; atarpīt-, atārpsīt-

; future 1st tarpiṣyati-(but see

), tarpsy-, trapsy-; Conditional atrapsyat-

; future 2nd tarpitā-, ptā-, traptā-

] to satisfy one's self, become satiated or satisfied, be pleased with (genitive case instrumental case,or rarely locative case exempli gratia, 'for example' nāgnis tṛpyati kāṣṭhānām-,"fire is not satisfied with wood"

; /atṛpyan brāhmaṇ/ā dh/anaiḥ-,"the brahman-s were pleased with wealth"

)

etc. ; to enjoy (with ablative)

; to satisfy, please

: cl.1. tarpati-, to kindle

: Causal tarpayati-, rarely te- (imperfect tense atarpayat-

etc.; parasmE-pada tarp/ayat-

; Aorist atītṛpat-

; /atītṛpāma-

; infinitive mood t/arpayitav/ai-

) to satiate, satisfy, refresh, gladden

etc. ; A1. to become satiated or satisfied

; to kindle

: Desiderative (subjunctive t/itṛpsāt-) to wish to enjoy

: Causal Desiderative (Potential titarpayiṣet-) to wish to satiate or refresh or satisfy

: Intensive tarītṛpyate-, tarītarpti-, trapti-

; ([ see tṛph-;.])

tvac

f. with kṛṣṇ/ā- or /asiknī-,"the black cover", darkness

upas

only locative case up/asi- ([ equals upasthe-

]),"in the lap"

vaś

cl.2 P. (

) v/aṣṭi-, (1. plural uśm/asi-,or śmasi-

;3. plural uś/anti-

; parasmE-pada uś/at-, uśān/a-and uś/amāna-

; cl.1. v/aśati-and cl.3. vivaṣṭi-[also vav/aṣṭi-],2. sg. vav/akṣi-

; perfect tense vāvaś/uḥ-, śe-; parasmE-pada śān/a-

; uvāśa-, ūśuḥ- grammar; Aorist avāśīt-

;2. sg. vaśīh-

preceding uśyāt- grammar; future vaśitā-, śiṣyati-

), to will, command (parasmE-pada uś/amāna-,"having at command")

; to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like (also with infinitive mood)

etc. etc. (parasmE-pada uś/at-and uśān/a-,"willing, glad, eager, zealous, obedient";the former with superl. uśat-tama-,also = charming, lovely

[accord. to Scholiast or Commentator also equals śuddha-, dedīpyamāna-,and sv-arcita-]) ; to aver, maintain, affirm, declare for (two accusative)

: Causal vāśayati- (Aorist avīvaśat-), to cause to desire etc. ; to get in one's power, subject

: Desiderative vivaśiṣati- grammar Intensive vāvaśyate-, vāvaśīti-, or vāvaṣṭi-

; parasmE-pada vāvaśān/a-,"willing, eager"

[ confer, compare Greek , for,"willing."]

vas

cl.10 P. vāsayati- (Aorist avīvasat-), to love ; to cut off ; to accept, take ; to offer ; to kill (ni-vāsita-,killed)

(only with preposition;See pari-vas-;but according to to some the imperative vasiṣva-[

] and uṣa-,"a lover"[

], and v/asiṣṭha-[

] belong also to this root, which has developed an obscene meaning = Greek , futuere) .

vaśī

f. in urv/aśī- q.v

vāśīmat

(v/āśī--) mfn. having a sharp knife, armed with an axe

vasiṣṭha

mfn. (superl. fr. 1. v/asu-; see v/asīyas-and under3. vas-) most excellent, best, richest

vasyas

mfn. equals v/asīyas-, better, more excellent or glorious, wealthier or richer than (ablative)

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-).

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