Sanskrit Dictionary

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वै

ind. a particle of emphasis and affirmation, generally placed after a word and laying stress on it (it is usually translatable by"indeed","truly","certainly","verily","just" etc.;it is very rare in the

;more frequent in the

, and very common in the brāhmaṇa-s and in works that imitate their style;in the sūtra-s it is less frequent and almost restricted to the combination yady u vai-;in manu-

and the kāvya-s it mostly appears at the end of a line, and as a mere expletive. In

it is frequently followed by u-in the combination v/ā u-[both particles are separated

];it is also preceded by u-and various other particles exempli gratia, 'for example' by /id-, /aha-, ut/a-;in the brāhmaṇa-s it often follows ha-, ha sma-, eva-;in later language api-and tu-.Accord. to some it is also a vocative particle).

Macdonell Search

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iti	ad. so, thus (quoting words or thoughts, generally at the end, sts. at beg. or near the end, serving the purpose of inverted commas, and supplying the place of oratio obliqua; it is also used to conclude an enumeration, with or without ka): iti tathâ karoti, so saying, he acts accordingly (stage direction); iti kritvâ, so saying, therefore, considering that --; kimiti=kim, why? (sts. =iti kim). iti½iti, iti½iva, iti½uta, iti½e vam, iti sma, iti ha, iti ha sma=iti (sts. iti is followed pleonastically by a dem. prn.).

vai	post positive pcl. emphasizing the preceding word: rare in the Samhitâs, very common in Br. (often indicating the beginning of a clause) and E.; in S. gnly. only in the combination yadi½u vai; in E. and Manu vai is very common at the end of a pâda as a mere expletive; with other pcls.: vâ u (RV.); ha vaí, ha sma vai, eva vai (Br.); api vai, tu vai (C.).

Bloomfield Vedic
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adha	smā te vrajanaṃ etc. # see adha sma etc.

Vedabase Search

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ha sma	indeed	SB 5.6.16

ha sma	indeed	SB 5.6.16

karaha smaraṇa	you should remember	CC Antya 8.21

tumi karaha smaraṇa	please remember	CC Antya 19.7

karaha smaraṇa	you should remember	CC Antya 8.21

tumi karaha smaraṇa	please remember	CC Antya 19.7

tumi karaha smaraṇa	please remember	CC Antya 19.7

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