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ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as (= , Latin que,placed like these particles as an enclitic after the word which it connects with what precedes;when used with a personal pronoun this must appear in its fuller accented form(exempli gratia, 'for example' t/ava ca m/ama ca-[not te ca me ca-],"both of thee and me") , when used after verbs the first of them is accented

;it connects whole sentences as well as parts of sentences;in

the double ca-occurs more frequently than the single(exempli gratia, 'for example' ah/aṃ ca tv/aṃ ca-,"I and thou",

);the double ca-may also be used somewhat redundantly in class. Sanskrit(exempli gratia, 'for example' kva hariṇakānāṃ jīvitaṃ cātilolaṃ kva ca vajra-sārāḥ śarās te-,"where is the frail existence, of fawns and where are thy adamantine arrows?"

);in later literature, however, the first ca-is more usually omitted(exempli gratia, 'for example' ahaṃ tvaṃ ca-),and when more than two things are enumerated only one ca-is often found(exempli gratia, 'for example' tejasā yaśasā lakṣmyā sthityā ca parayā-,"in glory, in fame, in beauty, and in high position"

);elsewhere, when more than two things are enumerated, ca-is placed after some and omitted after others(exempli gratia, 'for example' ṛṇa-dātā ca vaidyaś ca śrotriyo nadī-,"the payer of a debt and a physician [and] a Brahman [and] a river"

);in Vedic or Veda and even in class. Sanskrit[

] , when the double ca-would generally be used, the second may occasionally be omitted(exempli gratia, 'for example' indraś ca soma-,"both indra- [and thou] soma-"

; durbhedyaś cāśusaṃdheyaḥ-,"both difficult to be divided [and] quickly united"

);with lexicographers ca-may imply a reference to certain other words which are not expressed(exempli gratia, 'for example' kamaṇḍalau ca karakaḥ-,"the word karaka-has the meaning "pitcher"and other meanings");sometimes ca-is equals eva-,even, indeed, certainly, just(exempli gratia, 'for example' su-cintitaṃ cauṣadhaṃ na nāma-mātreṇa karoty arogam-,"even a well-devised remedy does not cure a disease by its mere name"

; yāvanta eva te tāvāṃśca saḥ-,"as great as they [were] just so great was he"

);occasionally ca-is disjunctive,"but","on the contrary","on the other hand","yet","nevertheless"(varam ādyau na cāntimaḥ-,"better the two first but not the last"

; śāntam idam āśrama-padaṃ sphurati ca bāhuḥ-,"this hermitage is tranquil yet my arm throbs"

); ca-ca-,though-yet

; ca-na ca-,though - yet not

; ca-- na tu-(varia lectio nanu-) idem or 'm. the letter or sound ca-.',

; na ca-- ca-,though not - yet

; ca-may be used for vā-,"either","or"(exempli gratia, 'for example' iha cāmutra vā-,"either here or hereafter"

; strī vā pumān vā yac cānyat sattvam-,"either a woman or a man or any other being"

) , and when a negative particle is joined with ca-the two may then be translated by"neither","nor";occasionally one ca-or one na-is omitted(exempli gratia, 'for example' na ca paribhoktuṃ naiva śaknomi hātum-,"I am able neither to enjoy nor to abandon"

; na pūrvāhṇe nā ca parāhṇe-,"neither in the forenoon nor in the afternoon"); ca-ca-may express immediate connection between two acts or their simultaneous occurrence(exempli gratia, 'for example' mama ca muktaṃ tamasā mano manasijena dhanuṣi śaraś ca niveśitaḥ-,"no sooner is my mind freed from darkness than a shaft is fixed on his bow by the heart-born god",

); ca-is sometimes equals ced-,"if"(confer, compare

;the verb is accented)

; ca-may be used as an expletive(exempli gratia, 'for example' anyaiś ca kratubhiś ca-,"and with other sacrifices"); ca-is often joined to an adverb like eva-, api-, tathā-, tathaiva-,etc., either with or without a negative particle(exempli gratia, 'for example' vairiṇaṃ nopaseveta sahāyaṃ caiva vairiṇaḥ-,"one ought not to serve either an enemy or the ally of an enemy"

);(See eva-, api-,etc.) For the meaning of ca-after an interrogativeSee 2. k/a-,2. kath/ā-, k/im-, kv/a-); ([ confer, compare , Latin que,pe(innempeetc.); Gothic uh; Zend ca; Old Persian ca1.])

a pronominal base appearing in k/utas-, k/utra-, kuv/id-, k/uha-, kv/a-, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt

kū

ind. (equals kv/a-) where?

kuvaya

m. (equals kv/ayi-) a kind of bird

kva

ind. y/atra kv/a-ca- idem or 'ind. yatra kvāpi-, wherever, in whatsoever place '

kvācitka

See kv/a-.

kvāpi

See kv/a-.

ric

cl.7 P. A1. (

) riṇ/akti-, riṅkte- cl.1 P. (

) recati- ; cl.4 A1. (confer, compare Passive voice) r/icyate- (Epic also ti-; perfect tense rir/eca-, riric/e-

etc. etc.: riricyām-, arirecīt-

; parasmE-pada ririkv/as-, riricān/a-

; Aorist /āraik-

; arikṣi-

; aricat-

; future rektā- grammar, rekṣyati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood rektum- grammar), to empty, evacuate, leave, give up, resign

; to release, set free

; to part with id est sell ("for" instrumental case)

; to leave behind, take the place of (accusative), supplant

; to separate or remove from (ablative)

: Passive voice ricy/ate- (Aorist areci-), to be emptied etc.

etc. ; to be deprived of or freed from (ablative)

; to be destroyed, perish

: Causal (or cl.10.

; Aorist arīricat-), to make empty

; to discharge, emit (as breath, with or scilicet mārutam-),

; to abandon, give up

: Desiderative ririkṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive rericyate-, rerekti-

[ confer, compare Zend ric; Greek , ; Latin linquo,licet; Lithuanian likti; Gothic leihwan; Anglo-Saxon leo4n; English loan,lend; German li7han,leihen.]

ṛkvat

See ṛkv/a- below.

ruc

cl.1 A1. (

) rocate- (Vedic or Veda and Epic also ti-; perfect tense ruroca-, ruruc/e-

etc.; subjunctive rurucanta- Potential rurucyās-

; parasmE-pada rurukv/as-, rurucān/a-

; Aorist arucat-

; arociṣṭa-

etc.; arukta-

; parasmE-pada rucān/a-

; Aorist Passive voice aroci-

; preceding rucīya-

; rociṣīya-

; ruciṣīya-

; future rocitā- grammar; rociṣyate-

; infinitive mood rocitum-

; ruc/e-

; ind.p. rucitvā-or rocitvā-

), to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent

etc. ; (only in perfect tense P.) to make bright or resplendent

; to be splendid or beautiful or good

etc. ; to be agreeable to, please (dative case or genitive case)

etc. ; to be pleased with, like (accusative)

; to be desirous of, long for (dative case)

: Causal roc/ayati-, te- (Aorist /arūrucat-, cata-; Passive voice rocyate-), to cause to shine

; to enlighten, illuminate, make bright

; to make pleasant or beautiful

; to cause any one (accusative) to long for anything (dative case)

; to find pleasure in, like, approve, deem anything right (accusative or infinitive mood)

etc. ; to choose as (double accusative)

; to purpose, intend

; (Passive voice) to be pleasant or agreeable to (dative case)

: Desiderative ruruciṣate- or rurociṣate- grammar : Intensive (only p. r/orucāna-) to shine bright

[ confer, compare Greek , ;lux,luceo,luna,lumen; Gothic liuhath,lauhmuni; German lioht,lieht,licht; Anglo-Saxon leo4ht; English light.]

śuc

cl.1 P. (

) śocati- (Ved. and Epic also te-;once in

-śucyati-[ see saṃ-śuc-];and in

śocimi-; perfect tense śuśoca-Impv. śuśugdhi- Potential śuśucīta-, parasmE-pada śuśukv/as-and śuśucān/a- Aorist aśucat-[ parasmE-pada śuc/at-and śuc/amāna-]

; aśocīt-[2. sg. śocīḥ-]

; aśociṣṭa- grammar; preceding śucyāsam-

; future śoktā-or śocitā-

; śuciṣyati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood śuc/adhyai-

; śoktum-or śocitum-

etc.; ind.p. śocitvā-

; śucitvā-

) to shine, flame, gleam, glow, burn

; to suffer violent heat or pain, be sorrowful or afflicted, grieve, mourn at or for (locative case or accusative with prati-)

etc. ; to bewail, lament, regret (accusative)

etc. ; to be absorbed in deep meditation

; (cl.4. P. A1. śucyati-, te-) to be bright or pure

(see Causal and śuci-) ; to be wet

; to decay, be putrid, stink

: Passive voice (only Aorist /aśoci-) to be kindled, burn, flame

: Causal śoc/ayati-, te- (parasmE-pada śuc/ayat-[ q.v ]

; Aorist aśūśucat-, śūśucat-

), to set on fire, burn

; to cause to suffer pain, afflict, distress

; to feel pain or sorrow, grieve, mourn

; to lament, regret

; to purify

: Passive voice of Causal śocyate-

: Desiderative śuśuciṣati- or śuśociṣati-

: Intensive śośucyate-, śośokti-, to shine or flame brightly grammar (only ś/ośucan-

; see ś/ośucat-, ś/ośucāna-, śośucyamāna-).

śuśukvana

kv/ani- See .

svarita

m. n. the svarita- accent (a kind of mixed tone, produced by a combination of high and low tone, and therefore named in

sam-āhāra-,the high and low tones being called ud-ātta-,"raised"or"acute", and an-udātta-,"low"or"grave";the svarita- corresponds to the Greek circumflex and is of four kinds, viz. kṣaipra-[as in vy-/āpta-for v/i-āpta-], jātya-[as in kv/a-for k/ua-], praśliṣṭa-[as in div/īva-for div/i iva-],or abhinihita-[as in t/e 'bruvan-for t/e abruvan-];it is marked in

by a small upright stroke above a syllable;and when produced by an udātta-immediately preceding is sometimes called "a dependent svarita-", and, when it properly belongs to a word, an"independent svarita-")

svid

ind. (prob. fr. 5. su-+ id-; see kuvid-) a particle of interrogation or inquiry or doubt, often translatable by"do you think?""perhaps","pray","indeed","any"(especially used after the interrogative ka-and its derivatives exempli gratia, 'for example' kaḥ svid eṣām brāhmaṇānām anucāna-tamaḥ-,"pray who [or"who do you think"] is the most learned of these brahman-s?"

;but also without another interrogative exempli gratia, 'for example' tvaṃ svin no yājñavalkya brakmiṣṭho 'si-,"do you think yājñavalkya-, you are the greatest Brahman among us?"

;also used after uta-, api-, āho-,and utāho-,and disjunctively in the first or second or both parts of a double interrogation, thus: kiṃnu-svid-; kiṃsvid-svid-; svid-svid-; svid-utāho-; nu-svid-; svid-nu-; svid-uta-; svid-vā-; svid-kimu-; svid-kim-nukim-;sometimes making a preceding interrogative indefinite exempli gratia, 'for example' kv/a svid-,"anywhere"; k/aḥ svid-,"whoever","any one";similarly with yad- exempli gratia, 'for example' yad svid dīyate-,"whatever is given"

;sometimes apparently a mere expletive)

vic

(confer, compare vij-) cl.7 P. A1. (

) vin/akti-, viṅkte- (2. sg. vivekṣi-

; perfect tense viveca-

, parasmE-pada vivikv/as-

Aorist avaikṣīt- grammar; future vektā-, vekṣyati-

; infinitive mood vektum-

; indeclinable -vicya-. -vecam-

), to sift, separate (especially grain from chaff by winnowing)

; to separate from, deprive of (instrumental case)

; to discriminate, discern, judge

: Passive voice vicy/ate- (Aorist aveci-)

etc.: Causal -vecayati- (Aorist avīvicat-) See vi-vic-: Desiderative vivikṣati- grammar : Intensive (or cl.3. See

) vevekti-

[ confer, compare Greek ; Latin vicesetc.]

vivaktṛ

vi-vakv/at- See under vi-vac-, column 3.

vivikta

vi-vikv/as- etc. See below.

yatra

ind. (in veda- also y/atrā-;fr. 3. ya-,correlative of t/atra-,and often used for the locative case of the relative pronoun) in or to which place, where, wherein, wherever, whither

etc. (yatra yatra-,"wherever","whithersoever"; yatra tatra-or yatra tatrāpi-,"anywhere whatever"or equals yasmiṃs tasmin-,"in whatever"; yatra tatra dine-,"on any day whatever"; yatra kutra-,with or without cit-or api-,"everywhere"or equals yasmin kasmin-,"in whatever"; y/atra kv/a ca-or yatra kva cana-,"wherever","in any place whatever","whithersoever"; yatra kva ca-,"anywhere whatever"; yatra kvāpi-,"to any place","hither and thither"; yatra vā-,"or elsewhere")

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