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abhyūrṇu

abhy-/ūrṇoti- (Imper. 2. sg. -ūrṇuhi-) to cover, conceal

: A1. -ūrṇut/e- (parasmE-pada f. -urṇvān/ā-) to cover or conceal one's self

āsū

P. /ā-suvati- 1. (parasmE-pada -suvān/a-) to excite towards ; to throw to, send off towards ; to assign to, bring quickly, procure ; to yield, grant

avadhū

Ved. P. (Imper. 2. sg. -dhūnuhi-,2. plural -dhūnutā-) to shake off or out or down

etc.: A1. (2. sg. -dhūnuṣ/e-; imperfect tense 2. sg. -dhūnuthās-; Aorist -adhūṣata-; perf. Potential -dudhuvīta-; parasmE-pada -dhūnvān/a-) to shake off (as enemies or evil spirits or anything disagreeable), frighten away

: Causal (Potential -dhūnayet-) to shake

cyavana

n. see duś-cyavan/a-.

dhiti

f. See nem/a--, mitr/a--, van/a--, v/asu--.

dhū

cl.5 P. A1. dhūn/oti-, nut/e-

; dhunoti-, nute-

etc. ; cl.6 P. (

) dhuvati-

(confer, compare ni--; Potential dhūvet-

) ; cl.9 P. A1. (

) Potential dhunīyāt-

; parasmE-pada A1. dhunāna-

; cl.1 P. (

) dhavati- ; cl.2 A1., 3. plural dhuvate- (dhunv/ate-?)

; parasmE-pada dhuvān/a-

(perfect tense dudhāva-

, dhuve-

; dudhuvīta-and dūdhot-

: Aorist adhūṣṭa-,3. plural ṣata-

; adhoṣṭa-, adhaviṣṭa-; adhauṣīt-, adhāvīt- grammar; future dhaviṣyati-, te-

etc.; dhoṣyati-, te-, dhotā-& dhavitā- grammar; ind.p. dhūtvā-

, -dh/ūya-

etc.; infinitive mood dhavitum- grammar) to shake, agitate, cause to tremble

etc. ; to shake down from (exempli gratia, 'for example' fruits [ accusative ] from a tree [ accusative ])

; (oftener A1.) to shake off, remove, liberate one's self from (accusative)

etc. ; to fan, kindle (a fire)

etc. ; to treat roughly, hurt, injure, destroy

; to strive against, resist

: Passive voice dhūy/ate-

etc. (parasmE-pada dhūyat-

): Causal dhāvayati- (

) and dhūnayati- (See dhūna-): Desiderative dudhūṣati-, te- grammar ; Intensive dodhavīti-

(parasmE-pada dodhuvat d/avidhvat-

) ; dodhūyate-, parasmE-pada yamāna-and yat-

; so shake or move violently (trans. and intr.) ; to shake off or down ; to fan or kindle. [ confer, compare dhav-and dhāv-; Greek , .]

(see hay-) cl.5 P. (

) hin/oti- (Vedic or Veda also hinut/e-, h/invati-and hinv/ati-, te-; parasmE-pada hinvān/a-[with act. and pass. sense]

; h/ayat-

: sg. hiṣe-

; perfect tense jighāya-, jighyuḥ-

etc.; jighye-[with pass. sense]

; Aorist /ahema- /ahema-, ahyan-, heta- parasmE-pada hiyān/a-[with pass. sense]

; ahyam-[?], /ahait-

; ahaiṣīt-

; aheṣata-

; future hetā- grammar; heṣyati-

etc.; infinitive mood -hy/e-

), to send forth, set in motion, impel, urge on, hasten on (A1.also intrans.)

; to stimulate or incite to (dative case)

; to assist or help to (dative case)

; to discharge, hurl, cast, shoot

; to convey, bring, procure

; to forsake, abandon, get rid of

; (hinvati-) to gladden, delight

: Passive voice hīyate- (Aorist ahāyi-) grammar : Causal hāyuyati- (Aorist ajīhayat-)

: Desiderative of Causal jihāpayiṣati-

: Desiderative jighīṣati-

: Intensive jeghīyate-, jeghayīti-, jegheti-

hinv

hinv/a-, hinvān/a- See 1. hi-.

huvadhyai

huvān/a- See hve-.

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 .]

navan

plural (Nominal verb accusative r/ava-; instrumental case nav/abhis- ablative dative case bhyas- locative case su-;Class, also navabh/is-, bhy/as-, s/u-; genitive case navān/ām-

) nine

[ confer, compare Zend navan; Greek for fr fa Latin,no7vem; Gothic and Old HGerm.niun,OSax. and Anglo-Saxon nigun,NHGerm.neun, English nine.]

nisvara

m. Name of agni-

(varia lectio ni-svan/a-).

pinv

cl.1 P. (

) p/invati- (parasmE-pada p/invat-

; pinv/at-

; perfect tense pipinva-

; A1.3. plural pinvir/e-; parasmE-pada pinvān/a-

; Aorist apinvīt- grammar; future pinviṣyati-, vitā-

), to cause to swell, distend ; to cause to overflow or abound

; A1. p/invate-, to swell, be distended, abound, overflow

(also A1. P.and in

P.for A1.) : Causal pinv/ayati- = P. pinvati-

prātisatvanam

ind. in the direction of the satvan- (sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order)

(-sutvan/am-

)

pravaṇa

m. (prob. fr. 1. pra-and suffix vana- see vag-van/a-, sat-van/a-, śuśuk-van/a-;but according to

fr. pra-and vana-,"wood";according to others from pru-) or n. (?) the side of a hill, slope, declivity, abyss, depth

(in

only locative case sg. and once plural;in

also ablative sg.)

stu

cl.2 P. A1. (

; see

) st/auti- or stavīti-, stute- or stuvīte- (in

also st/avate-,3. sg. stave-[with pass. sense], 1. 3. sg. stuṣ/e- imperative stoṣi-, parasmE-pada [mostly with pass. sense] stuvān/a-, st/avāna-or stavān/a-, st/avamāna-;in

stunvanti-,in

parasmE-pada stunvāna-; perfect tense tuṣṭāva-, tuṣṭuv/us-, tuṣṭuv/e-

etc.; Aorist astāvīt-or astauṣīt-

etc.; stoṣat-, stoṣāṇi-

; /astoṣṭa-

etc.; preceding stūyāt- grammar; future stavitā-or stotā-

; future staviṣy/ati-, te-

; stoṣyati-, te-

etc.; Conditional astoṣyat-

; infinitive mood stotum-

etc.; stavitum-

; st/otave-, stav/adhyai-

; ind.p. stutv/ā-

etc.; -st/utya-

etc.; -stūya-

etc.), to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns (in ritual,"to chant" , with locative case of the text from which the sāman- comes)

etc. etc.: Passive voice stūy/ate- (Aorist astāvi-), to be praised or celebrated ; stāyamāna- mfn. being praised

: Causal stāvayati- (Aorist atuṣṭavat-

; ṭuvat-

), to praise, celebrate ; (stāvayate-), to cause to praise or celebrate

: Desiderative tuṣṭūṣati-, te- (past participle tuṣṭūṣita-), to wish to celebrate

: Intensive toṣṭūyate-, toṣṭoti- grammar

cl.5 P. A1. (

) sun/oti-, sunute- (in

plural sunv/anti-, sunvir/e-[with pass. sense] and suṣvati-; parasmE-pada sunv/at-or sunvān/a-[the latter with act. and pass. sense]

; perfect tense suṣāva-, suṣuma-etc.

; parasmE-pada in veda- suṣuv/as-and suṣvāṇ/a-[the later generally with pass. sense; according to to

, also suṣuvāṇa-with act. sense]; Aorist according to to grammar asāvīt-or asauṣīt-, asoṣṭa-or asaviṣṭa-;in

also imperative s/otu-, sut/am-,and p. [mostly pass.] suvān/a-[but the spoken form is svān/a-and so written in

, suv-in

];and 3. plural asuṣavuḥ-

; future sotā-

; soṣyati-

; saviṣyati-

; infinitive mood s/otave-, s/otos-

; sotum- grammar; ind.p. -s/utya-

; -sūya-

), to press out, extract (especially the juice from the soma- plant for libations)

; to distil, prepare (wine, spirits etc.) Scholiast or Commentator on

: Passive voice sūy/ate- (in

also A1.3. sg. sunve-and 3. plural sunvir/e-with pass. sense; Aorist /asāvi-

) : Causal -sāvayati- or -ṣāvayati- (See abhi-ṣu-and pra-su-; Aorist asūṣavat- according to to some asīṣavat-) grammar : Desiderative of Causal suṣāvayiṣati-

: Desiderative susūṣati-, te-

: Intensive soṣūyate-, soṣavīti-, soṣoti-

tan

cl.8 P. A1. n/oti-, nut/e- (3. plural nv/ate-[ /ā--and vi-tanvat/e-

]

; imperative nu-[ /ava-and v/i-tanuhi-

; see

Va1rtt. 1

]

; nuṣva-

; subjunctive 2. sg. nuthās-,

;1. dual number navāvahai-,

; imperfect tense 3. plural /atanvata-,

; perfect tense P. tat/āna-,once tāt-

;2. sg. tat/antha-[

],class. tenitha-[

]; A1.1. 2. 3. sg. [ /ā--] tatane-, [abh/i-]tatniṣe-, [v/i-]tatne-

;3. sg. irregular tate-,

;3. plural tatnir/e-[

v/i--

] or ten-[

(vi--)etc.; see

]; Aorist P. /atan-

; [/ā-]atān-,

;

;[ p/ari--, v/i--] atanat-

; [anv-/ā]atāṃsīt-

; atānīt-

; tat/anat-, [abh/i-]t/anāma-, t/anan-

;2. plural ataniṣṭa-

;3. dual number atāniṣṭām-

; A1. atata-or ataniṣṭa-, atathās-or ataniṣṭhās-

;3. plural /atnata-

; tat/ananta-,

;1. sg. atasi- plural ataṃsmahi-

; future 2nd taṃsy/ate-

; future 1st [vi-]tāyitā-

; parasmE-pada proper tanv/at-, vān/a-; perfect tense tatanv/as-; ind.p. tatvā-, tv/āya-, -t/atya-

;[ vi--] tāya-

; infinitive mood tantum-

; Passive voice tāy/ate-

[ parasmE-pada y/amāna-]

etc.; tanyate-

; Aorist atāyi-

) to extend, spread, be diffused (as light) over, shine, extend towards, reach to

etc. ; to be protracted, continue, endure

; to stretch (a cord), extend or bend (a bow), spread, spin out, weave

etc. ; to emboss

; to prepare (a way for)

; to direct (one's way, gatim-) towards

; to propagate (one's self or one's family, tanūs-, tantum-)

; to (spread id est to) speak (words)

; to protract

; to put forth, show, manifest, display, augment

etc. (Passive voice to be put forth or extended, increase

) ; to accomplish, perform (a ceremony)

etc. ; to sacrifice

; to compose (a literary work)

; to render (any one thirsty, double accusative)

: Desiderative titaniṣati-, taṃsati-, tāṃs-

: Intensive tantanyate-, tantanīti-,

; ([ see , etc.])

van

cl.1 P. (

) v/anati- (Vedic or Veda also te-,and van/ati-) ; cl.8 P. A1. (

) van/oti-, vanut/e- (perfect tense vāv/āna-, vāv/antha-, vavanm/a-, vavn/e-; parasmE-pada vavanv/as-

; Aorist vanta-, v/aṃsva-

; vaṃsat-, sate-

; vaniṣat-

; ṣanta-

; vanuṣanta-,

; Potential vaṃsīmahi-, vasīmahi-

; preceding vaniṣīṣṭa-

vaṃsiṣīya-

; future vaniśā- grammar; vaniṣyate-,

; infinitive mood vanitum- grammar; -vantave-

), to like, love, wish, desire

; to gain, acquire, procure (for one's self or others)

; to conquer, win, become master of, possess

; to prepare, make ready for, aim at, attack

; to hurt, injure

(

also"to sound";"to serve, honour, worship, help, aid") : Causal vanayati- or vānayati-

;

varia lectio (confer, compare saṃ-van-): Desiderative v/ivāsati-, te-, to attract, seek to win over

: Intensive (only vāv/anaḥ-and vāvandh/i-;but confer, compare vanīvan-) to love, like

[ confer, compare Latin venia,Venus; Got.gawinnan; German gewinnen; English win.]

van

equals v/ana- (only in genitive case and locative case plural van/ām- v/aṃsu-),"wood"or,"a wooden vessel"

vanad

(only plural van/adaḥ-), longing, earnest desire

(

equals vanantaḥ- equals sambhaktāraḥ-;others translate me van-/adaḥ-,"of me, the wood-devourer") .

vanadhiti

(van/a--) f. (prob.) a layer of wood to be laid on an altar

vanoddesa

vanopaplava-, van/askas- See .

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