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cyavana

m. (later form for cy/avāna-) Name of a ṛṣi- (son of bhṛgu-, author of

)

(father of ṛcīka-, xiii, 207) etc.

cyavāna

mfn. (equals cy/avana-) Name of a ṛṣi- (restored to youth by the aśvin-s)

cyu

cl.1. cy/avate- (Epic also ti-; subjunctive 1. sg. cy/avam-

;3. plural cyavanta-,

future cyoṣyate-

; Aorist 2. plural acyoḍhvam-[ subjunctive cy-,

] and preceding cyoṣīḍhvam-

) to move to and fro, shake about

; to stir, move from one's place, go away, retire from (ablative), turn off;

;

; to deviate from (ablative), abandon (duty etc. ablative;exceptionally genitive case

infinitive mood cyavitum-)

; to come forth from, come out of. drop from, trickle, stream forth from (ablative; see 2. cyut-),

; to fall down, fall, slide from (ablative),

; to fall from any divine existence (so as to be re-born as a man)

; to die

; "to fall from", be deprived of, lose (with ablative)

(Aorist acyoṣṭa-) ; to fall away, fade away, disappear, vanish, perish

; to fail

; to sink down, sink (literally and figuratively)

; (in the series of re-births)

; to decrease (with instrumental case)

; to bring about, create, make

(perfect tense 2. sg. cicyuṣ/e- see

);

(perfect tense cucyuv/e-) ; to cause to go away, make forget

; Causal cyāv/ayati- (once cyav-

always cyav-, parasmE-pada cyāv/ayat-

; imperfect tense acucyavur-,

; perfect tense cyāvayām āsa-

) P. to cause to move, shake, agitate

; A1. to be moved or shaken

; P. to loosen,

; to remove from a place, drive away from (ablative)

; to cause (rain, v/ṛṣṭim-) to fall

; to deprive any one (accusative) of (accusative)

; Intensive (imperfect tense 2. plural acucyavītana-) to shake

: Causal Desiderative cicyāvayiṣati- or cucy-

div

, dy/u- m. (Nominal verb dy/aus-; vocative case dyaus-[

]; accusative dy/ām- d/ivam-; instrumental case div/ā-or d/īvā-[see below]; dative case dive-[ dyave-

]; ablative genitive case div/as-[rarely dy/os- exempli gratia, 'for example'

]; locative case div/i-, dy/avi-; dual number dyāvā- sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order [ dy/avī-as vocative case only

]; plural Nominal verb dy/āvas-[ divas-only

]; accusative dy/ūn-[rare, d/ivas-, div/as- exempli gratia, 'for example'

]; instrumental case dy/ubhis-;native grammarians give as stems div-and dyo-;the latter is declined through all cases like go-,but really does not occur except in forms mentioned above and in dyo-salila-

, while div-and dyu-regularly alternate before vowel and consonant) (rarely f.) in Vedic or Veda f. in later Skr. heaven, the sky (regarded in Vedic or Veda as rising in three tiers[ avama-, madhyama-, uttama-or tṛtīya-

] , and generally as the father(dy/auṣ- pit/ā-,while the earth is the mother[ see dyāvā-pṛthivī-],and uṣas- the daughter) , rarely as a goddess, daughter of prajā-pati-

)

kiyat

mfn. little, small, unimportant, of small value (often in compound, exempli gratia, 'for example' kiyad-vakra-,a little bent commentator or commentary on

; kiyad api-,how large or how far soever

; y/āvat k/iyac ca-,how large or how much soever, of what qualities soever

)

kṣam

f. (Nominal verb kṣ/ās- accusative kṣ/ām- instrumental case kṣam/ā-once jm/ā-[

] dative case kṣe-[?

], genitive case ablative gm/as-, jm/as-,once kṣm/as-[

], locative case kṣ/ami-; dual number Nominal verb kṣ/āmā-[

; see dy/āva-kṣ/āmā-]; plural Nominal verb kṣāmas-[

; kṣ/āmīs-fr. mi-

], kṣ/ās-[

] accusative kṣ/ās-[

] locative case kṣ/āsu-

) the ground, earth,

matsyapurāṇa

n. "fish- purāṇa-s", Name of one of the 18 purāṇa-s (so called as communicated by viṣṇu- in the form of a fish to the 7th manu-; see matsy/āvatāra-and

tāvat

mf(atī-)n. (fr. 2. ta-

) so great, so large, so much, so far, so long, so many (correlative of y/āvat-;rarely of ya-or yathokta-

etc.)

etc. (yāvatā kṣaṇena tāvatā-,"after so long time, in that time", as soon as

)

tāvat

ind. (correlative of y/āvat-) so much, so greatly, to such an extent, in such a number, so far

etc. (t/āvat-tāvat-

)

yāvadvīryavat

(y/āvad--) mfn. as far as possessed of power, as effective

yavamadhya

mf(ā-)n. (y/ava--) being like a barleycorn in the middle id est broad in the centre and thin or tapering at the, ends

etc.

yavamat

mfn. (y/ava--) containing barley, mixed with barley

etc.

yāvan

in ṛṇa-y/āvan- q.v

yavana

mfn. (1. yu-) keeping away, averting (See dveṣo-y/avana-).

yavasaprathama

(y/avasa--) mfn. beginning with or depending on good pasturage, well-nurtured (according to to

,"first or best of all kinds of food")

yāvat

mf(atī-)n. (fr. 3. ya-;correlative of tāvat- q.v) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old etc. (or how great etc. = quantus, quot or qualis)

etc. (y/āvantaḥ k/iyantaḥ-,"as many as"

; y/āvad vā yāvad vā-,"as much as possible"

; yāvat tāvat-,"so much as", in algebra applied to the first unknown quantity [= x] or so much of the unknown as its co-efficient number;in this sense also expressed by the first syllable yā- see

; iti yāvat-in Comms. "just so much","only so","that is to say","such is the explanation")

yāvat

ind. y/āvad yāvad-t/āvat tāvat-,"as gradually as-so"

yāvatkratu

(y/āvat--) mfn. having as many purposes

yāvatkṛtvas

(y/āvat--) ind. as often as

yāvatpriya

(y/āvat--) mfn. as dear

yāvattarasam

ind. according to power or ability

(y/āvat-tar/asam-).

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