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  • nāgá
  • 1. m. (prob. neither fr. na-ga nor fr. nagna) a snake, (esp.) Coluber Naga S3Br. MBh. &c
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  • nāgá
  • 2. (f. i´ Suparn2.) a nāga or serpent-demon (the race of kadru or su-rasā inhabiting the waters or the city bhoga-vatī under the earth; they are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities [see esp. Na1g. v, 17 RTL. 233 &c ]; their kings are seṣa, vāsuki, and takṣaka ib. 323; 7 or 8 of the nāgas are particularly mentioned MBh. Ka1v. &c; with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men MWB. 220)
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  • nāgá
  • 5. one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation) Veda7ntas.
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  • nāgá
  • 27. mf(ā, or ī)n. formed of snakes, relating to serpents or serpents-demons, snaky, serpentine, serpent-like MBh. &c (with āsana n. a partic. attitude in sitting Cat.; ā f. [scil. vīthī] = nāga-v°, below Var.)
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  • nāgá
  • 28. mf(ā, or ī)n. belonging to an elephant, elephantine (as urine) Sus3r.
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  • kárman
  • 1. n. (ā m. L.), (kṛ Un2. iv , 144), act , action , performance , business RV. AV. S3Br. MBh. &c
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  • kárman
  • 2. n. office , special duty , occupation , obligation (frequently ifc., the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action [e.g. vaṇik-k°] or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed [e.g. rāja-k°, paśu-k°] or a specification of the action [e.g. śaurya-k°, prīti-k°]) S3Br. Mn. Bhartr2. &c
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  • kárman
  • 3. n. any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation &c, esp. as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit) RV. AV. VS. Ragh. &c
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  • kárman
  • 4. n. work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, praśānti) Hit. RPra1t. &c
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  • kárman
  • 8. n. product, result, effect Mn. xii , 98 Sus3r.
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  • kárman
  • 9. n. organ of sense S3Br. xiv (or of action » karme*ndriya)
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  • kárman
  • 11. n. former act as leading to inevitable results , fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life) Pan5cat. Hit. Buddh., (cf. karma-pāka and -vipāka)
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  • kárman
  • 12. n. the tenth lunar mansion VarBr2S. &c
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  • vaṭa
  • 1. m. (perhaps Prakrit for vṛta, \"surrounded , covered\"; cf. nyag-rodha) the Banyan or Indian fig. tree (Ficus Indica) MBh. Ka1v. &c RTL. 337 (also said to be n.)
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  • vaṭa
  • 2. m. a sort of bird BhP.
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  • vaṭa
  • 7. m. N. of a tīrtha Vishn2.
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  • śāstrá
  • 1. n. an order, command, precept, rule RV. Ka1v. Pur.
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  • śāstrá
  • 2. n. teaching, instruction, direction, advice, good counsel MBh. Ka1v. &c
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  • śāstrá
  • 3. n. any instrument of teaching, any manual or compendium of rules, any bock or treatise, (esp.) any religious or scientific treatise, any sacred book or composition of divine authority (applicable even to the veda, and said to be of fourteen or even eighteen kinds [see under vidyā]; the word śāstra is often found ifc. after the word denoting the subject of the book, or is applied collectively to whole departments of knowledge e.g. vedā*nta-s°, a work on the vedā*nta philosophy or the whole body of teaching on that subject; dharma-ś°, a law-book or whole body of written laws; kāvya-ś°, a poetical work or poetry in general; śilpi-ś°, works on the mechanical arts; kāma-ś°, erotic compositions; alaṃkāra ś°, rhetoric, &c) Nir. Pra1t. Mn. MBh. &c
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  • śāstrá
  • 4. n. a body of teaching (in general), scripture, science Ka1v. Pur.
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  • devá
  • 1. mf(i)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence) RV. AV. VS. S3Br. (superl. °devá-tama m. RV.iv,22,3 &c; °devi-tamā f.,ii,41,16)
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  • devá
  • 2. m. (according to Pa1n2. 3-3, 120 déva) a deity, god RV. &c &c
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  • devá
  • 3. m. (rarely applied to) evil demons AV. iii, 15, 5 TS.iii,5,4,1
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  • devá
  • 4. m. (pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones ; víśve devāa´s, all the gods RV.ii,3,4 &c, or a partic. class of deities [see under víśva], often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds RV.i,139,11 &c [cf. tri-daśa], or 8 vasus, 11 rudras, and 12 ādityas [to which the 2 asvins must be added] Br. ?? ; cf. also DivyA7v. 68; with jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanā*dhī*śa, vyantara, jyotiṣka and vaimānika; devā´nām pátnyas, the wives of the gods RV. VS. Br. ?? [cf. deva-patnī below])
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  • devá
  • 5. m. N. of the number 33 (» above ) Gan2it.
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  • devá
  • 6. m. N. of indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain MBh. R. &c
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  • devá
  • 8. m. (with jainas) the 22nd arhat of the future ut-sarpiṇī
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  • devá
  • 9. m. the image of a god, an idol Vishn2.
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  • devá
  • 10. m. a god on earth or among men, either Brahman, priest RV. AV. (cf. bhū-d°), or king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. \" your majesty \" or \" your honour \"; also ifc. e.g. śrī-harṣa-d°, vikramā*ṅka-d°, king śrī-harṣa or vikramā*ṅka, and in names as puruṣo*ttama-d° [lit. having viṣṇu as one's deity; cf. atithi-d°, ācārya-d°, pitṛ-d°, m÷tṛ-d°]; rarely preceding the name e.g. deva-caṇḍamahāsena Katha1s. xiii, 48) Ka1v. Pan5c. &c (cf. kṣiti-, nara-, &c )
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  • pakṣá
  • 1. m. (ifc. f(ā or ī).) a wing, pinion (in one passage n.) RV. &c
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  • pakṣá
  • 2. m. a symbol. N. of the number two Var. Hcat.
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  • pakṣá
  • 3. m. a feather, the feathers on both sides of an arrow (cf. gārdhra-p°)
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  • pakṣá
  • 5. m. the shoulder
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  • pakṣá
  • 8. m. the wing or flank of an army MBh. Hariv.
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  • pakṣá
  • 9. m. the half of a lunar month (the first half from new moon to full moon was called pūrva or apūryamāṇa, later śukla or śuddha; the other half apara or apa-kṣīyamāṇa, later kṛṣ&7751#;a or tāmisra; each fortnight consists of 15 tithis or lunar days called prathamā, dvitīyā &c ) Br. ?? Gr2S3rS. MBh. Var. &c
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  • pakṣá
  • 10. m. a side, party, faction
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  • pakṣá
  • 12. m. partisan, adherent, follower, friend (śatru- \"the enemy's side\" or \"a partisan of the enemy\"; mahā-, \"one who has many adherents\") MBh. Ka1v. &c
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  • pakṣá
  • 13. m. side i.e. position, place, stead (°kṣe ifc. instead of or by way of) ib.
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  • pakṣá
  • 15. m. one of two cases or one side of an argument, an alternative (°kṣe, \"on the other hand\", with atra, \"in this case\", pakṣā*ntare, \"in the other case\") Pa1n2. Sch.
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  • pakṣá
  • 16. m. a point or matter under discussion, a thesis, a particular theory, a position advanced or an argument to be maintained (cf. pūrva-, uttara-)
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  • pakṣá
  • 17. m. an action or lawsuit Ya1jn5. ?? Sch.
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  • pakṣá
  • 19. m. any supposition or view, motion, idea, opinion (mukhyaḥ pakṣaḥ, \"an excellent idea\" S3ak. Sch.) MBh. Ka1v. &c
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  • vāyú (1)
  • 1. m. (fr. 2. vā) wind , air (as one of the 5 elements ; in MBh. 7 winds are reckoned) RV. &c
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  • vāyú (1)
  • 2. m. the god of the wind (often associated with indra in the ṛg-veda , as vāta [q.v.] with parjanya , but although of equal rank with indra , not occupying so prominent a position ; in the puruṣasūkta he is said to have sprung form the breath of puruṣa, and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of tvaṣṭṛ; be is said to move in a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a hundred or even a thousand horses [cf. ni-yút]; he is often made to occupy the same chariot with indra, and in conjunction with him honoured with the first draught of the soma libation; he is rarely connected with the maruts, although in i,134,4, he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is regent of the nakṣatra svāti and north-west quarter » loka-pāla) ib.
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  • vāyú (1)
  • 3. m. breathing , breath VPra1t I1s3Up.
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  • vāyú (1)
  • 4. m. the wind of the body , a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned , viz. prā*ṇa , apā*na , samāna , udāna , and vyāna ; or nāga , kūrma , kṛkara , devadatta , and dhanaṁ-jaya) Hariv. Sa1m2khyak. Veda7ntas.
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  • vāyú (1)
  • 5. m. (in medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it Sus3r.
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  • vāyú (2)
  • mfn. (fr. v vai) tired , languid RV. vii , 91 , 1.
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  • vāyú (3)
  • 1. mfn. (fr. v vi) desirous , covetous , greedy (for food , applied to calves) TS.
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  • vāyú (3)
  • 2. mfn. desirable , desired by the appetite RV.
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  • máṇḍala
  • 1. mf(ā)n. circular , round VarBr2S.
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  • máṇḍala
  • 2. n. (rarely m. g. ardharcā*di, and f.(ī) g. ganrā*di) a disk (esp. of the sun or moon)
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  • máṇḍala
  • 3. n. anything round (but in Hcat. also applied to anything triangular; cf. maṇḍalaka)
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  • máṇḍala
  • 4. n. a circle (instr. \"in a circle\" ; also \"the charmed circle of a conjuror\"), globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, wheel S3Br. &c
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  • máṇḍala
  • 5. n. the path or orbit of a heavenly body Su1ryas.
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  • máṇḍala
  • 6. n. a halo round the sun or moon VarBr2S.
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  • máṇḍala
  • 13. n. a district, arrondissement , territory , province , country (often at the end of modern names e.g. Coro-mandal coast) Inscr. AV.Paris3. MBh. &c
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  • máṇḍala
  • 14 n. a surrounding district or neighbouring state , the circle of a king's near and distant neighbours (with whom he must maintain political and diplomatic relations; 4 or 6 or 10 or even 12 such neighbouring princes are enumerated) Mn. (esp. vii,154 &c ) Ya1jn5. ?? MBh. &c
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  • máṇḍala
  • 15. n. a multitude, group, band, collection, whole body, society, company Ya1jn5. ?? MBh. Ka1v. &c
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  • máṇḍala
  • 16. n. a division or book of the ṛg-veda (of which there are 10, according to the authorship of the hymns; these are divided into 85 anuvākas or lessons, and these again into 1017, or with the 11 additional hymns into 1028 sū*ktas or hymns; the other more mechanical division, is into aṣṭakas , adhyāyas and vargas q.v.) RPra1t. Br2ih. &c
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  • tántra
  • 1. n. ( Pa1n2. 7-2, 9 Ka1s3. ) a loom, v,2,70
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  • tántra
  • 2. n. the warp RV. x,71,9 AV. x,7,42 TBr. ii Ta1n2d2yaBr. x,5 S3Br. xiv Kaus3. MBh. i,806 and 809
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  • tántra
  • 3. n. the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework S3Br. xii Ta1n2d2yaBr. xxiii,19,1 La1t2y. Ka1tyS3r. &c (e.g. kulasya t° , \"the principal action in keeping up a family i.e. propagation\" MBh. xiii,48,6; ifc. \"depending on\" cf. ātma-, sva-, para-, &c )
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  • tántra
  • 4. n. doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work (esp. the 1st section of a treatise on astron. VarBr2S. i,9 ; parāśara's work on astron., ii,3; vii,8) MBh. &c (cf. ṣaṣṭi- &c )
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  • tántra
  • 5. n. a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between śiva and dūrga and said to treat of 5 subjects, 1. the creation, 2. the destruction of the world, 3. the worship of the gods, 4. the attainment of all objects, esp. of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation ; cf. RTL. pp. 63, 85, 184, 189, 205ff.) VarBr2S. xvi,19 Pan5cat. Das3. Katha1s. xxiii,63 Sarvad.
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  • tántra
  • 6. n. a spell HYog. i,5 Vcar.
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  • tántra
  • 7. n. oath or ordeal L.
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  • āp (1)
  • 1. cl.5 P. āpnóti ([AV. ix,5,22, &c ]) , (perf. āpa aor. āpat fut. āpsyati inf. āptum) A1. (perf. 3. pl. āpiré RV. ix,108,4, p. pf. āpāná RV. ii,34,7, but also pres. p. āpnāna RV. x,114,7) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon RV. AV. S3Br. &c
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  • āp (1)
  • 2. to obtain, gain, take possession of RV. AV. &c MBh. Mn. &c
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  • āp (1)
  • 3. to undergo, suffer Mn.
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  • āp (1)
  • 4. to fall, come to any one
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  • āp (1)
  • 5. to enter, pervade, occupy
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  • āp (1)
  • 6. to equal: Pass. āpyate, to be reached or found or met with or obtained
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  • āp (1)
  • 7. to arrive at one's aim or end, become filled TS. &c : Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach or obtain or gain ChUp. ?? &c
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  • āp (1)
  • 9. to hit Katha1s. : Desid. P. and A1. īpsati and īpsate ([ Pa1n2. 7-4 , 55]) to strive to reach or obtain AV. S3Br. MBh. &c : Desid. of the Caus. āpipayiṣati, to strive to reach S3Br.
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  • āp (2)
  • 1. (ā- āp) pf. ā*pa, to arrive at, come towards RV. x,32,8.
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  • vy--oman (1)
  • mfn. (for 2. » s.v.) one who cannot be saved (?) Ka1t2h.
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  • vyo* man (2)
  • 1. m. (for 1. » [p= 1029,1] ; accord. to Un2. iv,150 fr. vye accord. to others fr. vi- av or ve) heaven, sky, atmosphere, air (vyomnā, vyoma-mārgeṇa or -vartmanā , \"through the air\") RV. &c
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  • a-kṣára
  • 1. mfn. imperishable
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  • a-kṣára
  • 2. mfn. unalterable
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  • a-kṣára
  • 3. m. a sword L.
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  • a-kṣára
  • 6. n. a syllable
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  • a-kṣára
  • 7. n. the syllable om Mn.
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  • a-kṣára
  • 14. n. water RV. i,34,4 and i,164,42
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  • tá-thā
  • 1. ind. (tá-thā, correlative of yá-thā Pa1n2. 5-3,26; g. cā*di Ka1s3. and Gan2ar. ) in that manner, so, thus (the correlative standing in the preceding or in the subsequent clause, e.g. yathā priyaṃ, tathā*stu, \"as is agreeable, so let it be\"; tathā prayatnam ātiṣṭhed yathā*tmānaṃ na pīḍayet, \"he should so make effort as that he may not injure himself.\" Mn. vii,68; tathā tathā-yathā, so much that VP.iv; also correlative of iva Mn. iii,181 R. i,4,12; of yena Katha1s. iii,18; of yādṛśa Mn. i,42; used in forms of adjuration e.g. yathā*ham anyaṃ na cintaye tathā*yam patatāṃ kṣudraḥ parā*suḥ, \"as surely as I do not think on any other man , so surely let this wretch fall dead\" Nal. xi,36) RV. &c
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  • tá-thā
  • 2. ind. yes, so be it, so it shall be (particle of assent, agreement, or promise; generally followed by iti) AV. iii,4,5 S3Br. AitBr. &c (tathe*ty uktvā, having said \"so be it\" or \"yes\" Nal. &c )
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  • tá-thā
  • 3. so also, in like manner (e.g. sukhaṃ seved duḥkha&37747; tathā, \"let him make use of prosperity and also adversity \") Mn. MBh. &c
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  • gada
  • 1. m. a sentence MBh. i,1787
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  • gada
  • 3. N. of a son of vasu-deva and younger brother of kṛṣṇa MBh. Hariv. BhP.
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  • gada
  • 6. n. a mace, club, bludgeon MBh. R. c
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  • gada
  • 8. n. N. of a musical instrument
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  • sūtra
  • 1. n. (accord. to g. ardhacā*di also m.; fr. siv, \"to sew\", and connected with sūci and sūnā) a thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire AV. &c
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  • sūtra
  • 2. n. a measuring line (cf. -pāta) Hariv. VarBr2S. &c
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  • sūtra
  • 3. n. the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (cf. yajño*pavūta) BhP.
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  • sūtra
  • 9. n. a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar &c: e.g. in ritual there are first the śrauta-sūtras, and among them the kalpa-sūtras, founded directly on śruti q.v.; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial, giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [IW. 146 &c]; other kinds of śruti works are the gṛhya-sūtras and sāmayācārika or dharma-sūtras i.e. \"rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs\", sometimes called collectively smārta-sūtras [as founded on smṛti or \"tradition\" » smārta]; these led to the later dharma&347;āstras or \"law-books\" [IW. 145]; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in sutras by its supposed founder [IW. 60 &c]; in vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated sutras of pā&7751;ini in eight books, which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature; with Buddhists, pāśupatas &c the term sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works; with jainas they form part of the dṛṣṭivāda) IW. 162 &c
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  • anna
  • 1. mfn. (ad) , eaten L.
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  • ánna
  • 1. n. food or victuals, especially boiled rice
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  • ánna
  • 2. n. bread corn
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  • ánna
  • 3. n. food in a mystical sense (or the lowest form in which the supreme soul is manifested , the coarsest envelope of the Supreme Spirit)
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  • píṇḍa
  • 1. m. (rarely n.) any round or roundish mass or heap, a ball, globe, knob, button, clod, lump, piece (cf. ayaḥ-. māṃsa- &c) RV. (only i,162,19 and here applied to lumps of flesh) TS. S3Br. &c
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  • píṇḍa
  • 2. m. a roundish lump of food , a bite , morsel , mouthful
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  • píṇḍa
  • 3. m. a ball of rice or flour &c offered to the pitṛs or deceased ancestors, a śrāddha oblation (RTL. 293; 298-310) Gr2S3rS. Mn. MBh. &c
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  • píṇḍa
  • 4. m. food , daily bread , livelihood , subsistence MBh. Ka1v. &c
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  • píṇḍa
  • 5. m. any solid mass or material object, the body, bodily frame Ragh. S3am2k. Vajracch.
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  • kāṣṭha
  • 1. m. N. of one of kubera's attendants MBh. ii,415
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  • kāṣṭhá
  • 1. n. a piece of wood or timber, stick S3Br. Ka1tyS3r. Mn. &c
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  • kāṣṭhá
  • 2. n. wood or timber in general
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  • kāṣṭhá
  • 3. n. an instrument for measuring lengths
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  • kāṣṭhá
  • 4. n. a kind of measure SaddhP.
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  • hásta
  • 1. m. (ifc. f(ā)., of unknown derivation) the hand (ifc. = \"holding in or by the hand\"; haste kṛ [as two words] , \"to take into the hand\", \"get possession of\"; haste- kṛ [as a comp.], \"to take by the hand, marry\"; śatru-hastaṃ gam, \"to fall into the hand of the enemy\") RV. &c
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  • hásta
  • 2. m. an elephant's trunk (ifc. = \"holding with the trunk\") AitBr. MBh. &c
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  • hásta
  • 3. m. the fore-arm (a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, = 24 aṅgulas or about 18 inches) VarBr2S. Ra1jat. &c
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  • hásta
  • 6. m. the 11th (13th) lunar asterism (represented by a hand and containing five stars, identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus) AV. &c
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  • hásta
  • 14. mfn. born under the nakṣatra hasta, Pa1n2. 4-3,34 [cf., accord. to some Gk.]
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  • balí
  • 1. m. (perhaps fr. bhṛ) tribute, offering, gift, oblation (in later language always with hṛ) RV. &c
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  • balí
  • 2. m. tax, impost, royal revenue Br. Mn. MBh. &c
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  • balí
  • 3. m. any offering or propitiatory oblation (esp. an offering of portions of food, such as grain, rice &c, to certain gods, semi-divine beings, household divinities, spirits, men, birds, other animals and all creatures including even lifeless objects; it is made before the daily meal by arranging portions of food in a circle or by throwing them into the air outside the house or into the sacred fire; it is also called bhūta-yaj&#ntilda;a and was one of the 5 mahā-yaj&#ntilda;as, or great devotional acts; cf. RTL. 411, 421) Gr2S3rS. Mn. esp. iii,69,71 MBh. &c (often ifc. with the object, the receiver, the time, or the place of the offering)
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  • balí
  • 4. m. fragments of food at a meal W.
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  • balí
  • 5. m. a victim (often a goat or buffalo) offered to durgā MW.
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  • balí
  • 7. N. of a daitya (son of virocana; priding himself on his empire over the three worlds, he was humiliated by viṣṇu , who appeared before him in the form of a vāmana or dwarf. son of kaāyapa and aditi and younger brother of indra, and obtained from him the promise of as much land as he could pace in three steps, whereupon the dwarf expanding himself deprived him of heaven and earth in two steps, but left him the sovereignty of pātāla or the lower regions) MBh. Pur. &c (cf. IW. 328)
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