गृह्य

in plural, those who live in a house, coinhabitants (ŚBr., KātyŚr., PārGṛ.)


गृह्य

domestic rite (Gaut.)
domestic affair (BhP., Hcat.)
गृह्यसूत्र (gṛhyasūtra)


पटल

an enclosing or surrounding skin or membrane (especially of the eyes), cataract


पटल

a (sectarian or ornamental) mark on the forehead or other parts of the body with sandalwood


आख्यात

passive past participle of आख्याति (ākhyāti)


निपात

accidental occurrence or mention (Nir., ĀśvŚr.)


वृषन्

man, male, any male animal, a bull, stallion etc.


वचन

speech, sentence, word (Mn., MBh., etc.)


विभक्ति

declension of nouns, declensional suffixes (TS., Br., etc.)

a certain division of a सामन् (sāman) (ŚāṅkhBr.)


कृत्

a suffix which makes nouns from roots (VPrāt., Pāṇ.)


कृत्

a noun made from a root with a suffix -कृत् (-kṛt)


कृत्

to twist threads, spin
to wind (as a snake)
to surround, encompass, attire


तद्धित

a suffix forming a noun from another noun

a noun formed via a suffix from another noun, a secondary or derivative noun


अनुवाक

saying after, repeating
reading
section (especially of the Vedas)


प्रतीक

turned towards
going uphill (MBh.)
opposite, against, contrary (L.)


प्रतीक

first part of a verse, first word (Br., etc.)


प्रतीक

name of the father of King Oghavat (BhP.)


अष्टक

familiar with the eight books of Pāṇini's grammar


अष्टक

son of Viśvāmitra (AitBr., ĀśvŚr., MBh., etc.)


अष्टक

an object having eight parts or chapters


यथोपदेशम्

according to advice or instruction (KātyŚr., Āp., etc.)


आख्यान

communication (Pāṇ., Kap., Kathās., etc.)

narration, story (ŚBr., Nir., Pāṇ., etc.)

telling of events which happened off-stage (Sāh.)


पर्वन्

period of time (RV., VS., ŚBr., GṛŚrS., etc.)

the full, new, and half moons (GṛŚrS., Mn., MBh., etc.)

sacrifice carried out at the full, new, or half moon (R.)

the day the moon passes through a lunar node (Var., Sūryas., MBh., etc.)


उपाख्यान

subordinate tale or story, episode (MBh., Hit., etc.)


आदिपर्वन्

first chapter
the first book of the Mahabharata


गदापर्वन्

part of chapter IX of the Mahabharata in which Duryodhana and Bhima duel with clubs


स्वयंवर

choosing for one's self (Mn., MBh., etc.)


स्वयंवर

an upper-class woman's public selection of a husband (MBh., R., etc.)


भारतवर्ष

realm of the descendants of King Bharata, the Indian subcontinent


गौड

made of sugar or molasses (MBh., Suśr., Hcat., etc.)

of or relating to the Gauḍa people (Vātsyāy., Kāvyād., Sarvad.)


गौड

a region in Bengal (Rājat., Prab., Hit.)


गौड

the inhabitants of that region (Vātsyāy., Rājat., Śūdradh.)

name of a prince of that region (Kathās.)


गौड

rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from molasses (RTL., Mn., MBh., Gṛhyās.)


वैदर्भ

a king of Vidarbha
gumboil, abscess in the gums
the people of Vidarbha


कुशीलव

bard, actor, mime (Mn., MBh., Mṛcch., Mālatīm.)


आदिकाव्य

first court poem, an appellation of the Ramayana


आर्ष

of or relating to the rishis (MBh., R., etc.)


आर्ष

an old form of marriage, in which one or two pairs of cattle are given as a bride price (ĀśvGṛ., Mn.)


आर्ष

the words of the rishis, Vedas (Nir., RPrāt., Mn.)


रूपक

having form, figurative, metaphorical (Sāh.)


रूपक

a certain coin (Var., Pañcat., etc.)
a kind of measure (Saṃgīt.)


रूपक

form, shape, appearance (MBh., Kāv., etc.)

figure of speech, metaphor, simile, comparison (Kāvyād., Sāh., etc.)


महाकवि

great poet, classical poet
name of Śukra (Cat.)


महाकाव्य

great or classical court poem, particularly as applied to Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa, Kumārasambhava, and Meghadūta; Magha's Śiśupālavadha; Bharavi's Kirātārjunīya; and Śriharsha's Naiṣadhacarita; also sometimes to Bhaṭṭikāvya. (Kāvyād., Pratāp.,)


प्रशस्ति

glory, fame, praise (RV., Uttarar., Daśar., etc.)

name of a guide to letter writing (Cat.)


दिग्नाग

the four or eight elephants which support the earth (MBh.)


ยาจก

Thai script form of याचक (“petitioner; beggar”)


चातक

Jacobin cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (Śak., Ragh., Megh., etc.)


कर्णिकार

karnikara tree, Pterospermum acerifolium (MBh., Suśr., etc.)


गोविन्द

Govinda: an epithet of Krishna (MBh., Hariv., Bhag., BhP.)


नट

a caste of the children of degraded kshatriyas

Oroxylum indicum, Indian calosanthes (L.)

name of a man who built a vihara (Buddh.)


नाटक

actor, dancer, mime (R.)
representation, showing (Bālar.)
a certain melody
name of a mountain (Kālp.)


नाटक

play, drama (Hariv., Kāv., etc.)
a certain class of plays (Sāh., etc.)


नृत्यति

dance (RV., etc.)
act on stage, represent (Hariv., etc.)


उपरूपक

a drama of one of the eighteen lesser classes (Sāh.)


विदूषक

jester, fool, particularly in drama (Hariv., Kāv., Sāh., etc.)


नान्दी

praise to a god, especially as a prologue to a drama (Mṛcch., Kālid., Sāh., Pratāp., etc.)


प्रवेशक

expository interlude (Kālid., Ratnāv., Daśar., Sāh., etc.)


विष्कम्भ

first of twenty-seven lunar mansions, the leading star of that lunar mansion (Col.)

expository monologue or dialogue performed in between acts (Bhar., Daśar., etc.)


नाटिका

a style of drama which is composed of four acts and is a light-hearted romance (Sāh., etc.)


प्रहसन

laughter, amusement, mockery (Uttara., Hit.)


नेपथ्य

decoration, costume (MBh., Kāv., etc.)
backstage


नीति

leading, bringing, guidance (L.)
conduct, behaviour
policy, political science, ethics
dependence on (MBh.)
presentation, offering (Pāṇ.)
acquisition (W.)


नीतिशास्त्र

textbook on the science of politics or ethics


लम्बक

a particular astronomical conjunction (L.)


अदृष्ट

a certain poison]] or poisonous vermin (AV.)


अदृष्ट

unforeseen calamity
that which is imperceptible
karma
destiny, fortune


प्रजा

procreation
offspring
race
posterity
man, mankind
subject of a king


कर्ता

nominative singular masculine/feminine of कर्तृ (kartṛ́)


प्रकृति

the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance

nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition

fundamental form, pattern, standard, model, rule (especially in ritual)

the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or गुण (guṇa)s called सत्त्व (sattva), रजस् (rajas), and तमस् (tamas)), Nature (distinguished from पुरुष (puruṣa), Spirit as माया (māyā) is distinguished from ब्रह्मन् (brahman) in the वेदान्त (vedānta)s)

the 8 producers or primary essences which evolve the whole visible world (namely अव्यक्त (avyakta), बुद्धि (buddhi) or महत् (mahat), अहंकार (ahaṃkāra), and the 5 तन्मात्रस् (tanmātras) or subtle elements; rarely the 5 elements alone)

a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the शक्ति (śakti) or personified energy or wife of a deity, as लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), दुर्गा (durgā) etc.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being)

name of a class of deities under मनु रैभ्य (manu raibhya) (Hariv.)

a king's ministers, the body of ministers or counsellors, ministry

the subjects of a king, citizens, artisans

the constituent elements or powers of the state (of which are usually enumerated, namely king, minister, allies, treasure, army, territory, fortresses)

the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war (namely the मध्यम (madhyama), विजिगीषु (vijigīṣu), उदासीन (udāsīna), and शत्रु (śatru); to which should be added 8 remoter princes, namely the मित्र (mitra), अरिमित्र (arimitra), मित्रमित्र (mitramitra), अरिमित्रमित्र (arimitramitra), पार्ष्णिग्रह (pārṣṇigraha), आक्रन्द (ākranda), पार्ष्णिग्राहासार (pārṣṇigrāhāsāra), आक्रन्दासास (ākrandāsāsa); each of these 12 kings has 5 prakritis in the form of minister, territory, fortresses, treasure, and army, so that the total number of prakritis may be 72) Mn. vii. 155, 157. Kull.

the crude or elementary form of a word, base, root, an uninflected word

temperament, the predominance of one of the humours at the time of generation

the male or female organ of generation (L.)


कृ

to commemorate, honor, treat with respect, make mention of, praise, speak highly of


विराट्

masculine nominative singular of विराज् (virā́j, “ruler; splendid”)


अविद्या

ignorance, particularly in spiritual or religious matters


प्रधान

chief, foremost, most important
pre-eminent
better, superior (MBh., Kāv., etc.)


प्रधान

name of a king (MBh.)
chief companion to the king, noble (L.)
elephant driver (L.)


प्रधान

the most important or essential part of something (KātyŚr., Mn., MBh., etc.)

origin of the universe, original matter (IW.)


रमण

dalliance, amorous sport, sexual union, copulation


रमण

name of Aruṇa or the charioteer of the Sun


प्राचीन

facing the east, eastward, eastern
facing the east, eastward, eastern
old, ancient


प्राचीन

alternative form of प्राचीर (prācīra, “wall, enclosure”)


प्रासाद

a lofty seat or platform for spectators, terrace

a lofty palatial mansion (approached by steps), palace, temple

the monks' hall for assembly and confession


वाद

speaking, saying
making sound, playing an instrument


वाद

thesis, argument, doctrine (Sarvad., Suśr.)

sound, playing of a musical instrument (Pañcat.)


मृगतृष्णा

mirage (optical illusion of water in deserts)


महान्

masculine nominative singular of महत् (mahat)


वाहन

vehicle, carriage; horse or other draught animal


शनैस्

quietly, softly, gently, gradually, alternately, slowly


किम्

whoever, whatever, anyone, someone (indefinite)

used to form sentences meaning "how is it possible that" or "what power(s) have I, you, they, etc"


प्रसिद्ध

well-known, notorious, celebrated, famous


समस्या

a part of a stanza given to another person to be completed


कण

any minute particle, atom
a grain, grain of corn, single seed
a grain or particle (of dust)
flake (of snow)
a drop (of water)
a spark (of fire)
the spark or facet of a gem


हरित्

a kind of reddish female horse belonging to the Gods


दर्शन

philosophy, philosophical system, doctrine


परा

feminine singular nominative of पर (para)


परा

name of a sound in the first of its four stages (L.)


अपरा

feminine singular nominative of अपर (apara)


अपरा

west (L.)
womb (L.)
rear of an elephant (L.)
exoteric Vedanta doctrine (IndSt.)


विशेष

distinction, difference (GṛŚrS., MBh., etc.)

characteristic difference, peculiarity, speciality (Mn., MBh., etc.)

distinction, excellence (Mn., MBh., etc.)

a word which defines the meaning of another

individuality, essential difference (IW., etc.)

turning point of illness, crisis (Suśr.)

statement of difference, individualization (Kuval.)

sectarian mark, mark on the forehead (L.)


पराजय

being deprived of or conquered, loss, defeat


विजय

contest for victory, conquest, triumph, superiority, etc. (fig. applied to the ‘sword’ and to ‘punishment’)


विजय

Vijaya, one of the two gatekeepers of Vishnu, cursed to be born as Hiranyakashipu in the Satya Yuga, Kumbhakarna in the Treta Yuga and Dantavakra im the Dvapara Yuga


क्रम

order, series, consecutiveness, succession

method, manner, "in which manner" (when in the instrumental)

occasion, circumstance, effectuation, cause


आधार

the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage

that which contains (a fluid etc.), a vessel, receptacle

comprehension, location, the sense of the locative case

the subject in a sentence (of which qualities etc. are affirmed)


धारण

the act of holding, bearing, supporting, preserving or keeping back


पान

the act of drinking (especially liquor)
draught
a drink, beverage
"drinking the saliva" kissing
a vessel for drinking, cup


भाग्य

luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare, reward, prosperity


पूरक

filling, completing, fulfilling, satisfying


परिजन

a surrounding person; attendant, servant, entourage


दुर्लभ

difficult to be obtained or found, hard, scarce, rare


समवाय

coming together, contact, congress, crowd (GṛS., Gaut., Mn.)

conjunction of heavenly bodies (MBh., VarBṛS.)

perpetual union, logically inseparable relationship (Kap., Jaim., IW.)


प्राच्य

of the east, eastern (AV., MBh., R., etc.)

preceding, prior, ancient (Bālar., Sāh.)


प्राच्य

the inhabitants of the east, the eastern country (Br., KātyŚr., MBh., etc.)


प्राच्य

name of several hymns from the Samaveda (Hariv., BhP.)


यवनिका

cloth screen, stage curtain, veil (Kāv., BhP.)


विद्यापति

name of various authors and scholars (Kār., etc.)


लिङ्गशरीर

a subtle body which accompanies the individual soul throughout its independent existence, which marks individuality and which is lost when the individual soul merges into the universal soul (Kap., Vedāntas.)


आर

brass (BhP.)
iron (L.)
sting
angle, corner


आर

cavity (Sūryas.)
name of a tree (L.)
name of a lake (KaushUp.)


केन्द्र

distance of the first point in a planet's orbit to the fourth, seventh, or tenth point (Sūryas., etc.)

first, fourth, seventh, or tenth lunar mansion (VarBṛ., VarBṛS.)


जामित्र

seventh lunar mansion (VarBṛS., VarBṛ., Laghuj., Kum.)


अहर्गण

series of sacrificial days (KātyŚr., etc.)

set period of time, series of days (BhP., Jaim., L.)


उच्च

high, elevated
tall
deep (Caurap.)
loud (Bhartṛ., VarBṛS.)
intense, violent


उच्च

height (MBh.)
apex of a planet's orbit (R., etc.)


जनति

to give birth to, beget, create, cause, produce (RV., AV., etc.)


कर्षति

to draw, drag, pull, tear (RV., AV., ŚBr., etc.)

to master, overpower (Mn., MBh.), R., Pañcat.)

to pull around, cause pain, torture, torment (Mn., MBh., etc.)


विश्

settlement, house
community, people, tribe
wealth


विश्

to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into, pervade

to enter the fire (i.e. ascend the funeral pyre)

to flow or redound to, fall to the share of

to fall or get into any state or condition


ធម៌

Khmer script form of धर्म (“law; duty; religion”)


विश्वास

confidence, trust, reliance, faith or belief in


सावधान

careful
cautious
attentive
heedful, mindful
with an attentive mind
intent upon doing anything


भी

to fear, dread, be afraid of
to be anxious or solicitous about


क्षति

injury, hurt, wound
loss, want (of a means of living)
damage, disadvantage


शून्यता

sunyata; nonexistence, nonreality, psychological and metaphysical nothingness


पीठ

a religious student's seat (made properly of Kuśa grass)


क्षत्रिय

a Kshatriya, a member of the military or reigning order, consisting of kings, warriors and soldiers, which in later times constituted the second highest of the four castes in traditional Indian society


The candrabindu nasal vowel diacritic of the Devanagari script.


छाया

shading or blending of colours; play of light or colour


अतिथि

a guest, visitor
a person entitled to hospitality


यथा

in which manner or way, according as, as, like


आरोग्य

health, good health
freedom from disease
a particular ceremony


शिष्य

student, pupil, disciple, scholar
passion, anger
violence


शिष्यपरम्परा

a series or succession of pupils or disciples


स्मरति

to remember, recall, recollect
to recite from memory
to regret


अतीव

exceedingly, very
excessively, too, too much
quite


अङ्ग

the stem or base of a word, but in the strong cases only

anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential


अङ्ग

a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by "well"


अत्र

here, in this place
at this time
in this manner


अयम्

masculine nominative singular of इदम् (idam)


तन्

continuation, uninterrupted succession Lit. RV.


तेजस्

the sharp edge of a knife
the point or top of a flame or a ray
light, brilliance, glow, glare
splendor
fiery energy, vital power


महत्

great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant


महात्मा

nominative singular of महात्मन् (mahātman)


महात्मन्

having a great soul
magnanimous, high-minded, noble
eminent, distinguished


भक्त

engaged in, occupied with, loyal, faithful


संभोग

enjoyment (in general), pleasure, delight

carnal enjoyment, sexual union, copulation


भारी

masculine nominative singular of भारिन् (bhārin)


नमस्कार

the exclamation of नमस् (námas); adoration, homage, salutation


भूत

living being, anything that is or exists

"that which has been (in the past)"; a ghost of a dead person, a spirit


कम्बल

a (woolen) blanket or cloth or upper garment


लाभ

obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit


उषा

Ushas, the goddess of dawn, mentioned in the Vedas


जीवन

a living being
wind
son
the plant kṣudraphalaka
the plant jīvaka
name of the author of mānasa-nayana


जीवन

life
manner of living
livelihood, means of living
enlivening a magical formula
the life-giving element, water
milk
fresh butter
marrow


छात्र

alternative spelling of छात्त्र (chāttra)


प्रार्थना

prayer
the practice of seeking God
religious chant


मत्त

intoxicated, drunk, inebriated (literally or figuratively)


मदिरा

spirituous liquor, any inebriating drink, wine, nectar; specifically those derived from sugars (sugarcane, jaggery), grains, and mahwa flowers, contrasting with आसव (āsava)


मद्य

intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely


मद्य

any intoxicating drink, vinous or spiritous liquor, wine


प्रसन्न

happy, cheerful
kindly disposed towards
lucid, perspicuous
showing favour


प्रसन्न

good humour, complacence
spirituous liquor made of rice


खिन्न

sad, depressed
distressed, disconsolate
downcast, melancholy
wearied, fatigued, exhausted


उत्सव

ceremony, festival
banquet, ceremonial rejoicing
passion, joy, gladness, merriment
jubilee, a festive occasion
enterprise, beginning
wrath, insolence


महोत्सव

festival
god of love
any great rejoicing


नेत्र

the string by which a churning-stick is whirled round


नयन

eye
leading organ
conducting, guiding, directing


भवन

building, edifice
house, dwelling, residence
mansion, palace
place of abode


चन्द्रिका

moonlight, moonshine
illumination, splendour


चित्र

bright, conspicuous, visible, clear, loud, distinguished, excellent, brilliant

variegated, spotted, speckled, manifold, various

extraordinary, strange, wonderful, surprising


आतप

sunshine, sunlight, sunbeam
heat
moonshine


मुक्त

discharged, abandoned
free
liberated, set free, emancipated
gone, vanished, disappeared
shed, laid aside
fallen or dropped down, thrown


मुक्त

the spirit released from corporeal existence


स्वतन्त्र

free
uncontrolled, independent
chainless, self-sufficient


स्वतन्त्र

self-dependence, independence, self-will, freedom (Pañcat., Hit.)

a particular doctrine of free-will or independence (Buddh.)


तत्

nominative/accusative singular of तद् (tád)


सदस्य

“present in the sacrificial enclosure", an assessor, spectator, member of an assembly (at a sacrifice), a superintending priest, the seventeenth priest

a person belonging to a learned court-circle


प्रारम्भ

beginning commencement undertaking enterprise


दृढ

resolute, determined, tenacious, persevering, steady

reduced to the last term or smallest number by a common divisor


दृढ

iron
stronghold, fortress
anything fixed, firm, or solid


धनी

masculine nominative singular of धनिन् (dhanin)


धनिक

wealth, rich
well-to-do
well-off, well-heeled
in the money


धनिक

a rich man, owner, creditor
a husband
name of Sch. on Daṡar
n. coriander L.
any young woman or wife
Panicum italicum L.


कोप

morbid irritation or disorder of the humors of the body

anger, fury, rage (of fire, arms, war, etc.)

the state of being in contradiction with, incompatibleness


कुपित

irritated; angry
incensed; provoked; offended
wrathful


मानव

human, human being
man, male
mankind, humanity


शून्य

blank, deserted
empty, void
destitute of


पुल्ल

inflated, expanded
flowery, abundant in flowers
split open


फुल्ल

split or cleft open, expanded, blown (as a flower)


कोमल

tender, delicate, soft
gentle, charming, sweet


सरल

upright, sincere, candid, honest, artless, simple


सरल

a species of pine tree, Pinus roxburghii

a kind of bird, the grey peacock-pheasant (Pavo bicalcaratus L., now Polyplectron bicalcaratum)


सरल

resin of the pine
a particular high number


तथा

in such a way, so, thus
also, as well
certainly, surely


मर्द

crushing, grinding, rubbing, bruising, destroying


मर्द

grinding, pounding, violent pressure or friction


फट

The expanded hood of a snake (फटा also in this sense)


యే

Telugu script form of ये (nominative plural masculine of యద్ (yad))

Telugu script form of ये (nominative/accusative dual feminine/neuter of యద్ (yad))


आहत

hurt
beaten, struck
hit, crushed, destroyed
repeated, multiplied
uttered falsely


कृपया

by mercy, mercifully, out of kindness, kindly


रङ्ग

a place for public amusement or for dramatic exhibition, theatre, playhouse, stage, arena, any place of assembly


स्वस्थ

healthy, healthful
hale and hearty
sound, tranquil, composed


पोत

the young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc.


रोचक

brightening, enlightening interesting
giving an appetite
pleasing, agreeable


रोचक

a worker in glass or artificial ornaments


केवल

entirely, wholly, absolutely
but
certainly, decidedly


केवल

sole, alone, unmingled, excluding others

not connected with anything else, isolated, abstract, absolute


केवल

a dancer, tumbler
name of a prince
name of a locality


केवल

the doctrine of the absolute unity of spirit


गर्जन

roar, bellow
thunder, rumble
grunt, growl


स्वर्ग

celestial abode of light and of the gods


सहन

patience
tolerance, bearing
endurance
forbearance


दुर्ग

difficult to access or approach; unattainable; impassable


दुर्ग

difficult or narrow passage; a place difficult to access


सुरक्षा

safeness
salvage, extrication, recovery
security


शपथ

oath, vow
swear
scolding, curse
ordeal
reviling, anathema


प्रतिज्ञा

to admit, own, acknowledge, acquiesce in, consent to, approve

to perceive, notice, learn, become aware of


प्रतिज्ञा

agreement, assent, admission, acknowledgement

declaration, proposition, statement, assertion, allegation

plaint, complaint, indictment, prosecution

a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved


चतुर

dexterous, clever, ingenious, shrewd
charming, agreeable


चतुर

Labeo rohita, a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found in the Ganges river


योजना

yoking, building
plan, scheme, strategy
design
measure of distance


विफल

useless ineffectual fruitless unsuccessful


पेशी

a piece of flesh or meat
fetus shortly after conception
muscle
peel or rind of a fruit
sheath, scabbard
the egg of a bird


निष्ठा

end, termination, culminating or extreme point, decisive sentence, catastrophe


सतर्क

having argument or reason, skilled in speculation


संयुक्त

conjoined, joined together, combined, united

accompanied or attended by, endowed or furnished with, full of


दल

a fragment, a piece split off
part, a degree
detachment
dividing, splitting, division


अभिनव

new, young, modern, fresh
blooming, inexperienced


कौट

free, independent, living in one's own house


अशुद्ध

impure, foul
inaccurate, incorrect, wrong
unknown, unascertained


स्नान

bath, bathing
bathroom
ablution
cleansing, washing off
religious or ceremonial ablution
bathing in sacred waters
anything used in ablution


आम्र

the mango fruit
the mango tree, Mangifera indica


प्रातिरूपिक

counterfeit
spurious
using false weight or measure


शशक

rabbit
hare
man of a particular character


साहस

adventure, boldness, daring, aggression, rashness

felony, violence, robbery, any reckless or precipitate act


सुरूप

beautiful
handsome
well-formed
wise, learned


परिणाम

a figure of speech by which the properties of any object are transferred to that with which it is compared


భూ

Telugu script form of भू (“becoming; world”)


प्रमाण

proof, authority; any proof, testimony, or evidence

measurement, dimensions, length; measure of any kind

accordance of the movements in dancing with music and song


स्वयम्

of or by one's self spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord


स्वास्थ्य

health
soundness (of body and soul)
wellness
satisfaction, comfort
tranquility, contentment


बाधा

interruption, obstacle, hardship, disturbance


सामान्य

common
similar
normal
equal
generic
ordinary
universal
shared by others; not specific


रोगी

masculine nominative singular of रोगिन् (rogin)


खण्ड

a chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment

clause, chapter, section (of a work, document)


खण्ड

a flaw in a jewel
a calf with horns half-grown
a kind of measure


खण्ड

broken, having chasms or gaps or breaks
deficient, defective, crippled
not full (as the moon)


अम्बर

surroundings, environment
sky, atmosphere, ether, welkin
garment, clothing, apparel
perfume
saffron
lip
ether


सिद्धि

success, perfection, attainment, determination, substantiation

acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means


मूढ

stupefied, bewildered, perplexed, confused, flummoxed, at a loss or uncertain about (with locative case)

mistaken, deceived, deluded, erring, gone astray or adrift

unclear, indistinct, unascertainable, perplexing, confounding, confusing, stupefying


शय्या

rhetorical composition, or a particular rhetorical figure involving stringing words together


स्था

to stand, station oneself, take up a position on

to stay, remain, continue in any condition or action

to continue to be or exist, to endure, last.

to stand still, stay quiet, remain stationary, stop, halt, wait, tarry, linger, hesitate

to cause to stand still, stop, arrest, check, hold, keep in, restrain


स्था

nominative singular feminine and sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine and sandhi form of accusative plural feminine of स्थ (stha, “standing on”)

instrumental singular feminine and nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter of स्थ (stha, “standing on”)


विद्

to know
to find
to consider as, take for


विद्

knowing, understanding, a knower
finding, acquiring, procuring


नम्

to bend, bow
to bow to, subject or submit
to yield or give way


बुध्

to come to; wake up; recover consciousness after fainting

to observe, heed, attend to (with acc. or gen.)

to perceive, notice, learn, understand, become or be aware of or acquainted with

to think of, i.e. present a person (‘with’ instr.)

to know to be, recognize as (with two acc.)

to deem, consider or regard as (with two acc.)

to cause to observe or attend, admonish, advise

to make a person acquainted with, remind or inform of. impart or communicate anything to (with two acc.)


वा

or, preferably (marking the preferred of two alternatives) (Pāṇini)


वा

to become deficient, extinguished
to vanish


सिव्

to sew, sew on, darn, stitch, stitch together


सफल

having or bearing fruit, having good results


दुर्बल

weak, feeble, emaciated, of little strength


शोक

sorrow, affliction, anguish, pain, trouble, grief


अशक्त

incompetent, incapable
weak, unable to bear or exert force


उज्ज्वल

blazing up, luminous, splendid, light
burning
clean, clear
lovely, beautiful
glorious
full-blown
expanded


औषध

herbs used in medicine, medicine in general


महार्घ

costly, expensive, high-priced
very precious or valuable


महार्घ

Perdix chenensis, a species of blue-breasted quail native to India and China


बहुमूल्य

costly, expensive, high-priced, precious


नम्र

humble, submissive, polite, reverential
curved, bent, bowing to, hanging down


रिक्त

empty, vacant, hollow, void
idle, worthless, indigent
devoid or destitute of


कठोर

sharp, solid, stiff, offering resistance.


प्रताप

bonanza
opulence, prosperity, wealth
warmer, heat-giver
scorcher


समान

one of the five vital airs (that which circulates about the navel and is essential to digestion; personified as a son of Sādhya)


समान

having the same place or organ of utterance


पानीय

future passive participle of पा (pā): to be drunk; drinkable


शत्रु

a hostile king (especially a neighbouring king as a natural enemy)


शुद्ध

past passive participle of शुध् (śudh); purified


शुद्ध

pure; clear; clean
true; blameless; acquitted
right; free from error; faultless
accurate
simple; unmixed


शान्ति

tranquillity, peace, rest, quietness, calmness, absence of passion

welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss


यवसुरा

beer; a kind of alcoholic drink made from barley


लेखनी

an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil

Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)


नाश

demolition, ruin, destruction, annihilation


न्याय

that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type, standard, method, rule, (esp.) a general or universal rule, model, axiom, system, plan, manner, right or fit manner or way, fitness, propriety

a lawsuit, legal proceeding, judicial sentence, judgement

a logical or syllogistic argument or inference (consisting of a combination of enthymeme and syllogism, and so having, according to the नैयायिकs 5 members, viz. प्रतिज्ञा, हेतु, उदाहरण, उपनय, निगमन, or according to the वेदान्तिन्s 3 members)

a system of philosophy delivered by गोतम or गौतम (it is one of the six दर्शनस् q.v., and is perhaps so called, because it ‘goes into’ all subjects physical and metaphysical according to the above syllogistic method treated of in one division of the system ; its branch is called वैशेषिक)

likeness, analogy, a popular maxim or apposite illustration (cf. काकाक्षि-, घुणाक्षर-, दण्डापूप. &c.)


परिहास

fun, joke, jest, merriment
joking, ridiculing, deriding, jesting
mirth, laughing at


विनाश

annihilation, perdition, destruction, decay, death.


प्रतिष्ठा

performance of any ceremony or any solemn act, any ceremony for obtaining supernatural or magical powers

eminence, dignity, status, celebrity, rank


विचार

thought, idea, consideration, deliberation

investigation, deliberation, discussion, conjecture


प्रस्ताव

the occasion or subject of a conversation


निर्णय

resolution, settlement
decision, judgment, verdict, selection
application of a conclusive argument


भविष्य

imminent, impending (to be about to become or come to pass) (MBh., Ka1v.)


स्वादिष्ठ

sweetest; very sweet or pleasing to the taste


परीक्षा

inspection, investigation, examination, test, trial by ordeal of various kinds


ताप

heat, pain, torment (mental and bodily), sorrow, affliction


अन्ति

near, before, in the presence of
to, in the vicinity of


पाटल

a tree that bears trumpet flowers (Stereospermum chelonoides)


श्मशान

cemetery
a burial or burning ground
an oblation to deceased ancestors


बन्दी

masculine nominative singular of बन्दिन् (bandin, “captive, prisoner”)


लक्ष्य

to be marked or characterized or defined

to be indicated, indirectly denoted, or expressed

to be recognized or known, recognizable by


लक्ष्य

the thing defined
an indirect or secondary meaning
a pretense, sham, disguise
a lac or one hundred thousand
an example, illustration


शाम

appeasing, curing, having curative properties


श्यामा

name of several plants, particularly the indigo plant


हानि

damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin

insufficiency, deficit, a minus ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. cessation, disappearance, non-existence


चकोर

the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa) fabled to subsist on moon beams


पल

a particular weight = 4 karṣas = 1/100 tulā

a particular measure of time (= 1/60 ghaṭī)


मूल्य

to be eradicated
beginning at the root
purchasable


मूल्य

price, worth, cost
wages, hire, salary
gain
capital, principal
original value
an article purchased


अस्त्र

name of a mantra (pronounced, for instance, before reading a book or while kindling a fire, etc.)

name of the mystical syllable फत् RāmatUp. (compare Gk. ἄστρον and ἀστήρ) ‘that which throws out or emits rays of light’


रुद्राक्ष

a tree used for rosaries and held sacred in Hinduism, the rudraksha, Elaeocarpus angustifolius


माला

a series of offerings for obtaining any object of desire


अनुमति

the fifteenth day of the moon's age (on which it rises one digit less than full, when the gods or manes receive oblations with favor)


-ल

an adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc.


अरुण

also of his charioteer, or the dawn personified as the son of Kashyapa by Vinata

the colour of the dawn, dark red, or the mixture of red and black

a kind of leprosy, with red spots and insensibility of the skin


शुक्ति

shell, esp. pearl oyster, mother of pearl

twist of hair (on a horse's neck or breast; rare)

a certain weight (=½ pala or 2 karshas, about one ounce)


धन

any valued object, (especially) wealth, riches, money, treasure, gift


जीव

life, existence
any living being, anything living
the principle of life, the vital breath
m (a name of) बृहस्पति


वैद्य

relating or belonging to the Vedas, conformable to the Vedas

medical, medicinal, relating to medicine


वैद्य

follower of the Vedas, well-versed in the Vedas


लोक

world, realm; the earth or world of human beings.

the inhabitants of the world, mankind, folk, people.

ordinary life, worldly affairs, common practice or usage.


मौन

silence, taciturnity
the unblooming state
the office or position of a holy sage


ध्वनि

sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder

allusion, hint, implied meaning, poetical style


कोलाहल

a loud and confused sound, uproar, great and indistinct noise (of men, animals, etc.)


हत्या

killing, slaying, slaughter, murder (particularly of the criminal variety, as in गोहत्या, भ्रूणहत्या, etc.)


तन्त्र

the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework

doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work

a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between Shiva and Durga) 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, especially of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation

name of a सामन् (also called ‘ that of विरूप ’)

a means which leads to two or more results, contrivance

a drug (especially one of specific faculties)


द्वितीय

second letter of a varga, i.e. the surd aspirate


शरद्

autumn, autumnal season comprising the two months अश्विन् (aśvin) and कार्त्तिक (kārttika)


तल

the part underneath, lower part, base, bottom


तल

pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand


तल

the heart
a pond
a pit
a forest
the root or seed of events


पञ्चमी

feminine nominative singular of पञ्चम (pañcama)


पञ्चमी

the fifth day of the lunar fortnight (tithi)

a particular रागिणी or मूर्छना

a brick having the length of 1/5 (of a पुरुष)


पञ्चमी

name of द्रौपदी (who was the wife of 5 Pandavas; compare पाञ्चालि)


वसन्तपञ्चमी

A festival held on the 5th tithi of the light half of the month Magha


उपनयन

that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve संस्कारs or purificatory rites [prescribed in the धर्म- सूत्रs and explained in the गृह्य- सूत्रs] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the वेद by heart ; a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to हिरण्यकेशिन् ; or eighth from conception, according to शाङ्खायन etc.], a क्षत्रिय in the eleventh, a वैश्य in the twelfth ; but the term could be delayed)


कण्टक

anything pointed, the point of a pin or needle, a prickle, sting

goose pimples resulting from thrilling emotions (compare कण्टकित (kaṇṭakita))

unevenness, roughness (as on the surface of the tongue)

any troublesome, seditious person (who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good government), a paltry foe, enemy in general (compare क्षुद्र-शत्रु (kṣudra-śatru))

a sharp stinging pain, symptom of disease

any annoyance or source of vexation; obstacle, impediment

the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansions

a term in the न्याय (nyāya) philosophy implying refutation of argument, detection of error

name of मकर (makara) (or the marine monster, the symbol of काम-देव (kāma-deva))

name of the horse of शाक्य-मुनि (śākya-muni)


कलत्र

wife, consort
the female of an animal
the hip and loins
pudendum muliebre
royal citadel, stronghold, fastness
the seventh lunar mansion


जनक

name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)

name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)


मिथिला

Mithila, a city said to have been founded by मिथि or मिथिल (it was the capital of विदेह or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King जनक)


कनक

a kind of decoration
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants
name of several plants


अलस

lazy, lethargic, inactive, idle, slothful


अलस

a sore or ulcer between the toes
tympanitis
a small poisonous animal
a type of plant


सर

springer, runner
flower, speeder, glider, mover


उपहार

complimentary gift, present (to a king or superior)

a particular kind of alliance (purchased through a gift)

a kind of religious service (consisting of laughter, song, dance, muttering हुडुक्, adoration and pious ejaculation)


वनस्पति

‘lord of the wood’, a forest tree (especially a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree)

stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (especially the sacrificial post)

the Indian fig-tree, Bignonia suaveolens

an offering made to the sacrificial post

anything made of wood (especially particular parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.)

name of a son of घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)


वनस्पति

name of the वर्ष (varṣa) ruled by Vanaspati.


तान

monotonous tone (in reciting, एक-श्रुति)

an object of sense (or = तात्पर्य, compare एक-)


स्त्रीधन

women's wealth, a wife's peculiar property (said to be of six kinds: अध्य्-अग्निक, अध्य्-आवाहनिक, आधि-वेदनिक, प्रीति-दत्त, शुल्क, अन्व्-आधेय)


षोडशकला

the 16 digits of the moon, named: 1. अ-मृता; 2. मान-दा; 3. पूषा; 4. तुष्टि; 5. पुष्टि; 6. रति; 7. धृति; 8. शशिनी; 9. चन्द्रिका; 10. कान्ति; 11. ज्योत्स्ना; 12. श्री; 13. प्रीति; 14. अङ्ग-दा; 15. पूर्णा; 16. पूर्णामृता


स्थिति

standing, staying, remaining, abiding, stay


मोक्ष

emancipation, liberation, release from; moksha

release from worldly existence or transmigration, final or eternal emancipation

name of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation

the liberation of an eclipsed or occulted planet, the last contact or separation of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies, end of an eclipse

setting free, deliverance (of a prisoner)

acquittance of an obligation, discharge of a debt (compare रिण-)

shedding or causing to flow (tears, blood etc.)


शेष

that which is saved or spared or allowed to escape, residue, leaving, surplus, balance


शेष

name of a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity

name of one of the mythical elephants that support the earth


वेङ्कट

Name of a very sacred hill in the द्राविड (drāviḍa) country (in the district of North Arcot, about 80 miles from Madras; it reaches an elevation of about 2,500 feet above the sea level, and on the summit is the celebrated temple dedicated to विष्णु (viṣṇu) in his character of ‘Lord of वेङ्कट’, also called श्री-पति (śrī-pati) or Tirupati, whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as त्रि-पती (tri-patī); it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims.

Name of a king of विजय-नगर (vijaya-nagara) (the patron of अप्पय दीक्षित (appaya dīkṣita)).


वेङ्कटेश्वर

‘ lord of वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa) ’, Name of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) or विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Name of various authors (also -कवि (-kavi), -दीक्षित (-dīkṣita) etc.).


व्यवहार

custom; common or established practice; wont


जयन्त

name of a ध्रुवक, शिव

name of a गन्धर्व (विक्रमादित्य's father)


जयन्त

Sesbania sesban (syn. Sesbania aegyptiaca L.) or some other species of Sesbania

barley planted at the commencement of the दश-हरा and gathered at its close

कृष्ण's birthnight (the 8th of the dark half of श्रावण, the asterism रोहिणी rising at midnight.)

दुर्गा, दाक्षायणी (in हस्तिना-पुर; tutelary deity of the वसूद्रेकs)

name of ऋषभ's wife (received from इन्द्र)

name of a सुराङ्गना


कुरु

name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom

Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata


कुरु

second-person singular imperative active of करोति (karóti, “to do, make”)


गन्धर्व

a gandharva (one of a class of male heavenly beings, famed singers and guardians of soma)


यमी

Name of Yama's twin-sister (who is identified in Post-vedic mythology with the river-goddess Yamuna).


नरसिंह

‘man-lion’, great warrior
Narasimha, the fourth avatar of Vishnu
name of the father of king भैरव


संकेत

agreement, compact, stipulation, assignation with, engagement, appointment

intimation, hint, allusion, preconcerted sign or signal or gesture

a short explanation of a grammatical rule


नारद

Narada, one of the मानसपुत्र (mānasaputra) of ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

Name of a son of विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra).


कैलास

Mount Kailasa (fabulous residence of Shiva; placed in the Himalaya range and regarded as one of the loftiest peaks to the north of the Manasarovara)


मालव

name of a country (Malwa in central India; plural, its inhabitants)


सूर्यकान्त

‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone » चन्द्र-क्°; also °त-मणि)


हाटक

Hataka (an ancient country mentioned in the Mahabharata)


अगस्त्य

Agastya, son of Pulastya, and author of the 165-191st suktas of the 1st mandala of the Rigveda.


अहंकार

conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness

the making of self, thinking of self, egotism

the third of the eight producers or sources of creation, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality, individualization


अमरावती

Amarāvatī, "city of immortals", the capital of Svarga


रति

name of the wife of vibhu (mother of pṛthuṣeṇa)

name of a magical incantation recited over weapons


रति

pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness

the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment


प्रीति

any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction

friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, amity


ज्योत्स्ना

moonlight; a moonlit night
splendour, light


बाहु

the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist

the arm as a measure of length (= 12 अङ्गुलs)

the fore-foot of an animal (especially its upper part)

the side of an angular figure, (especially) the base of a right-angled triangle


बाहु

name of a prince (who brought ruin upon his family by his illegal actions)


कारण

that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark, a proof, a legal instrument, document)


झङ्कार

a low murmuring (buzzing of bees, etc.), jingling, clanking


भैरवी

a girl of 12 years (representing दुर्गा at the दुर्गा festival).


कीर

name of the people and of the country of Kashmir


वाणि

weaving
weaver's loom
voice, speech
a species of meter
cloud
price, value


खर

hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid

hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word)


खर

a thorny plant (prickly nightshade (Solanum torvum) or perhaps camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum L.))

quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (compare ἐσχάρα)

a place arranged for building a house upon

name of the 25th year of the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle

name of the असुर धेनुक

name of a रक्षस् slain by राम (younger brother of रावण)

name of an attendant of the Sun (= धर्म)

‘a she-mule’ » खरी-वात्सल्य

name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue


मनोहर

‘heart-stealing’, taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful

Jasminum multiflorum (winter jasmine) or Jasminum sambac L. (Arabian jasmine)

the third day of the civil month (कर्म-मास)


रञ्जन

pleasing, charming, rejoicing, delighting


रञ्जन

baruwa sugarcane, baruwa grass, munj sweetcane (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum munja)

night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor tristis)


रञ्जन

the act of pleasing, delighting, conciliating, giving pleasure


मार

the Destroyer, Evil One (who tempts men to indulge their passions and is the great enemy of the बुद्ध and his religion; four मारs are enumerated in Dharmas. 80, viz. स्कन्ध-, क्लेश-, देवपुत्र-, and मृत्यु-म्°; but the later Buddhist theory of races of gods led to the figment of millions of मारs ruled over by a chief मार)

pestilence (also personified as the goddess of death and identified with दुर्गा)


चारु

agreeable, approved, esteemed, beloved, endeared, (Lat.) चरुस्, dear (with dat. or loc. of the person)


चारु

a particular वासक (vāsaka)
name of बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati)
name of a son of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)
name of a चक्र-वर्तिन् (cakra-vartin)


चारु

saffron
splendor
moonlight
intelligence
name of कुबेर (kubera)'s wife


केशिन्

an epithet of Rudra
an epithet of Vishnu
Keshin, a horse demon slain by Krishna.


सरस

containing sap, juicy, pithy, potent, powerful.

passionate, impassioned, enamoured, full of love or desire.


धीर

steady, constant, firm, resolute, brave, energetic, courageous, self-possessed, composed, calm, grave


शंकर

the "maker of happiness"; an epithet of Rudra, a manifestation of Shiva

name of various authors and commentators, especially of Adi Shankara


शंकर

causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent.


कथा

conversation, speech
story, tale
discussion, talk


नन्दक

rejoicing, gladdening, making happy (especially a family)


సమృద్ధి

Telugu script form of समृ॑द्धि (“prosperity, abundance”)


प्रभु

good, excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant


प्रभु

master, lord, king, prince (also applied to gods)


वेला

time
time of day, occasion, interval
tide
boundary, threshold, limit, limen
coast, shore


वेतन

wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood


शिक्षा

desire of being able to effect anything; a wish to accomplish

the science which teaches proper articulation and pronunciation of Vedic texts


विद्या

knowledge, wisdom
science, philosophy
an academic discipline
scholarship


विद्याधरी

female of the above class of supernatural beings


अनन्त

an epithet of Vishnu
an epithet of Shesha
an epithet of Shiva


सीता

a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare

name of the eastern branch of the four mythical branches of the Ganga


सीता

Adoptive daughter of Janaka and Sunayanā, sister of Urmila, wife of Rāma, mother of Lava and Kusha.


सूचना

pointing out, indication, communication (Śusr., Sāh.)


मुख्य

being at the head or at the beginning, first, principal, chief, eminent


खरा

inflection of खर (khara, “hard”):
inflection of खर (khara, “hard”):
inflection of खर (khara, “hard”):


खरा

sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural of खर (khara, “donkey”)


मन्मथ

love or the god of love, amorous passion or desire

the 29th (3rd) year in a 60-year cycle of Jupiter

name of a physician and various other men


चक्रवाल

multitude assemblage circle horizon mass


तीर्थ

a passage, way or road; that which affords transit:

something sacred or revered; a holy thing or place:

someone sacred or revered; a holy or wise person:

advice, instruction; that which gives direction


संतोष

satisfaction, contentment
delight, joy, pleasure


आस्तिक

one who believes in the existence (of God, of another world, etc.)


गुण

full grade of vowels, ie /a/, /ar/, /e/, and /o/ (contrasts with zero grade and lengthened grade/vṛddhi)


हा

to leave, abandon, desert, quit, forsake, relinquish

to put away, take off, remove, lay aside, give up, renounce, resign, avoid, shun, abstain or refrain from.

to cause to emit (with शर्धम्, ‘to cause to break wind’)


हा

to start or spring forward, bound away, give way to

to go or depart or betake one's self to have recourse to


जहाति

to renounce, abandon, relinquish
to emit
to shun, avoid, lay aside
to ignore, neglect


आरा

an awl (a small pointed instrument for piercing small holes in wood or leather; used by shoemakers)


पश्यति

to see, behold, observe
to spectate
to receive a visitor
to experience, partake of
to learn, find out
to compose, invent
to consider, examine
to foresee


मीन

a fish
the sign of the zodiac Pisces
name of a teacher of योग (yoga)


आणि

the part of the leg just above the knee
the corner of a house
a boundary limit
the edge of a sword
the pin of the axle of a cart
a linchpin


जुषति

alternative form of जुषते (juṣate), with active endings.


वैडूर्य

name of a particular mountain (also वैडूर्यपर्वत (vaiḍūryaparvata)) (MBh., VarBṛS. etc.)


नलद

Nardostachys jatamansi, Indian spikenard (AV., Suśr. etc.)

root of Chrysopogon zizanioides, formerly Andropogon muricatus (Naish.)

the blossom of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (L.)


प्रति

towards, near, approach
against
regarding, concerning
per, according to


दिव्य

divine, heavenly, celestial
supernatural, wonderful, magical
charming, beautiful, agreeable


दिव्य

ordeal (10 kinds, viz. तुला (tulā), अग्नि (agni), जल (jala), विष (viṣa), कोश (kośa), तण्डुल (taṇḍula), तप्त-माष (tapta-māṣa), फाल (phāla), धर्माधर्म (dharmādharma), तुलसी (tulasī), compare ss.vv.) YĀjñ. ii, 22, 95 Pañc. i, 450/451, 451, 452, etc.


सहस्रम्

nominative neuter singular of सहस्र (sahasra)

accusative neuter singular of सहस्र (sahasra)

accusative masculine singular of सहस्र (sahasra)


क्षत्र

dominion, supremacy, power, might
government, governing body
kshatriya


लिङ्ग

mark, spot, sign, token, badge, form, emblem, characteristic, representation

the sign of gender or sex; organ of generation; genital

any assumed or false badge or mark, guise, disguise

the invariable mark which proves the existence of anything in an object (as in the proposition ‘there is fire because there is smoke’, smoke is the liṅga)


दुस्-

badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-.


इष्ट

sought, wished, desired
liked, beloved
agreeable, cherished
reverenced, respected
regarded as good
valid


इष्ट

lover, husband
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) L.


ईश

the number ‘eleven’ (as there are eleven Rudras)


ईश

an epithet of Shiva as regent of the north-east quarter


भुज्

to enjoy, consume, eat
to utilize, use
to experience, pass through


भुज्

enjoyment, profit, advantage, possession or use of


भुज्

an enjoyer, eater (said of Agni)
enjoying the reward of, suffering for
passing, through, fulfilling


भुज्

enjoying (also carnally), eating, consuming, partaking of, possessing, ruling


स्थल

dry land (opp. to damp low-land), firm earth (opp. to water)


स्थल

chapter, section (of a book)
name of a son of बल (bala)


स्थाणु

standing firmly, stationary, firm, fixed, immovable, motionless


स्थाणु

a stump, stem, trunk, stake, post, pile, pillar (also as symbol of motionlessness)


स्थाणु

anything stationary or fixed
a particular posture in sitting


स्थापन

causing to stand etc.
maintaining, preserving (» वयः-स्थ्°)
fixing, determining


स्थापन

causing to stand, fixing, establishing, founding, instituting, raising, erecting (an image etc.)

strengthening (of the limbs), preservation or prolongation (of life) or a means of strengthening, etc

a means of stopping (the flow of blood), styptic

establishment or dialectical proof of a proposition

a particular process to which quicksilver is subjected


स्थैर्य

steadfastness, constancy, perseverance, patience

firm attachment to, constant delight in (loc.)


वृ

to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct

to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain


वृ

to choose, select
to ask a person for or on behalf of
to solicit anything from
to like, love well


वारित

warded off, prevented, hindered, impeded, restrained.


वृत

concealed, screened, hidden, enveloped, surrounded by, covered with (instrumental case)

stopped, checked, held back, pent up (as rivers).

filled or endowed or provided or affected with (instrumental case)


वृति

a hedge, fence, an enclosed piece of ground or place enclosed for particular cultivation (especially that of the Piper betel, which in many parts of India is surrounded and screened by mats)


कृत्य

one who may be seduced from allegiance or alliance, who may be bribed or hired (as an assassin)


कृत्य

the class of affixes forming the future. (as तव्य, अनीय, य, एलिम, etc.)

a kind of evil spirit (named either with or without the addition of यक्ष, मानुष, असुर, etc.). (perhaps v.l. for °त्या below)


कृत्य

what ought to be done, what is proper or fit, duty, office


कृति

the act of doing, making, performing, manufacturing, composing

a kind of अनुष्टुभ् metre (consisting of two पादs of twelve syllables each and a third पाद of eight syllables)

another metre (a stanza of four lines with twenty syllables in each)

a collective name of the metres कृति, प्रक्°, आक्°, विक्°, संक्°, अभिक्°, and उत्कृति

name of the wife of संह्राद and mother of पञ्च-जन


कृति

name of several persons
name of a pupil of हिरण्य-नाभ


कृति

the act of hurting, injuring
a knife, dagger, sword


कुक्षि

belly
interior
womb
abdominal side
cheeks
buttocks


पूजा

worship
veneration
adoration of a god
homage to a superior


उप-

towards
near, with
under, below
like, proximate
subordinate
brother to
son to


वि-

Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.


पिशङ्ग

reddish, reddish-brown or reddish-yellow, tawny


जटा

the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Shiva, and persons in mourning); braid of hair


श्रवस्

fame, glory, renown
sound, shout, loud praise
the ear
wealth
a stream, flow, gush
swift course, rapid motion, flight


यान

going, moving, riding, marching to or upon or against

figuratively and metaphorically, the modes or methods of religious practice that "convey" practitioners on "journeys" towards their spiritual goal, normally translated as vehicle


प्रातिमोक्ष

Pratimoksha (code of precepts according to which monks are controlled and corrected)


घोष

cry, confused cries of a multitude, battle cry, cries of victory, cries of woe or distress, holler, yell

the sound of a drum, conch shell, Soma stones, a carriage, etc.

the whizzing or whir of a bowstring, crackling of fire, singing in the ear

the roaring of a storm, thunder, water, etc.

the soft (voiced) sound heard in the articulation of the sonant consonants, the vowels, and anusvara which with the Yamas of the first 10 of the soft consonants make up altogether 40 sounds


यक्ष

a yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost


यक्ष

a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā.)


स्वस्ति

greetings!
hail!
may it be well with thee!
so be it!


स्वस्ति

well-being fortune success prosperity luck


वाचा

speech, word
oath, holy word, sacred text
goddess of speech


ब्रह्मदेश

Myanmar, Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)


सोऽहम्

"It is I" (a phrase used by the Advaita Vedānta school of Hinduism, signifying oneness with Brahma)


एकीभवति

to be blended
to be combined
to coalesce
to cluster
to become one


निवास

dwelling-place, abode, house, habitation, night-quarters


सिंहद्वार

a gate, entrance, especially the chief gate of a mansion or palace


सिंहिका

name of the mother of राहु (she was a daughter of दक्ष [or कश्यप] and wife of कश्यप [or विप्र-चित्ति]) MBh. Hariv. Pur.

name of a राक्षसी


सिंहकेसर

a lion's mane
bullet wood (Mimusops elengi L.)
a kind of sweetmeat


सिंहदंष्ट्र

a kind of arrow
name of शिव
name of an असुर
name of a king of the शबरs


सिंहासन

throne; "lion's seat"
kind of sitting posture


सिंहास्य

Justicia gendarussa, of south and southeast Asia


आदिवराह

‘the first boar’, name of विष्णु
name of a poet
name of भोज (Kanouj king)


आदिकेशव

‘the first long-haired one’, name of विष्णु


आदिकवि

‘the first poet’
name of ब्रह्मन्
name of वाल्मीकि


आदिदेव

name of ब्रह्मन्, विष्णु, शिव, गणेश, सूर्य (कार्तिकेय)


धन्य

bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich (ifc. full of)


धन्य

a spell for using or restraining magical weapons

name of a man. (cf. Pāṇ. 4-1, 110 g. अश्वादि)

name of the वैश्यs in क्रौञ्च-द्वीप


धन्

to cause to run or move quickly
to bear fruit
to move or run


सत्फल

the pomegranate (Cat.) ( -फलानाम्, w.v.l. for -कलानाम् Subh.)


सत्कृत्य

having treated with respect, having hospitably entertained.


सत्कार

kind treatment, honour, favour, reverence (with पश्चिम = -करण.; राज-सत्-क्°, ‘the favour of a king’ R.).

feasting (or = ‘a meal’), festival, religious observance

care, attention, consideration of or regard for a thing

w.r. for संस्कार


सत्पुत्र

a son who performs all the prescribed rites in honour of his ancestors


सत्पति

the lord of the good, lord of real men, lord of heroes

name of इन्द्र


सत्पथ

a good or right way, correct or virtuous conduct, orthodox doctrine


मोहन

depriving of consciousness, bewildering, confusing, perplexing, leading astray, infatuating


मोहन

name of one of the 5 arrows of the god of love

cultivated fenugreek (Trigonella corniculata L.)

name of a female demon (daughter of गर्भ-हन्तृ)

name of one of the nine शक्तिs of विष्णु


मोहन

delusion, infatuation, embarrassment, mistake

any means employed for bewildering others

a magical charm used to bewilder an enemy

the formula used in that process (esp. the hymns AV. iii, 1, 2)


मोहरात्रि

‘night of bewilderment’, the night when the world is to be destroyed


स्मर

remembering, recollecting (जाति-स्मर (jāti-smara))


स्मर

loving recollection love, (esp.) sexual love

an interpreter or explainer of the वेद (and ‘the god of love’)


क्रूर

bloody, raw
wounded, hurt, sore
cruel, harsh, formidable


उच्चैः

instrumental masculine/neuter plural of उच्च (ucca)


उच्चैस्

high, above, aloft; upwards
intensely, powerfully


कथाम्

feminine singular accusative of कथा (kathā)


अरण्य

a foreign or a distant land
forest, wilderness
a desert


बिल

the hollow (of a dish), bowl (of a spoon or ladle)


श्रामणेर

novice monk (pupil or disciple admitted to the first degree of monkhood)


नीलोत्पल

blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali, syn. Nymphaea cyanea)


वसुधा

earth
country, kingdom
ground, soil
anapaest


कुटुम्ब

a household, members of a household, family

the care of a family, housekeeping (hence metaphorically, care or anxiety about anything)


कुटुम्बक

a household, family
the duties and cares of a householder


आदर्श

the original of a document of manuscript


กรุณา

Thai script form of करुणा (feminine nominative singular of करुण (karuṇa))


शील

custom, practice, natural or acquired way of living or acting


មាស

Khmer script form of मास (“moon, month”)


-ताति

suffix forming nouns representing a state of being


उल्ब

cover, envelope
cave
womb, membrane surrounding the embryo
vulva


दिति

distributing, dividing, splitting, cutting


दिति

Wife of Kashyapa and the mother of Daityas


हति

a stroke or blow with, striking, killing


मांसम्

neuter nominative singular of मांस (māṃsa)

neuter accusative singular of मांस (māṃsa)


लोला

inflection of लोल (lola, “unsteady, eager”):


रोध

the act of stopping, blocking, obstructing, hindering, blockading, preventing


धूप

incense, perfume, aromatic vapour or smoke proceeding from gum or resin, the gum and resin themselves


मुदिता

joy, gladness; especially sympathetic or vicarious joy


आवाम्

nominative dual of अस्मद् (asmad): we two

accusative dual of अस्मद् (asmad): us two


वयम्

we (nominative plural of अस्मद् (asmád))


युवाम्

you both (nominative dual of युष्मद् (yuṣmad))


यूयम्

nominative plural of युष्मद् (yuṣmad): you (more than two)


तौ

nominative dual of स (sa)
accusative dual of स (sa)


ते

dative/genitive singular of त्वद् (tvad, “you”)


ते

nominative/accusative dual of सा (sā́, “she”)


ते

nominative/accusative dual of तद् (tád, “it”)


तानि

nominative/accusative plural of तद् (tád)


ताः

nominative plural of सा (sā́)
accusative plural of सा (sā́)


द्वंद्व

strife, quarrel, contest, fight (esp. between two persons, a duel)

a species of disease, a complication of two disorders, a compound affection of two tumors


सिंहपुर

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


अप्रमाद

vigilance; mindfulness; attentiveness; heedfulness; alertness


अर्थशास्त्र

Arthashastra (a book concerning practical life and political government)


अर्थशास्त्रक

alternative form of अर्थशास्त्र (Árthaśāstraka)


उच्चे

masculine singular locative of उच्च (ucca)

feminine singular vocative of उच्च (ucca)

feminine dual nominative/accusative/vocative of उच्च (ucca)

neuter dual nominative/accusative/vocative of उच्च (ucca)


उच्चम्

masculine singular accusative of उच्च (ucca)

neuter singular nominative/accusative of उच्च (ucca)


मन्

to remember (especially of forms with mnā-)


शिवपुराण

name of one of the 18 Puranas (devoted to the praise of शिव, and consisting of 12 संहिताs, viz. विघ्नेश, रुद्र, विनायक, भौम, मातृका, रुद्रैकदश, कैलास, शत-रुद्र, कोटि-रुद्र, सहस्र-कोटि-रुद्र, वायवीय, and धर्म-संहिता)


जम्बुद्वीप

Jambudvipa: one of the seven regions of the Earth.


कीर्ति

mention, making mention of, speech, report

Fame (personified as daughter of दक्ष and wife of धर्म)

name of one of the मातृकाs (or personified divine energies of कृष्ण) L.


अग्र

foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best


अग्र

foremost point or part
tip
front
uppermost part, top, summit, surface
point
sharpness
the nearest end, the beginning
the climax or best part
goal, aim
multitude L.
a weight, equal to a pala L.
a measure of food given as alms L.
the sun's amplitude


कीर्त्

to mention, make mention of, tell, name, call,

to commemorate, celebrate, praise, glorify


वीर्

to be powerful or valiant, display heroism.


अपहृ

to snatch away, carry off, plunder
to remove, throw away


हृत

taken away, seized (often = ‘deprived or bereft of’, ‘having lost’, ‘-less’)


गन्धमादन

‘delighting in fragrances’, a large black bee


गन्धमादन

name of a mountain (forming the division between इलावृत and भद्राश्व, to the east of मेरु, renowned for its fragrant forests). (once गन्ध-मदन)


गन्धकारी

a female servant whose business is to prepare perfumes


गन्धगज

‘scent-elephant’, an elephant during rut


गन्धि

having the smell of, smelling of, perfumed with.


सुधा

‘good drink’, the beverage of the gods, nectar (cf. 2. धातु, p.514)

Euphorbia antiquorum or another species Car.


सुधा

a female given name commonly used in India


सुधापाणि

name of the divine physician, Dhanwantari


रुद्र

Rudra, father of the Maruts, deity of the winds and storms.

The number ‘eleven’ (from the 11 rudras).

a kind of stringed instrument (cf. रुद्री and रुद्रवीणा)


रुद्

to weep, cry, howl, roar, lament, wail
to bewail, deplore


रोदसी

Name of lightning as wife of रुद्र and companion of the मरुत्s (also रोदसी)


रुद्राणी

Name of a girl eleven years of age (in whom menstruation has not yet commenced, representing the goddess दुर्गा at the दुर्गा festival).


रुद्रप्रयाग

The sacred place where the river Mandakini joins the Ganges.


सुधांशु

the moon (as the supposed repository of nectar)


आन्ध्र

the Andhra country
a king of that country
the inhabitants of that country


राज्

to rule, to reign
to direct, to govern
to be a king; to be kingly or regal


प्री

loving, delighting [in], pleasing [in], lover [of], enjoying


प्री

to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer, comfort


प्रेष्ठ

superlative degree of प्रिय (priyá) dearest, most beloved or desired


गोदावरी

Name of a river in the Indian peninsula, the Godavari.


गोकुल

a village or tract on the Yamuna (residence of Krishna during his youth)

name of a certain sanctuary or holy place


गोत्र

protection or shelter for cows, cow-pen, cow-shed, stable for cattle, stable (in general), hurdle, enclosure RV. (once m. viii, 50, 10)

‘family enclosed by the hurdle’, family, race, lineage, kin ChUp. ṠāṅkhṠr. Kauṡ. &c. (a polysyllabic fem. in ई shortens this vowel before गोत्र in comp. [e.g. ब्राह्मणिगोत्रा, ‘a Brahman woman only by descent or name’ Kāṡ.] Pāṇ. 6-3, 43 ff.)

the family name ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. xiii, 548 VarBṛS.

the grandson and his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives (if the son lives the grandson is called युवन्) Pāṇ. 2-4, 63 ; iv, 1, 89 ff. and 162 ff. ; 2, 111 and 3, 80 and 126

a tribe, subdivision (in the Brahman caste 49 गोत्रs are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers, as शाण्डिल्य, कश्यप, गौतम, भरद्-वाज, &c.) W.


गोत्र

a mountain (a meaning probably derived fr. -भिद्) BhP. ii, iii, vi


गोलोक

a part of heaven, or (in later mythol. RTL. 118 and 291) Krishna's heaven MBh. xiii, 3195 (cf. 3347) Hariv. 3994 (cf. 3899) R. ii BrahmaP.


क्षीराब्धि

the sea of milk, one of the seven seas surrounding as many worlds


क्षीरद

milk-giving, (anything) that yields milk.


रजस्वला

a menstruating or marriageable woman. Mn. MBh.


रक्ष्

to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve

to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)

to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure


रक्षण

the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.) Mn. MBh. &c.

a ceremony performed for protection or preservation MārkP.


रघु

a male given name, equivalent to English Raghu, famously held by:


रघुवंश

name of a celebrated poem written by Kalidasa (cf. महाकाव्य)


रच्

cl.10 P. (Dhātup. xxxv, 12) रचयति (pf. रचयाम्-आस Kathās. ; irr. fut. रचिष्यति Hariv. [with v.l. करिष्यति] ; and ind.p. रचयित्वा Vet.), to produce, fashion, form, make, construct, complete, cause, effect R. Var. &c. (with चिङ्ताम्, or चिन्ताः, to be anxious Prab.)

to compose, write (a book or any literary work) Ṡak. Var. Pañcat.

to cause to make or do (with double acc.) Uttarar.

to cause to move, put in motion (a horse) MBh.


रचन

the act of making, forming, arranging, preparing, composing Kāv.

mostly f( आ). arrangement, disposition, management, accomplishment, performance, preparation, production, fabrication MBh. Kāv. &c.

a literary production, work, composition VarBṛS. Sāh.

putting on, wearing (of a garment) Mṛicch.

a creation of the mind, artificial image Jaim.

stringing flowers or garlands W. (often ifc. with concrete meaning e.g. निवास-रेचना, a building Mṛicch. ; गीति-रचना, a song Rājat. ; कूट-रचना, an artifice, trick Kathās. ; accord. to L. also = परि-स्पन्द or परि-स्यन्द, प्रति-यत्न, ग्रन्थन, गुम्फ, व्यूह, निवेश, स्थिति ; also = पाश, भार &c., abundance, quantity ifc. after a word meaning ‘hair’ ; cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 44 Sch.)


दर्भ

a tuft or bunch of grass (esp. of कुश grass ; used for sacrificial purposes) RV. i, 191, 3 AV. &c.

name of a grass (different from कुश and काश Suṡr. i, 38 ; Imperata cylindrica (syn. Saccharum cylindricum W.)) Lalit. xvii, 89 Suṡr.

name of a man Pravar. ii, 3, 1 (ĀṡvGṛ. Kāty. &c.)


रक्तबीज

“blood-seed” (bahuvrihi)
the pomegranate tree. L.
name of a physician. MārkP.


रक्ताक्ष

red-eyed, having red or blood-shot eyes R. BhP.


रक्ताक्ष

name of the minister of an owl-king Kathās. Pañcat.


रक्ताक्ष

name of the fifty-eighth year in a Jupiter's cycle of sixty years VarBṛS. (also °क्षि m. or °क्षिन् m. Cat.)


नन्द्

to be pleased or satisfied with, be glad of


रण्

to rejoice, be pleased, take pleasure in (loc., rarely acc.) RV.

Caus. रण्ड्यति, °ते, to cheer, gladden, exhilarate with (instr. or loc.) RV.

to be at ease, be pleased or satisfied with, delight in (loc.) ib. TS. AV.


रण

battle (as an object of delight), war, combat, fight, conflict


रत्नाकर

a jewel-mine ( -त्व n.) Pañcar. BhP. &c.

name of various other persons Rājat. Cat. &c.

name of a town (in this sense perhaps n.) Kathās.


रत्नराशि

a heap of precious stones, collection of pearls MBh. Ṡak. &c.


रत्नदीप

a lamp in which jewels give out light, a gem serving as a light (such gems are fabled to be in पाताल) Kathās. BhP. &c.


रथोत्सव

a car-festival, a solemn procession of an idol mounted on a car. (Cat.)


रथसप्तमी

name of the 7th day in the light half of the month आश्विन (so called as the beginning of a मन्व्-अन्तर when a new Sun ascended his car) (W.)


रन्ध्र

a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity


सम्भोग

alternative spelling of संभोग (saṃbhoga)


अन्न

food, victuals
food, victuals
food, victuals


अन्नप्राश

putting rice into a child's mouth for the first time (one of the संस्कारs ; » संस्कार) Mn. ii, 34 Yājñ. i, 12.


मह्

great, strong, powerful, mighty, sublime


मह्

to elate; gladden; exalt; arouse; excite

to magnify; esteem highly; honour; revere

to rejoice; delight in (with instrumental or accusative cases)


रम्य

to be enjoyed, enjoyable, pleasing, delightful, beautiful


भृति

bearing, carrying, bringing, fetching (» इध्म-भ्°)

support, maintenance, nourishment, food RV. &c.

hire, wages or service for wages Mn. Yājñ. MBh.


रमल

a mode of fortune-telling by means of dice (a branch of divination borrowed from the Arabs) Cat.


रव

a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.)

any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.)


रस्

to roar, yell, cry, sound, reverberate
to praise


रस्

to feel, perceive, be sensible of (Sāh.)


राक्षस

pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon, demoniacal


राक्षस

a demon in general, an evil or malignant demon


राक्षसत्व

the state or condition of a राक्षस, fiendishness R. Kathās.


रागिणी

a modification of the musical mode called राग (q.v. ; 35 or 36 रागिणीs are enumerated) Saṃgīt. Pañcar. Ṡukas.


राजेन्द्र

a lord of kind, supreme sovereign, emperor MBh. R. &c.


राजान्न

food obtained from a king or क्षत्रिय Mn. iv, 218

a kind of rice of a superior quality (grown in Andhra) L.


राजशेखर

Name of various authors and teachers ; (esp.) of a poet (son of दुर्दक and शील-वती, tutor of महेन्द्रपाल, king of कान्यकुब्ज ; he lived in the 10th century and wrote 4 plays, viz. प्रचण्ड-पाण्डव or बाल-भारत, बाल-रामायण, विद्धशाल-भञ्जिका, and कर्पूर-मञ्जरी)


राजर्षि

a royal ऋषि or saint, ऋषि of royal descent, that holy and superhuman personage which a kind or man of the military class may become by the performance of great austerities (e.g. पुरू-रवस्, विश्वामित्र &c. ; cf. देवर्षि and ब्रह्मर्षि) S3rS. Mn. Mbh. &c.

name of a son of कल्याण and of various authors Cat.


राजलक्ष्मी

the Fortune or Prosperity of a king (personified as a goddess), royal majesty or sovereignty Kālid. Rājat. &c.


राजीव

a species of fish Mn. v, 16 Yājñ., Suśr.


राधा

name of the 21st Nakshatra−Visakha (containing 4 stars in the form of a curve supposed to be अ (a), त् (t), व् (v), Librae, and γ Scorpionis cf. नक्षत्र (nakṣatra))

a particular attitude in shooting (standing with the feet a span apart ; cf. -भेधिन् (-bhedhin), -वेधिन् (-vedhin)), (Pracaṇḍ.)

name of the foster-mother of Karna (q.v. ; she was the wife of अधिरथ (adhiratha), who was सूत (sūta) or charioteer of king शूर (śūra))

name of a celebrated cowherdess or गोपी (gopī) (beloved by कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), and a principal personage in जय-देव (jaya-deva)'s poem गीतगोविन्द (gītagovinda); at a later period worshipped as a goddess, and occasionally regarded as an अवतार (avatāra) of लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), as कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) is of विष्णु (viṣṇu); also identified with दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī))


राधेय

metr. of Karna (cf. under राधा) MBh. R. Rājat.


रावण

Ravana, the king of the Rakshasas and the primary antagonist of the Ramayana.


कुन्ती

Kunti, daughter of Shurasena, adopted by Kuntibhoja, sister of Vasudeva, wife of Pandu, mother of Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna.


पाण्डु

yellowish white, white, pale ṠBr. MBh. Kāv. &c.


पाण्डु

jaundice Car.
pale or yellowish white colour W.
a white elephant L.
pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica L.)
a species of shrub L.


पाण्डु

Pandu, a son of व्यास (vyāsa, “Vyasa”) by the wife of विचित्र-वीर्य (vicitra-vīrya) and brother of धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra, “Dhritarashtra”) and विदुर (vidura, “Vidura”) (he was father of the five पाण्डव (pāṇḍava)s) AV.Pariṡ. MBh. Hariv. &c.

name of a son of जनम्-एजय (janam-ejaya) and brother of धृत-राष्ट्र (dhṛta-rāṣṭra) MBh. i, 3745

name of a son of धात्रि (dhātri) by आयती (āyatī) VP. (v.l. प्राण (prāṇa))

of a people in मध्य-देश (madhya-deśa) VarBṛS. (v.l. पाण्ड्य (pāṇḍya) and °ड्व (°ḍva))


पाण्डु

blue wiss (Teramnus labialis subsp. labialis, syn. Glycine debilis L.)


पाण्डव

relating to, belonging to, or coming from Pandu or his descendants


पाण्डव

a son of Pandu, a Pandava
the five Pandavas


रामदास

name of the son of रत्नाकर (father of महीधर ; he is also called रामभक्त) ib.


रामलीला

name of the dramatic representation of सिता's abduction by रावण and her recovery by रामचन्द्र (performed at the annual festival which takes place in Northern India in the beginning of October and corresponds to the दुर्गापूजा of Bengal) IW. 365 n. 1


रामदूत

‘रामs's messenger’, name of Hanuman L.
a monkey L.


रामनवमी

name of the 9th day in the light half of the month चैत्र (being the birthday of रामचन्द्र) RāmatUp. RTL. 430


रामा

a beautiful woman, any young and charming woman, mistress, wife, any woman KaṭhUp. MBh. &c. (for comp. » p.878)

name of various plants (Jonesia Asoka ; Aloe Perfoliata ; Asa Foetida &c.) L. vermilion L.

name of the mother of the ninth अर्हत् of the present अवसर्पिणी L.


रामानुज

‘younger brother of Rāma’ (this title would be applicable to Krishna as born after Bala-Rāma of the same father)

name of a celebrated Vaishnava reformer (founder of a particular Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of qualified non-duality i.e. that the human spirit is separate and different from the one Supreme Spirit though dependent on it and ultimately to be united with it ; he lived at Kancipuram and Sri-rangam in the South of India, in the 12th century, and is believed by his followers to have been an incarnation of Shesha ; he is also called रामानुजाचार्य and यतिराज ; n. or जम् मतम्, रामानुज's doctrine) RTL. 119, 448 &c.


सेतु

a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary


राष्ट्रीय

belonging to a country or kingdom (ṠBr.)


राष्ट्रीय

an heir-apparent or pretender (MaitrS.)
a king's brother-in-law (MBh.)


रिच्

to abandon
to release, set free
to give up, resign
to empty, evacuate
to leave; leave behind
to pour (attested in descendants)


रुच्

light, lustre, brightness
a beam of light
splendor, beauty, loveliness
pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire
color, hue
appearance, resemblance


रुच्

to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent


रुधिरोद्गारिन्

name of the 57th year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years


रूप्य

to be denoted (or capable of being denoted) figuratively or metaphorically (Sāh.)


रूप्य

wrought silver or gold, stamped coin, rupee


शुक्ल

the bright half of a lunar month or any day in it

the 37th (or 3rd) year of Jupiter's cycle of 60 years


शुक्ल

a white spot, white substance, anything white

a disease of the cornea or white part of the eye (opacity, albugo ; cf. शुक्र)


भाव

becoming; being, existing, occurring, appearance

true condition or state; truth; reality (as the first component in a compound)

manner of being; nature; temperament; character

any state of mind or body; way of thinking or feeling; sentiment; opinion; disposition; intention

the seat of the feelings or affections; heart; soul; mind

that which is or exists; thing or substance; being or living creature

a discreet or learned man (as a term of address)

name of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years

the fundamental notion of the verb; the sense conveyed by the abstract noun (the impersonal sense conveyed by the verb)


विक्रम

going, proceeding, walking, motion, gait

course, way, manner ( अनुक्रम-विक्रमेण = अनुक्रमेण, in regular order)

valour, courage, heroism, power, strength

stability, duration (opp. to ‘cessation’)

the 14th year in the 60 years cycle of Jupiter


तारण

crossing, safe passage
conquering (difficulties)
carrying across, liberating, saving
the 3rd year of the 4th Jupiter cycle


व्यय

spending, expense, outlay, disbursement (opp. to आय, ‘income’, and often with कोशस्य, वित्तस्य, धनस्य &c. ; without a gen. = ‘extravagance, waste, prodigality’ ; with loc. or ifc. = ‘outlay for or in’)

cost, sacrifice of (gen. or comp. ; व्ययेन ifc. = ‘at the cost of’)

name of the 20th (or 54th) year of Jupiter's cycle of a serpent-demon


पराभव

vanishing, disappearance, dissolution, separation

overthrow, defeat, humiliation, mortification, contempt, injury, destruction, ruin

name of the 40th (or 14th) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years


आयुर्वेद

the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) ; it contains eight departments as below, (Suṡr.) (MBh.) (Hariv.) (et al.)


विवरण

translation, interpretation, gloss, comment, specification

the act of uncovering, spreading out, opening, laying bare or open


मतिभ्रम

confusion of mind, perplexity, error, misapprehension, hallucination


नष्ट

past passive participle of नश् (naś, “to perish, disappear”)


नष्ट

lost, disappeared, perished, destroyed, lost sight of invisible

escaped (also -वत् mfn.), run away from [with ablative], fled (impers. with instr. of subj. Ratn. ii. 3)

spoiled, damaged, corrupted, wasted, unsuccessful, fruitless, in vain


नाशन

destruction, removal
causing to be lost or perish


भ्रम

wandering or roaming about, roving over or through (comp.) Kathās.

moving about, rolling (as of the eyes) Rājat.

turning round, revolving, rotation (acc. with √ दा = to swing) MBh. Sūryas. Hcat.

confusion, perplexity, error, mistake (ifc. mistaking anything for) Hariv. Kāv. Rājat. &c.


भ्रमण

wandering or roaming about, roving through, circumambulating

turning round, revolution, the orbit (of a planet)


भ्रमरक

a curl on the forehead L. (cf. भ्रमरालक)


भ्रमरक

a bee L.
a ball for playing with L.
a whirlpool L.


भ्रमरक

a humming-top ( -भ्रामम् with Caus. of √ भ्रम्, to cause to spin like a humming-top Bālar.)


भ्रान्ति

wandering or roaming about, moving to and fro, driving (of clouds), quivering (of lightning), staggering, reeling

perplexity, confusion, delusion, doubt, error, false opinion, false impression of, mistaking something for, supposing anything to be or to exist


नल

a species of reed, Amphidonax Karka (8-12 feet high) Gobh. MBh. &c.

a partic. form of constellation in which all the planets or stars are grouped in double mansions Var.

the 50th year of the cycle of Jupiter which lasts 60 years Cat.

name of a divine being mentioned with यम Karmapr. (= पितृ-देव, or -दैव L. ; a deified progenitor W.)

name of a king of the निषधs (son of वीर-सेन and husband of दमयन्ती) MBh. Pur.

name of a son of निषध and father of नभ or नभस् Hariv. Ragh. VP.

name of a descendant of the latter नल (son of सु-धन्वन् and father of उक्थ) Hariv. VP.

name of a monkey-chief (son of त्वष्टृ or विश्व-कर्मन् ; cf. -सेतु) MBh. R.


क्रोधन

the 59th year in the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle

name of a son of कौशिक and pupil of गर्ग

name of a son of अ-युत and father of देवातिथि

name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue


क्रोधन

‘the being angry, anger’, only ifc. स-क्र्° (q.v.)


क्रोधनीय

anything which may produce anger, provocative.


कच्छपी

female tortoise or a kind of small tortoise


समूह

a collection, assemblage, aggregate, heap, number, multitude AV. &c.

an association, corporation, community Mn. Yājñ. &c.


कीलक

a kind of tumour (having the form of a pin)

a kind of pillar for cows &c. to rub themselves against, or one to which they are tied

name of the forty-second year of the sixty years' cycle of Jupiter


प्लवंग

‘moving by jumps’, flickering (said of fire)


प्लवंग

name of the 41st (15th) year in a sixty years' cycle of Jupiter


प्लव

sloping towards, inclined Hariv. Var. Hcat. (in astrol. applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent Var. Sch.)


प्लव

a kind of aquatic bird (= गात्र-सम्प्लव, कारण्डव, जल-वायस, जल-काक or जल-कुक्कुट L.).

a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish

the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter

flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river

protraction of a sentence through 3 or more ślóka

sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination


प्लव

jumping, leaping, diving, plunging, going by leaps or plunges R. (cf. comp. below)


प्लव

frog (literally, “the one who jumps/plunges”)


रेखा

a scratch, streak, stripe, line Gṛihyās. Yājñ. MBh. &c.

a continuous line, row, range, series MBh. Kāv. &c.

the first or prime meridian (considered to be a line drawn from लङ्का to मेरु i.e. from Ceylon [supposed to lie on the equator] to the north pole) Sūryas.

a right or straight position of all the limbs in dancing Saṃgīt.

delineation, outline, drawing, sketch Kāv. Kathās.


रेणु

dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand
the pollen of flowers
powder of anything
Oldenlandia herbacea


रेणुका

a particular drug or medicinal substance (said to be fragrant, but bitter and slightly pungent in taste, and of greyish colour ; cf. रेणु) L.

name of a कारिका (composed by हरि-हर ; cf. रेणु-कारिका) Cat.

Name of the wife of जमद्-अग्नि and mother of परशुराम (she was the daughter of रेणु and of king प्रसेन-जित्) MBh. Hariv. Pur.


रोहण

the act of mounting, riding, ascending, climbing

putting or fastening on (of a bowstring)

the state of consisting of or arising from


जनको

sandhi form of nominative singular of जनक (janaka, “father”)


जनको

sandhi form of nominative singular of जनक (janaka, “Janaka”)


रोहिणी

a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) (Gṛihyās.) (Pañcat.)

name of various plants (Suṡr.) (Bhpr.) (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)

inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) (Suṡr.)


रोहिणी

Rohini, (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, the star Aldebaran)

name of a daughter of हिरण्यकशिपु (hiraṇyakaśipu) (MBh.)


रौद्र

relating or belonging to or coming from Rudra or the Rudras, Rudra-like, violent, impetuous, fierce, wild

bringing or betokening misfortune, inauspicious R. Var.


रौद्र

the sentiment of wrath or fury Sāh. Pratāp.

name of the 54th year of the Jupiter cycle of 60 years ib.


रौद्र

savageness, fierceness, formidableness Kathās. Suṡr.


दुर्मति

weak-minded, silly, ignorant (rarely ‘malicious’, ‘wicked’)


दुर्मति

bad disposition of mind, envy, hatred RV. VS. AV.


दुर्मति

fool, blockhead (rarely ‘scoundrel’, ‘villain’) Mn. MBh. &c.

name of the 55th year of the cycle of Jupiter (lasting 60 years) Var. Sūryas


गुरुकुल

the house of a Guru MBh. i, ch. 3 Pāṇ. 2-1, 42 Vārtt. Pat.


लक्ष्

to aim, direct towards, have in view, mean

to suppose of someone that they will (do etc.)

to know, understand, recognize by or as or that

to be perceived or seen, appear, seem, look like


लक्ष

a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target, butt, aim, object, prey, prize


लक्ष्मण

Lakshmana, son of Dasharatha and Sumitra, younger brother of Rama.


लग्न

adhered; clinging to; attached, connected; sticking or remaining in, fixed on; intent on; clasping, touching, following closely

meeting, intersecting, cutting (said of lines)

furious through being in rut (an elephant)


लग्न

the point of contact or intersection (of two lines), the point where the horizon intersects the ecliptic or path of the planets Sūryas. VarBṛS.


लग्न

the point or arc of the equator which corresponds to a given point or arc of the ecliptic ib.

the division of the equator which rises in succession with each sign in an oblique sphere ib.

the point of the ecliptic which at a given time is upon the meridian or at the horizon ( क्षितिजे, लग्नम्, horizon लग्न ; मध्य-लग्नम्, meridian लग्न) ib.

the moment of the sun's entrance into a zodiacal sign ib.

the rising of the sun or of the planets ib.

a scheme or figure of the 12 houses or zodiacal signs (used as a horoscope)

the whole of the first astrological house

an auspicious moment or time fixed upon as lucky for beginning to perform anything

the decisive moment or time for action, decisive measure


लग्

to attach, stick to, cling
to meet
to pass (as of time)


लता

a creeper (any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril); liana Mn. MBh. &c.

a slender woman, any woman Naish. Tantras.

the thong or lash of a whip; whip Pañcat. Suṡr.


लम्ब

complement of latitude, colatitude, the arc between the pole of any place and the zenith Sūryas.

name of a particular throw or move (at a kind of chess or backgammon or draughts)


अनस्

cart, wagon
mother
birth
offspring, living creature
boiled rice


व्यर्थ

useless, unavailing, unprofitable, vain
deprived or devoid of property or money
excluded from, having no right
unmeaning, inconsistent


निरर्थक

useless, vain, unsuccessful MBh. Kāv. &c.


शूरत्व

state or condition of a hero, heroism, valour, bravery


ललना

a wanton woman, any woman, wife MBh. Kāv. &c.


ललित

sported, played, playing, wanton, amorous, voluptuous.

artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely.


ललाम

a coloured mark on the forehead of a horse or bull


लास्य

dancing, a dance (esp. accompanied with instrumental music and singing), a dance representing the emotions of love dramatically (this was at one time a principal part of the drama, and as such accord. to भरत and the दश-रूप consisted of 10 divisions or अङ्गs, viz. गेय-पद, स्थित-पाठ्य, आसीन, पुष्प-गण्डिका, प्रच्छेदक, त्रि-गूढ or त्रि-मूढक, सैन्धव, द्विगूढक or विमूढक, उत्तमोत्तमक, and उक्त-प्रत्युक्त ; including also a style of dramatic composition in which there is abrupt transition from Sanskrit to Prakrit and from Prakrit to Sanskrit ; the term लास्य is also applied to the Nach [Nautch] dance of the Indian dancing girls, consisting chiefly of gesticulation with a shuffling movement of the feet forwards and backwards, as invented by पार्वति and opposed to the boisterous masculine dance called ताण्डव practised by शिव and his followers ; cf. IW. 467) MBh. Kāv. &c.


लाघव

alacrity, versatility, dexterity, skill MBh. Kāv. &c.

lightness (also of heart), ease, relief Mn. Yājñ. Suṡr.

levity, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, rashness R. Kathās.

insignificance, unimportance, smallness R. Mālav. MārkP.

shortness of a vowel or syllable (opp. to गौरव), Piṅg.

shortness of expression, brevity, conciseness Sarvad. Kāty. Sch.

lack of weight or consequence, derogation of dignity, slight, disrespect MBh. Kāv. &c.


लालस

eagerly longing for, ardently desirous of, delighting or absorbed in, devoted or totally given up to


लालस

longing or ardent desire, fond attachment or devotion to


लावण्य

saltness, the taste or property of salt
beauty, loveliness, charm


क्षोभ

shaking, agitation, disturbance, tossing, trembling, emotion

an emotion that is the cause of any harsh speeches or reproaches


तण्डुल

grain (after threshing and winnowing), especially rice; uncooked rice


गुच्छ

a bundle, bunch of flowers, cluster of blossoms, bouquet, clump of grass


नाना

differently, variously, separately, manifoldly


कल्पना

making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.

fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.

creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, imagination KapS. &c.


उदुम्बर

the tree Ficus glomerata (AV., ŚBr., etc.)


सेवा

going or resorting to, visiting, frequenting

addiction to, indulgence in, practice or employment or frequent enjoyment of


अधर

low; tending downwards
lower, inferior, vile


आलाप

conversation, communication (Pañcat. Hit. Kathās. Ṡak. &c.)

the singing or twittering of birds (Kathās)

statement of the question in an arithmetical or algebraic sum


धेनुका

a vein which when cut bleeds only at intervals Suṡr.


पावनी

name of a river (later only used for the Ganges, especially its eastern branches)


रसिक

having a discriminating taste, aesthetic

having a taste for or a sense of, fond of, devoted to, delighting in (loc. or comp.)


रसिक

a man full of taste or feeling (cf. अ-र्°)


कोसल

one of the Mahajanapadas, with both Shravasti and Ayodhya as it's capitals.

one of the Mahajanapadas, whose northnern half was ruled by King Dasharatha, birth place of Rāma, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna.

name of Kausalya's father and the ruler of the southern half of the Mahajanapada of the same name.


पदार्थ

that which corresponds to the meaning of a word, a thing, material object, man, person


शत्रुघ्न

name of one of रामचन्द्र (rāmacandra)'s brothers, son of सुमित्रा (sumitrā) and twin brother of लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa), and was the chosen companion of भरत (bharata), son of कैकेयी (kaikeyī), as लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) was of राम (rāma), son of कौशल्या (kauśalyā).


शतावरी

Asparagus racemosus
name of the wife of Indra


मुष्क

testicle, scrotum
pudenda muliebria
an arm
a muscular or stout person
a thief
a crowd, heap, multitude


मालिनी

the wife of a garland-maker or gardener
a female florist


मालिनी

name of Durga and one of her female attendants (also of a girl seven years old representing Durga at her festival)


हरिद्रा

Curcuma longa, turmeric or its root ground to powder (46 synonyms of this plant are given) Kauṡ. MBh. Suṡr. &c.


हराद्रि

Mount Kailasa, the favourite resort of Siva


नाद

a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying


सैनिक

relating or belonging to an army, military, martial, drawn up in martial array


सैनिक

an army-man, soldier, guard, sentinel, a body of forces in array


हयग्रीव

Hayagriva an avatar of Vishnu (manifested according to one legend, in order to recover the Vedas carried off by two Daityas called मधु (madhu) and कैटभ (kaiṭabha))

name of a Daitya (also called ब्रह्मावेदप्रहर्तृ (brahmāvedaprahartṛ), as having carried off the Vedas at the dissolution of the universe caused by Brahma sleep at the end of the past Kalpa; in order to recover them, Vishnu became incarnate either as a Matsya, or as Hayagriva and slew the daitys)


आग्नेय

belonging, relating or consecrated to fire

belonging, relating or consecrated to Agni, the god of fire


आग्नेय

the south-east quarter, of which Agni is said to be the regent


पतन

the act of flying or coming down, alighting, descending, throwing oneself down at or into


मध्याह्न

name of a pupil of शंकराचार्य (śaṃkarācārya) (Ṡaṃkar.)


रसायन

a medicine supposed to prevent old age and prolong life, an elixir, elixir vitae (also applied to the first fructifying rains)


आदित्य

one of the various deities of the heavenly sphere, described as the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.


बाध्

to oppress
to oppose, repel, harass
to annul, stop


बुध्यते

to wake
to know, to understand
to enlighten


नवग्रह

the nine planets (i.e. sun, moon, 5 planets with राहु and केतु)


नवरत्न

the nine precious gems (viz. pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, and गो-मेध they are supposed to be related to the 9 planets) L. (cf. MWB. 528)

the 9 jewels (i.e. the 9 men of letters at the court of विक्रमादित्य, viz. धन्वन्तरि, क्षपणक, अमर-सिंह, शङ्कु, वेताल-भट्ट, घट-कर्पर, कालिदास, वर-रुचि, and वराह-मिहिर) L.


व्यास

width, breadth, the diameter of a circle


व्यास

Vyasa, son of पराशर and सत्यवती, and half-brother of विचित्रवीर्य and चित्राङ्गद.


व्यस्

to throw or cast asunder or about or away, throw (effort) into, divide, separate, dispose, arrange.


वाराणसी

Varanasi (a metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India)


वमन

the act of vomiting
emitting, emission
‘causing vomiting’, an emetic


गृहस्थ

a householder, Brahman in the 2nd period of his religious life (performing the duties of the master of a house and father of a family after having finished his studies and after investiture with the sacred thread


क्लेश

pain, affliction, distress, pain from disease, anguish

in yoga, the five kleśas are named avidyā 'ignorance', asmitā 'egotism', rāga 'desire', dveśa 'aversion' and abhiniveśa 'tenacity of mundane existence'


चक्रधर

a name of Vishnu, who is represented as holding a discus in one hand


पातक

‘that which causes to fall or sink’, sin, crime, loss of caste


चित्रगुप्त

Chitragupta, one of Yamas attendants (recorder of every man's good and evil deeds).


ग्राम्य

living (in villages i.e.) among men, domesticated, tame (an animal), cultivated (a plant ; opposed to वन्य or अरण्य, ‘wild’).

allowed in a village, relating to the sensual pleasures of a village.


देश्य

to be pointed or picked out, excellent in its kind, standard.

born in the country, indigenous, a true native.


तालव्य

palatal (the letters इ, ए and ऐ [called कण्ठ-त्°, ‘belonging to throat and palate’ Ṡiksh.], च्, छ्, ज्, झ्, ञ्, य्, श्).


तत्पुरुष

the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर (īśvara))

a class of compounds (formed like the word तत्-पुरुष, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of बहुव्रीहि (bahuvrīhi) compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)


दन्त्य

dental (used to describe the place of articulation of the letters त (ta), थ (tha), द (da), ध (dha), न (na), ल (la))


सूची

a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument


रमा

a wife, mistress
name of Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune
good luck, fortune, opulence
splendour, pomp


कैवल्य

perfect isolation, abstraction, detachment from all other connections, detachment of the soul from matter or further transmigrations, beatitude


कैरव

the white lotus flower (blossoming at night)


कूर्म

the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters

a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudra)

one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes)

Vishnu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain मन्दर (mandara) at the churning of the ocean)


मुग्ध

inexperienced, simple, innocent, artless, attractive or charming (from youthfulness), lovely, beautiful, tender, young.


परीक्ष्

to examine, look at or scrutinize carefully


निधि

a place for deposits or storing up, a receptacle


पुण्य

auspicious, propitious, lucky, favorable


पुण्य

the good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit


खनि

a mine (especially of precious stones)
a quarry, cave


खन्

to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up


खनन

the act of digging or excavating
digging into the earth, burying


खानक

one who digs or digs out
a house-breaker, thief


सम्पादन

procuring, bestowing
accomplishing, carrying out


सम्पादन

bringing about, carrying out, accomplishing, effecting, making


कर्कटक

a crab
the sign Cancer
a pair of tongs
a pair of compasses (cf. कर्कट)
a kind of plant
a particular position of the hands


संतति

stretching or extending along, expanse, continuity, uninterruptedness

a continuous line or series or flow, heap, mass, multitude

uninterrupted succession, lineage, race, progeny, offspring


संतान

continued succession, continuance, continuity

an uninterrupted series, continuous flow

coherence, connection, transition (in recitation &c.)


संतान

continuous succession, lineage, race, family, offspring, son or daughter


संकर

mixing together, commingling, intermixture confusion (esp. of castes or races, proceeding from the intermarriage of a man with a woman of a higher caste or from the promiscuous intercourse of the four tribes, and again from the indiscriminate cohabitation of their descendants)

any action similar to the intermixture of castes

the confusion or blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct

anything that may be defiled by the touch of any unclean thing


संग्राम

battle, war, fight, combat, conflict, hostile encounter


संक्रमण

going or meeting together, union with, entrance into, transference to

the Sun's passage from one sign of the zodiac to another

the day on which the Sun's progress north of the equator begins

passage into another world, decease death

concurrence (said to be a general designation of a particular class of problems)


आस्थान

place, site, ground, base
an assembly
a hall of audience


धैर्य

firmness, constancy, calmness, patience, gravity, fortitude, courage


कथन

the act of telling, narration, relating, informing


कुञ्जर

an elephant
anything pre-eminent in its kind


बहुत्व

muchness, abundance, multitude
plurality, majority


इन्द्रिय

power, force, the quality which belongs especially to the mighty इन्द्र (indra)

faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense AV. Suṡr. Mn. Ragh. Kir. &c.

the number five as symbolical of the five senses. (In addition to the five organs of perception, बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि or ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin, the Hindus enumerate five organs of action, कर्मेन्द्रियाणि i.e. larynx, hand, foot, anus, and parts of generation ; between these ten organs and the soul or आत्मन् stands मनस् or mind, considered as an eleventh organ ; in the वेदान्त, मनस्, बुद्धि, अहंकार, and चित्त form the four inner or internal organs, अन्तर्-इन्द्रियाणि, so that according to this reckoning the organs are fourteen in number, each being presided over by its own ruler or नियन्तृ ; thus, the eye by the Sun, the ear by the Quarters of the world, the nose by the two अश्विन्s, the tongue by प्रचेतस्, the skin by the Wind, the voice by Fire, the hand by इन्द्र, the foot by विष्णु, the anus by मित्र, the parts of generation by प्रजापति, manas by the Moon, बुद्धि by ब्रह्मन्, अहंकार by शिव, citta by विष्णु as अच्युत ; in the न्याय philosophy each organ is connected with its own peculiar element, the nose with the Earth, the tongue with Water, the eye with Light or Fire, the skin with Air, the ear with Ether ; the जैनs divide the whole creation into five sections, according to the number of organs attributed to each being.)


पञ्चक

consisting of 5, relating to 5, made of 5 &c.


कोण

a corner, angle
an intermediate point of the compass
the number ‘four’


कोण

the quill of a lute, fiddlestick, drumstick

a sort of musical instrument, stringed musical instrument


सुभद्रा

Subhadra, daughter of Vasudeva, and Rohini, sister of Krishna, and Balarama, wife of Arjuna, and the mother of Abhimanyu


ओड्र

name of a country (the modern Odisha)
the inhabitants of that country.


दण्डक

a class of metres the stanzas of which may extend from 4 x 27 to 4X 999 syllables


दण्डक

name of a son of इक्ष्वाकु (whose country was laid waste by the curse of भार्गव, whose daughter he had violated ; his kingdom in consequence became the दण्डकारण्य)


दण्डनीति

application of the rod, administration of justice, judicature (as a science)


उच्चः

masculine singular nominative of उच्च (ucca)


उच्चानि

neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative of उच्च (ucca)


भागवत

relating to or coming from bhagavat
holy, sacred, divine


आञ्जनेय

‘son of अञ्जना (añjanā)’, name of the monkey god Hanuman.


स्वामिनी

a proprietress, mistress, lady (used in addressing a queen or a king's favourite wife)


द्वारा

nominative/vocative/accusative plural of द्वार (dvāra)


अच्छ

"not shaded, not dark"
pellucid, transparent, clear


विशाखा

the 14th (later 16th) lunar asterism (figured by a decorated arch and containing four or originally two stars under the regency of a dual divinity, इन्द्र and अग्नि ; it is probably to be connected with the quadrangle of stars ι, α, β, γ Librae ; » नक्षत्र)


रामेश्वर

Name of an island (which with its coral reef or bridge of rocks nearly connects the South of India with Ceylon) and of the celebrated शैव temple and town on it (this is the place where राम is supposed to have crossed to Ceylon and one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage in India)

a male given name commonly used in India


शिथिल

loose, slack, lax, relaxed, untied, flaccid, not rigid or compact


शिथिल

a loose fastening, looseness, laxity, slowness