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Alphabet

ba 1. ba, the twenty-third consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet and the third of the labial class, often confounded with the semivowel v, with which some grammarians consider it optionally interchangeable.
     bakāra ba-kāra, as, m. the letter or sound ba.

ba 2. ba, as, m. a N. of Varuṇa; water; a water-jar. According to lexicographers ba also = bhaga, gandhana, vapana, &c.

baṃh baṃh, also written vaṃh (related to 2. bṛh), cl. 1. A. baṃhate, babaṃhe, baṃ-hitā, &c., to grow, increase: Caus. P. baṃhayati, yitum, to cause to grow, increase, strengthen, fix, make firm; [cf. bahala, bahu, bahula.]

baṃhiman baṃhiman, ā, m. muchness, abundance, multitude.

baṃhiṣṭha baṃhiṣṭha, as, ā, am (superl. of bahula), very much, very many, most abundant, very abundant, very great, excessive.

baṃhīyas baṃhīyas, ān, asī, as (compar. of bahula), much more, more abundant, very many, exceeding.

baka baka, &c. See vaka.

bakura bakura, as, m., Ved. (according to native authorities), a thounderbolt, lightning, anything shining; perhaps 'a horn, trumpet, or other wind instrument used in battle;' [cf. bākura, bekurā.]

bagadāda bagadāda, N. of a city, Bagdad.

bagadāru bagadāru, N. of a place.

bagadāha bagadāha, N. of a place.

baṅga baṅga, as, m. the country of Bengal; (usually written vaṅga, q. v.)

baṅgāla baṅgāla, as, m. (?), N. of the country Bengal.

baja baja, as, m., Ved. (probably) N. of a herb used as a charm against evil spirits.

baṭ baṭ, ind. (perhaps connected with vāḍham, q. v.), Ved. (a particle of affirmation), in truth, certainly (Sāy. = satyam); [cf. Zend bāṭ, bā.]

baṭh baṭh = rt. vaṭh, q. v.

baḍapilā baḍapilā, f., N. of a village.

baḍavā baḍavā, f. a mare; the nymph Aśvinī or the personification of the asterism represented by a horse's head; a female slave.
     baḍavāgni baḍa-vāgni (-vā-ag-), is, or baḍavānala (-vā-an-), as, m. submarine fire; (in mythology) a being consisting of flame but with the head of a mare, fabled to have sprung from the thighs of Urvā and to have been received by the ocean.
     baḍavāmukha baḍavā-mukha, as, m. submarine fire; (am), n. the infernal regions.
     baḍavāsuta ba-ḍavā-suta, au, m. du. the two sons of Aśvinī, (see aśvin, aśvinī-kumāra.)
     baḍavāhṛta baḍavā-hṛta (?), as, m. the paramour of a female slave, a slave.

baḍā baḍā or baḷā, ind., Ved. = baṭ, q. v.

baḍāha baḍāha, as, m., N. of a prince.

baṇ baṇ = rt. vaṇ, q. v.

baṇij baṇij, k, m. (connected with the Vedic paṇi fr. rt. 2. paṇ, q. v.; but in Ved. and later Sanskṛt often written vaṇij), a merchant, (ku-baṇij, a wicked merchant); a trader; the sixth of the astronomical periods called Karaṇa, corresponding to the half of a lunar day; (k), f. trade, traffic.
     baṇikpatha baṇik-patha, as, am, m. n. 'a trader's path or line', traffic, commerce; (as), m. a merchant.
     baṇikputra baṇik-putra, as, m. a merchant's son, son of a trader, a young merchant or trader; (ī), f. a merchant's daughter, a young woman of the merchant class.
     baṇigbandhu baṇig-ban-dhu, us, m. 'trader's friend', the indigo plant, Indigofera Tinctoria.
     baṇigbhāva baṇig-bhāva, as, am, m. n. the state of being a merchant, traffic, trade, commerce.
     baṇigvaha baṇig-vaha, as, m. 'carrying merchants', a camel.

baṇijya baṇijya, am, ā, n. f. (for bāṇijya), trade, traffic.

baṇḍa baṇḍa, as, ā, am. See vaṇḍa.

bata 1. bata, ind. (in the later language vata), Ved. an interjection of astonishment, sorrow, or regret, generally translatable by ah! oh! O! alas! alack! wo! woe! (the word bata seems originally to have stood immediately after the idea beginning the sentence and giving rise to the interjection, e. g. bato batāsi yama, alas! thou art a weak person, O Yama.) According to native lexicographers the senses in which bata may be used are expressed by the following Sanskṛt words, kheda, anu-kampa, anu-krośa, vi-smaya, āścarya, san-toṣa, dhṛti, ā-mantraṇa, nindā, sam-bodhana.

bata 2. bata, as, m. (probably for vata, past pass. part. of rt. van, q. v.), Ved. (according to the Nirukta) a weak or feeble person.

bad bad or band, cl. 1. P. badati, ban-dati, babāda, baditum, &c., to be steady, to be firm; [cf. rt. 1. pad.]

badara badara, as, m. (later also vadara), the jujube tree, Zizyphus Jujuba or Z. Scandens; a kind of mustard (= deva-sarṣapa); the kernel of the fruit of the cotton plant; N. of a man [cf. bādarāyaṇa]; (ā), f., N. of various plants; the cotton shrub; a particular species of bulbous plant (= gṛṣṭi, vārāhī); Mimosa Octandra (= elā-parṇī); Clitoria Ternatea (= viṣṇu-krāntā); (ī), f. the jujube tree; the cotton shrub; Mucuna Pruritus (= kapi-kacchu); N. of one of the sources of the Gaṅgā and of the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa situated near it [cf. badarikā]; (am), n. the edible fruit of the jujube; the berry or pod of the cotton shrub; the same berry used as a weight.
     badarakuṇa badara-kuṇa, as, m. the time when the fruit of the jujube becomes ripe.
     badarapācana badara-pācana, am, n., N. of a sacred bathing-place ('where the jujube ripens').
     badaraphalī ba-dara-phalī, f. a species of jujube tree (= bhū-ba-darī).
     badarayūṣa badara-yūṣa, a decoction of the fruit of the jujube.
     badarāmalaka badarāmalaka (-ra-ām-), am, n. Flacourtia Cataphracta (probably the fruit rather than the plant itself).
     badarīcchada badarī-cchada, as, ā, m. f. a kind of perfume (apparently a dried shell-fish, = śaṅkha-nakhī); (ā), f. a species of jujube tree (= hasti-koli).
     badarītapovana badarī-tapovana, am, n. the penance grove or hermitage at Badarī.
     badarīnātha badarī-nātha, as, m., N. of a temple at Badarī.
     badarīnārāyaṇa badarī-nārāyaṇa, N. of a place.
     badarīpattra badarī-pattra, as, m. a kind of perfume (= nakhī).
     badarīpattraka badarīpattraka, am, n. a kind of perfume, a leaf.
     badarīpācana badarī-pācana = badara-pācana, q. v.
     badarīprastha badarī-prastha, as, m., N. of a city.
     badarīphala badarī-phala, am, n. the fruit of the jujube tree; (ā), f., N. of a plant, a variety of Śephālikā or Nyctanthes with blue flowers.
     badarīmūla ba-darī-mūla, am, n. the root of the jujube tree.
     badarīvaṇa badarī-vaṇa or badarī-vana, am, n. a wood of jujube trees; N. of a place.
     badarīvāsā badarī-vāsā, f. 'dwelling at Badarī', an epithet of Durgā.
     badarīśaila badarī-śaila, as, m. 'rock of Badarī', N. of a rocky eminence at the source of the Gaṅgā in the Himālaya range (a celebrated place of pilgrimage, the Bhadrināth of modern travellers; or a town and temple on the west bank of the Alaka-nandā river, in the province of Śrī-nagar).

badari badari, is, f. = badarī, the jujube tree.

badarikā badarikā, f. (fr. badarā), the fruit of the jujube (?); N. of one of the sources of the Gaṅgā and of the neighbouring hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa (= badarī).
     badarikāśrama badarikāśrama (-kā-āś-), N. of a hermitage.

baddha baddha. See under rt. bandh, col. 2.

baddhappi baddha-ppi, n. (perhaps a Prākṛt form for baddha-pāṇi), the clasped hand, the fist; (also read baddhāpi.)

badh 1. badh, to bind, for bandh, col. 2.

badh 2. badh, used only in Desid. A. bī-bhatsate, to abhor, detest, &c. See bībhatsa (which is by some considered to belong to rt. bādh).

badh 3. badh for vadh, to kill, &c., substituted in some tenses of rt. han. See vadh and han.

badha badha, as, m. killing, murder, &c.; see vadha.
     badhakāṅkṣin badha-kāṅkṣin, for this and all other compounds of badha see under vadha.

badhaka badhaka, badhya, &c. See vadhaka, vadhya, &c.

badhira badhira. See p. 673, col. 1.

badhū badhū. See vadhū.

badhyoga badhyoga, as, m., N. of a man.

band band. See rt. bad, p. 671, col. 3.

bandi bandi, bandin, &c. See vandi, &c.

bandiārayu bandiārayu, N. of a place mentioned in the Romaka-siddhānta.

bandh bandh [cf. rt. bundh], cl. 9. P. (ep. also A.) badhnāti (badhnīte), Impv. 2nd sing. badhāna, babandha (Ved. 3rd pl. bedhus, 2nd sing. A. bedhiṣe), bhantsyati (ep. also ban-dhiṣyati, -te), abhāntsīt, banddhum (ep. also ban-dhitum), to bind, tie, fix, fasten; to chain, enchain, fetter; to fasten or tie round, bind round, put on (e. g. cīram badhnanti munayaḥ, the ascetics put on clothing made of strips of bark); (A.) to bind on one's self, put on; to ensnare; to catch (e. g. mat-syān bandh, to catch fish), take captive, take prisoner; to shut up, confine, imprison; to inflict punishment, punish, chastise; to bind a sacrificial victim, offer, sacrifice (with dat. of the deity to whom the victim is presented, Ved.); to fix, direct, fasten (the eyes or mind) upon (with loc.); to shut, close, stop, stop up, preclude; to arrest, hold back, check, suppress; to overpower, oppress, violate; to bind together, put together, fasten together, join, combine, connect, conglomerate, unite; to construct, build; to construct verses, compose; to bring to pass, effect, produce, evoke, result in, be followed by (with acc.); to form fruit (as a plant), to set; to strike (root); to take up (an abode); to manifest, exhibit, evince, display, show (e. g. dhṛtim ba-dhāna, show thy resolution); to entertain, cherish, foster, possess, have, contract, form; añjalim bandh, to place the two hands hollowed side by side; muṣṭim bandh, to clench the fist; setum bandh, to construct a dam, build a bridge, (bandhiṣye setunā gaṅgām, I will span the Gaṅgā with a bridge); golam bandh, to form or construct a globe; bhru-kuṭim bandh, to knit the brows, frown; sauhṛdyam or sakhyam or ajaryam bandh to contract friendship; vairam bandh, to contract enmity: Pass. badhyate, Aor. abadhi (?), to be bound; to bind on one's self, put on: Caus. ban-dhayati, -yitum, Aor. ababandhat, to cause to bind, cause to be bound; to order to be imprisoned; to cause to be joined together or constructed, cause to be built, cause to be embanked; (according to the Dhātu-pāṭha) to bind, (in this last sense also bādhayati): Desid. bibhatsati, to wish to bind: Intens. bābadhyate, bābanddhi, to bind fast, tie firmly; [cf. Zend band, banda, baś-ta, 'bound;' Gr. [greek] for [greek] Lat. pat-ibulum, pendo, pendeo, fī-lum for fid-lum, fū-nis for fud-nis, fīd-es, fīd-o for feido = [greek] foed-us; Slav. vjazati, 'to bind;' Goth. bind-an, fastan; Old Germ. fasti; Angl. Sax. bindan, bonda, boend, boest, foest; Iceland. fas-t.]

baddha baddha, as, ā, am, bound, tied, fixed, fastened; chained, enchained, fettered; fastened or tied round, bound on, put on, girt on, dressed; caught, captured, confined, imprisoned; shut, stopped, closed, precluded; arrested, held back, checked, restrained, suppressed, withheld; joined, connected, combined, united; formed, constructed, built, embanked; inlaid, studded [cf. rīti-b-, loha-b-]; composed (as verses); effected, produced; directed towards; formed, set (as fruit); struck (as a root); firmly rooted, firm; placed side by side (as the hollowed hands); clenched (as the fist); knit (as the brows); contracted (as friendship or enmity); taken up (as an abode); manifested, evinced, displayed; entertained, cherished, fostered, possessed, got; entangled, involved, enmeshed; congealed, clotted (as blood; opposed to drava, q. v.); (at the beginning of adj. comps. baddha has often a vague sense analogous to that of jāta, q. v.; see examples below); (as or am), m. or n.?, (with Jainas) that which binds or fetters the embodied spirit (viz. connection of the soul with deeds; it consists in a succession of births and deaths as the result of works).
     baddhakakṣa baddha-kakṣa, as, ā, am, one who has the loins girt, girt about the loins, having a tightened girdle.
     baddhakakṣya baddha-kakṣya, as, ā, am, having the girdle bound or girt up, prepared, ready.
     baddhakaṭa baddha-kaṭa, as, ā, am, made of plaited grass.
     baddhakāma baddha-kāma, as, ā, am, one whose desires are restrained.
     baddhakesara baddha-kesara, as,  ā, am, having hair formed, forming hair.
     baddhakopa baddha-kopa, as, ā, am, having anger suppressed, smothering resentment, governing wrath.
     baddhaguda baddha-guda, am, n. a dangerous kind of obstruction of the bowels.
     baddhagudin baddhagudin, ī, inī, i, suffering from the above obstruction.
     baddhagodhāṅgulitravat baddha-godhāṅgulitra-vat (-dhā-aṅ-), ān, atī, at, (in archery) having fastened a leathern guard on the left arm and fingers; [cf. go-dhā.]
     baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇa baddhagodhāṅguli-trāṇa, as, ā, am, having fastened on a leathern guard for the left arm and fingers.
     baddhaghaṇṭa baddha-ghaṇṭa, as, ā, am, having bells bound on.
     baddhacitta baddha-citta, as, ā, am, having the thoughts fixed, rivetting the mind.
     baddhajihva baddha-jihva, as, ā, am, tongue-tied, moving the tongue with difficulty.
     baddhajñatā baddha-jña-tā, f. the state of having acquired knowledge, great knowledge.
     baddhatala baddha-tala, as, ā, am, one who has put on a leathern guard (for the left arm).
     baddhatūṇa baddha-tūṇa, as, ā, am, having a quiver fastened on, girt with a quiver.
     baddhadṛṣṭi baddha-dṛṣṭi, is, is, i, having the eyes fixed, fixing the gaze (upon anything).
     baddhadviradasetu baddha-dvirada-setu, us, us, us, having elephants bound together for bridges.
     baddhadveṣa bad-dha-dveṣa, as, ā, am, contracting hatred.
     baddhadhārāpravāha bad-dha-dhārā-pravāha, as, ā, am, checking the flow of (tear) drops.
     baddhaniścaya baddha-niścaya, as, ā, am, having a firm conviction, forming a firm resolve, firmly resolved.
     baddhanistṛṃśa baddha-nistṛṃśa, as, ā, am, girt with a falchion.
     baddhanetra baddha-netra, as, ā, am, having the eyes fixed, fixing the eyes (upon anything).
     baddhanepathya baddha-nepathya, as, ā, am, attired in a theatrical costume.
     baddhapaṅkavat baddha-paṅka-vat, ān, atī, at, having the mud dried or hardened.
     baddhapurīṣa bad-dha-purīṣa, as, ā, am, having the bowels obstructed or constipated.
     baddhapurīṣatva baddhapurīṣa-tva, am, n. the state of being constipated, obstruction of the bowels.
     baddhapratijña baddha-pratijña, as, ā, am, one who has contracted an engagement, one who has made a vow or promise.
     baddhapratiśrut baddha-pratiśrut, t, t, t, in which echoes are formed, resonant with echoing sounds.
     baddhaphala baddha-phala, as, m. the plant Pongamia Glabra (= karañja).
     baddhabhāva baddha-bhāva, as, ā, am, having the mind or heart fixed.
     baddhabhīmāndhakāra baddha-bhīmāndhakāra (-ma-an-), as, ā, am, enveloped in terrible darkness.
     baddhabhū baddha-bhū, ūs, f. the lowest floor ('fixed on the ground'); ground prepared for the site of a house.
     baddhabhūmika baddha-bhūmika, as, ā, am, having an inlaid floor.
     baddhamukha baddha-mukha, as, ī, am, having the mouth or orifice closed.
     baddhamuṣṭi baddha-muṣṭi, is, is, i, having a closed fist; close-fisted, griping, penurious, covetous; [cf. dṛḍha-muṣṭi.]
     baddhamuṣṭikara baddhamuṣṭi-kara, as, m. the hand with closed fist.
     baddhamuṣṭitva baddhamuṣṭi-tva, am, n. the state of having the fist closed (for holding a bow).
     baddhamūtra bad-dha-mūtra, as, ā, am, stopping or obstructing the urine.
     baddhamūla baddha-mūla, as, ā, am, striking root firmly, deeply rooted.
     baddhamūlatā baddhamūla-tā, f. the state of being firmly rooted.
     baddhamauna baddha-mauna, as, ā, am, one by whom silence is observed, keeping silence.
     baddharabhasa baddha-rabhasa, as, ā, am, one who has formed an ardent attachment, passionately attached (to any one).
     baddharasāla baddha-rasāla, as, m. a species of mango (the most highly prized kind).
     baddharāga baddha-rāga, as, ā, am, filled with passion, impassioned.
     baddharājya baddha-rājya, as, ā, am, having attained to royalty.
     baddhavatsā bad-dha-vatsā, f., scil. gaus, a cow whose calf is tied up (in the stall).
     baddhavandanamālaka baddha-vandana-mālaka, as, ikā, am, having fastened garlands in token of welcome.
     baddhavarcas baddha-varcas, ās, ās, as, constipating the bowels.
     baddhavasati baddha-vasati, is, is, i, fixing an abode.
     baddhavāc baddha-vāc, k, k, k, suppressing the voice, maintaining silence, taciturn.
     baddhaviṭka baddhaviṭka, as, ā, am (fr. baddha + viṣ), one whose bowels are constipated, costive.
     baddhaviṭkatā baddhaviṭka-tā, f. constipation of the bowels, costiveness.
     baddhaviṇmūtra baddha-viṇ-mūtra, as, ā, am, obstructing the evacuations by stool and by the bladder.
     baddhavīra baddha-vīra, as, ā, am, whose heroes or soldiers are bound.
     baddhavepathu baddha-vepathu, us, us, u, seized with tremor, trembling.
     baddhavaira baddha-vaira, as, ā, am, one who has contracted great enmity or confirmed hostility, feeling bitter hatred.
     baddhaśas baddha-śas, an incorrect form for badva-śas, q. v.
     baddhaśikha baddha-śikha, as, ā, am, one whose hair is tied up into a single lock upon the crown of the head; one who is still in childhood, young, a child, a pupil (not yet tonsured); (ā), f. a sort of pungent root, (according to some) a kind of garlic.
     baddhaśrotramanaścakṣus baddha-śrotra-manaś-cakṣus, us, us, us, having the ears, mind, and eyes fixed; fixing the ears, mind, and eyes.
     baddhasūta baddha-sūta, as, m. a particular preparation of quicksilver.
     baddhasneha baddha-sneha, as, ā, am, forming an attachment, conceiving affection for (with loc.).
     baddhāṅgulitra baddhāṅguli-tra or baddhāṅ-guli-trāṇa (-dha-aṅ-), as, ā, am, having a fingerguard fastened on, equipped with gauntlets.
     baddhāñjali bad-dhāñjali (-dha-añ-), is, is, i, having the hands hollowed and placed side by side, with hands or palms joined in humble entreaty, putting the joined hands to the forehead, saluting respectfully; with closed hands.
     baddhāñjalipuṭa baddhāñjali-puṭa, as, ā, am, forming a cup with the hollowed hands.
     baddhātman bad-dhātman (-dha-āt-), ā, m. (with Jainas) a soul which is bound or fettered by deeds and works previous to its deliverance.
     baddhānanda baddhānanda (-dha-ān-), as, ā, am, feeling pleasure, joyful.
     baddhānurāga baddhā-nurāga (-dha-an-), as, ā, am, manifesting love, feeling affection.
     baddhānuśaya baddhānuśaya (-dha-an-), as, ā, am, one whose purpose is fixed, of fixed intent; taking aim.
     baddhāmbaracaramārga baddhāmbaracara-mārga (-dha-am-), as, ā, am, obstructing the path of birds (said of a conflagration).
     baddhāyudha baddhāyudha (-dha-āy-), as, ā, am, accoutred with arms.
     baddhāśaṅka baddhā-śaṅka (-dha-āś-), as, ā, am, one whose suspicions are raised, apprehensive.
     baddhotsava baddhotsava (-dha-ut-), as, ā, am, observing a festival, enjoying a holiday.
     baddhodyama baddhodyama (-dha-ud-), as, ā, am, uniting efforts, making united efforts, having the energies intently fixed.

baddhaka baddhaka, as, m., Ved. one who is bound, a captive, prisoner.

baddhvā baddhvā, ind. having bound or tied; having put on; having joined.

badva badva, am, n., Ved. a large number, multitude; a particular high number, (according to Sāy.) 100 Koṭis, (according to others) 10,000 millions; the number 13084.
     badvaśas badva-śas, ind. in large numbers, in multitudes; (also incorrectly written baddha-śas.)

badvan badvan, ā, m. a causeway, highway.

badhira badhira, as, ā, am, deaf, (sometimes written vadhira); [cf. Hib. bodhar; Cambro-Brit. byzar; Armor. byzar.]
     badhiratā badhira-tā, f. or badhira-tva, am, n. deafness.
     badhirāndha badhirāndha (-ra-an-), as, ā, am, deaf and blind; (as), m., N. of a Nāga, son of Kaśyapa.
     badhirīkṛ badhirī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. A. -karoti, -ku-rute, -kartum, to make deaf, deafen.
     badhirīkṛta badhirī-kṛta, as, ā, am, made deaf, deafened.

badhiraka badhiraka, as, m., N. of a man; (ās), m. pl., N. of his descendants; (ikā), f., N. of a woman.

badhiraya badhiraya, Nom. P. badhirayati, -yitum, to make deaf, deafen.

badhirita badhirita, as, ā, am, made deaf, deafened.

badhiriman badhiriman, ā, m. deafness.

badhnat badhnat, an, atī, at, binding, tying; effecting, producing.

badhra badhra, am, n. lead; (ī), f. a thong.

badhrya badhrya, am, n. a shoe, slipper.

bandha bandha, as, m. binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter, knot, halter, tether [cf. pāda-b-]; a ligature, bandage; laying snares; catching, capturing, capture; binding in fetters, fettering, confining, imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment, custody [cf. rāja-b-]; fixing, directing (the mind towards anything); binding together, joining, uniting [cf. pāṇi-b-]; joining the hollowed hands; forming, constructing, construction, building, erecting (e. g. setor bandhaḥ, the construction of an embankment or bridge; cf. setu-b-); embanking, an embankment, throwing a bridge across (a river); contracting or knitting the brows [cf. bhrukuṭi-b-]; joining the hands or feet in particular positions, any posture or position of the limbs or body generally, a position, posture (e. g. āsana-b-, a sitting posture); a particular position of the hands and feet [cf. mahā-b-, mūla-b-]; a particular position in coitus; connection, intercourse, society; agreement, union; manifestation, exhibition, display [cf. rāga-b-]; consequence, result (e. g. ariṣṭa-b-, having welfare as a consequence, causing welfare); a sinew, tendon; a pledge, deposit, (perhaps rather) pledging [cf. bandhaka]; that with which anything is bound together or bordered, border, framework, inclosure; (in philosophy) bondage, (opposed to mukti, mokṣa, and regarded in the Sāṅkhya system as threefold, viz. prakṛti-b-, vaikārika-b-, dakṣiṇā-b-; cf. karma-b-, dak-ṣiṇā-b-); (in rhetoric) combination of sounds, construction of words; a disease in which the eyelids cannot be wholly closed; (in comp. with numerals) a part [cf. daśa-b-, pañca-b-; cf. also Lat. pondus; Lith. banda, 'a herd of cattle;' Angl. Sax. bonda, boend, boest; Hib. bad = Armor. bod, 'a bunch, bush, cluster, tuft, thicket.']
     bandhakaraṇa bandha-karaṇa, am, n. binding, fettering, restraining, holding back, preventing, impeding.
     bandhakartṛ bandha-kartṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, a binder, one who fetters or restrains.
     bandhatantra ban-dha-tantra, am, n. a complete army, or one possessing the four divisions of chariots, elephants, horse, and foot.
     bandhadeśa bandha-deśa, N. of a country mentioned in the Ratna-kosha.
     bandhapāruṣya bandha-pāruṣya, am, n. forced construction of words.
     bandhamaya bandha-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of bonds or ties, serving for a bond, being of the nature of a bond.
     bandhamudrā ban-dha-mudrā, f. the impression or mark of fetters.
     bandhamocanikā bandha-mocanikā or bandha-mocinī, f. 'releasing from bonds', N. of a Yoginī.
     bandhastambha bandha-stambha, as, m. 'binding-post', the post to which an elephant is tied.

bandhaka bandhaka, as, m. a binder, one who is employed in binding; one who catches, a catcher [cf. nāga-b-]; a violator, ravisher; a band, tie [cf. paśu-b-]; a bank, dam, dike [cf. jala-b-]; any posture of the body [cf. malla-b-]; a pledge, deposit, pawn, (perhaps rather) pledging; a promise, vow (= satyaṅ-kāra); exchanging, barter; (in comp. with numerals, especially at the end of an adj. comp.) a part, portion (e. g. ṛṇaṃ sa-daśa-bandhakam, a debt plus one tenth); a city; (am), n. binding, confinement; (ī), f. an unchaste woman ('connected with many men;' kumāra-bandhakī, a woman unchaste even as a girl); a harlot, courtezan, wanton [cf. bandhukī]; a barren woman [cf. bandhyā]; a female elephant.
     bandhakatva bandhaka-tva, am, n. the being fettered.

bandhana bandhana, as, ī, am, binding, tying, fettering [cf. bhāva-b-]; holding fast, arresting, checking, stopping; (at the end of a comp.) dependant on, depending upon; (am), n. the act of binding, tying, fastening, fettering; a bond, chain, fetter; a tether, halter; a sinew, muscle [cf. ślatha-b-]; binding on, binding round; binding up; a ligature, bandage; joining, connection; catching, capturing; confining, confinement, captivity, bondage, detention, imprisonment; a gaol, prison; inflicting pain, hurting; putting to death; joining, connecting, uniting; forming, building, constructing, construction; setor bandhanam, the construction of an embankment or bridge [cf. setu-bandha, setu-bandhana]; a bar, barrier; embanking, an embankment, bridging over; mixing, alloying, alloyage (of metals); conjunction, connection, coherence; a stalk, stem, peduncle [cf. prasava-b-]; gīta-bandhana, a composition which is sung, an epic poem rehearsed in singing; (am, ī), n. f. any instument of binding or holding together, a bond (e. g. annam prāṇasya bandhanam, food is the bond, i. e. the staff of life), band, rope, tie, cord, string, garter, thread; a tether, halter [cf. pāda-b-]; a chain, fetter; a snare; a ligature, bandage.
     bandhanagranthi bandhana-granthi, is, m. the knot of a ligature; a noose; a rope for tying cattle.
     bandhanapālaka bandhana-pālaka, as, m. a gaolkeeper, gaoler, turnkey.
     bandhanarajju bandhana-rajju, us, f. a rope for tying cattle; any rope or string used for tying.
     bandhanaveśman bandhana-veśman, a, n. 'house of bondage', a prison.
     bandhanastha bandhana-stha, as, ā, am, being in prison, living in confinement, imprisoned, captive; (as), m. a prisoner, captive.
     bandhanasthāna bandhana-sthāna, am, n. (a place where cattle are fastened), a stall, stable.
     bandhanāgāra bandhanāgāra (-na-ag- or -āg-), as, am, m. n. 'house of bondage', a prison.
     bandhanādhikāra ban-dhanādhikāra (-na-adh-), as, m., N. of the third chapter of the first part of the Rasendra-kalpa-druma, a medical work by Rāma-kṛṣṇa.
     bandhanālaya bandhanālaya (-na-āl-), am, n. 'house of bondage', a prison.

bandhanīya bandhanīya, as, ā, am, to be bound or tied, to be bound on, to be bound round; anything bound on or tied round; to be confined, to be captured or taken prisoner; to be embanked; (as), m. (according to a Scholiast) = setu, an embankment.

bandhayitṛ bandhayitṛ, tā, m. one who binds or ties up, a binder.

bandhita bandhita, as, ā, am, caused to be bound (e. g. śatam bandhitaḥ, caused to be bound for a hundred pieces of money, i. e. imprisoned for a debt of a hundred pieces of money); bound.

bandhitra bandhitra, am, n. (?), the god of love, love, desire [cf. vadhitra]; a spot, mole.

bandhin bandhin, ī, inī, i, (at the end of a comp.) binding [cf. dṛḍha-bandhinī]; catching [cf. matsya-b-]; causing, effecting, producing, exciting, evoking [cf. phala-b-, rāga-b-]; showing, exhibiting, manifesting, evincing [cf. vātsalya-b-].

bandhu bandhu, us, m. connection, conjunction, relationship, association; relation, reference, respect (e. g. kena bandhunā, in what respect ?); one who is connected with or belongs to (any profession or tribe, especially if only nominally so connected; cf. kṣa-tra-b-, dvija-b-, brahma-b-); a kinsman, relation, relative, connection, kindred in general [cf. mātṛ-b-]; (in law) a cognate kinsman in a remote degree, one subsequent in right of inheritance to the Sa-gotra, (three kinds of these are enumerated, personal, paternal, and maternal: the first are sons of the deceased father's sister, of his mother's sister, and of his maternal uncle: the second are the sons of his father's paternal aunt, of his father's maternal aunt, and of his father's maternal uncle: the third are the sons of his mother's paternal aunt, of his mother's maternal aunt, and of his mother's maternal uncle); a friend [cf. a-b-, amṛta-b-, ṛṣi-b-]; a husband; a brother; N. of a flower (= bandhūka); N. of a metre; (in astron.) N. of the fourth mansion; N. of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Gaupāyana or Laupāyana, author of two hymns in the Ṛg-veda; (according to Yāska also) wealth; according to Pāṇini a feminine word ending in yā must change yā to ī before bandhu in a comp., e. g. kārīṣa-gandhyā-bandhu becomes kārīṣa-gandhī-bandhu; [cf. Hib. badh, 'love, friendship.']
     bandhukāma bandhu-kāma, as, ā, am, loving relations, affectionate towards relations and friends.
     bandhukṛtya bandhu-kṛtya, am, n. the duty of a kinsman or of a friend, a friendly office, friendly service.
     bandhukṣit bandhu-kṣit, t, t, t, Ved. dwelling among relations; (Sāy.) having the quality or condition of kindred; (according to some this word may be the N. of a person or family.)
     bandhujana bandhu-jana, as, m. a kinsman, relation, friend; kinsfolk, relations.
     bandhujīva ban-dhu-jīva or bandhu-jīvaka, as, m. 'living in association or groups', Pentapetes Phoenicea, (a plant with a red flower which opens at midday and withers away the next morning at sunrise); (am), n. its flower; (kas), m., N. of a Cakra-vartin.
     bandhujīvapuṣpa bandhujīva-puṣpa, am, n. the flower of Pentapetes Phoenicea.
     bandhujīvābhitāmra bandhujīvābhi-tāmra (-va-abh-), as, ā, am, deep red like the blossom of Pentapetes Phoenicea.
     bandhutā bandhu-tā, f. relations collectively, kindred, kin (= bandhūnāṃ samūhaḥ); relationship, affinity, connection, relation.
     bandhutva bandhu-tva, am, n. relationship, brotherhood, affinity.
     bandhudagdha bandhu-dagdha, as, ā, am, 'destroyed or consumed by relations', i. e. an abandoned wretch (= hataka).
     bandhudatta bandhu-datta, as, ā, am, given by relations or by a kinsman; (as), m., N. of a man; (ā), f., N. of a woman; (am), n. a particular kind of female property (given to a girl by her relations at her marriage).
     bandhudāyāda bandhu-dāyāda, as, m. a kinsman and heir.
     bandhupati bandhu-pati, is, m. lord of kindred or relations; [cf. bāndhupata.]
     bandhupāla bandhu-pāla, as, m. 'kindred-protector', N. of a man.
     bandhupālita bandhu-pālita, as, m. 'kindred-protected', N. of a prince.
     bandhupuṣpamāla bandhu-puṣpa-māla, as, ā, am, wearing a chaplet of Bandhu flowers.
     bandhupṛch ban-dhu-pṛch, ṭ, m., Ved. asking relations, inquiring after kindred, (Sāy. = bandhūnām praṣṭā); [cf. pṛṣ-ṭa-bandhu.]
     bandhuprabha bandhu-prabha, as, m., N. of a Vidyā-dhara.
     bandhuprīti bandhu-prīti, is, f. affection for a friend, love of relatives or friends.
     bandhubhāva bandhu-bhāva, as, m. friendship.
     bandhubhāṣita bandhu-bhāṣita, am, n. the talk or speech of kindred.
     bandhumat bandhu-mat, ān, atī, at, having relations, surrounded by relations; (ān), m., N. of a man; of a king; (atī), f., N. of two women; N. of a town.
     bandhuvañcaka bandhu-vañcaka, as, m. 'deceiver of relatives', N. of a Vidūṣaka.
     bandhuvat bandhu-vat, ān, atī, at, having relations or kindred.
     bandhuvarga ban-dhu-varga, as, m. the whole body of relations, circle of kinsmen, kindred.
     bandhuhīna bandhu-hīna, as, ā, am, destitute of kindred, relationless, friendless.
     bandhūkṛ ban-dhū-kṛ, cl. 8. P. -karoti, -kartum, to make a friend of.
     bandhūkṛta bandhū-kṛta, as, ā, am, made a friend.
     bandhveṣa bandhv-eṣa, as, m., Ved. inquiring after kindred, (Sāy. = bandhūnām anveṣaṇam.)

bandhuka bandhuka, as, m. a species of plant (= ban-dhūka, bandhu-jīva); a bastard [cf. bandhula]; (ā, ī), f. an unchaste woman (= bandhakī).

bandhukin bandhukin, ī, inī, i, coming from or belonging to an unchaste woman.

bandhudā bandhudā, f. an unchaste woman; (perhaps wrongly for bandhurā.)

bandhura bandhura, as, ā, am, uneven, undulating, fluctuating, wavy; bowed, bent, inclined, depressed, crooked; pleasing, delightful, handsome, beautiful; deaf; injurious, mischievous; (as), m. a goose; a crane; a drug (= viḍaṅga ṛṣabha); a plant (= bandhūka); oil-cake; the vulva; (ā), f. a prostitute; (ās), f. pl. the meal of parched corn; (am), n. a diadem, crest; [cf. Angl. Sax. bendan.]

bandhurita bandhurita, as, ā, am, bent, inclined, depressed.

bandhula bandhula, as, ā, am, bent, inclined, depressed; pleasing, charming; (as), m. an attendant in the chamber of a harlot; the son of a harlot, a bastard; Pentapetes Phoenicea; N. of a Ṛṣi.
     bandhulānvaya bandhulān-vaya (-la-an-), as, m. the posterity of Bandhula.

bandhūka bandhūka, as, m. a shrub bearing a red flower, Pentapetes Phoenicea [cf. bandhu-jīva]; Terminalia Tomentosa; (am), n. the flower of Pentapetes Phoenicea.
     bandhūkapuṣpa bandhūka-puṣpa, as, m. the tree Terminalia Tomentosa.
     bandhūkapuṣparajas bandhūkapuṣpa-rajas, as, n. the pollen of the above flower.

bandhūra bandhūra, as, ā, am, wavy, undulating, uneven; bowing, bent; beautiful; (as), m. a hole, a chasm.

bandhūli bandhūli, is, m. a plant (= bandhūka).

bandhya bandhya, as, ā, am, to be bound or fettered, to be confined or imprisoned; to be bound together, to be joined; to be constructed; detained, confined, under arrest; stopped; not bearing fruit in due season, barren, unfruitful, unproductive, fruitless, idle, useless, unprofitable, vain; not having the menstrual courses; destitute, deprived of (with inst. or at the end of a comp., e. g. prajā-b-, destitute of offspring); (ā), f. a barren or childless woman; a barren cow; a kind of perfume commonly called Bāla.
     bandhyatā ban-dhya-tā, f. or bandhya-tva, am, n. barrenness, sterility, uselessness; want, deficiency, scarcity, destitution.
     bandhyaparvata bandhya-parvata, N. of a district.
     bandhyaphala ban-dhya-phala, as, ā, am, fruitless, useless, idle, vain.
     bandhyaphalatā bandhyaphala-tā, f. fruitlessness, uselessness.
     bandhyākarkoṭakī bandhyā-karkoṭakī, f. a species of medicinal plant given to barren women; [cf. putra-dā.]
     bandhyātanaya bandhyā-tanaya, as, m. = bandhyā-putra, q. v.
     bandhyātva bandhyā-tva, am, n. sterility, barrenness.
     bandhyāduhitṛ bandhyā-duhitṛ, tā, f. the daughter of a barren woman, a mere chimaera or anything merely imaginary which does not really exist.
     bandhyāputra bandhyā-putra, as, m. the son of a barren woman, i. e. anything merely imaginary, an impossibility; [cf. ga-gaṇa-puṣpa.]
     bandhyāroga bandhyā-roga, as, m., N. of a chapter of the Prayogāmṛta, a medical work by Vaidya-cintāmaṇi.
     bandhyāsuta bandhyā-suta, as, or ban-dhyā-sūnu, us, m. = bandhyā-putra, q. v.

bandhyāyamāna bandhyāyamāna, as, ā, am, becoming barren or useless.

bandhra bandhra or banddhra, am, n. a band, tie, (in a-b-, q. v.)

bapsa bapsa, Ved. = rūpa.

baphāra baphāra, N. of a place.

babakāṇa babakāṇa, N. of a place.

bababā bababā, ind., Ved. an onomatopoetic word expressive of the crackling of fire.

babara babara, as, m., N. of a man; N. of a place; (also read vavara.)

babāḍa babāḍa, as, m., N. of a village.

babūāṇa babūāṇa, N. of a place.

babhra babhra (fr. rt. bhṛ with reduplication) in pra-babhra, q. v.

babhri babhri, is, is, i, Ved. bearing, carrying, wielding, taking, (Sāy. = bhartṛ, dhāraka); (in Atharvaveda XI. 1, 31 sqq., either 'nourishing' or a various reading for babhru, q. v.)

babhru babhru, us, us, or ūs, u (said to be a reduplicated form of rt. bhṛ), deep brown, brown, tawny, tan-coloured, a mixed brownish colour (variously applied to oxen, to the horses of Indra, of Rudra, and Soma, to plants, to dice formed of nuts, &c.); bald-headed through disease; (us), m. a man with deep brown hair, red-haired person; a large kind of ichneumon, an ichneumon generally; the bird Cuculus Melanoleucus (= cātaka); a species of vegetable; an epithet of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu; an epithet of Śiva; fire; N. of various men; of a descendant of Atri with the epithets Daivāvṛdha and Kaumbhya and author of the hymns Ṛg-veda V. 30, 14, VIII. 22, 10; of the author of a Dharma-śāstra; of a disciple of Śaunaka; of a son of Viśvā-mitra; of a son of Viśva-garbha; of a Vṛṣṇi; of a son of Druhyu; of a son of Roma-pāda or Loma-pāda; of a Gandharva; N. of a country [cf. babhru-deśa]; (u), n. a tawny or brown colour; any object of a tawny or brown colour; [cf. Gr. [greek] [greek] Lat. fur-vu-s, perhaps fu-scu-s; Old Germ. brun = Mod. Germ. braun = Eng. brown.]
     babhrukarṇa babhru-karṇa, as, ī, am, Ved. brown-eared, having brown ears.
     babhrudeśa babhru-deśa, as, m., N. of a country; [cf. babhru.]
     babhrudhātu babhru-dhātu, us, m. 'dark brown mineral', a kind of ochre (= su-varṇa-gairika).
     babhrudhūta babhru-dhūta, as, ā, am, Ved. pressed out or extracted by Babhru (as Soma juice; Sāy. = babhru-ṇābhiṣutaḥ).
     babhrunīkāśa babhru-nīkāśa, as, ā, am, Ved. appearing brownish, of a brownish look, (according to Mahī-dhara = kapila-varṇa-sadṛśa.)
     babhrupiṅgala ba-bhru-piṅgala, as, ā, am, brown and tawny (as an owl).
     babhrumālin babhru-mālin, ī, m. 'brown-garlanded', N. of a Muni.
     babhruvaktra babhru-vaktra, as, ā, am, 'ichneumon-faced', having the face of an ichneumon.
     babhruvāha babhru-vāha or babhru-vāhana, as, m., N. of a son of Arjuna, king of Mahodaya.

babhravī babhravī, f. an epithet of Durgā; (an incorrect form for bābhravī.)

babhruka babhruka, as, ā, am, Ved. brownish; (as), m. (probably) a kind of ichneumon.

babhruśa babhruśa, as, ā, am, see Gaṇa Lomādi to Pāṇ. V. 2, 100.

babhluśa babhluśa, as, ā, am, Ved. brownish, (Mahīdhara = kapila-varṇa; cf. kapiśa, kṛṣṇaśa.)

bamb bamb, cl. 1. P. bambati, bambitum, to go.

bambagaira bambagaira, N. of a place.

bambā bambā, a proper N.

bamburevaṇa bamburevaṇa, N. of a place.

bambhara bambhara, as, m. a bee; [cf. bhra-mara.]

bambharālī bambharālī, f. a fly; [cf. bhambharālī.]

bambhāri bambhāri, is, m., Ved., N. of one of the seven tutelary deities of the Soma plant.

bara bara, as, m. a N. of Bala-rāma (= bala).

baraṭa baraṭa, as, m. a species of grain; [cf. barbaṭa.]

barāsī barāsī, f. a particular article of clothing or kind of woven cloth; (also read varāsī, varāsi, varāśi.)

baru baru, us, m., Ved., N. of a descendant of Aṅgiras and author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 96; N. of an Āṅgirasa.

barodā barodā, N. of a place in Guzerat.

barku barku, us, m., Ved., N. of a man with the patronymic Vārṣṇa.

barjara barjara, N. of a place.

barjaha barjaha, as, am, m. n., Ved. an udder, (Sāy. = payasa utpatti-sthānam.)

barjahya barjahya, am, n., Ved. a nipple.

barb barb, cl. 1. P. barbati, barbitum, to go, move.

barbaṭa barbaṭa, as, ī, m. f. a kind of bean, Dolichos Catjang [cf. baraṭa]; (ī), f. a harlot, prostitute; [cf. bārbaṭīra.]

barbaṇā barbaṇā, f. (said to be fr. rt. barb), a blue fly.

barbara barbara, as, m. (also written var-vara, q. v., cf. [greek]), a blockhead, fool, low fellow, barbarian, any one not a Sanskṛt speaker, not an Āryan, (used mostly in the voc.); (as or am), m. or n. (?), N. of a district.
     barbaratā barbara-tā, f. (in Ved. gram.) a stammering pronunciation of the letter r.
     barbarasthāna barbara-sthāna, N. of a district.

barbaraka barbaraka, barbarīka. See varvaraka, &c.

barbura barbura, am, n., Ved. water; [cf. Gr. [greek] Fr. bourbe.]

barsa barsa, as, m., Ved. a tip, point, thin end, extremity.
     barsanaddhi barsa-naddhi, is, f., Ved. the tying of sacrificial knots.

barsva barsva, as, m., Ved. the fleshy formation of the gums round the socket of a tooth, a socket of a tooth.

barha barh (also written varh, q. v., cf. rts. bṛh, vṛh, bṛṃh, vṛṃh), cl. 1. A. barhate, babarhe, barhitum, to speak; to hurt, injure, kill; to give, (according to another reading) to cover; to spread, (this sense being perhaps only deduced from barhis, q. v.); to be pre-eminent or excellent; cl. 10. P. barhayati, to hurt, injure, kill.

barha barha, barhin. See varha, varhin.

barhaṇa barhaṇa (fr. rt. bṛṃh for vṛṃh), Ved. strong; occurring only in the Vedic inst. barhaṇā, closely, firmly, strongly; very, really, certainly.
     barhaṇavat barhaṇa-vat, ān, atī, at, energetic, vigorous, earnest; (according to Sāy.) injuring enemies.
     barhaṇāśva bar-haṇāśva (-ṇa-aś-), as, m., N. of a prince, a son of Nikumbha.

barhas barhas, ās, ās, as, Ved. strong, firm; occurring only in adri-barhas, ās, ās, as, firm as a rock, fastened by rocks; (or according to Sāy.) spread out or swollen with clouds, and in dvi-b-, q. v.

barhiṣṭha 1. barhiṣṭha, as, ā, am, strongest, &c. See var-hiṣṭha. (For 2. barhi-ṣṭha see p. 675, col. 1.)

barhis barhis, is, m. n. (in the later literature generally written varhis; probably fr. rt. 1. or 2. vṛh; said to be fr. rt. vṛṃh), (that which is plucked up), a bed or layer of Kuśa grass (usually strewed over the sacrificial ground and especially over the Vedi, to serve as a sacred surface on which to present the oblations, and as a seat for the gods and for the sacrificers); Kuśa grass, sacrificial grass; (is), n. the strewed sacrificial grass personified and enumerated among the Pra-yāja and Anu-yāja deities; sacrifice (= tantra); ether; water; a kind of perfume, = barhi-puṣpa; (is), m. fire, light, lustre, splendor; Plumbago Zeylanica (to which plant all the names of fire are applied); N. of a son of Bṛhad-rāja; (iṣas), m. pl. the descendants of Barhis.
     barhiḥpuṣpa barhiḥ-puṣpa, am, n. = barhi-puṣpa.
     barhiḥśuṣman barhiḥ-śuṣ-man, ā, m. fire, the god of fire.
     barhiḥṣad barhiḥ-ṣad, see under barhi-ṣad.
     barhiḥṣṭha barhiḥ-ṣṭha, as, m. 'standing upon the sacrificial grass', (perhaps) a victim; (am), n. a kind of perfume commonly called Bāla; or (according to some) a kind of fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatus.
     barhiḥṣṭhā barhiḥ-ṣṭhā, ās, ās, am, Ved. standing or placed upon the sacrificial grass.
     barhikusuma barhi-kusuma, am, n. = barhi-puṣpa.
     barhipuṣpa barhi-puṣpa, am, n. a kind of perfume.
     barhirjyotis bar-hir-jyotis, is, m. fire, the deity of fire.
     barhirmukha barhir-mukha, as, m. 'fire-mouthed', a deity (so called because sacrifices are mostly offered to the gods by fire).
     barhiṣad barhi-ṣad, t, t, t (barhi for barhis + sad), seated on sacrificial grass; (according to the Nirukta) = mahat, great; (das), m. pl. the Manes; (in the later literature) a particular class of Pitṛs or Manes, see Manu III. 196, 199; (t), m. a Pitṛ or deified progenitor; N. of a son of Havir-dhāna and Havirdhānī (= prācīna-barhis).
     barhiṣada barhi-ṣada, as, m., N. of a holy sage (= barhin).
     barhiṣkeśa barhiṣ-keśa, as, m. 'having light for hair', fire, Agni, the god of fire. --2. barhi-ṣṭha, am, n. a kind of fragrant grass or perfume; the resin of the Pinus Longifolia, see barhiḥ-ṣṭha; (for 1. barhiṣṭha see p. 674, col. 3.)
     barhiṣmat barhiṣ-mat, ān, atī, at, possessing sacrificial grass, (Sāy. = āstīrṇena barhiṣā yuk-taḥ); (ān), m. one who has or spreads sacrificial grass, a worshipper, sacrificer, (Sāy. = yajñena yuk-taḥ); having fire or light, blazing, shining; (ān), m. an epithet of Prācīna-barhis; (atī), f., N. of a wife of Priya-vrata and daughter of Viśva-karman; N. of a city in Brahmāvarta.

barhiṣka barhiṣka, as, ā, am, formed of sacrificial grass; covered with sacrificial grass; a perfume commonly called Bāla, (perhaps a species of Andropogon); resin of Pinus Longifolia; (also written barhiska.)

barhiṣya barhiṣya, as, ā, am, Ved. belonging to or fitted for sacrificial grass; kaśyapasya barhiṣyam, N. of a Sāman.

barhiska barhiska = barhiṣka above.

bal 1. bal [cf. rt. val], only occurring in Intens. balbalīti, &c., Ved. to whirl round in a circle.

bal 2. bal [cf. rt. bhal], cl. 1. P. ba-lati, babāla, &c., to breathe, live; to hoard grain; to prevent or obstruct wealth; A. balate, to speak; to hurt, to kill; to give, (in this sense a various reading for rt. bhal); to describe [cf. rt. bhal]; cl. 10. P. balayati, -yitum, to breathe, live; bālayati, -yitum, to support, nourish, foster, cherish, bring up, rear; A. bālayate (a various reading for bhālayate), to explain, describe.

bala bala, am, n. (said to be also as, m.), power, strength, might, vigour, (aurasam balam, native strength, innate power); force, violence, rigour, severity; force or power of articulation; force considered as a sixth organ of action, (Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 9895; cf. karmendriya); (with Buddhists) one of ten forces; Power personified as one of the Viśve Devāḥ; massiveness, stoutness, bulkiness, weight; body, form, figure, shape; semen virile; military force, forces, troops, a host, army, (in these senses also pl.); gum, myrrh; blood; a sprout, young shoot; (as), m., N. of Bala-rāma the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa, also called Bala-deva, Bala-bhadra, &c.; (with Jainas) a white Bala or elder brother of Vāsudeva, (nine of these are enumerated by Hemacandra, viz. Acala, Vijaya, Bhadra, Su-prabha, Su-darśana, Ānanda, Nandana, Padma, and Rāma); N. of a son of Varuṇa and brother of Surā; of an attendant on Skanda; of a son of Kṛṣṇa; of a son of Aṅgiras; of a son of Pari-kshit; of a demon; of a lexicographer (also Vala); a species of carrion crow; a kind of tree, = 1. balāya; (ā), f. an aquatic plant, a species of mallow, Sida Cordifolia; (bale, f. du. the two Balā plants, viz. Balā and Ati-balā, cf. ati-b-, jyeṣṭha-b-); N. of a particular charm or incantation of great efficacy [cf. ati-balā]; N. of a woman; of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kaśyapa; of a female divinity who executes the orders of the seventeenth Arhat of the present Ava-śarpiṇī; (as, ā, am), strong, stout, robust, powerful; sick (= amin?); balena, ind. by force, by the power of, on the strength of; in virtue of, by means of, through, by; balāt, ind. by force, forcibly, violently; against the will of, without the consent of; [cf. Lat. valor, validus, valeo, de-bilis.]
     balakara bala-kara, as, ī, am, or bala-kṛt, t, t, t, inspiring or infusing strength, strengthening.
     balakṛta bala-kṛta, as, ā, am, done by force, done against free consent.
     balakṛti bala-kṛti, is, f., Ved. a mighty deed.
     balakṣobha bala-kṣobha, as, m. a commotion in the forces, mutiny in an army.
     balaguptā bala-guptā, f., N. of a woman.
     balacakra bala-cakra, am, n. 'circle of power', dominion, sovereignty, supremacy; an army, host.
     balacakravartin bala-cakravartin, ī, m. a powerful sovereign or emperor.
     balacandra bala-candra, as, m., N. of a prince.
     balaja bala-ja, as, ā, am, produced by strength or power; (am), n. a city-gate, gate in general; a field; fruit, grain; war; a pretty figure; pith, marrow; (ā), f. a pretty or handsome woman; the earth; Arabian jasmine; N. of a river; (at the end of certain comps. bala-ja may optionally take Vṛddhi according to Pāṇ. VII. 3, 25, e. g. sauvarṇa-balaja or sauvarṇa-bālaja.)
     balada bala-da, as, m. 'strengthgiving', a form of Agni; an ox, bullock; a medicinal plant, = jīvaka; (ā), f. the plant Physalis Flexuosa (= aśva-gandhā); N. of a daughter of Raudrāśva.
     baladarpa bala-darpa, as, m. pride of strength; reckless ardour of troops.
     baladā bala-dā, ās, ās, am, Ved. 'strength-giving', conferring or imparting power.
     baladībhū baladī-bhū, cl. 1. P. -bhavati, -bha-vitum, to become an ox.
     baladībhūta baladī-bhūta, as, ā, am, become an ox.
     baladeya bala-deya, am, n., Ved. the granting of power, bestowal of strength, (Sāy. = bala-dāna.)
     baladeva bala-deva, as, m. air, wind; the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa, see bala-rāma, (he is said in Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 7308 to have been produced from a white hair of Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa having been produced from a black hair, and is regarded as a Nāga in Mahā-bh. Anuśāsana-p. 6163); N. of a Nāgarāja; N. of a Brāhman; (ā), f. a species of medicinal plant (= trāyamāṇā).
     baladevapattana baladeva-pattana, am, n., N. of a city.
     baladevasvasṛ baladeva-svasṛ, sā, f. 'sister of Bala-deva', an epithet of the wife of Śiva.
     baladviṣ bala-dviṣ, ṭ, m. 'foe of the demon Bala', an epithet of Indra.
     baladhara bala-dhara, as, m., N. of a Brāhman; (ā), f., N. of the wife of Bhīma-sena.
     balanigraha bala-nigraha, as, m. reducing strength, weakening.
     balanisūdana bala-nisūdana, as, m. 'destroyer of the demon Bala', Indra.
     balapati bala-pati, is, m. lord of strength; a general, commander; an epithet of Indra.
     balaprada bala-prada, as, ā, am, giving strength.
     balaprasū bala-prasū, ūs, f. the mother of Bala-deva. Rohiṇī.
     balaprāṇa bala-prāṇa, am, n. strength and spirit.
     balabandhu bala-bandhu, us, m., N. of one of the sons of Manu Raivata; of a son of Bhṛgu in the tenth Dvāpara.
     balabhadra bala-bhadra, as, ā, am, strong, powerful; (as), m. a strong or robust man; a kind of ox, the gayal, Bos Gavaeus (= gavaya); the tree Symplocos Racemosa, commonly called Lodh (= lodhra); N. of Bala-rāma, q. v., or of An-anta, the great serpent identified with Bala-rāma; N. of a descendant of Bharata; N. of various men; N. of a mountain-range; (ā), f. a young girl, maiden; a species of medicinal plant (= trāyamāṇā).
     balabhadrikā bala-bhadrikā, f. a species of medicinal plant (= bala-bhadrā).
     balabhitsakhi bala-bhit-sakhi, ā, m. a friend of the slayer of Bala, friend of Indra.
     balabhid bala-bhid, t, t, t, breaking up or routing an army; (t), m. the slayer of Bala; an epithet of Indra.
     balabhṛt bala-bhṛt, t, t, t, 'might-bearing', powerful, strong.
     balarāma bala-rāma, as, m., N. of the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa and third of the Rāmas, (seventh son of Vasu-deva and Devakī, but transferred to the womb of Rohiṇī; regarded as the eighth Avatār of Viṣṇu, sometimes as an incarnation of the great serpent Śeṣa or An-anta; he is also called Bala, Baladeva, Bala-bhadra, and Halāyudha.)
     balarāmapañcānana balarāma-pañcānana, as, m., N. of a grammarian.
     balavat bala-vat, ān, atī, at, possessing power, powerful, mighty, strong, stout, lusty; dense, thick; preponderating, prevailing; accompanied by an army; (ān), m., N. of the eighth Muhūrta; (at), ind. powerfully, strongly, vehemently, stoutly, lustily, in a high degree, much, well.
     balavattara balavat-tara, as, ā, am, more powerful, stronger.
     balavattā balavat-tā, f. powerfulness, mightiness; superiority, preponderance.
     balavardhana bala-vardhana, as, ī, am, increasing power, strengthening, ennobling; (as), m., N. of one of the sons of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra.
     balavardhin bala-vardhin, ī, inī, i, increasing strength, strengthening; (inī), f. a species of medicinal plant (= jīvaka).
     balavarmadeva bala-varma-deva, as, m., N. of a king.
     balavarman bala-varman, ā, m., N. of a prince; of a merchant.
     balavijñāya bala-vijñāya, as, ā, am, Ved. recognizable by strength.
     balavinyāsa bala-vinyāsa, as, m. arrangement or disposition of forces, array of troops.
     balavīrya bala-vīrya, as, m., N. of a descendant of Bharata.
     balavīryaparākrama balavīrya-parākrama, as, ā, am, strong, heroic, and valorous.
     balavṛtranisūdana bala-vṛtra-nisū-dana, as, or bala-vṛtra-han, hā, m. the destroyer of Bala and Vṛtra; an epithet of Indra.
     balavyasana bala-vyasana, am, n. the defeat or rout of an army.
     balavyasanasaṅkula balavyasana-saṅkula, as, ā, am, (a king) embarassed by disorder in (his) army.
     balaśālitā bala-śāli-tā, f. the possession of strength, prowess.
     balaśālin bala-śālin, ī, inī, i, having or possessing strength, strong, vigorous.
     balasūdana bala-sūdana, as, ī, am, destroying armies; (as), m. 'destroyer of the demon Bala', Indra.
     balasena bala-sena, as, m., N. of a warrior; (ā), f. a strong army, an army, host.
     balastha bala-stha, as, ā, am, strong, vigorous, powerful [cf. balāvastha]; (as), m. being in or belonging to an army, a warrior, soldier.
     balasthiti bala-sthiti, is, f. 'army-station', a camp, encampment; a royal residence, a royal camp or quarters.
     balahan bala-han, ā, ghnī, a, one who slays or destroys armies; (ā), m. 'destroyer of strength', phlegm, the phlegmatic humor.
     balahara bala-hara, as, ā, am, taking away strength, depriving of power; (as), m., N. of a man.
     balahīna bala-hīna, as, ā, am, destitute of strength, weak, infirm.
     balahīnatā balahīna-tā, f. the being destitute of strength, weakness, exhaustion, prostration of strength, infirmity from fatigue or age.
     balākṣa balākṣa (-la-ak-), as, m., N. of a prince.
     balāgra balāgra (-la-ag-), am, n. the utmost strength, extreme force, excessive might; the head of an army.
     balāṭa balāṭa (-la-aṭa), as, m. a kind of bean, Phaseolus Mungo.
     balātaila balā-taila, am, n. the oil of the plant Sida Cordifolia.
     balātkāra balāt-kāra, as, m. doing anything by force, acting with violence, using or employing force, application of force or violence, power exerted wrongfully, oppression; violence, exaction; injustice; (in law) the detention of the person of a debtor by his creditor, and the violent measures taken by the latter to recover his debt; (eṇa), ind. by force, forcibly, violently.
     balātkārābhilāṣin balātkā-rābhilāṣin (-ra-abh-), ī, iṇī, i, wishing to use violence, wishing to violate.
     balātkārita balātkārita or ba-lāt-kṛta, as, ā, am, treated violently, forced, overpowered, overcome.
     balātmikā balātmikā (-la-āt-), f. the plant Tiaridium Indicum; a species of sunflower, Heliotropium Indicum.
     balādhika balādhika (-la-adh-), as, ā, am, superior in strength, surpassing in power.
     balādhikaraṇa balādhikaraṇa (-la-adh-), āni, n. pl. 'army affairs', the business or affairs of an army.
     balādhyakṣa balādhyakṣa (-la-adh-), as, m. 'inspector of forces', the superintendent or commander of an army, a general, minister of war.
     balānīka balānīka (-la-an-), as, m., N. of a man.
     balānuja balānuja (-la-an-), as, m. the younger brother of Bala-deva; an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.
     balānvita balānvita (-la-an-), as, ā, am, possessed of power, powerful, strong; leading an army.
     balāpakarṣam balāpakar-ṣam (-la-ap-), ind. by force.
     balābala balābala (-la-ab-), am, n. strength and weakness, comparative strength and want of strength, relative importance and insignificance; (as, ā, am), strong and weak, strong at one time and weak at another.
     balābalasūtra balābala-sūtra, am, n., N. of a work elucidating the various apparent discrepancies in Kātantra's grammatical aphorisms.
     balābalākṣepaparihāra balābalākṣepa-parihāra (-la-ākṣ-), as, m., N. of a work by Ananta-deva on the comparative dignity of the various gods invoked in sacrifice.
     balābhra balābhra (-la-abh-), am, n. 'army-cloud', an army in the form of a cloud.
     balāmūla balā-mūla, am, n. the root of Sida Cordifolia.
     balārāti balārāti (-la-ar-), is, m. 'enemy of the demon Bala', an epithet of Indra.
     balārthin balārthin (-la-ar-), ī, inī, i, seeking power, desirous of power.
     balāvalepa balāvalepa (-la-av-), as, m. pride of strength or prowess.
     balāśva balāśva (-la-aś-), as, m., N. of a king (called. also Karan-dhama).
     balāsa balāsa or balāśa (-la-as- or -aś-), as, m. 'taking away strength (?)', a particular disease, perhaps a kind of consumptive expectoration, (Mahī-dhara) = kṣaya-vyādhi, consumption, phthisis; the phlegmatic humor (= kapha, śleṣman); a swelling in the throat obstructing the passage of food; [cf. a-balāsa.]
     balāsaka balāsaka, as, m. a yellowish spot in the white of the eye, caused by disease.
     balāsagrathita balāsa-grathita, am, n. a kind of ophthalmia.
     balāsabasta balāsa-basta, as, m. a disease of the eye.
     balāsama ba-lāsama (-la-as-), as, m. 'unequalled in strength', N. of one of the Jaina saints.
     balāsin balāsin, ī, inī, i, consumptive, phthisical.
     balāha balāha (bala + āha fr. rt. hā with ā?), am, n. water.
     balāhvakanda balāhva-kanda (-la-āh-), am, n. a kind of esculent root (= gulañca-kanda).
     balotkaṭā balotkaṭā (-la-ut-), f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda.
     balotsāha balotsāha (-la-ut-), as, m. ardour of troops or forces.
     balopapanna balopa-panna or balopaviṣṭa or balopeta (-la-up-), as, ā, am, possessed of power, endowed with strength, mighty, powerful.
     balaugha balaugha (-la-ogha), as, m. a multitude of troops or forces, numerous force.

balana balana, am, n. the act of strengthening, making strong.

balaya balaya, Nom. P. balayati, -yitum, to make strong, strengthen; (appearing only in the preceding derivative balana and in upod-balaya, q. v.)

balala balala, as, m. = bala-rāma, p. 675, col. 2.

balāya 1. balāya, as, m. a species of tree, Capparis Trifoliata (= bala).

balāya 2. balāya, Nom. P. balāyati, -yitum, to put forth strength.

balikā balikā, f. a species of plant.

balita 1. balita, as, ā, am, strong ?; (am), ind. strongly; [cf. 2. balita at p. 677, col. 1.]

balin balin, ī, inī, i, powerful, strong, mighty, vigorous, stout, robust [cf. bāhu-b-]; (ī), m. a hog; a bull; a buffalo; a camel; a soldier [cf. bala-stha]; a N. of Bala-rāma; N. of a son of Vatsa-prī; a kind of pulse, Phaseolus Radiatus; a sort of jasmine, Jasminum Pubescens; the phlegmatic humor [cf. balāsa]; (inī), f. the plant Sida Cordifolia; [cf. balā.]

baliman baliman, ā, m. power, strength; a-baliman, ā, m., Ved. enfeeblement, weakness.

baliṣṭha baliṣṭha, as, ā, am (superl. fr. balin), most powerful, strongest, mightiest, stoutest, very strong; (with abl.) more powerful, stronger; (as), m. a camel.
     baliṣṭhatama baliṣṭha-tama, as, ā, am, Ved. most powerful, strongest, mightiest, stoutest.

baliṣṇu baliṣṇu, us, us, u, disregarded, despised; arrogant, disrespectful (?).

balīyas balīyas, ān, asī, as (compar. fr. balin), more powerful, stronger, mightier, exceedingly powerful, very strong; more important; efficacious, having a powerful effect; [cf. a-b-.]
     balīyastara balīyas-tara, as, ā, am, more powerful, stronger.
     balīyastva balīyas-tva, am, n. pre-eminence in strength, superior power, greater strength, predominance; excessive strength, extreme efficacy, all powerfulness.

balīyasa balīyasa, as, ā, am, = balīyas.

balūla balūla, as, ā, am, powerful, strong, mighty.

balya balya, as, ā, am, powerful, strong, vigorous; strengthening, giving strength; (as), m. a Buddhist mendicant; (ā), f., N. of various plants, ati-balā, aśva-gandhā, pra-sāriṇī; (am), n. semen virile.

balakṣa balakṣa. See valakṣa.

balakhin balakhin, ī, inī, i, coming from Balkh; [cf. turakin.]

balaṅga balaṅga and balaṣa and balahaṣa, N. of places.

balabha balabha, as, m. a poisonous insect.

balāka balāka, as, ā, m. f. (more usually f.; said to be fr. rt. val, cf. valāka), a crane, a kind of edible crane; (as), m., N. of a pupil of Śākapūrṇi; of a pupil of Jātūkarṇya; of a hunter; of a son of Pūru and grandson of Jahnu [cf. balākāśva]; of a son of Vatsa-prī; of a Rākṣasa; (ā), f. a mistress or loved woman; N. of a woman.
     balākākauśika balākā-kauśika, as, m., N. of a preceptor.
     balākāpaṅktihāsin balākā-paṅkti-hāsin, ī, inī, i, smiling with rows of cranes.
     balākāśva balākāśva (-ka-aś-), as, m., N. of a descendant of Jahnu.

balākikā balākikā, f. a species of small crane.

balākin balākin, ī, inī, i, abounding in cranes; (ī), m., N. of one of the hundred sons of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra.

balāṅgaka balāṅgaka, as, m. the spring season.

balāñcitā balāñcitā, f. the lute of Rāma.

balātkāra balāt-kāra. See p. 675, col. 3.

balādyā balādyā, f. Sida Cordifolia (= balā).

balāmoṭā balāmoṭā, f. a kind of shrub (= nāga-damanī).

balālaka balālaka, as, m. Flacourtia Cataphracta (= pānīyāmalaka); Carissa Carondas (?).

balāsura balāsura, as, m., N. of a man.

balāhaka balāhaka. See valāhaka.

bali bali, is, m. (probably fr. rt. 2. bal), tax, impost, tribute, royal revenue; an oblation, a gift or religious offering in general; the offering of a portion of the daily meal of ghee, grain, rice &c. to all creatures of every description, i. e. to gods, semi-divine beings, men, animals, and even trees &c., inanimate objects, but especially to those beings called gṛha-devatāḥ or 'household spirits', which were supposed to hover round and protect households, (this bali, also called bhūta-yajña, q. v., was one of the five great sacrifices or religious rites, sometimes called 'sacraments', which Manu enjoins on every householder; cf. brahma-yajña, deva-yajña, pitṛ-yajña, manuṣya-yajña: it was performed by throwing up into the air, generally at the door of the house, the remains of the morning and evening meal, uttering at the same time a Mantra or prayer to some of the inferior deities, either to Indra and the Maruts or to Kuvera and his followers, the Guhyakas &c., or to the spirits of trees, waters &c.; the real consumers of the offering being the birds, dogs, insects &c. in the neighbourhood of the house; see Manu III. 67, 91, IV. 21); any oblation or act of worship not being a real sacrifice; fragments of food left at an oblation or a meal; a victim, any victim offered to Durgā; the handle of a chowrie or flyflapper; three folds of skin at the end of the rectum; N. of a celebrated Daitya, a son of Virocana, and also called Mahā-bali, (he was the sovereign of Mahābali-pura, and so extended his empire as to acquire dominion over the three worlds; having omitted however in his arrogance to make the usual offerings to the deities, Viṣṇu resolved to mortify his pride, and assumed the form of a Vāmana or dwarf, as the son of Kaśyapa and Aditi and younger brother of Indra, in which shape he appeared before Bali and asked as much land as he could pace in three steps; this Bali granted, and Viṣṇu expanding himself deprived him in two steps of heaven and earth, but in consideration of his virtues left Pātāla or the lower regions still in his dominion; cf. tri-vikrama); N. of Indra in the eighth Manv-antara; N. of a Muni; of a king; of a son of Su-tapas; (is, ī), f. a wrinkle, skin shrivelled by old age; the fold of skin in stout persons (especially females) upon the upper part of the belly or between the ensiform cartilage and the navel; the ridge of a thatched roof.
     balikara bali-kara, as, ī, am, paying tribute; offering sacrifices; producing wrinkles.
     balikarambha bali-karam-bha, as, m. sacrificial cake.
     balikarman bali-karman, a, n. presentation or payment of tribute; offering of oblations to all creatures, offering victims in sacrifice.
     balikṛt bali-kṛt, t, t, t, paying taxes, tributary.
     baliceṣṭitavarṇana bali-ceṣṭita-varṇana, am, n., N. of the thirty-first chapter of the Krīḍā-khaṇḍa or second part of the Gaṇeśa-Purāṇa.
     balidāna bali-dāna, am, n. the presentation of an offering to a deity, (when presented by the worshippers of Viṣṇu to any of his forms, the offering usually consists of rice, milk, curds, fruits, and flowers; when offered to the terrific forms of Śiva or more especially to those of Durgā, it consists of living victims, as sheep, goats, buffaloes, and the like, the heads of which after decapitation in presence of the idol are given to the priests, and the carcases carried away and eaten by the low castes); presentation of grain and the like to all creatures.
     balidhvaṃsin bali-dhvaṃsin, ī, m. 'destroying the Daitya Bali', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     balinandana bali-nandana, as, m. the son of the Daitya Bali, the Asura Bāṇa.
     baliniyamanodyata bali-niyamanodyata (-na-ud-), as, ā, am, prepared to subdue the Daitya Bali (said of Viṣṇu).
     baliniṣūdana bali-niṣūdana, as, m., in Rāmāyaṇa I. 47, 7, a wrong reading for bala-nisūdana, q. v.
     balindama balin-dama, as, m. 'tamer of the Daitya Bali', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     balindamaprakhya balindama-prakhya, as, ā, am, resembling the tamer of the Daitya Bali, equal to Viṣṇu.
     baliputra bali-putra, as, m. the son of the Daitya Bali, the Asura Bāṇa.
     baliputramokṣaṇa baliputra-mokṣaṇa, am, n., N. of the twenty-fifth chapter of the Kṛṣṇa-khaṇḍa or fourth part of the Brahma-vaivarta-Purāṇa.
     balipuṣṭa bali-puṣṭa, as, m. 'nourished by offerings or oblations', a crow; [cf. bali, bali-bhuj, bali-bhojana.]
     balipodakī bali-podakī, f. the plant Basella Cordifolia (= upodakī).
     balipriya bali-priya, as, m. 'fond of oblations', the Lodh tree, Symplocos Racemosa (fabled to grow faster if perfumed).
     balibandhana bali-bandhana, as, m. 'binding or subduing the Daitya Bali', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     balibhadra ba-li-bhadra, as, m., N. of a man (various reading for bala-bhadra).
     balibhuj bali-bhuj, k, k, k, devouring oblations; enjoying offerings (said of the gods); (k), m. a crow [cf. bali, bali-puṣṭa]; a sparrow; a crane.
     balibhṛt bali-bhṛt, t, t, t, paying tribute, tributary; [cf. bali-hṛt.]
     balibhojana bali-bhojana, as, m. 'eating oblations', a crow; [cf. bali, bali-bhuj.]
     balimat bali-mat, ān, atī, at, possessing the oblation offered to all creatures, provided with the sacrifice to all beings (said of a house; according to Malli-nātha = pūjā-yukta); receiving taxes or tribute (said of Agni); having wrinkles, wrinkled, shrivelled, flaccid.
     balimandira bali-mandira, am, n. the abode of the Daitya Bali, the infernal regions.
     balimātra bali-mātra, am, n. a mere offering (to all beings), as much in quantity as an oblation to all creatures.
     balimukha bali-mukha, as, m. 'wrinkled-faced', a monkey.
     balivindhya bali-vindhya, as, m., N. of a son of Manu Raivata.
     baliveśman bali-veśman, a, n. the abode of the Daitya Bali, the infernal regions.
     balivyākula bali-vyākula, as, ā, am, distracted or busily occupied with offering the oblation to all creatures.
     balisaṅga bali-saṅga, as, m. the lash of a whip (?).
     balisadman bali-sadman, a, n. the abode of Bali, the infernal regions.
     balisūdana bali-sūdana, in Rāmāyaṇa I. 47, 2, a wrong reading for bala-sūdana, q. v.
     balihan bali-han, ā, m. 'smiter of the Daitya Bali', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     baliharaṇa bali-haraṇa, as, ī, am, adapted for the presentation of oblations (Ved.); (am), n. the presentation of a gift or oblation.
     balihāra bali-hāra, as, ī, am, or bali-hṛt, t, t, t, Ved. paying taxes or tribute, (Sāy. = kara-prada; cf. bali-bhṛt.)
     balīkṛ balī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. -karoti, -kartum, to make an offering, present as an offering; to destine or intend for an oblation.
     balīkṛta balī-kṛta, as, ā, am, presented as an offering, intended for an oblation.
     balībhṛt balī-bhṛt, t, t, t, or balī-mat, ān, atī, at, having curls, curled (as the hair).
     balīmukha balī-mukha  = bali-mukha.
     balyupākhyāna baly-upākhyāna, am, n., N. of the twentieth chapter of the Vāsiṣṭha-rāmāyaṇa or Yoga-vāsiṣṭha.

balika balika, as, m. the edge of a thatched roof, (more properly valika, q. v.); N. of a Nāga-rāja.

balita 2. balita, as, ā, am (for 1. see p. 676, col. 1), wrinkled, having wrinkles, wizened.

balina balina, as, ā, am, wrinkled, shrivelled, flabby, flaccid.

balibha balibha, as, ā, am, shrivelled, wrinkled, flaccid, withered.

balī balī. See p. 676, col. 3.

balīna balīna, as, m. a scorpion; N. of an Asura.

balin balin. See p. 676, col. 1.

balivarda balivarda, as, m. (according to native authorities connected with bala, strength, and with rt. vṛdh, varda being for vardha), a bull or ox; (ī), f., N. of a woman.

balīvarda balīvarda. See balivarda above.

balīvardin balīvardin, ī, m., N. of a man.

balīvardineya balīvardineya, as, m. a metronymic from Balīvardī.

balīvardha balīvardha = balīvarda, q. v.

baliṣṭha baliṣṭha, baliṣṇu. See p. 676, col. 1.

balīyas balīyas. See p. 676, col. 1.

balīha balīha, ās, m. pl., N. of a people; [cf. balhika.]

balkasa balkasa, am, n., Ved. dregs or sediment left in the distillation of ardent spirits.

balbaja balbaja, as, m. (in the later literature written valvaja), Eleusine Indica, a species of coarse grass (found in meadows and on roads in solitary patches and not liked by cattle).
     balbajamaya balbaja-maya, as, ī, am, made of the grass Eleusine Indica.
     balbajastuka balbaja-stuka, Ved. a bunch or tuft of the grass Eleusine Indica.

balbajika balbajika, as, ā, am, see Gaṇa Kumudādi I. to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

balbalā balbalā, ind., Ved. an onomatopoetic word.
     balbalākurvat balbalā-kurvat, an, atī, at, Ved. stammering, stuttering.
     balbalākṛ balbalā-kṛ, cl. 8. P. -ka-roti, -kartum, Ved. to stammer in speaking, stammer, stutter; [cf. Lat. balbutire.]

balbūtha balbūtha, as, m., Ved., N. of a man.

balya balya. See p. 676, col. 1.

balla balla, in Mahā-bh. Droṇa-p. 1217, incorrectly for valga, q. v.

ballava ballava, as, m. (also written vallava, q. v.), a cowherd [cf. go-vallava]; N. assumed by Bhīma-sena when cook to king Virāṭa; a cook; (ī), f. a cowherdess.
     ballavatva ballava-tva, am, n. the charge or duty of a cowherd.
     ballavayuvati ballava-yuvati, is, or bal-lava-yuvatī, f. a young cowherdess.

ballāla ballāla, as, m., N. of various men; of the author of the Bhoja-prabandha or history of king Bhoja.
     ballālamiśra ballāla-miśra, as, m., N. of a king.
     ballālasena ballāla-sena, as, m., N. of a poet; N. of a king of Bengal who reigned in the eleventh century of our era.

balva balva, am, n. (also written valva), N. of the second Karaṇa or astrological division of the day; (also called bālava or vālava; see under ka-raṇa.)

balvala balvala, as, m., N. of a Daitya, the son of Ilvala; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (a various reading for kalkala, q. v.)

balvī balvī, incorrectly for vallī, q. v.

balhi balhi, is, m., N. of a country, Balkh; [cf. balhika, bālhi.]

balhika balhika, as, m., N. of a man; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (sometimes also written valhika.)

balhīka balhīka, am, n. (also written vahlīka), = bāl-hīka, Asa Foetida.

bava bava, am, n., N. of the first Karaṇa or astrological division of the day; (also written vava; see under karaṇa.)

baṣkaya baṣkaya, as, ā, am (also written vaṣkaya, q. v.), Ved. one year old, a yearling, (Sāy. = either āditya, the sun, or eka-hāyano vat-saḥ, a yearling calf); born later or after (?).

baṣkayaṇī baṣkayaṇī (or vaṣkayaṇī), f. a cow bearing many calves; a cow whose calf is full-grown.

baṣkayiṇī baṣkayiṇī = baṣkayaṇī.

baṣkiha baṣkiha, as, ā, am, Ved. (according to Mahīdhara) = cira-prasūta.

basta basta, as, m. (also written vasta, q. v.), a goat.
     bastakarṇa basta-karṇa, as, m. the Śāl tree, Shorea Robusta (= aja-karṇaka).
     bastagandhā basta-gandhā, f. shrubby basil, Ocymum Gratissimum (= aja-gan-dhā).
     bastagandhākṛti bastagandhākṛti (-dhā-āk-), a species of plant (= putra-dātrī).
     bastamukha basta-mukha, as, ī, am, 'goat-faced', having a face like that of a goat.
     bastamūtra basta-mūtra, am, n. the urine of a goat.
     bastamodā basta-modā, f. 'goat's delight', a species of plant (= aja-modā).
     bastavāsin basta-vāsin, ī, inī, i, making a noise like a goat; (probably an incorrect form for basta-vāśin.)
     bastaśṛṅgī basta-śṛṅgī, f. a species of plant (= meṣa-śṛṅgī).
     bastāntrī bastāntrī (-ta-an-), f. Argyreia Speciosa or Argentea (= chagalāntrī).
     bastābhivāśin bastābhivā-śin or bastābhivāsin (-ta-abh-), ī, inī, i, Ved. = basta-vāsin.

basri basri, ind., Ved. (according to Sāy.) = kṣipram, quickly, swiftly.

bah bah (another form of rt. baṃh), to grow, increase, &c. See rt. baṃh.

bahala bahala, as, ā, am, hard, firm, compact; dense, thick (as any substance or as a liquid); harsh (as a sound); manifold, multifarious; (as), m. a kind of sugar-cane; (ā), f. Anethum Sowa (= śata-puṣpā); large cardamoms.
     bahalagandha bahala-gandha, am, n. a species of sandal (= śambara-candana).
     bahalacakṣus bahala-cakṣus, us, m. a species of plant (= meṣa-śṛṅgī; also read cakṣur-bahala and cakṣur-vahana).
     bahalatā bahala-tā, f. thickness, density, compactness.
     bahalatvaca bahala-tvaca, as, m. the white flowering Lodhra.
     bahalavartman bahala-vartman, a, n. a particular disease of the eyes, a swollen eyelid.
     bahalāṅga bahalāṅga = bahala-cakṣus, q. v.
     bahalānurāga bahalānurāga (-la-an-), as, ā, am, deep red.

bahu bahu, us, us or vī, u (of rare occurrence in the first nine Maṇḍalas of the Ṛg-veda; frequently used in the Atharva-veda), much, abundant; many, numerous; frequent, repeated; abounding in, rich in (with inst., Ved.); large, great, mighty; fine, handsome, splendid (Ved.); kim bahunā, what occasion is there for much (speaking)? why say more? in short, in fine; bahu, ind. much, abundantly; in a high degree, greatly, exceedingly, very [cf. bahu-kalyāṇa, bahu-citra, bahu-sadṛśa]; rather, somewhat, very nearly, almost, (at the beginning of a comp.; cf. bahu-tṛṇa, bahu-trivarṣa); bahu man, to think much of, esteem highly, rate high, prize, value.
     bahukaṇṭaka bahu-kaṇṭaka, as, m. 'many-thorned', N. of various prickly plants; a species of Asteracantha Longifolia; Hedysarum Alhagi (= yavāsa); Phoenix Paludosa, = hintāla; (ā), f. Solanum Jacquini (= agni-damanī).
     bahukaṇṭā bahu-kaṇṭā, f. 'many-thorned', the plant Solanum Jacquini.
     bahukanda bahu-kanda, as, m. 'having many bulbous roots', the plant Arum Campanulatum; (ī), f. a species of plant (= karkaṭī).
     bahukara bahu-kara, as, ī, am, 'much-doing', doing many things, busy, diligent; industrious, laborious; effecting much, serviceable in various ways; one who sweeps, a sweeper; (as), m. a camel; (ī), f. a broom.
     bahukaraṇīya bahu-karaṇīya, as, ā, am, one who has much to do or complains he is full of business, one who never has time for anything; [cf. bahu-kṛtya.]
     bahukarṇikā bahu-karṇikā, f. = ākhu-karṇī, Salvinia Cucullata; [cf. bahu-parṇikā.]
     bahukalyāṇa bahu-kalyāṇa, as, ā or ī, am, very illustrious, most noble.
     bahukāma bahu-kāma, as, ā, am, having many wishes, cherishing many desires.
     bahukāra bahu-kāra, as, ā, am, 'muchdoing', doing or effecting much.
     bahukālam bahu-kālam, ind. for a long time, for a long while.
     bahukālīna bahukālīna, as, ā, am, of long standing, old, ancient.
     bahukīṭa bahu-kīṭa, as, m., N. of a Grāma in the north.
     bahukulīna bahu-kulīna or bahu-kulya, as, ā, am, see Scholiast on Pāṇ. IV. 1, 140; [cf. bāhu-kuleyaka.]
     bahukusumita bahu-kusumita, as, ā, am, 'many-blossomed', full of blossoms.
     bahukūrca bahu-kūrca, as, m. a species of cocoanut (= madhu-nālikerika).
     bahukṛtya bahu-kṛtya, as, ā, am, = bahu-karaṇīya, q. v.
     bahuketu bahu-ketu, us, m., N. of a mountain.
     bahukrama bahu-krama, as, m., Ved. a Krama of more than three words; [cf. krama.]
     bahukṣama bahu-kṣama, as, ā, am, enduring much, patient; (as), m. a Jaina deified saint; a Buddha.
     bahukṣāra bahu-kṣāra, as, m. a kind of alkali (= sarva-kṣāra).
     bahugandha bahu-gandha, as, ā, am, 'muchsmelling', strong scented; (as), m. the resin of Boswellia Thurifera, olibanum; (ā), f. a bud of Michelia Champaka; Jasminum Auriculatum; Nigella Indica = kṛṣṇa-jīraka; (am), n. cinnamon.
     bahugandhatā bahu-gandha-tā, f. musk.
     bahugarhyavāc bahu-garhya-vāc, k, k, k, saying much that is to be censured, talking much and blamably, too talkative, garrulous, loquacious.
     bahugava ba-hu-gava, as, m. 'having many kine', N. of a prince.
     bahugiri bahu-giri, is, N. of a district.
     bahuguḍā bahu-guḍā, f. the plant Solanum Jacquini.
     bahuguṇa bahu-guṇa, as, ā, am, many-threaded, composed of many threads; manifold, multifarious, much; having many good qualities, possessed of many virtues; (as), m., N. of a Deva-gandharva, (Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 4814, where however bahu-guṇa is more probably an adj. in the last of the preceding senses.)
     bahuguru bahu-guru, us, m. one who has read much but superficially (= cum-baka).
     bahuguhā bahu-guhā, f. = bahu-guḍā.
     bahugo bahu-go, gaus, gaus, gu, having much cattle.
     bahugranthi bahu-granthi, is, m. 'many-knotted', the plant Tamarix Indica.
     bahugraha bahu-graha, as, ā, am, 'much-receiving', receiving or taking much, holding much.
     bahucārin bahu-cārin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved. 'much-wandering', roaming widely.
     bahucitra bahu-citra, as, ā, am, very various or manifold.
     bahucchada bahu-cchada, as, m. the plant Alstonia Scholaris (= sapta-parṇa).
     bahucchinnā bahu-cchinnā, f. a species of plant (= kanda-guḍūcī).
     bahujanya bahu-janya, am, n. (?), a multitude of people.
     bahujalpa bahu-jalpa, as, ā, am, 'much-talking', very talkative, loquacious.
     bahujava bahu-java, as, ā, am, Ved. very swift, (a word used in Nirukta XII. 43 to explain uru-jri, q. v.)
     bahujāta bahu-jāta, as, ā, am, Ved. grown mighty, (a word used in Nirukta XII. 36 to explain tuvi-jāta, q. v.)
     bahujña bahu-jña, as, ā, am, 'much-knowing', possessed of great knowledge.
     bahujñatā bahujña-tā, f. great knowledge.
     bahutantri bahu-tantri, is, īs, i, manyfibred (said only of the body, Pāṇ. V. 4, 159).
     bahutantrīka ba-hutantrīka, as, ā, am (fr. bahu + tantrī), manystringed, having many strings (as a musical instrument).
     bahutama bahu-tama, as, ā, am, Ved. very many, most, most numerous; farthest, remotest (e. g. ā bahutamāt puruṣāt, as far as the remotest descendant).
     bahutara bahu-tara, as, ā or ī, am, more, more abundant, more numerous, very abundant, very numerous; many, most; greater, mightier, of greater extent, very great; (am), ind. more, very much, for the greater part, chiefly.
     bahutarakaṇiśa bahutara-kaṇiśa, as, m. a kind of corn or grain; [cf. guccha-kaṇiśa.]
     bahutarām bahu-tarām, ind. in a high degree, highly, exceedingly, much.
     bahutas bahu-tas, ind. from or by much, from or by many; from many sides.
     bahutā bahu-tā, f. the being many, numerousness, muchness, abundance, plenty, multiplicity, plurality; [cf. bahu-tva.]
     bahutiktā bahu-tiktā, f. the plant Solanum Indicum (= kāka-mācikā).
     bahutitha bahutitha, see p. 679, col. 3.
     bahutṛṇa bahu-tṛṇa, am, n. rich or abounding in grass; much like a blade of grass, (according to Mallinātha = tṛṇa-kalpa.)
     bahutra bahu-tra, ind. in many ways or places, amongst many.
     bahutrā bahu-trā, ind., Ved. amongst many, to many.
     bahutrivarṣa bahu-trivarṣa, as, ā, am, Ved. well-nigh three years old.
     bahutva bahu-tva, am, n. the state of being much or many, muchness, abundance, multitude; plurality, majority; (in grammar) the plural number; [cf. bahu-tā.]
     bahutvakka bahutvakka, as, m. (fr. bahu + tvac), 'having much bark', a species of birch tree.
     bahutvac bahu-tvac, k, m. 'having much bark' (= bahutvakka); Astonia Scholaris (= bahu-cchada).
     bahuthā bahu-thā, ind. in numerous ways, in various manners.
     bahuda bahu-da, as, ā, am, 'muchgiving', liberal, munificent.
     bahudakṣiṇa bahu-dakṣiṇa, as, ā, am, accompanied with many fees or donations (as a religious ceremony), liberal, bountiful.
     bahudaṇḍika bahu-daṇḍika, as, ā, am, or bahu-daṇḍin, ī, inī, i, having many staff-bearers.
     bahudantī bahu-dantī, f., N. of a woman.
     bahudantīsuta bahudantī-suta, as, m. the son of Bahu-dantī; N. of an author.
     bahudarśaka bahu-darśaka, as, ikā, am, or bahu-darśin, ī, inī, i, seeing much, paying attention to many things, circumspect.
     bahudarśitā ba-hudarśi-tā, f. circumspection.
     bahudāman bahu-dāman, ā, or bahu-dāmā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda.
     bahudāyin bahu-dāyin, ī, inī, i, 'much-giving', liberal, munificent.
     bahudugdha bahu-dugdha, as, ā, am, having much milk; (ā), f. a cow giving much milk; (as), m. wheat.
     bahudugdhikā bahudugdhikā, f. 'having much milk', the plant Tithymalus Antiquorum (which yields a caustic milky juice).
     bahudṛśvan bahu-dṛśvan, ā, arī, a, one who has seen much, a great observer or tourist.
     bahudṛṣṭa bahu-dṛṣṭa, as, ā, am, 'one by whom much has been seen', very experienced.
     bahudevata bahu-devata, as, ā, am, Ved. addressed to many deities (as a hymn).
     bahudevatya bahudevatya, as, ā, am (fr. bahu + devatā), Ved. belonging to many deities.
     bahudeśadarśin bahu-deśa-dar-śin, ī, inī, i, one who has seen many countries; (ī), m. a great traveller.
     bahudaivata bahudaivata, as, ī, am (fr. bahu + devatā), Ved. relating to many deities.
     bahudaivatya bahudaivatya, as, tī, am (fr. bahu + devatā), relating to many deities; (am), n., N. of a work belonging to the Śaiva-darśana and mentioned in Mādhavācārya's Sarva-darśana-saṅgraha.
     bahudoṣa bahu-do-ṣa, as, ā, am, having many faults, full of faults or defects, very wicked, very bad.
     bahudhana bahu-dhana, as, ā, am, possessing much wealth, wealthy, rich.
     bahudhanatva ba-hudhana-tva, am, n. the possession of great wealth, wealthiness, richness.
     bahudhaneśvara bahudhaneśvara (-na-īś-), as, m. a very rich man.
     bahudhā bahu-dhā, see p. 679, col. 3.
     bahudhānya bahu-dhānya, as, m. 'abounding in corn', N. of the twelfth or forty-sixth year in a sixty years' cycle of Jupiter (this year being supposed to be particularly fertile).
     bahudhānyaka bahudhānyaka, N. of a place.
     bahudhāra bahu-dhāra, am, n. 'many-edged', the thunderbolt of Indra.
     bahudhīvan bahu-dhīvan, ā, arī, m. f., see Vopa-deva IV. 14.
     bahudhenūka bahu-dhenūka, am, n. a great multitude of milch cows.
     bahudheya bahu-dheya, ās, m. pl., N. of a school; (probably an incorrect form.)
     bahudhmāta bahu-dhmāta, as, ā, am, Ved. often annealed or cast (as iron).
     bahunāda bahu-nāda, as, m. 'loudsounding', a conch shell.
     bahunāman bahu-nāman, ā, mnī, a, having many names.
     bahupaṭu bahu-paṭu, us, vī, u, very clever.
     bahupattra bahu-pattra, as, ī, am, many-leaved; many-scaled; (as), m. ar onion; (ī), f., N. of various plants; Aloe Perfoliata (= gṛha-kanyā); basil; a species of Solanum (= bṛhatī); Asparagus Racemosus (= gorakṣa-dugdhā); = jatukā; a kind of drug, Trigonella Foenum Graecum; (am), n. talc.
     bahupattrikā bahupattrikā, f., N. of various plants; Flacourtia Cataphracta (= mahā-śatāvarī); Trigonella Foenum Graecum.
     bahupatnīka bahupatnīka, as, ā, am (fr. bahu + patnī), having many wives; performed by many wives.
     bahupatnīkatā bahupatnīka-tā, f. the having many wives, polygamy.
     bahupatnīkṛt bahupatnī-kṛt, t, m. one who marries many wives.
     bahupatnītā bahupatnī-tā, f. the possession of many wives, polygamy.
     bahupad bahu-pad, pāt, m. 'many-footed', the Indian fig-tree (so called from its numerous branches growing downwards and striking root again).
     bahupada bahu-pada, as, ā, am, many-footed.
     bahupannaga bahu-pannaga, as, m., N. of a Marut; (also read brahma-pannaga.)
     bahuparṇa bahu-parṇa, as, ī, am, many-leaved, having many leaves; (as), m. a species of plant, = sapta-cchada; (ī), f. a species of medicinal plant, Trigonella Foenum Graecum.
     bahuparṇikā bahu-parṇikā, f. Salvinia Cucullata (= bahu-karṇikā).
     bahupaśu bahu-paśu, us, us, u, one who has many cattle, rich in cattle.
     bahupākya bahu-pākya, as, ā, am, Ved. one at whose house much is cooked (for the poor).
     bahupād bahu-pād, t, m. = bahu-pad, q. v.
     bahupāda bahu-pāda, as, ā, am, many-footed, having many feet; composed of several Pādas (q. v., as a stanza, Ved.); (as), m. the Indian fig-tree.
     bahupāyya bahu-pāyya, as, ā, am, Ved. protecting mightily; (Sāy. = either bahu-bhir gantavyaḥ, to be resorted to by many, or bahubhī rakṣitavyaḥ, to be defended by many.)
     bahuputra bahu-putra, as, ā, am, one who has many children; having many sons; (as), m. Alstonia Scholaris (= sapta-parṇa); N. of a Prajā-pati; (ī), f. the plant Asparagus Racemosus; Flacourtia Cataphracta; an epithet of Durgā.
     bahuputratā bahuputra-tā, f. or bahuputra-tva, am, n. the possessing many sons.
     bahuputrikā bahu-putrikā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda; N. of a particular plant (= mahā-śatāvarī; cf. bahupattrikā).
     bahupuṣpa bahu-puṣ-pa, as, m. 'many-blossomed', the coral tree (= pā-ribhadra).
     bahupuṣpaprabālavat bahu-puṣpa-prabāla-vat, ān, atī, at, having many flowers and young shoots.
     bahupuṣpaphalopeta bahu-puṣpa-phalopeta (-la-up-), as, ā, am, having many flowers and fruits.
     bahupuṣpikā bahupuṣpikā, f. 'manyblossomed', the plant Grislea Tomentosa.
     bahuprakāra bahu-prakāra, as, ā, am, of many kinds, manifold; (am), ind. in many ways, manifoldly.
     bahuprakṛti bahu-pra-kṛti, is, is, i, (in Ved. gram.) consisting of many primary parts or verbal elements (as a compound).
     bahupraja bahu-praja, as, ā, am, having many children, having a numerous progeny, prolific; (as), m. a hog; a species of grass, Saccharum Munjia.
     bahuprajas bahu-prajas, ās, ās, as, Ved. having many children, having a numerous progeny; (Sāy.) = bahu-prāṇy-upakārin or prāṇinām pra-janayitā.
     bahupratijña bahu-pratijña, as, ā, am, containing more than one proposition, complicated; (in law) comprising many counts (as a plaint).
     bahupratyarthika bahu-pratyarthika, as, ā, am, having many adversaries or opponents.
     bahuprada bahu-prada, as, ā, am, 'much-bestowing', liberal, munificent, bountiful.
     bahupravāha bahu-pravāha, as, ā, am, 'many-streamed', flowing in many streams.
     bahuprasū bahu-prasū, ūs, f. a mother of many children.
     bahuprāśnika bahu-prāśnika, as, ā, am, containing many questions.
     bahupriya bahu-priya, as, ā, am, dear to many.
     bahupreyasi bahu-preyasi (even m. by Vopa-deva VI. 14 ?), having many loved ones.
     bahuphala bahu-phala, as, ā, am, 'manyfruited', rich in fruits, fertile; (as), m. the tree Nauclea Cadamba; (ā), f., N. of various plants; Solanum Indicum; another variety of Solanum (= kṣavikā); Glycine Debilis; (probably) Convolvulus Turpethum; a kind of cucurbitaceous plant (= kṣudra-kāravellī); Flacourtia Cataphracta; (ī), f. the opposite-leafed fig-tree; N. of various plants; Emblica Officinalis; = mṛgervāru.
     bahuphalikā ba-huphalikā, f. a species of plant (= bhū-badarī).
     bahuphenā bahu-phenā, f. a species of plant (= sātalā).
     bahubala bahu-bala, as, ā, am, possessing great strength; (as), m. a lion.
     bahubāhu bahu-bāhu, us, us, u, manyarmed; (us), m., N. of a prince.
     bahubīja bahu-bīja, as, ā, am, having much seed; (am), n. the fruit of Anona Reticulata or Squamosa.
     bahubhakṣa bahu-bhakṣa, as, ā, am, eating much, a great eater.
     bahubhadra bahu-bhadra, ās, m. pl., N. of a people.
     bahubhāgya bahu-bhāgya, as, ā, am, of great good fortune, fortunate.
     bahubhāṣitā bahu-bhāṣi-tā, f. the being a great talker, talkativeness, garrulity, loquaciousness.
     bahubhāṣin bahu-bhāṣin, ī, iṇī, i, talking much, a great talker, talkative, garrulous, loquacious.
     bahubhāṣya bahubhāṣya, am, n. talking much, talkativeness, garrulity, loquaciousness; (probably a wrong form for bāhubhāṣya, q. v.)
     bahubhuj ba-hu-bhuj, k, k, k, 'much-eating', a great eater, voracious.
     bahubhuja bahu-bhuja, as, ā, am, 'many-armed', having many arms; (ā), f. an epithet of Durgā.
     bahubhṛjj bahu-bhṛjj, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, 'much-frying', roasting or frying much.
     bahubhojana bahu-bhojana, as, ā, am, eating much.
     bahubhauma bahu-bhauma, as, ī, am, 'many-storied', having many floors or stories.
     bahumañjarī bahu-mañjarī, f. basil.
     bahumata bahu-mata, as, ā, am, much thought of, highly esteemed, rated high, prized, valued, respected, considered; having many different opinions.
     bahumati ba-hu-mati, is, f. high esteem, value, estimation; prizing highly, preferring.
     bahumatsya bahu-matsya, am, n., Ved. a place abounding in fish.
     bahumadhyaga bahu-madhya-ga, as, ā, am, 'going amongst many', belonging to many; (according to Kullūka = bahu-sādhāraṇa, q. v.)
     bahumantavya bahu-mantavya, as, ā, am, to be thought much of, to be esteemed highly, estimable.
     bahumala bahu-mala, as, m. 'having much dross', lead.
     bahumāna bahu-māna, as, m. high esteem or estimation, great respect or regard for (with loc. of the person or thing, and more rarely with gen. of the person); respect, reverence; (am), n. a gift made by a superior to an inferior.
     bahumānin bahumānin, ī, inī, i, thought much of, highly esteemed, being in high estimation.
     bahumānya bahu-mānya, as, ā, am, to be thought much of, to be highly esteemed, estimable.
     bahumāya bahu-māya, as, ā, am, practising many wiles, artful, deceitful, treacherous.
     bahumārgī bahu-mārgī, f. a place where many roads meet; (also read bahu-mārga, am, n.)
     bahumāla bahu-māla or bahumālaka, as, ā, am, possessing many necklaces.
     bahumitra bahu-mitra, as, ā, am, having many friends; (as), m., N. of a man.
     bahumukha ba-hu-mukha, as, ī, am, 'many-mouthed', speaking variously.
     bahumūtra bahu-mūtra, as, ā, am, making water in excess; afflicted with diabetes.
     bahumūtratā bahumūtra-tā, f. excessive discharge of urine; diabetes.
     bahumūrti bahu-mūrti, is, is, i, many-formed, variously shaped, multiform; (is), f. the wild cotton shrub.
     bahumūrdhan bahu-mūrdhan, ā, ā, a, many-headed; (ā), m. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     bahumūla bahu-mūla, as, ā, am, many-rooted, having many roots; (as), m. a sort of reed or grass, Hyperanthera Moringa; (ā), f. Asparagus Racemosus; (ī), f. Emblica Officinalis.
     bahumūlaka bahumūlaka, as, m. a species of reed; N. of a Nāga; (am), n. the sweet-scented root of Andropogon Muricatus.
     bahumūlaphalānvita ba-humūla-phalānvita (-la-an-), as, ā, am, provided or furnished with many roots and fruits.
     bahumūlya bahu-mūlya, as, ā, ā, am, high-priced, of a high price, costly, precious; (am), n. a large sum of money.
     bahumṛga bahu-mṛga, as, ā, am, abounding in deer.
     bahuyajvan bahu-yajvan, ā, or bahu-yajvā, f., see Vopadeva IV. 5.
     bahuyājin bahu-yājin, ī, inī, i, Ved. 'muchsacrificing', conducting many sacrifices, desiring the management of sacrifices (for the sake of gain).
     bahuyojanā bahu-yojanā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda.
     bahuratna bahu-ratna, as, ā, am, rich in gems or jewels.
     bahuratha bahu-ratha, as, m., N. of a king.
     bahurandhrikā bahu-randhrikā, f. 'much perforated', N. of a particular medicinal root.
     bahuramya bahu-ramya, as, ā, am, very delightful, affording much pleasure.
     bahurasa bahu-rasa, as, ā, am, having much juice, juicy, succulent (Ved.); (ā), f. a species of plant (= mahā-jyotiṣmatī).
     bahurāśi bahu-rāśi, is, is, i, (in arithmetic) composed of numerous terms; bahu-rāśiḥ pakṣaḥ, a set of many terms.
     bahuripu bahu-ripu, us, us, u, one who has many foes.
     bahuruhā bahu-ruhā, f. a species of plant (= kanda-guḍūcī).
     bahurūpa bahu-rūpa, as, ā, am, many-formed, multiform, variously shaped; manyhued, variegated, checkered; of varied aspect, varied, manifold; (as), m. a chameleon; hair; the resin of Shorea Robusta; the sun; an epithet of Brahman; of Viṣṇu; of Śiva; of the god of love; N. of a Rudra; of a Buddha; of a son of Medhātithi and of a Varsha called after him; (ā), f., N. of one of the seven tongues of fire.
     bahurūpaka bahurūpaka, as, ā, am, multiform, having many forms, manifold; (as), m. a kind of animal (= jāhaka).
     bahurūpakaśobhita bahurūpaka-śobhita, as, ā, am, adorned in many ways, variously decorated.
     bahurūpāṣṭaka bahurūpāṣṭaka (-pa-aṣ-), am, n. a collective name for eight Tantras (viz. the brāhmī-tantra, māheśvarī-t-, kaumārika-t-, vaiṣṇavī-t-, vārāhī-t-, indrāṇī-t-, cāmuṇḍā-t-, śiva-dūtī-t-).
     bahurekha bahu-rekha, ās, m. pl. many lines, wrinkles, furrows, marks of care or pain.
     bahuretas bahu-retas, ās, m. 'having much seed', an epithet of Brahmā.
     bahurai bahu-rai, rās, rās, ri, having great riches, very rich.
     bahuroman bahu-roman, ā, ā, a, having much hair, exceedingly hairy or woolly; (ā), m. a sheep.
     bahulavaṇa bahu-lavaṇa, as, ā, am, containing much salt; (am), n. a soil impregnated with salt.
     bahuvacana bahu-vacana, am, n. the plural number, the case-endings and personal terminations in the plural number.
     bahuvat bahu-vat, ind. (in Ved. gram.) plurally, in the plural number (e. g. api dvi-vad api bahu-vat, both in the dual and plural).
     bahuvarṇa bahu-varṇa, as, ā, am, many-hued, many-coloured.
     bahuvarṇatā bahuvarṇa-tā, f. the being manyhued, multiplicity of colours.
     bahuvarta bahu-varta, N. of a place.
     bahuvalka bahu-valka, as, m. 'having much bark', the tree Buchanania Latifolia (= priyāla).
     bahuvallī bahu-vallī, f. a species of shrub.
     bahuvādin bahu-vādin, ī, inī, i, Ved. talking much, garrulous, babbling.
     bahuvāra bahu-vāra, as, m. the plant Cordia Myxa; (ās), m. pl. many times; (am), ind. often.
     bahuvāraka bahuvāraka, as, m. the plant Cordia Myxa.
     bahuvārakaphala bahuvāraka-phala, am, n. the fruit of Cordia Myxa.
     bahuvārṣika bahu-vārṣika, as, ī, am, lasting many years, many years old.
     bahuvi bahu-vi, is, is, i, containing many birds.
     bahuvikrama bahu-vikrama, as, ā, am, very powerful; of great prowess.
     bahuvighna bahu-vighna, as, ā, am, presenting many obstacles, attended with many difficulties.
     bahuvighnatā bahuvighna-tā, f. the being attended with many obstacles or difficulties, multiplicity of lets or hinderances.
     bahuvid bahu-vid, t, t, t, Ved. much-knowing, very learned.
     bahuvidya bahu-vidya, as, ā, am, one who has much learning, very learned.
     bahuvidyatā bahuvidya-tā, f. great learnedness, profound learning, erudition.
     bahuvidha bahu-vidha, as, ā, am, of many sorts or kinds, manifold, diverse, various, multiform; (am), ind. diversely, in several directions, up and down.
     bahuvistīrṇa bahu-vistīrṇa, as, ā, am, wide-spread, widely diffused; (ā), f. Abrus Precatorius (a shrub bearing a small red and black berry and commonly called Kucai).
     bahuvistīrṇatā bahuvistīrṇa-tā, f. the being wide-spread, wide diffusion.
     bahuvīja bahu-vīja, as, ā, am, having many seeds, containing much seed; (am), n. the custard apple, Annona Squamosa.
     bahuvīrya bahu-vīrya, as, m. 'having much seed', the plant Terminalia Bellerica; Amaranthus Polygonoides; Bombax Heptaphyllum; Vangueria Spinosa; (ā), f. Flacourtia Cataphracta.
     bahuvyayin bahu-vyayin, ī, inī, i, spending much, lavish, prodigal.
     bahuvyālaniṣevita bahu-vyāla-niṣevita, as, ā, am, infested or inhabited by many snakes or wild beasts.
     bahuvrīhi bahu-vrīhi, is, is, i, possessing much rice; (is), m. a relative or adjective compound, a class of compounds in which the last member being a substantive loses its independance as well as its original grammatical character and together with the first member serves only to qualify or define another word. The word bahu-vrīhi, 'possessing much rice', is itself an example of this class of compounds; [cf. tat-pu-ruṣa.]
     bahuvrīhivat bahuvrīhi-vat, ind. like a Bahu-vrīhi or relative compound.
     bahuśakti bahu-śakti, is, is, i, possessing great power; (is), m., N. of a prince.
     bahuśatru ba-hu-śatru, us, us, u, having many enemies; (us), m. a sparrow.
     bahuśabda bahu-śabda, as, m., Ved. the plural number.
     bahuśalya bahu-śalya, as, m. a variety of Khadira with red blossoms.
     bahuśas bahu-śas, see p. 680, col. 1.
     bahuśasta bahu-śasta, as, ā, am, very excellent; very right or happy.
     bahuśākha bahu-śākha, as, ā, am, 'manybranched', having many branches or ramifications.
     bahuśākhatva bahuśākha-tva, am, n. the having many branches, ramification.
     bahuśāla bahu-śāla, as, m. the plant Tithymalus Antiquorum.
     bahuśāstrajña bahu-śāstra-jña, as, ā, am, acquainted with many books or sciences.
     bahuśikha ba-hu-śikha, as, ā, am, 'many-pointed', having many points; (ā), f. a species of aquatic plant (= jala-pippalī).
     bahuśūnya bahu-śūnya, as, ā, am, very empty or void.
     bahuśṛṅga bahu-śṛṅga, as, ā, am, 'many-horned', having many horns; (as), m. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     bahuśruta bahu-śruta, as, ā, am, one who has studied much, very learned, well taught; well versed in the Vedas.
     bahuśruti bahu-śruti, is, f., Ved. the occurrence of the plural in the text, (bahu-śrutes, from the occurrence of the plural in the text, because the plural is found in the text.)
     bahuśrutīya bahuśrutīya, ās, m. pl. 'having deep erudition', N. of a Buddhist school.
     bahuśreyasī bahu-śre-yasī (even m. by Pāṇ. 1. 2, 48, Schol.), having many excellencies, very excellent.
     bahusatya bahu-satya, as, m., N. of the tenth Muhūrta.
     bahusadṛśa bahu-sadṛśa, as, ī, am, very similar, very fit or right.
     bahusantati bahu-santati, is, is, i, having a numerous posterity; having a large aftergrowth; (is), m. a species of bamboo, Bambusa Spinosa.
     bahusampuṭa bahu-sampuṭa, as, m. a species of bulbous root (= viṣṇu-kanda).
     bahusasya bahu-sasya, as, ā, am, rich in grain; (as), m., N. of a village.
     bahusādhana bahu-sādhana, as, ā, am, possessing many resources.
     bahusādhanatā bahusādhana-tā, f. the possession of many resources.
     bahusādhāraṇa bahu-sādhāraṇa, as, ā, am, common to many.
     bahusāra bahu-sāra, as, ā, am, containing much pith, pithy; solid, substantial; (as), m. the tree Acacia Catechu.
     bahusāhasra bahusāhasra, as, ā, am, (fr. bahu + sahasra), amounting to many thousands.
     bahusu bahu-su = bahu-sū, q. v.
     bahusuta bahu-suta, as, ā, am, having many children, having a large progeny; having a large after-growth; (ā), f. the plant Asparagus Racemosus.
     bahusuvarṇaka bahu-suvarṇaka, as, ā, am, costing or possessing much gold; (as), m., N. of an Agra-hāra on the Ganges; of a prince.
     bahusū bahu-sū, ūs, ūs, u, 'much-bearing', fertile; (ūs), f. the mother of many children; a sow.
     bahusūkta bahu-sūkta, as, ā, am, consisting of many Sūktas or hymns.
     bahusūti bahu-sūti, is, f. a female who has borne many children; a cow that calves often.
     bahusūtigo bahusūti-go, gaus, f. a cow that calves often.
     bahusūvarī bahu-sūvarī, f., Ved. bearing many children (Sāy. = bahvīnām prajānām savitrī).
     bahustavāvali bahu-stavāvali (-va-āv-), is, f., N. of a collection of hymns.
     bahuspṛś bahu-spṛś, k, k, k, reaching to many, generally spread or diffused.
     bahusvana bahu-svana, as, ā, am, 'much-sounding', making many sounds; (as), m. an owl.
     bahusvarṇalakṣamūlya bahu-svarṇa-lakṣa-mūlya, as, ā, am, worth many hundred thousand pieces of gold.
     bahusvāmika bahu-svāmika, as, ā, am, having many owners or proprietors.
     bahuhiraṇya bahu-hiraṇya, as, m., Ved. an epithet of an Ekāha commonly called Dū-ṇāśa.
     bahūdaka ba-hūdaka (-hu-ud-), as, ā, am, having much water; (as), m. a kind of religious mendicant, a mendicant who lives in a strange town and begs his food from house to house.
     bahūdana bahūdana (-hu-od-?), am, n. the union of different kinds of food (?).
     bahvakṣara bahv-akṣara, as, ā, am, many-syllabled, of many syllables, polysyllabic.
     bahvakṣarāntya bahvakṣarāntya (-ra-an-), as, ā, am, being at the end of a polysyllabic word.
     bahvagni bahv-agni, is, is, i, Ved. a term applied to particular verses in which various Agnis are mentioned.
     bahvac bahv-ac, k, k, k, or bahv-acka, as, ā, am, (in grammar) having several vowels, polysyllabic.
     bahvajāvika bahv-ajāvika, as, ā, am, Ved. having many goats and sheep.
     bahvadhyāya bahv-adhyāya, as, ā, am, 'manychaptered', consisting of many chapters.
     bahvanartha bahv-anartha, as, ā, am, fraught with many ills, attended with many evils.
     bahvanna bahv-anna, as, ā, am, Ved. rich in food, (according to Sāy. = phala-mūlādibhir upetaḥ.)
     bahvap bahv-ap, p, p, p, or bahv-apa, as, ā, am, containing much water, watery.
     bahvapatya bahv-apatya, as, ā, am, having a numerous progeny, one who has many children, having many young; (in astrology) promising or foretelling a numerous progeny; (as), m. a hog; a rat, mouse; (ā), f. a cow that has often calved.
     bahvabaddhapralāpin bahv-abaddha-pralāpin, ī, inī, i, talking much that is unmeaning, speaking much folly.
     bahvabhidhāna bahv-abhidhāna, am, n. (in Ved. gram.) the plural number.
     bahvartha bahv-artha, as, ā, am, having much meaning or import, important; having many objects.
     bahvaśva bahv-aśva, as, m. 'having many horses', N. of a son of Mudgala.
     bahvādin bahv-ādin, ī, inī, i, eating much, a great eater.
     bahvāśitva bahv-āśi-tva, am, n. the being a great eater, voraciousness.
     bahvāśin bahv-āśin, ī, inī, i, eating much, a great eater, voracious, gluttonous; (ī), m., N. of one of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
     bahvāścarya bahv-āścarya, as, ā, am, containing many wonderful objects (said of Indra's heaven).
     bahvāścaryamaya bahvāścarya-maya, as, ī, am, composed of or containing many wonderful objects.
     bahvīśvara bahv-īśvara, N. of a sacred place on the bank of the Revā or Narmadā river.
     bahvṛc bahv-ṛc, k, k, k, 'many-versed', containing many verses; (k), f. a term applied to the Ṛg-veda or to a Śākhā of the Ṛg-veda.
     bahvṛca bahv-ṛca, as, m. 'having many verses', one conversant with the Ṛg-veda, a priest of it or the Hotṛ priest who represents it in the sacrificial ceremonies; (ī), f. the wife of one conversant with the Ṛg-veda; (as, ā, am), containing many verses.
     bahvṛcapariśiṣṭa bahvṛca-pariśiṣṭa, am, n., N. of a Pariśiṣṭa belonging to the Ṛg-veda.
     bahvṛcabrāhmaṇa bahvṛca-brāhmaṇa, as, m., N. of a Brāhmaṇa treating of the sacrificial duties of the Hotṛ priests.
     bahvṛcabrāhmaṇopaniṣad bahvṛcabrāhmaṇopaniṣad (-ṇa-up-), t, f., Ved. the Upaniṣad of the Bahvṛca-Brāhmaṇa.
     bahvṛcākhyā bahvṛcākhyā (-ca-ākh-), f. 'entitled Bahv-ṛca', the Ṛg-veda.
     bahvṛcopaniṣad bahvṛcopaniṣad (-ca-up-), t, f. the Bahvṛca Upaniṣad.
     bahvenas bahv-enas, ās, ās, as, one who has committed many sins, very sinful.

bahuka bahuka, as, ā, am, bought at a high price, dearbought; (as), m. the plant Calotropis Gigantea (= arka); a crab; a kind of gallinule; the digger of a tank.

bahutaya bahutaya, as, ā, am, Ved. manifold, various.

bahutitha bahutitha, as, ī, am, manifold, various, many, (bahutithe 'hani, on the 'manieth' day, during many days, Nala IX. 12); much; (am), ind. much, greatly, sorely, in a high degree.

bahudhā bahu-dhā, ind. in many ways, variously, manifoldly, multifariously; in various parts, in different forms; in many places, in various directions; much, repeatedly; bahudhā kṛ, to make manifold, multiply; to make public, divulge.
     bahudhāgata bahudhā-gata, as, ā, am, gone in various directions, dispersed, scattered.
     bahudhātmaka bahudhātmaka (-dhā-āt-), as, ikā, am, existing in various forms, manifold in essence.

bahura bahura = bahula in the comp. bahura-madhya, as, ā, am, Ved. thick in the middle (said of the Soma juice during the process of fermentation); (Sāy.) = bahulam aṅgādikam anuṣṭhānam ma-dhye prārambha-samāpty-antarāle yasya.

bahula bahula, as, ā, am, thick, dense, compact, solid; broad, wide, wide-spread, spacious; capacious, ample, large; abundant, exceeding, numerous, manifold, many, much; abounding in, rich in, full of (with inst. or in comp.; cf. vyādhi-b-); accompanied by, attended with; variously applicable, comprehensive (as a rule); born under the Pleiades; black; (as), m. the dark half of a month; Agni or fire; N. of a Prajā-pati; of a king of the Tāla-jaṅghas; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (ā), f. a cow; cardamoms; the indigo plant; N. of the twelfth Kalā of the moon; of a goddess; of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda; of the wife of Uttama who was son of Uttāna-pāda; of a mythical cow; of a river; (ās), f. pl. = kṛttikās, the Pleiades; (am), n. the sky, air; white pepper; a particular high number; (am), ind. often, frequently.
     bahulagandhā bahula-gandhā, f. 'richly-scented', cardamoms.
     bahulacchada bahula-cchada, as, m. a red-flowering Hyperanthera Moringa (= rakta-śigru).
     bahulatara bahula-tara, as, ā, am, thicker, denser; dvi-guṇo bahulataraḥ, twice as thick.
     bahulatā bahula-tā, f. or bahula-tva, am, n. muchness, multiplicity, abundance, numerousness; the being rich in, abounding in, (at the end of a comp.); comprehensiveness.
     bahulavarman bahula-varman, ā, ā, a, Ved. enveloped in a thick covering.
     bahulānta bahulānta (-la-an-), as, ā, am, Ved. 'thick at the end', having a thick sediment (as Soma juice; cf. bahura-madhya).
     bahulābhimāna bahulābhimāna (-la-abh-), as, ā, am, Ved. much threatening, menacing (said of Indra; according to Sāy. = mahānubhāva).
     bahulālāpa bahulālāpa (-la-āl-), 'much-talking', talkative, garrulous, loquacious.
     bahulāviṣṭa ba-hulāviṣṭa (-la-āv-), as, ā, am, Ved. thickly peopled, densely populated.
     bahulāśva bahulāśva (-la-aś-), as, m. 'having many horses', N. of a king.
     bahulīkaraṇa ba-hulī-karaṇa, am, n. multiplying, magnifying; winnowing (for phalī-karaṇa?).
     bahulīkariṣṇu bahulī-kariṣṇu, us, us, u, striving or endeavouring to increase.
     bahulīkṛ ba-hulī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. -karoti, -kartum, to make wide, extend; to increase, aggrandize; to make public, promulgate, divulge.
     bahulīkṛta bahulī-kṛta, as, ā, am, made much or manifold; made wide, extended; increased, augmented, aggrandized; made public, promulgated; distracted; threshed, winnowed (for phalī-kṛta?).
     bahulībhāva bahulī-bhāva, as, m. the becoming wide-spread, becoming public, being generally known, general notoriety.
     bahulībhū bahulī-bhū, cl. 1. P. -bhavati, -bhavitum, to become wide-spread, spread, increase (intrans.); to become public, to become generally known.
     bahulībhūta ba-hulī-bhūta, as, ā, am, become wide-spread, spread, increased; become public, generally known.

bahulaka bahulaka, an incorrect form for bāhulaka, q. v.

bahulikā bahulikā, ās, f. pl. the Pleiades (= bahulās).

bahuśas bahu-śas, ind. much, abundantly, plentifully, numerously, in great numbers; manifoldly; frequently, repeatedly; generally, commonly, for the most part.

bahi bahi, is, m., N. of a Piśāca.

bahis bahis, ind. (in the later language more usually vahis, q. v.; the final s is changed before k and p into ṣ according to Pāṇ. VIII. 3, 41), out, without, outside (a house, village, city, kingdom, &c., with abl.); on the outside, outwards, out-of-doors; vahir gam, vahir yā, &c., to go out; rāṣṭrād or viṣayād vahiṣ kṛ, to place outside the kingdom, banish from the realm.
     bahiḥsad bahiḥ-sad, t, t, t, Ved. sitting outside (said of a person held in low esteem).
     bahirdhā bahir-dhā, ind., Ved. outside, on the outside, to the outside of (with abl.).
     bahirdhābhāva bahirdhā-bhāva, as, m., Ved. the being outside, being external.
     bahirvedi bahir-vedi, ind., Ved. outside the Vedi, without the Vedi or altar; [cf. vahir-vedi, vahir-vedika, and vāhirvedika.]
     bahiṣparidhi bahiṣ-paridhi, ind., Ved. outside the wooden frame called Paridhi, q. v.
     bahiṣpavamāna bahiṣ-pavamāna, am, n. (scil. sto-tram), Ved., N. of a morning Stotra commonly consisting of three Tricas and sung outside the Vedi (e. g. the verses in Ṛg-veda IX. 11, 1-9); (as), m. the morning Stoma; (ī), f. (scil. stotriyā, i. e. ṛc), the morning prayer.
     bahiṣpavitra bahiṣ-pavitra, as, ā, am, Ved. destitute of or wanting the Pavitra.
     bahiṣpiṇḍa ba-hiṣ-piṇḍa, as, ā, am, Ved. having the knots outwards.
     bahiṣprajña bahiṣ-prajña, as, ā, am, Ved. one whose knowledge is directed towards external objects.
     bahiṣprāṇa ba-hiṣ-prāṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. one whose breath or life is without; [cf. vahiṣ-prāṇa.]
     bahīrajju bahī-rajju, ind., Ved. outside the rope.

bahīnara bahīnara, as, m. (also written va-hīnara), N. of a man; of a prince; of a grandson of Śatānīka.

bahu bahu, bahuka, bahula, &c. See under rt. bah, pp. 677, 678, 679.

bahutalavaśā bahutalavaśā, f. Iris Pseudacorus.

bahurada bahurada, ās, m. pl., N. of a people; (also read bāhubādha.)

bahrāmakhāna bahrāmakhāna, as, m. = [arabic] [arabic]

bahli bahli, bahlika, bahlīka, various readings for balhi, balhika, balhīka, q. q. v. v.

bākura bākura, as, m., Ved., scil. dṛti, (perhaps) a kind of bag-pipe.

bākula bākula. See vākula.

bājabāhāduracandra bāja-bāhādura-candra, as, m., N. of a prince who was the patron of Anantadeva the author of the Vyavahāra-dīdhiti, a work on civil law.

bāḍ bāḍ (according to Vopa-deva vāḍ), cl. 1. A. bāḍate, bāḍitum, to bathe, dive; to emerge; [cf. Gr. [greek] Lat. balneum: Old Germ. bad, 'a bath;' badon, 'to bathe.']

bāḍava bāḍava. See vāḍava.

bāḍīra bāḍīra, as, m. a servant, a hired labourer.

bāḍha bāḍha, as, ā, am (fr. rt. bah or baṃh; frequently also written vāḍha, q. v.; according to Pāṇ. V. 3, 63, the compar. is sādhīyas and superl. sādhiṣṭha), loud, strong; (e), ind. loudly, strongly, (according to Sāy. = dṛḍha, sthira); (am), ind. (almost always written vāḍham), much, exceedingly; assuredly, certainly; (as a particle expressive of consent, affirmation, and confirmation), be it so, good, very well, such is the case, yes.
     bāḍhasṛtvan bāḍha-sṛtvan, ā, m., Ved. going mightily, rushing fearlessly (Sāy. = bhṛśaṃ sartā = aśaṅ-kita-gamana).

bāṇa bāṇa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. baṇ or vaṇ, to sound; in the later language more usually written vāṇa, q. v.), a reed-shaft, shaft made of a reed, an arrow.
     bāṇavat bāṇa-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. made or consisting of reeds, reeden, reedy; (ān), m. 'containing reed-shafts', a quiver; an arrow.

bāṇi bāṇi. See vāṇi.

bāṇija bāṇija, as, m. (fr. baṇij), a merchant, trader; (also written vāṇija.)

bāṇijika bāṇijika, as, m. a trader, merchant; a rogue, cheat; submarine fire.

bāṇijya bāṇijya, am, n. merchandize, trade, traffic, commerce.

bādara bādara, as, ī, am (fr. badara), belonging to or derived from the jujube tree; made of cotton; (as, ā), m. f. the cotton shrub; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (am), n. the jujube (= ba-dara); the berry of Abrus Precatorius; the plant itself; = vīra, (probably) a species of plant; silk; water; a conch shell which winds in a direction from left to right.

bādarāyaṇa bādarāyaṇa, as, m. (a patronymic fr. badara), N. of a sage (said to be the author of the Śārīrakasūtras belonging to the Uttara-mīmāṃsā or Vedānta philosophy and identified with Vyāsa, the reputed compiler of the Vedas, Mahā-bhārata, Purāṇas, &c.; also written vādarāyaṇa); N. of an astronomer; of the author of a Dharma-śāstra; (as, ī, am), composed by Bādarāyaṇa.
     bādarāyaṇasūtra bādarāyaṇa-sūtra, am, n., N. of the Vedānta aphorisms ascribed to Bādarāyaṇa.

bādarāyaṇi bādarāyaṇi, is, m. a patronymic of Śuka, son of Bādarāyaṇa or Vyāsa; a N. of Vyāsa.

bādari bādari, is, m., Ved. (a patronymic fr. badara), N. of a philosophical teacher mentioned in the Bādarāyaṇa-sūtras.

bādarika bādarika, as, ī, am, one who gathers the fruit of the jujube tree.

bādh bādh, cl. 1. A. (in poetry sometimes also P.) bādhate (-ti), babādhe (babādha), bādhiṣyate, abādhiṣṭa, bādhitum, to press, press hard, oppress, harass, pain, torment; to give trouble, trouble, grieve, vex, disturb, disquiet (with acc. or gen.); to resist, oppose, thwart, check, obstruct, stop, arrest, prevent; to attack, assault, assail; to injure, wrong, violate; to hurt, damage; to drive away, chase away, repel, remove; to suspend, set aside (as a rule in grammar), invalidate, abolish, annul; to clash, mutually oppose each other; to suffer annoyance or oppression (Ved.); to thrust apart (Ved.): Pass. bādhyate, to be oppressed, pained, &c., to suffer pain: Caus. bādhayati, -yitum, Aor. ababādhat, to oppress, annoy, harass, distress, afflict, pain; to overcome, subdue, conquer: Desid. bi-bādhiṣate, bībhatsate, Ved. to feel an aversion from, feel disgust or loathing for, have a horror of (with abl.): Intens. bābādhyate, bābāddhi, (probably the Ved. form badbadhe, which according to Sāy. is fr. rt. bandh, belongs to this Intens. with the following senses), to reduce to great straits, hem in, confine, cramp; to strike or knock against (for want of room, Ṛg-veda VII. 69, 1); [cf. Zend vad, 'to strike;' vaday, 'to strike back:' Gr. [greek] [greek] Lat. od-i, o-d-i-um: Russ. bjeda = Lith. beda, 'misery:' Lith. bednas, 'miserable:' perhaps Goth. balvja, 'I trouble', fr. badvja: perhaps Hib. buairim, 'I vex, aggrieve, trouble', fr. buaidim.]

bādha bādha, as, ā, m. f. pain, suffering, trouble, sorrow, affliction; annoyance, molestation [cf. bhramara-b-]; resistance, opposition, obstruction; injury, detriment, hurt, damage; violation, infraction; suspension, annulment (of a rule); danger, peril, jeopardy [cf. prāṇa-b-]; a contradiction, absurdity, reductio ad absurdum; (as), m. a harasser, tormentor (Ved., cf. tuvi-b-); opposing, opposition, hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, oppression; objection; one of the five forms of fallacious middle term, the being precluded by superior proof; (according to Naigh. II. 9) = bala; (ā), f. refutation.
     bādharahasya bādha-rahasya, am, n. or bādha-buddhi-pratibandhakatā-vicāra, or bādha-buddhi-vādārtha, as, m., N. of a Nyāya work by Hari-rāma Tarka-vāg-īśa Bhaṭṭācārya.
     bādhāpavāda bā-dhāpavāda (-dha-ap-), as, m. denial of an exception, re-establishing a previous rule.

bādhaka bādhaka, as, ikā, am, oppressing, harassing, paining [cf. śatru-b-]; one who hinders or opposes, a hinderer; suspending, setting aside (as a rule in grammar); invalidating, annulling, neutralizing; (as), m. a particular disease of women; a species of tree (= giri-māla, rāja-vṛkṣa); (as, ī, am), belonging to or derived from the preceding tree.
     bādhakatā bādhaka-tā, f. or bādhaka-tva, am, n. the being a hinderer, hinderance.

bādhana bādhana, as, ī, am, pressing hard, harassing, opposing; refuting; (ā), f. uneasiness, uncomfortableness, trouble, pain; (am), n. oppression, the act of harassing, annoying, paining, pain; opposing, hindering; precluding; suspending, removing, setting aside (a rule), annulling, abolishing; refutation.

bādhamāna bādhamāna, as, ā, am, oppressing, harassing, paining, annoying.

bādhita bādhita, as, ā, am, pressed hard, oppressed, harassed, pained, tormented; resisted, opposed, obstructed, hindered, impeded, thwarted, checked; self-refuted, refuted; set aside, suspended (as a rule), abolished; (in logic) contradictory, absurd, false, incompatible.
     bādhitatva bādhita-tva, am, n. the being suspended or set aside (as a rule), suspension, abolition; the state of being refuted or contradicted.

bādhitavya bādhitavya, as, ā, am, to be pressed hard, to be harassed or annoyed, to be pained; to be suspended or set aside, to be annulled; to be removed.

bādhitṛ bādhitṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, one who presses hard, an oppressor, harasser, annoyer.

bādhitvā bādhitvā, ind. having pressed hard or harassed; (in grammar) destroying or neutralizing the effect of a previous rule.

bādhya bādhya, as, ā, am, to be pressed hard or harassed or distressed, to be pained [cf. strī-b-]; one who is harassed or pained; to be hindered or resisted, to be objected to or opposed, objectionable, exceptionable; to be suspended or annulled; preventable; suppressed, obstructed.
     bādhyabādhakatā bādhya-bādhaka-tā, f. the condition of oppressed and oppressor.
     bādhyaretas bādhya-retas, ās, m. one whose generative power is obstructed, impotent.

bādhyamāna bādhyamāna, as, ā, am, being pressed hard or oppressed, being harassed or beset, being tormented.
     bādhyamānatva bādhyamāna-tva, am, n. the being suspended or set aside, suspension, annulment.

bādhiraka bādhiraka (fr. badhira), see Gaṇa Arīhaṇādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

bādhirika bādhirika, as, m. a metronymic from Badhirikā.

bādhirya bādhirya, am, n. deafness.

bādhyoga bādhyoga, as, m. a patronymic from Badhyoga.

bādhyogāyaṇa bādhyogāyaṇa, as, m. a patronymic from Bādhyoga.

bāndhakineya bāndhakineya, as, m. (fr. ban-dhakī), the son of an unmarried woman, a bastard.

bāndhava bāndhava, as, m. (fr. bandhu), a relation (near or remote and including wives and children), relative, kinsman [cf. pitṛ-b-]; a maternal relation; a friend [cf. pika-b-]; (ī), f. a female relation.
     bāndhavakara bāndhava-kara, as, m. an epithet of Lallādīkṣita, a commentator on the Mṛc-chakaṭī.
     bāndhavatyāga bān-dhava-tyāga, as, m. abandoning a kinsman, forsaking a relation.
     bāndhavākrośin bāndhavākrośin (-va-āk-), ī, inī, i, calling out to or bewailing a kinsman.

bāndhavaka bāndhavaka, as, ī, am, belonging or relating to kinsmen, kindred.

bāndhavya bāndhavya, am, n. connection by blood, relationship, consanguinity.

bāndhuka bāndhuka, as, ī, am (fr. bandhuka), belonging to or derived from the Bandhuka tree.

bāndhupata bāndhupata, as, ī, am (fr. bandhu-pati), relating to the lord of kindred or relations.

bāpaya bāpaya, as, m. surname of the scribe Kāśī-nātha-bhaṭṭa.

bāpyadeva bāpya-deva, as, m., N. of the writer of a particular inscription.

bābajīvyāsa bābajī-vyāsa, as, m., N. of an author.

bābara bābara, am, n. (fr. babara), epithet of a Pañca-rātra; N. of a place.

bāberī bāberī, f., N. of a city.

bābhrava bābhrava, as, ī, am (fr. babhru), belonging or relating to Babhru; (as), m. a patronymic from Babhru; (ī), f. an epithet of Durgā (the wife of Babhru, i. e. Śiva).

bābhravāyaṇi bābhravāyaṇi, is, m. a patronymic from Bābhrava; N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra.

bābhravīya bābhravīya, ās, m. pl. (fr. bābhravya), the disciples or followers of Bābhravya.

bābhravya bābhravya, as, m. a patronymic from Babhru; N. of a teacher.

bābhravyaka bābhravyaka, as, ī, am, inhabited by Bābhravyas.

bābhruka bābhruka, as, ī, am, like an ichneumon, (i. e. probably) brown, brownish.

bāra bāra, Ved. an opening, aperture; [cf. jihma-b-, nīcīna-b-.]

bārahaṭa bārahaṭa, as, m. epithet of Narahara-dāsa the author of the Hindī work Avatāracaritra or Caturviṃsaty-avatāra-caritra.

bārejya bārejya, N. of a town.

bārbaṭīra bārbaṭīra or bārvaṭīra, as, m. the kernel of the mango fruit; a young shoot; tin; the son of a harlot; [cf. barbaṭī.]

bārha bārha, bārhiṇa. See vārha.

bārhata bārhata, as, ī, am (fr. bṛhat), Ved. relating to the Sāman called Bṛhat, celebrated in the Bṛhat-sāman, (according to Mahī-dhara = bṛhat-sāma-stuta); relating or belonging to the Bṛhatī metre, representing it, consisting of it; bārhataṃ vājajidaukṣṇorandhram, N. of a Sāman; (am), n. the fruit of the Bṛhatī, a variety of the Solanum.

bārhatānuṣṭubha bārhatānuṣṭubha, as, ī, am (fr. bṛhat + anu-ṣṭubh), Ved. consisting of a Bṛhatī and an Anuṣṭubh.

bārhatsāmā bārhatsāmā, f. (fr. bṛhat-sāman), Ved., N. or epithet of a woman.

bārhadagna bārhadagna, ās, m. pl. (fr. bṛhad-agni), the descendants of Bṛhad-agni.

bārhadīṣava bārhadīṣava, as, m. a patronymic from Bṛhadiṣu (with i lengthened).

bārhaduktha bārhaduktha, as, ī, am, Ved. relating or belonging to Bṛhad-uktha; (as), m. a patronymic from Bṛhad-uktha.

bārhadgira bārhadgira, as, ī, am, Ved. relating or belonging to Bṛhad-giri.

bārhaddaivata bārhaddaivata, am, n. (fr. bṛhad-devatā), N. of a work also called Bṛhad-devatā and attributed to Śaunaka.

bārhadbala bārhadbala, as, ī, am, relating or belonging to Bṛhad-bala.

bārhadratha bārhadratha, as, ī, am, relating or belonging to Bṛhad-ratha; (as), m. a patronymic of Jarā-sandha; (sometimes spelt bārahadratha.)

bārhadrathi bārhadrathi, is, m. (fr. bṛhad-ratha), a patronymic of Jarā-sandha.

bārhavata bārhavata, as, ī, am, containing the word barha-vat.

bārhaspata bārhaspata, as, ī, am, relating or belonging to Bṛhas-pati, descended from Bṛhas-pati, sacred to Bṛhas-pati.

bārhaspatya bārhaspatya, as, tī, am, relating to or coming from Bṛhas-pati; (as), m. a pupil of Bṛhas-pati; an infidel, a materialist; an epithet of Śamyu; of Agni; of Tapur-mūrdhan; of Bharad-vāja; (am), n., scil. bha or nakṣatra, the constellation Pushya; the Artha-śāstra of Bṛhas-pati, ethics, morality; bārhaspatyam mānam, 'Jupiter's measure of time', a method of reckoning time.
     bārhaspatyajyotirgrantha bārhaspatya-jyotir-grantha, as, m., N. of a work mentioned in Raghu-nandana's Saṃskāra-tattva.
     bārhaspatyatantra bārhaspa-tya-tantra, am, n., N. of a Tantra mentioned in the Ānanda-laharī.

bārhiṣada bārhiṣada, as, m. a patronymic from Barhishad.

bāl bāl, ind., Ved. an interjection imitative of the sound of a falling body.

bāla bāla, as, ā, am (said to be fr. rt. 2. bal), young, childish, infantine, immature, not fullgrown; newly risen (as the sun, cf. bālātapa, bālā-ditya, bālārka), new or waxing (as the moon, cf. bāla-candra, bālendu); puerile, ignorant, unwise, uninstructed; pure (said especially of a female animal, as a heifer &c., fit for sacrifice); (as, ā), m. f. a child (especially one under five years of age, but also one under sixteen years of age generally), an infant; (in law) a minor (who is distinguished as a kumāra or boy under five years of age; śiśu, a boy under eight; pogaṇḍa, a boy from the fifth to the end of the ninth year, or where the next distinction is omitted, till the sixteenth year; and kiśora, a boy from the tenth to the sixteenth year); the young of an animal, a five years old elephant [cf. bāla-gaja]; a colt, foal; one whose understanding is not matured, a simpleton, fool; a tail, an elephant or horse's tail; hair; (as, am), m. n. a kind of perfume or fragrant grass, Andropogon Schoenanthus; (as), m. a boy; a kind of fish, Cyprinus Denticulatus or Cyprinus Rohita; N. of a prince; (ā), f. a female child, girl, young woman not more than sixteen years of age; a woman, female; small cardamoms [cf. candra-b-]; Aloe Indica [cf. ghṛta-kumārī]; a species of plant, commonly called Aknadhi; a variety of jasmine; a species of flower, Hibiscus Tortuosus; the cocoa-nut; turmeric; a kind of metre, the quantities of the first three lines being [metrical sequence] and that of the fourth [metrical sequence] &c.; N. of the mother of Bālin and Sugrīva, (she is said to have been formed by Prajāpati out of some dust which had fallen into his eyes); N. of a mystical prayer; (ī), f. a kind of ear-ring; [cf. Lith. wala-s, 'horsehair.']
     bālakadalī bāla-kadalī, f. a young plantain tree, Musa Sapientum.
     bālakāṇḍa bāla-kāṇḍa, am, n. 'section treating of the boy (Rāma)', N. of the first book of the Rāmāyaṇa according to the northern recension (called Ādi-kāṇḍa in the Bengālī recension); N. of the first book of the Adhyātma-rāmāyaṇa.
     bālakunda bāla-kunda, as, am, m. n. a young jasmine of the variety Jasminum Multiflorum or J. Pubescens.
     bālakundānuviddha bālakundānuviddha (-da-an-), as, ā, am, adorned with young jasmine blossoms.
     bālakṛmi bāla-kṛmi, is, m. 'hair-insect', a louse.
     bālakṛṣṇa bāla-kṛṣṇa, as, m. the boy Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa as a boy; N. of various men; N. of the father of the author Śaṅkara-dīkṣita; of a friend of Maṇirāma (a commentator on the Bhāminī-vilāsa); of the father of Mahā-deva (the author of the Nyāya-siddhānta-muktāvalī-dīpikā, a commentary on the Bhāṣā-pariccheda); of a son of Mahādeva-bhaṭṭa and husband of Lakṣmī-devī; of a son of Raṅga-nātha and father of Nārāyaṇa (a commentator on the Uttararāma-carita); of the father of Raṅga-nātha and Veṇīmādhava-bandhu; of a man called also Gaṅgā-dhara.
     bālakriyā bāla-kriyā, f. children's act, the actions or conduct of children.
     bālakrīḍana bāla-krīḍana, am, n. child's play, childish amusement.
     bālakrīḍanaka bāla-krīḍanaka, as, m. a child's toy or plaything, a ball; the plant Cypraea Moneta; an epithet of Śiva; (am), n. child's play, childish sports; (āni), n. pl., N. of the sixty-first chapter of the third part of Vātsyāyana's Kāma-sūtra.
     bālakrīḍā bāla-krīḍā, f. child's play, children's amusements, childish sport, juvenile pastime.
     bālakrīḍāvarṇana bā-lakrīḍā-varṇana, am, n., N. of the eleventh book of the Kumāra-sambhava.
     bālakhilya bāla-khilya, as, m. [cf. vāla-khilya], a divine personage of the size of a thumb, (sixty thousand were produced from Brahma's body, and surround the chariot of the Sun; see Raghu-vaṃśa XV. 10; Wilson's Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, p. 34.)
     bālagaja bāla-gaja, as, m. a young elephant.
     bālagarbhiṇī bāla-garbhiṇī, f. a cow with calf for the first time.
     bālagādādharī bāla-gādā-dharī, f., N. of a work by Annam Bhaṭṭa (= tarka-dīpikā).
     bālagopāla bāla-gopāla, as, m. 'the boy cowherd', Kṛṣṇa as a youthful herdsman.
     bālagopālatīrtha bālagopāla-tīrtha, as, m., N. of the teacher of the commentator Dhana-pati.
     bālagopālayatīndra bāla-gopāla-yatīndra (-ti-in-), as, m., N. of the scholiast on Śaṅkara's commentary to the Kaṭhopaniṣad.
     bālagaurītīrtha bāla-gaurī-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a sacred bathing-place in Śrī-māla.
     bālagraha bāla-graha, as, m. 'seizer of children', a kind of demon (to whom nine kinds of demoniacal possessions are ascribed); any demon who delights in teasing and injuring children.
     bālagrahapratiṣedha bā-lagraha-pratiṣedha, am, n., N. of a chapter of Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhitā.
     bālagrahopaśamana bālagra-hopaśamana (-ha-up-), am, n., N. of a chapter of the Śārṅga-dhara-paddhati.
     bālaghna bāla-ghna, as, m. a child-slayer, one who has killed a child, the murderer of a child; (ī), f. a murderess of children (said of a Rākṣasī).
     bālacandra bāla-candra, as, or bāla-candramas, ās, m. the young or waxing moon (= bālendu); a term for the moon till five or six days old.
     bālacandrikā bālacandrikā, f., N. of a woman.
     bālacarita bāla-carita or bāla-caritra, am, n. 'childish exploits', juvenile sports or pastime; a common N. of works or sections of works treating of the youthful adventures of a deity; N. of a chapter of the Gaṇeśa-Purāṇa.
     bālacaritanāman bālacarita-nāman, N. of a work by Vallabhadīkṣita containing the titles of Kṛṣṇa derived from 128 of his youthful adventures.
     bālacarya bāla-carya, as, m. 'behaving like a child', an epithet of Kārttikeya; (ā), f. the conduct or behaviour of a child.
     bālacūta bāla-cūta, as, m. a young mango tree.
     bālaja bāla-ja, as, ā, am, springing or produced from hair; (in Mahābh. Anuśāsana-p. 1611, 4587, a wrong reading for bālbaja, q. v.)
     bālatanaya bāla-tanaya, as, m. a young son; the tree Acacia Catechu.
     bālatantra bāla-tantra, am, n. midwifery, the care of a lying-in woman and of her child.
     bālataru bāla-taru, us, m. a young tree.
     bālatā bāla-tā, f. or bāla-tva, am, n. childhood, boyhood.
     bālatṛṇa bāla-tṛṇa, am, n. young grass.
     bāladalaka bāladalaka, as, m. 'small-leafed', the tree Acacia Catechu; [cf. bāla-pattra.]
     bāladeva bāla-deva, as, m., N. of the father of Bāvā-deva, q. v.
     bāladhana bāla-dhana, am, n. the property of a minor or infant.
     bāladhi bāla-dhi, is, m. a hairy tail (as that of a horse).
     bālapaṇḍita bāla-paṇḍita, as, m., N. of a man.
     bālapattra bāla-pattra or bāla-pat-traka, as, m. 'small-leafed', Acacia Catechu (= bāladalaka); Hedysarum Alhagi.
     bālapādapa bāla-pāda-pa, as, m. a young tree.
     bālapāśyā bāla-pāśyā, f. an ornament (of gold, silver, &c.) worn between the hair when parted on the forehead; a string of pearls binding the hair.
     bālaputra bāla-putra, as, ā, am, having little children, possessing very young children; possessed of young offspring.
     bālaputraka bāla-putraka, as, m. a little son.
     bālapuṣpikā bāla-puṣpikā, f. a variety of jasmine (= yūthikā).
     bālapuṣpī bāla-puṣpī, f. a variety of jasmine, Jasminum Auriculatum.
     bālabandhana bāla-bandhana, as, m., Ved. 'child-fetterer', N. of a demon.
     bālabodha bāla-bodha, as, m. 'instruction for the youthful', N. of various works adapted to the capacity of the young or inexperienced; of a commentary by the mathematician Go-vinda the son of Lāḍama on a Nyāya work by Śāṇḍilya; of a work by Vallabha Ācārya on devotion to Kṛṣṇa.
     bālabodhaka bāla-bodhaka, as, ī, am, instructing the youthful and inexperienced, enlightening the simple.
     bālabodhanī bāla-bodhanī, f. 'instructing the youthful', N. of a Vedānta work.
     bālabodhinī bāla-bodhinī, f. 'instructing the youthful', N. of a commentary by an anonymous Vedānta writer on the Vākya-sudhā; N. of a work by Śaṅkarācarya said to epitomize the logical portions of the Śārīrakamīmāṃsā-bhāṣya.
     bālabodhinībhāvaprakāśikā bālabodhinī-bhāva-prakā-śikā, f., N. of a commentary on Śaṅkara Ācārya's Bāla-bodhinī.
     bālabhañjaka bāla-bhañjaka, as, m., N. of a man.
     bālabhadraka bāla-bhadraka, as, m. a kind of mineral poison (= śāmbhava).
     bālabhāra bāla-bhāra, as, m. 'a weight of tail', a large bushy tail.
     bālabhārata bāla-bhārata, am, n. 'the little Bhārata', (opposed to the Mahābhārata or great Bhārata), N. of a work ascribed to Amara-candra (being a compendium of the Mahābhārata); N. of a drama by Rāja-śekhara (= pra-caṇḍa-pāṇḍava).
     bālabhāva bāla-bhāva, as, m. state of a child, childhood, minority, infancy; the state of a planet which has not risen far above the horizon; (according to Kullūka on Manu VIII. 118) = an-avadhāna, inattention; (kātaro bāla-bhāvas, feeble childhood = children collectively.)
     bālabhṛtya bāla-bhṛtya, as, m. a servant from childhood.
     bālabhaiṣajya bāla-bhaiṣajya, am, n. a kind of collyrium (= rasāñjana, q. v.).
     bālabhojya bāla-bhojya, as, m. 'children's food', pease.
     bālamati bāla-mati, is, is, i, 'childish-minded', one who has a puerile intellect.
     bālamandāravṛkṣa bāla-mandāra-vṛkṣa, as, m. a young coral tree (Erythrina Fulgens).
     bālamūla bāla-mūla, am, n. a young radish.
     bālamūlaka bālamūlaka, as, m. 'hairy-rooted (?)', a species of plant.
     bālamūṣikā bāla-mūṣikā, f. a small rat, mouse.
     bālamṛga bāla-mṛga, as, m. a young deer, fawn.
     bālamṛṇāla bāla-mṛṇāla, as, am, m. n. a tender filament or fibre of the lotus.
     bālambhaṭṭa bālam-bhaṭṭa, as, m., N. of a man; of a commentator on the law-book called Mitākṣarā; (as, ī, am), composed by Bālam-bhaṭṭa.
     bālayajñopavītaka bāla-yajñopavītaka (-ña-up-), am, n. the sacrificial thread worn across the breast; a sort of substitute for the sacrificial thread, a string or scarf as worn by children upon the breast (?); [cf. bālopavīta.]
     bālarāja bāla-rāja, am, n. lapis lazuli; [cf. bāla-sūrya, bāla-vāyaja.]
     bālarāmāyaṇa bāla-rāmāyaṇa, am, n. the little or abridged Rāmāyaṇa; [cf. bāla-bhārata, mahā-rāmāyaṇa.]
     bālarūpa bāla-rūpa, N. of a work mentioned in Vācaspati-miśra's Vivāda-cintāmaṇi.
     bālarūpadhara bālarūpa-dhara, as, m. 'bearing the form of a boy', an epithet of Śiva.
     bālarūpadhṛk bālarūpa-dhṛk (see dhṛk, p. 459), having the form of a boy, assuming the form of a dwarf.
     bālaroga bāla-roga, as, m. a child's disease, disease of children.
     bālalatā bāla-latā, f. a young creeper.
     bālalīlā bā-la-līlā, f. child's play, childish sport; juvenile pastime.
     bālavatsa bāla-vatsa, as, m. a young calf; 'favourite of children', a dove, pigeon.
     bālavanitā bāla-vanitā, f. a young woman.
     bālavāyaja bāla-vāyaja, am, n. lapis lazuli.
     bālavāsas bāla-vāsas, as, n. 'hair-raiment', woollen garments.
     bālavāhya bāla-vāhya, as, m. 'ridden by children', a wild goat.
     bālavidhavā bāla-vidhavā, f. 'child-widow', a widow whose husband died before she attained to puberty.
     bālavinaṣṭa bāla-vinaṣṭa or bālavinaṣṭaka, as, m., N. of a man.
     bālavṛkṣa bāla-vṛkṣa, as, m. a young tree.
     bālavaidhavya bāla-vaidhavya, am, n. 'child-widowhood', the becoming a widow in childhood.
     bālavyajana bāla-vya-jana, am, n. 'tail-fan', a chowrie, a whisk, flyflapper (generally made of the tail of the Yak or Bos Grunniens and used as an emblem of princely rank).
     bālavrata bāla-vrata, as, m. an epithet of the Buddhist saint Mañju-ghosha or Mañju-śrī.
     bālaśarman bāla-śarman, ā, m., N. of the father of Śāṇḍa and grandfather of Lakṣmī-dhara.
     bālaśṛṅga bāla-śṛṅga, as, ā, am, 'young-horned', having horns not yet fullgrown.
     bālasakhi bāla-sakhi, ā, m. 'child-friend', a friend from childhood.
     bālasañjīvana bāla-sañjīvana, am, n., N. of the thirty-third chapter of the second part of the Gaṇeśa-Purāṇa.
     bālasandhyā bāla-sandhyā, f. early twilight, dawn.
     bālasandhyābha bālasandhyābha (-yā-ābha), as, ā, am, resembling early twilight, of the hue of dawn, of a purple colour.
     bālasātmya bāla-sātmya, am, n. 'that which is suitable for children', milk.
     bālasiṃha bāla-siṃha, as, m., N. of a man.
     bālasuhṛd bāla-suhṛd, t, m. a friend from childhood, a friend of one's youth.
     bālasūrya bāla-sūrya or bālasūryaka, am, n. lapis lazuli; [cf. bāla-rāja.]
     bālasthāna bāla-sthāna, am, n. the position or condition of a child, childhood, youth, youthfulness, inexperience.
     bālahatyā bāla-hatyā, f. child-murder, infanticide.
     bālahasta bāla-hasta, as, m. 'hairy-hand', a hairy tail, the tail of a horse or any hairy animal.
     bālākṣī bālākṣī (-la-ak-), f. a species of tree, (commonly called keśa-puṣṭa.)
     bālāgra bā-lāgra (-la-ag-), am, n. a pinnacle?, (Mṛc-chakaṭī, Act 1. p. 21); the point of a hair.
     bālātapa bālātapa (-la-āt-), as, m. 'early heat of the sun', the newly risen sun, the morning sun-beams, heat of the morning sun.
     bālātaparakta bālātapa-rakta, as, ā, am, red or roseate with the morning sun-beams.
     bālāditya bālāditya (-la-ād-), as, m. 'youthful sun', the newly risen sun, morning sun; N. of a king of Kaśmīra; of a king of Magadha.
     bālādhyāpaka bālādhyāpaka (-la-adh-), as, m. 'child-instructor', a teacher of youth, tutor.
     bālādhyāpakatā bālā-dhyāpaka-tā, f. the office of a teacher of youth, a tutorship.
     bālāpatya bālāpatya (-la-āp-), am, n. young offspring, youthful progeny.
     bālābhyāsa bālābhyāsa (-la-abh), as, m. early application, study during childhood.
     bālāmaya bālāmaya (-la-ām-), as, m. a child's disease, disease of children.
     bālāmayapratiṣedha bālāmaya-pratiṣedha, am, n., N. of the second chapter of the Uttara-tantra or sixth part of Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhitā.
     bālāruṇa bālāruṇa (-la-ar-), as, m. early dawn; (as, ā, am), like early dawn, ruddy as early dawn.
     bālārka bālārka (-la-ar-), as, m. the newly risen sun, the morning sun-beams, heat of the morning sun.
     bālārkakomala bālārka-ko-mala, as, ā, am, soft as the orient sun (said of red dye).
     bālāvabodha bālāvabodha (-la-av-), as, m. 'instructing the young or inexperienced', N. of a short treatise on omens drawn from the movements of dogs.
     bālāvabodhapaddhati bā-lāvabodha-paddhati, is, f., N. of a commentary on Śaṅkhāyana's Gṛhya-sūtras.
     bālāvarṇana bālā-varṇana, am, n., N. of the ninety-sixth chapter of the Śārṅgadhara-paddhati.
     bālāvastha bālāvastha (-la-av-), as, ā, am, being in a state of childhood, still young, juvenile.
     bālāvasthā bālāvasthā, f. the state of a child, youth, childhood.
     bālāśoka bālāśoka (-la-aś-), as, m. a young Aśoka tree.
     bālāsura bālāsura (-la-as-), as, m., N. of an Asura.
     bālāsuravadha bālāsura-vadha, as, m., N. of the eightyfifth chapter of the second part of the Gaṇeśa-Purāṇa.
     bālāhatyā bālā-hatyā, f. the murdering of female children, female infanticide.
     bālendu bālendu (-la-in-), us, m. 'young moon', the new moon, waxing moon.
     bāleśvara bāleśvara (-la-īś-), as, m., N. of a son of Jaṭādhara and father of Nārāyaṇa the author of the Prākṛta-pāda, a grammatical work.
     bāleṣṭa bāleṣṭa (-la-iṣ-), as, m. 'desired by children', a jujube tree.
     bālopacaraṇa bālopacaraṇa (-la-up-), am, n. or bālopacāra (-la-up-), as, m. the medical treatment of children, any medicine or remedy suited for children.
     bālopacaraṇīya bālo-pacaraṇīya, am, n., N. of the first chapter of the Uttara-tantra or sixth book of Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya-saṃhitā.
     bālopavīta bālopavīta (-la-up-), am, n. a cloth used for covering the privities; the sacrificial thread (= bāla-yajñopavītaka).

bālaka bālaka, as, ikā, am, young, childlike, childish, not yet full-grown; (as), m. a child, infant, a boy; (in law) a minor; a fool, blockhead; the tail of a horse or elephant; a finger-ring; a bracelet; a kind of perfume; N. of a prince, (also called Pālaka); (ikā), f. a female child or infant, a girl; sand; the knot or flower of an ear-ring; the rustling of leaves; small cardamoms [cf. ikṣu-b-]; (am), n. a variety of Hibiscus, Hibiscus Mutabilis; [cf. Hib. ballach, 'a boy.']
     bālakatva bālaka-tva, am, n. childhood, childishness.
     bālakapralapita bālaka-pralapita, am, n. childish talk, foolish prattle.
     bālakapriya bālaka-priya, as, ā, am, fond of children; (ā), f. coloquintida, colocynth; Musa Sapientum.
     bālakahatyā bālaka-hatyā, f. infanticide.

bālakīya bālakīya, as, ā, am, childish, infantine, relating to children.

bālāyani bālāyani, is, m. a metronymic from Bālā.

bāli bāli, is, m., N. of a monkey, brother of the monkey-king Su-grīva, (he was son of Indra and was said to derive his name from bāla, 'hair', as being born from the hair of his mother; he was slain by Rāma-candra, see Rāmāyaṇa IV. 21).
     bālisambhava bāli-sambhava, as, m. 'sprung from Bāli', N. of a celebrated monkey, the son of Bāli.
     bālihantṛ bāli-hantṛ, tā, m. 'killer of Bāli', an epithet of Rāma.

bālin bālin, ī, m., N. of a monkey, son of Indra, = bāli; (inī), f. the constellation Aśvinī.

bāliman bāliman, ā, m. childhood, youth, youthfulness, boyhood, immaturity.

bāliśa bāliśa, as, ā, am, young, childish, puerile, of tender years; ignorant, inexperienced, simple, foolish (= bāla); careless, heedless; (as), m. a child; a fool, blockhead; (am), n. a pillow, cushion (= Pers. [arabic]).
     bāliśatā bāliśa-tā, f. or bāliśa-tva, am, n. childishness, youthfulness, simplicity, foolishness, folly.
     bāliśamati bāliśa-mati, is, is, i, 'childish-minded', foolish.

bāliśya bāliśya, am, n. childishness, youth, youthfulness, boyhood, folly, thoughtlessness, heedlessness.

bāleya bāleya, as, ī, am, fit for an offering or oblation (fr. bali); descended from Bali (fr. bali); tender, soft, fit or proper for children (fr. bāla); (as), m. an ass; a kind of vegetable (= aṅgāra-vallī); a kind of radish (= cāṇakya-mūlaka); N. of a Daitya.
     bāleyaśāka bāleya-śāka, as, m. a kind of vegetable, Siphonanthus Indica.

bālya bālya, am, n. boyhood, childhood, infancy; childishness, puerility, immaturity of the understanding, folly, thoughtlessness, puerile temerity.
     bālyakāla bālya-kāla, as, m. the period or age of childhood.
     bālyatā bā-lya-tā, f. = bālya.

bālakhilya bāla-khilya. See p. 681, col. 3.

bālandana bālandana, as, m. a patronymic of Vatsa-prī.

bālāki bālāki, is, m. a metronymic from Balākā.

bālākyā bālākyā, f. a proper N.

bālāyani bālāyani, is, m., N. of a preceptor.

bālāhaka bālāhaka, as, m., N. of a serpent-demon.

bāliśa bāliśa. See col. 2.

bālīvardineya bālīvardineya, as, m. a patronymic from Balīvardin; a metronymic from Balīvardī; [cf. balīvardineya.]

bālīśa bālīśa, as, m. retention of urine.

bālu bālu, us, m. (said to be fr. rt. 2. bal), a kind of drug; (also written vālu; cf. elavālu.)

bāluka bāluka, as, m. a kind of drug and perfume, (also written vāluka; cf. elavāluka); (ā), f. sand, gravel; powder; camphor; a sand-bath; (ā or ī), f. a species of cucumber, Cucumis Usitatissimus.
     bālukāgaḍa bā-lukā-gaḍa, as, m. a species of fish, Cheilodipterus Calius and Butis.
     bālukātmikā bālukātmikā (-kā-āt-), f. 'having the nature of sand', sugar.
     bālukāprabhā bālukā-prabhā, f. one of the seven hells of the Jainas, the hell of sand.

bāluṅkī bāluṅkī, f. a species of cucumber, Cucumis Usitatissimus.

bāluṅgī bāluṅgī or bāluṅgikā, f. = bāluṅkī.

bālūka bālūka, as, m. a kind of poison.

bālendu bālendu. See col. 2.

bāleya bāleya. See above.

bāloka bāloka, as, m., N. of an author (?).

bālbaja bālbaja, as, ī, am (fr. balbaja), made of the grass Eleusine Indica.

bālbajabhārika bālbajabhārika (fr. balbaja + bhāra), as, ī, am, laden or burdened with Balbaja grass.

bālbajika bālbajika, as, ī, am, bearing Balbaja grass; [cf. balbajika.]

bālya bālya. See above.

bālhaka bālhaka. See bālhika below.

bālhi bālhi, N. of a country, Balkh; (often written bāhli; cf. balhi.)
     bālhija bālhi-ja or bālhi-jāta, as, ā, am, born or bred in Balkh, of the Balkh breed (said of a horse).

bālhāyana bālhāyana, as, ī, am, relating to or derived from Bālhi.

bālhika bālhika, as, m. (also written bāhlika, vāhlika, bāhlīka, and incorrectly bālhaka), a king of the Bālhikas; N. of a son of Pratīpa; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (as, ī, am), coming from Balkh; (am), n. saffron; Asa Foetida.

bālhīka bālhīka, as, m. (often written bāhlīka or vā-hlīka, and sometimes for bāhīka), a prince of the Bālhīkas; N. of a son of Janam-ejaya; of a son of Pratīpa; of the father of Rohiṇī, wife of Vasu-deva; of a Gandharva; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people, = bālhika; (ī), f. a princess of the Bālhīkas (an epithet of Mādrī, Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 4886); (as, ī, am), belonging to or derived from the Bālhīkas; (am), n. saffron; Asa Foetida.
     bālhīkabhāṣā bālhīka-bhāṣā, f. the language of the Bālhīkas (enumerated among the various Prākṛt dialects).
     bālhīkeśa bālhīkeśa (-ka + īś-), as, m. lord of the Bālhīkas.

bāvādeva bāvā-deva, as, m., N. of the author of the Arpaṇa-mīmāṃsā, a treatise on sacrificial rites.

bāvāśāstrin bāvā-śāstrin, ī, m., N. of the author of the Svarodaya-vivaraṇa, q. v.

bāṣkala bāṣkala, as, m., N. of a teacher (a pupil of Paila); of a Daitya; of a son of Anuhrāda; (ās), m. pl., N. of a family regarded as belonging to the Kauśikas, (also written vāskalās); N. of a school; (as, ā, am), large, great?; (as), m. a warrior (see vāṣkala).
     bāṣkalaśākhā bāṣkala-śākhā, f., N. of a work.
     bāṣkalopaniṣad bāṣkalopaniṣad (-la-up-), t, f., N. of an Upaniṣad.

bāṣkalaka bāṣkalaka, as, ā, am, belonging to or derived from the Bāṣkalas.

bāṣkali bāṣkali, is, m. a patronymic from Bāṣkala; N. of a teacher.

bāṣkiha bāṣkiha, as, m. a patronymic from Bashkiha.

bāṣpa bāṣpa, bāṣpaka, bāṣpin, &c. See vāṣpa, &c.

bāskala bāskala, a various reading for bāṣkala above.

bāsta bāsta, as, ī, am (fr. basta, a goat, cf. vasta), belonging to or coming from a goat, goatish; bāstaṃ carma, a goat-skin; (also written vāsta, cf. Manu II. 41.)

bāstāyana bāstāyana, as, m. a patronymic from Basta.

bāh bāh. See rt. vāh.

bāha bāha, as, ā, m. f. the arm, = 1. bāhu below; (as), m. a horse; (probably for vāha fr. rt. vah)

bāhava 1. bāhava, am, n. (fr. bahu), see Gaṇa Pṛthvādi to Pāṇ. V. 1, 122.

bāhava 2. bāhava, as, am, m. n., Ved. the arm (= bāhu).

bāhavi bāhavi, is, m. a patronymic from Bāhu; N. of a teacher.

bāhābāhavi bāhābāhavi, ind. arm against arm, hand to hand (in close combat, = bāhūbāhavi).

bāhaṭa bāhaṭa, as, m., N. of an author mentioned by Malli-nātha in his commentary on the Raghu-vaṃśa.

bāhaḍa bāhaḍa, as, m., N. of a man.

bāhādura bāhādura, as, m. a modern title of honour conferred by Muhammadan kings bearing some resemblance to the European title of military knighthood (= Pers. [arabic]).

bāhābāhavi bāhābāhavi. See above.

bāhirvedika bāhirvedika, as, ī, am (fr. ba-hir-vedi), Ved. situated or taking place outside the Vedi; [cf. bahirvedika.]

bāhīka bāhīka, as, ī, am (fr. bahis), being outside, external, exterior; (probably) being abroad; belonging or relating to the people of the Pañjāb; (ās), m. pl. the people of the Pañjāb, (opposed to prācya); (as), m. an inhabitant of the Pañjāb. a Pañjābī; N. of a priest; an ox; (am), n., N. of a lake or piece of water in the country of the Bāhīkas.

bāhu 1. bāhu, us, m. (fr. rt. bah for baṃh, said to be fr. rt. bādh; by some grammarians 1. bāhu is said to be both m. and f.; for 2. bāhu see col. 3), the arm, (bāhū udyamya, raising the two arms; lakṣmaṇo rāmasya dakṣiṇo bāhuḥ, Lakṣmaṇa is Rāma's right arm; ājānu-bāhu, one whose arms reach as far as his kness; cf. ud-b-, ūrdhva-b-); the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist, (opposed to pra-gaṇḍa, q. v.); the fore-foot of an animal, (according to the commentators especially the upper part of the forefoot, but perhaps also the lower part; cf. pṛśni-b-); the whole upper extremity of the body (in medicine, as opposed to sakthi, the lower extremity); the limb of a bow (Ved.); the bar of a chariot-pole (Ved.); a door-post [cf. dvāra-b-]; (in geometry) the base of a right-angled triangle, leg of a triangle, side of an angular figure [cf. bāhu-pratibāhu]; the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial; the constellation Ārdrā, (in this sense also ū, m. du.); N. of a Daitya; of a prince (enumerated among eighteen who brought ruin upon their families by their illegal actions, Mahā-bh. Udyoga-p. 2731); of a son of Vṛka; of a son of Vajra; (adjective compounds having bāhu in the sense of 'arm' at the end and applied to the names of persons make their fem. in ū); [cf. Zend bazu, 'the arm;' Gr. [greek] Lat. brachium; Old Norse bog-r = Old Germ. buoc, 'a bow, bend.']
     bāhukara bāhu-kara, as, ī, am, working with the hands.
     bāhukuṇṭha bāhu-kuṇṭha or bāhu-kubja, as, ā, am, crippled in the arms.
     bāhukuntha bāhu-kuntha, as, m. a wing.
     bāhukṣad bāhu-kṣad, t, t, t, Ved. offering the fore-legs (i. e. the inferior parts) of an animal (said of a parsimonious sacrificer; according to Sāy. = bāhubhir yajamā-naḥ).
     bāhucāpa bāhu-cāpa, as, m. 'arm-bow', the distance measured by the extended arms, a fathom.
     bāhucyut bāhu-cyut, t, t, t, in Atharva-veda XVIII. 3, 25, perhaps for bāhu-tā.
     bāhucyuta bāhu-cyuta, as, ā, am, Ved. fallen from the arm, dropped out of the hand; (Sāy. = bāhubhyām pracyutaḥ.)
     bāhuja bā-hu-ja, as, m. 'arm-born', a Kshatriya or man of the military class (as sprung from the arm of Brahmā, Manu I. 31); a parrot; sesamum growing wild or spontaneously.
     bāhujūta bāhu-jūta, as, ā, am, Ved. swift with the arms; (Sāy. = bāhuḥ prerakaḥ śatrūṇāṃ yasya tādṛśaḥ, repelling the enemy with the arms.)
     bāhujyā bāhu-jyā, f. the cord of an arc, sine.
     bāhutā bāhu-tā, ind., Ved. in the arms; [cf. deva-tā, 2. puruṣa-tā.]
     bāhutrāṇa bāhu-trāṇa, am, n. 'arm-fence', armour for the arms, vantbrass.
     bāhudaṇḍa bāhu-daṇḍa, as, am, m. n. 'arm-staff', an arm like a staff, the arm compared to a staff; a blow or punishment inflicted with the arm or fist; [cf. bhuja-daṇḍa.]
     bāhudā bāhu-dā, f. 'armgiver', an epithet of Suyaśā (a wife of Parīkṣit, Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 3795); N. of a river said to rise in the Himālaya and probably identical with the Vitastā or classical Hydaspes and modern Jhelum, (into this river Gaurī the wife of Prasena-jit is said to have been transformed; and its name is accounted for by a legend that a saint recovered his lost arms by bathing in the stream.)
     bāhupāśa bāhu-pāśa, as, m. 'crossing or intertwining the arms', a particular attitude in fighting.
     bāhupratibāhu bāhu-pratibāhu, ū, m. du. (in geometry) the opposite sides of a figure.
     bāhuprasāra bāhu-prasāra, as, m. the act of stretching out the arms, embracing.
     bāhupraharaṇa bāhu-praharaṇa, as, m. 'striking with the arms', a striker, boxer; (am), n. boxing, wrestling.
     bāhuphala bāhu-phala, am, n. (in geometry) the result from the base sine; the sine of an arc of a circle of position contained between the sun and the prime vertical.
     bāhubala bāhu-bala, am, n. power or strength of arm; (as), m., N. of a prince; (as, ā, am), strong in the arm.
     bāhubalin bāhu-balin, ī, inī, i, strong in the arm.
     bāhubādha bāhu-bādha, ās, m. pl., N. of a people; (also read bāhu-bādhya, bahu-rada.)
     bāhubhaṅgi bāhu-bhaṅgi, is, f. bending or twisting the arms.
     bāhubhūṣaṇa bāhu-bhūṣaṇa, am, n. or bāhu-bhūṣā, f. 'arm-ornament', an armlet, an ornament worn on the upper part of the arm.
     bāhubhedin bāhu-bhedin, ī, m. 'arm-breaker', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     bāhumat bāhu-mat, ān, atī, at, one who has (strong) arms; (ān), m. an epithet of Indra; (atī), f., N. of a river.
     bāhumaya bāhu-maya, as, ī, am, made or done with the arms.
     bāhumātra bāhu-mātra, as, ī, am, Ved. as long as the arm.
     bāhumūla bāhu-mūla, am, n. the root or juncture of the arm, armpit, extremity of the upper part of the arm, shoulder-balde, the region of the shoulder.
     bāhumūlavibhūṣaṇa bāhumūla-vibhūṣaṇa, am, n. an ornament worn on the extremity of the upper part of the arm.
     bāhuyuddha bāhu-yuddha, am, n. 'arm-fight', a close fight, personal struggle, pugilistic encounter, boxing, wrestling, pugilism.
     bāhuyodha bāhu-yodha, as, or bāhu-yodhin, ī, m. 'fighting with the arms', a wrestler, a boxer.
     bāhulatā bā-hu-latā, f. 'arm-creeper', an arm (lithe) as a creeper or climbing plant.
     bāhulatāntara bāhulatāntara (-tā-an-), am, n. the space between creeper-like arms, the breast, bosom.
     bāhulatikā bāhu-latikā, f. an arm like a young creeper or climbing plant.
     bāhuvikṣepa bāhu-vikṣepa, as, m. the act of throwing the arms apart, moving the arms; swimming.
     bāhuvīrya bāhu-vīrya, am, n. strength of arm, personal prowess.
     bāhuvṛkta bāhu-vṛkta, as, m., Ved. N. of a descendant of Atri and author of the hymns Ṛg-veda V. 71, 72.
     bāhuvyāyāma bāhu-vyāyāma, as, m. 'arm-exercise', gymnastic or athletic exercise.
     bāhuśakti bā-hu-śakti, is, m., N. of a king.
     bāhuśardhin bāhu-śardhin, ī, inī, i, Ved. 'relying on (his) arms', mighty in arm or prowess; an epithet of Indra.
     bāhuśālin bāhu-śālin, ī, inī, i, possessing (strong) arms; (ī), m. an epithet of Śiva; N. of a Dānava; of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra; of Bhīma; of a prince.
     bāhuśikhara bāhu-śikhara, 'the upper part of the arm', the shoulder.
     bāhusambhava bāhu-sambhava, as, m. 'arm-born', 'sprung from the arms (of Brahmā)', a Kshatriya or man of the military class.
     bāhusahasrabhṛt bāhu-sahasra-bhṛt, t, m. 'having a thousand arms', an epithet of king Arjuna Kārtavīrya killed by Paraśurāma.
     bāhūtkṣepam bāhūtkṣepam (-hu-ut-), ind. having lifted up the arms, having raised the hands.
     bāhūbāhavi bāhū-bā-havi, ind. arm against arm, arm to arm, hand to hand or mutually grappling (in close combat, = bāhā-bāhavi).
     bāhvaṅka bāhv-aṅka, as, m., Ved. bending the arm.
     bāhvojas bāhv-ojas, as, n., Ved. strength of arm; (ās, ās, as), strong in the arm; strong in the fore-legs (said of a horse; Sāy. = bāhuṣu pra-kṛṣṭa-balavān).

bāhuka bāhuka, as, ā, am, servile, a servant, dependant; swimming with the arms; like a dwarf, dwarfish; (as), m. = 1. bāhu, 'the arm', at the end of a comp. [cf. hrasva-b-]; a monkey; N. of a Nāga; of a prince; of a son of Vṛka (= 1. bāhu); N. assumed by Nala after his transformation into a dwarf by the serpent-demon Karkoṭaka and upon his becoming charioteer to king Ṛtu-parṇa, (with this meaning also written vāhuka); (ā), f., N. of a river.

bāhula 1. bāhula, am, n. (for 2. see p. 684, col. 1), mail or armour for the arms; N. of a place in Dakṣiṇāpatha.

bāhu 2. bāhu (fr. bahu, p. 677, col. 2), occurring at the beginning of compounds as follow. (For 1. bāhu see col. 1.)

bāhukīṭa bāhukīṭa, as, ī, am (fr. bahu-kīṭa), see Gaṇa Paladyādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 110.

bāhukuleyaka bāhukuleyaka (fr. bahu + kula), as, m. a patronymic; [cf. bahukulīna.]

bāhugarta bāhugarta, as, ī, am (fr. bahu + garta), see Scholiast on Pāṇ. IV. 2, 137.

bāhuguṇya bāhuguṇya, am, n. possession of numerous excellences, great advantageousness; excess; (ena), ind. exceedingly.

bāhudantaka bāhudantaka [cf. bāhudantin], belonging to Indra, (said of a treatise on moral duties abridged by Indra, Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 2204.)

bāhudantin bāhudantin, ī, m. (fr. bahu + danta), an epithet of Indra.
     bāhudantiputra bāhudanti-putra, as, m. a son of Indra, epithet of Jaya-datta (son of Indra and reputed author of a Tantra).

bāhudanteya bāhudanteya, as, m. = bāhudantin.

bāhubali bāhubali, is, m. (probably fr. bahu-bala), N. of a mountain.

bāhubhāṣya bāhubhāṣya, am, n. (fr. bahu-bhāṣin, q. v.), talkativeness, garrulity, loquaciousness.

bāhumitrāyaṇa bāhumitrāyaṇa, as, m. a patronymic from Bahumitra, q. v.

bāhurūpya bāhurūpya, as, &c. (fr. bahu + rūpya), see Siddhānta-kaumudī on Pāṇ. IV. 2, 106; (am), n. (fr. bahu-rūpa), the possession of many forms or aspects, manifoldness.

bāhuvartaka bāhuvartaka, as, ī, am (fr. bahu-varta), see Scholiast on Pāṇ. IV. 2, 126.

bāhuviddha bāhuviddha, as, m. (fr. a form bahu-viddha?), a patronymic (?).

bāhuśāla bāhuśāla, as, ī, am (fr. bahu-śāla), prepared from Tithymalus Antiquorum.
     bāhuśālaguḍa bāhuśāla-guḍa, as, m. (in medicine) pills prepared from Tithymalus Antiquorum and used as a remedy for hemorrhoids &c.

bāhuśrutya bāhuśrutya, am, n. (fr. bahu-śruta), great learning, learnedness, erudition.

bāhvṛcya bāhvṛcya, am, n. (fr. bahv-ṛc), the sacred tradition of the Bahv-ṛcas, traditional teaching of the Ṛg-veda.

bāhuk bāhuk in pra-b-, q. v.

bāhubāṇa bāhubāṇa, as, m. a patronymic of king Hammīra; (also read vāhuvāna, cāhubāṇa.)

bāhula 2. bāhula, as, ī, am (fr. bahula; for 1. see p. 683, col. 3), manifold, see Gaṇa Saṅkalādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 75; (as), m. the month Kārttika (when the moon is near the Pleiades; fr. ba-hulā, the Pleiades); (as), m. fire; N. of a prince; of a son of Śākya-muni; (am), n. manifoldness, a term in grammar implying the optional applicability of different rules.
     bāhulagrīva bāhula-grīva, as, m. 'variegated-necked', a peacock.

bāhulaka bāhulaka, am, n. manifoldness, diversity; (āt), ind. in consequence of the diverse or indeterminate applicability (of a rule), from the various application of meanings or of forms.

bāhuli bāhuli, is, m., N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra.

bāhuleya bāhuleya, as, m. (fr. bahulā, the Pleiades), a metronymic of Kārttikeya.

bāhulya bāhulya, am, n. (fr. bahula), abundance, plentifulness, plenty, quantity, multitude, multiplicity, manifoldness, variety; the usual course of things, common order of things; (āt, ena), ind. in the usual course of things, for the most part, usually, ordinarily, commonly; (āt), ind. in all probability.

bāheyaka bāheyaka, as, ikā, am, (perhaps) relating to or current among the Bāhīkas.

bāhya bāhya, as, ā, am (fr. bahis, q. v. In classical Sanskṛt this word is more usually written vāhya, but in the Veda bahis and bāhya are the usual forms, the nom. pl. bāhye following the pronominal declension), being outside, situated without (a city or village or house), outer, external, outward, exterior; foreign; (as), m. a foreigner; an outcast, one of a low tribe; (ā), f., scil. tvac, the outer bark (of a tree); (am, ena, e), ind. outside, on the outside, without; (āt), ind. from without.
     bāhyatas bāhya-tas, ind. outside, externally, on the outside of (with gen. or abl.; cf. vāhya-tas).

bāhlaka bāhlaka, bāhli, bāhlika, bāhlīka, &c. See bālhaka, &c., p. 682, col. 3.

biṭ biṭ (also written viṭ; cf. rts. viḍ and hiṭ), cl. 1. P. beṭati, beṭitum, to address harshly; to swear, curse; to shout, exclaim.

biṭaka biṭaka, as, ā, am, m. f. n. a boil (= piṭaka, q. v.).

biṭha biṭha, am, n., Ved. (according to Yāska) the sky.

biḍ biḍ (or viḍ) = biṭ, q. v.

biḍāla biḍāla, biḍālaka, &c. See viḍāla, &c.

bid bid or bind (connected with rts. bhid, bil, bhil), cl. 1. P. bindati, bi-binda, binditā, binditum, to split, cleave; to divide; to make or constitute a part.

bidala bidala, am, n. (usually written vidala, q. v., and according to some fr. vi + dala), anything split off, a slip, cutting, chip; a split bamboo; a split pea [cf. masūra-b-]; a twig; a basket made of split bamboos; gold-leaf, &c.; paste of pomegranates; (as), m. pastry, a cake; the tree Bauhinia Variegata (= kuddāla, ko-vidāra); (ā), f. the plant Ipomoea Turpethum.
     bidalakārī bidala-kārī, f., Ved. a woman employed in splitting bamboos; (Mahī-dhara = vaṃśa-vidāriṇī, vaṃśa-pātra-kāriṇī.)
     bidalasaṃhita bidala-saṃ-hita, as, ā, am, Ved. composed or made up of halves.
     bidalīkṛta bidalī-kṛta, as, ā, am, split, cleft, pierced; dvi-b-, cleft in twain; (generally spelt vidalī-kṛta.)

bindavi bindavi (fr. bindu), N. of a place; [cf. baindavi.]

bindavīya bindavīya, as, ā, am, see Gaṇa Gahādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 138; (as), m. a prince of the Bindus; [cf. baindavīya.]

bindu bindu, us, m. (in classical Sanskṛt more usually written vindu, q. v., in the Veda bindu), a detached particle, a drop; a sphericle, globule, point, dot, spot; N. of a descendant of Aṅgiras and author of the hymns Ṛg-veda VIII. 83, IX. 30.

bind bind = rt. bid, q. v.

binduraka binduraka, as, m. Himenia Aegyptiaca.

bibodhayiṣu bibodhayiṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of Caus. of rt. 1. budh), wishing to rouse, intending to wake; [cf. bubodhayiṣu.]

bibboka bibboka, as, m. (also written viv-voka, vibboka, q. q. v. v.), haughty indifference; (in erotic poetry) affectation of indifference towards a beloved object through pride and conceit.

bibhakṣayiṣu bibhakṣayiṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of rt. bhakṣ), wishing to eat, desirous of eating.
     bibhakṣayiṣudaṃṣṭrin bibhakṣayiṣu-daṃṣṭrin, ī, iṇī, i, 'having teeth desirous of eating', hungry-mouthed.

bibhitsā bibhitsā, f. (fr. Desid. of rt. bhid), a desire to break through or destroy, wish to pierce or penetrate (with acc., e. g. droṇānīkam bibhitsā, the desire of breaking through the army of Droṇa).

bibhitsu bibhitsu, us, us, u, desirous of breaking through, wishing to pierce or penetrate (with acc.).

bibhedayiṣu bibhedayiṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of Caus.), desirous of severing, intending to divide or disunite.

bibhrakṣu bibhrakṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of rt. bhrajj), wishing to roast or fry; desirous of scorching up, intending to scorch or parch; wishing to destroy; (us), m. fire.

bibhrajjiṣu bibhrajjiṣu, us, us, u, wishing to fry or parch; (us), m. fire.
     bibhrajjiṣuprakhya bibhrajjiṣu-prakhya, as, ā, am, resembling fire, (according to a Scholiast = agni-tulya.)

bibhrat bibhrat, at, atī, at (pres. part. of rt. bhṛ, q. v.), bearing, carrying.

bimba bimba. See vimba.

birāla birāla and bilāla = viḍāla, q. v.

bil bil (sometimes less correctly written vil; connected with rts. bhil, bid, bhid), cl. 6. 10. P. bilati, belayati, to split, cleave, break, divide.

bila bila, am, n. (also written vila, q. v.), a hole (especially of a mouse, snake, wild beast, &c.), hollow, cavity; a gap, pit, chasm; an opening, aperture, outlet, (catur-b-, Ved. 'having four apertures or outlets', said of the udder of a cow), embouchure; the hollow of a dish, bowl of a spoon or ladle; (as), m. a species of reed or cane, Calamus Rotang (= vetasa); N. of Uccaiḥ-śravas (one of the horses of Indra).
     bileśvaratīrtha bileśvara-tīrtha (-la-īś-), am, n., N. of a Tīrtha.

bilma bilma, am, n., Ved. a slip, chip, (Sāy. = bhāsa-naṃ kāṣṭham); a broken helmet; an ash-pit.

bilmin bilmin, ī, inī, i, (according to Mahī-dhara) having a helmet.

billa billa, am, n. (also written villa), a pit, hole, reservoir; Asa Foetida.
     billamūlā billa-mūlā, f. a species of esculent bulbous plant.
     billasū billa-sū, ūs, f. a mother of ten children.

bilva bilva, as, m. (in the later language more usually written vilva, q. v.), a species of tree, Aegle Marmelos, the wood-apple (commonly called Bel; it bears a delicious fruit, which when unripe is used for medicinal purposes; its leaves are employed in the ceremonial of the worship of Śiva); (am), n. the fruit of Aegle Marmelos; a particular weight, = 1 Pala, = 4 Akshas, = (1/4) Kuḍava; a kind of vegetable; (ā), f. a kind of drug (= hiṅgu-pattrī, q. v.).
     bilvaja bilva-ja, see bailvaja.
     bilvatejas bilva-tejas, ās, m., N. of a serpentdemon.
     bilvadaṇḍa bilva-daṇḍa, as, m. 'having a staff of Bilva wood', an epithet of Śiva.
     bilvanātha bilva-nātha, as, m., N. of a teacher of the Haṭha-vidyā.
     bilvapattra bilva-pattra, as, m., N. of a serpent-demon.
     bilvapattramaya bilva-pattra-maya, as, ī, am, made or consisting of Bilva leaves.
     bilvapattrikā bilvapattrikā, f. a N. of Dākṣāyaṇī under which she was worshipped at Bilvaka.
     bilvapāṇḍara bilva-pāṇḍara, as, m., N. of a serpent-demon.
     bilvapeśikā bilva-peśikā or bilva-peśī, f. the dried shell of the Bilva fruit.
     bilvamaṅgala bilva-maṅgala, as, m., N. of a poet (also called Līlā-śuka, the author of the Kṛṣṇakarṇāmṛta, a poem on the sports of Kṛṣṇa at Vṛndā-vana).
     bilvavana bilva-vana, am, n. a wood of Bilva trees.
     bilvāmraka bilvāmraka (-va-ām-), N. of a place on the Revā or Narmadā river.
     bilveśvara bilveśvara (-va-īś-), N. of a Liṅga.
     bilvodakeśvara bilvodakeśvara (-va-ud-, -ka-īś-), N. of a temple of Śiva.

bilvaka bilvaka, as, m., N. of a serpent-demon; of a place of pilgrimage.

bilvakīyā bilvakīyā, f. a place planted with Bilva trees.

bilhaṇa bilhaṇa, as, m., N. of a man; of a poet, (in this sense also written vihlaṇa.)

biś biś (= rt. pis), cl. 1. P. beśati, &c., to go.

biśa biśa, biṣa, various forms for bisa, q. v.

biṣkalā biṣkalā, f., Ved. parturient, a woman in travail; [cf. billa-sū, baṣkaya, baṣ-kiha; according to some a masc. form viṣkala or biṣkala exists, = grāmya-śūkara, a tame hog, which by reason of its fecundity has the name bahv-apatya, having much offspring.]

bis bis (sometimes written vis, q. v.), cl. 4. P. bisyati, &c., to go, move; to split; to grow; to urge on, incite; to cast, throw.

bisa bisa, am, n. (in classical Sanskṛt more usually written visa, q. v.), a shoot, sucker; the film or fibres of the stalk of the water-lily, that part of the stalk of the lotus which is underground, (the young shoots of the Nelumbium and of various species of the Nymphaea, particularly of the Nymphaea Edulis, as well as the parts of the stalk underground, appear to have been eaten as a delicacy; at the end of an adj. comp. bisa forms the fem. in ā); the whole lotus plant (Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 7974).
     bisakhā bisa-khā, ās, m., Ved. one who digs for the stalks of roots, a digger for the fibres of the stem of the lotus, (also written viṣa-khā.)
     bisavat bisa-vat, ān, atī, at,  Ved. abounding in lotus fibres; (atī), f. a place abounding in lotus fibres.

bihlaṇa bihlaṇa. See bilhaṇa above.

bīja bīja, am, n. (in classical Sanskṛt more usually written vīja, q. v., perhaps fr. rt. jan with vi), the seed or germ of plants and animals; seed-corn, corn, (see vīja.)
     bījavat bīja-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. possessing seed.

bījaka bījaka, as, m., N. of a poet; [cf. bhaṭṭa-bījaka.]

bībh bībh (also read cībh, q. v.), cl. 1. A. bībhate, &c., to commend, flatter; to boast.

bībhatsa bībhatsa, as, ā, am (fr. Desid. of rt. bādh), loathsome, disgusting, nauseous, revolting, detestable, hideous; loathing, detesting; envious; cruel, mischievous; wicked; changed or estranged in mind; (as), m. disgust, abhorrence, detestation; 'the disgusting', one of the eight Rasas; an epithet of Arjuna, = bībhatsu; (ā), f. (Ved.) loathing, abhorrence; disgust.
     bībhatsatā bībhatsa-tā, f. loathsomeness, detestableness.
     bībhatsārasanirdeśa bībhatsā-rasa-nirdeśa, as, m., N. of the 145th chapter of the Śārṅgadhara-paddhati.

bībhatsu bībhatsu, us, us, u, loathing, detesting, feeling repugnance or abhorrence, disgusted, revolted; envious, emulous; (Sāy.) = kampamāna, kampamā-nāvayava; (us), m. an epithet of Arjuna.

bīriṭa bīriṭa, as, m., Ved. (according to Yāska) the air; a crowd, multitude.

bīriṇa bīriṇa in dur-bīriṇa, q. v.

buk buk, ind. an onomatopoetic word.
     bukkāra buk-kāra, as, m. the roaring of a lion; the cry of any animal.

buka buka, see Gaṇa Prekṣādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

bukin bukin, ī, inī, i, fr. buka above.

bukk bukk, cl. 1. P. bukkati, bubukka, buk-kitum, to bark; to sound; cl. 10. P. bukkayati, -yitum, to bark, yelp; to speak, talk; to give pain (?).

bukka bukka, as, ā, or ī, am, m. f. n. the heart [cf. vṛkka]; = samaya (perhaps an error for hṛdaya); (as), m. a goat.
     bukkamahīpati bukka-mahīpati, is, or bukka-bhūpāta, or bukka-rāya, as, m., N. of two kings of Vijaya-nagara or Vidyā-nagara; [cf. bukkaṇa below.]
     bukkāgramāṃsa bukkāgramāṃsa (-ka-ag-), am, n. the heart; (probably a compound incorrectly formed from blending the two equivalents bukkā = agra-māṃsam.)

bukkaṇa bukkaṇa, as, m., N. of a king (the patron of Mādhavācārya and Sāyaṇācārya, see above).

bukkan bukkan, ā, m. the heart.

bukkana bukkana, am, n. the barking of a dog; the noise made by other animals.

bukkasa bukkasa, as, m. a Caṇḍāla, man of the lowest class [cf. pukkaśa, pukkasa]; (ī), f. = kālī, (perhaps) black colour; the indigo plant (= pukkaśa, pukkasa).

buṅg buṅg (also written vuṅg), cl. 1. P. buṅgati, &c., to forsake, desert, abandon.

buṭ buṭ, cl. 1. 10. P. boṭati, boṭayati, &c., to hurt, kill.

buḍ buḍ, cl. 6. P. buḍati, &c., to cover, hide, conceal, (in these senses a various reading for rt. cuḍ, q. v.); to emit, discharge, (in these senses a various reading for rt. puḍ, q. v.)

buḍila buḍila or bulila, as, m., Ved., N. of a man.

bud bud = rt. bund, q. v.

buddha buddha, buddhi. See cols. 2 and 3.

budbuda budbuda, as, m. (an onomatopoetic word imitative of the sound of a bubble rising to the surface of any fluid), a bubble in water (frequently the symbol of anything transitory); a bubble in general; an embryo five days old (Ved.); nayana-b-, the pupil of the eye; (ā), f., N. of an Apsaras; (am), n. a particular disease of the eye.
     budbudatva budbuda-tva, am, n. the being a (mere) bubble, existence as a bubble (attributed to an embryo five days old).
     budbudayāśu budbuda-yāśu, us, us, u, Ved. frothy as a bubble, frothy, foamy; (or perhaps) one whose generative power is a mere bubble, impotent; (Sāy.) = budbuda-vad yātṛ or vyāpana-śīla.

budh 1. budh, cl. 1. P. A. bodhati, -te (Ved. Impv. 2nd sing. bodhi, but this is often referred to rt. 1. bhū), bubodha, bubudhe, bo-dhiṣyati, -te, abudhat, abodhīt, abhutsat, abud-dha, bodhitum, and more commonly cl. 4. A. (ep. also P.) budhyate (-ti), bubudhe (part. bubudhāna), bhotsyate, abodhi or abuddha (1st sing. abhutsi, 1st pl. abhutsmahi, 2nd pl. abhuddhvam), bhut-sīṣṭa, boddhum (Ved. budhi, Sāy. = bodhe sati; budhanta, abudhram, bodhiṣat, bubodhas; the original sense may have been 'to fathom a depth, penetrate to the bottom;' cf. budhna); to observe, mark, heed, regard, attend to (with acc. or gen.); to perceive, notice, become acquainted with, recognise; to know, understand, comprehend; to think, reflect; to deem, consider, regard as, esteem as (with two acc.); to recover consciousness (after a swoon or after sleep &c.), come to one's senses; to wake up, awake; to admonish: Caus. bodhayati (Ved. also -te?), -yitum, Aor. abūbudhat (Ved. part. bubu-dhāna, q. v.; Pres. part. Pass. bodhyamāna, q. v.), to cause to observe or attend, excite the attention of (with acc.); to cause to know or understand, render intelligible, make known, inform, teach; to revive, re-animate, restore to life, to bring any one to his senses, cause to listen to reason, admonish, advise; to remind any one of anything (with two acc.); to raise, cause (a perfume); to wake, wake up, rouse; to wake (metaphorically), cause (a flower) to expand: Desid. bubodhiṣati, -te, bubudhiṣati, -te, bu-bhutsate, to wish to observe, desire to become acquainted with: Intens. bobudhyate, boboddhi: [cf. Zend bud, 'to observe, to awake:' Gr. [greek] [greek] [greek] Lat. fundus: Goth. bud, 'to bid;' biuda, bauth, budum: Angl. Sax. bytne, botm, beodan, boda, bodian: Old Germ. biutan: Mod. Germ. biete, ge-biete: Slav. bud-i-ti, 'he awakens;' bud-e-ti, 'to wake:' Russ. bdju, 'I wake;' bodrüi, 'wakeful:' Lith. bund-u, Inf. bu-deti, 'to wake;' bud-ru-s, 'wakeful.']

buddha buddha, as, ā, am, recognised, observed; known, understood; completely conscious, enlightened, clever, wise, knowing; wakened, awake; (as), m. a wise or learned man, sage; (with Buddhists) one who is perfectly enlightened, the Wise, the Enlightened (i. e. one who by perfect knowledge of the truth is liberated from all existence, and who before his own attainment of Nirvāṇa or annihilation reveals to the world the method of obtaining it); the Buddha or 'Enlightened' [greek] whose original appellation was Śākya-muni or Śākya-siṃha, (he was born at Kapila-vastu, a city and kingdom at the foot of the mountains of Nepal, his father, Śuddhodana, of the family of the Śākyas, being the king of that country, and his mother, Māyādevī, being the daughter of king Su-prabuddha; hence he belonged to the Kshatriya caste, and his name Śākya was really his family name, while that of Gautama was taken from the class or race to which his family belonged; his other names of Buddha, 'enlightened', and Siddhārtha, 'one whose objects have been effected', being probably given at a later period; he is said to have entered on his mission in the district of Magadha or Behār about the year 588 B. C. and to have died at Kuśi-nagara in Oude in the year 543 B. C.; there have been twenty-four Buddhas of the past, Śākyamuni or Gautama being only the last Buddha, i. e. the Buddha of the present cycle; according to the northern Buddhists he had been preceded by six other Buddhas; others enumerate four; he is sometimes regarded as the ninth incarnation of Viṣṇu); (am), n. knowledge.
     buddhakalpa buddha-kalpa, as, m. Buddha's Kalpa, the present era (which has, according to some, had four Buddhas and is to expect another).
     buddhakṣetra buddha-kṣe-tra, am, n. the district of a Buddha, a term applied to the neighbourhood in which a Buddha appears.
     buddhagayā buddha-gayā, f. 'Buddha's Gayā', (with Buddhists) an epithet of the city Gayā (in Behār), where Śākya-muni and all the other Buddhas are said to have attained to true wisdom.
     buddhagupta buddha-gupta, as, m., N. of a prince; (also written budha-gupta.)
     buddhaguru buddha-guru, us, m. a Buddhist spiritual teacher.
     buddhaghoṣa buddha-ghoṣa, as, m., N. of a Buddhist celebrated for his learning, who lived at the beginning of the fifth century A. D.
     buddhacarita buddha-carita, am, n. 'the acts of Buddha', N. of a work.
     buddhacaritakāvya buddha-carita-kāvya, am, n., N. of a work ascribed to Aśva-ghosha.
     buddhacaritra buddha-caritra, am, n. 'the history of Buddha', N. of a work.
     buddhacarya buddha-carya, am, n. the acts or life of Buddha.
     buddhajñāna buddha-jñā-na, am, n. Buddha's knowledge, the knowledge possessed by Buddha.
     buddhajñānaśrī buddhajñāna-śrī, īs, m., N. of a learned Buddhist.
     buddhatva buddha-tva, am, n. the state or condition of a Buddha, the dignity of Buddha.
     buddhadatta buddha-datta, as, m. 'given by Buddha', N. of a minister of king Caṇḍa-mahāsena.
     buddhadāsa buddha-dāsa, as, m. 'slave of Buddha', N. of a man.
     buddhadiś buddha-diś, k, m., N. of a king.
     buddhadeva buddha-deva, as, m., N. of a man.
     buddhadravya buddha-dravya, am, n. 'the property of a Buddha', (probably) a term applied to the relics found in a Stūpa (q. v.), = staupika, q. v.; avarice, covetous accumulation (?).
     buddhadvādaśīvrata buddha-dvādaśī-vrata, am, n., N. of the forty-seventh chapter of the Vārāha-Purāṇa.
     buddhadharma buddha-dharma, as, m. the law of Buddha.
     buddhadharmasaṅgha buddha-dharma-saṅgha, ās, m. pl. Buddha, the law, and the congregation.
     buddhanandi buddha-nandi, is, m., N. of the eighth Buddhist patriarch; (perhaps a wrong reading for buddhānanda.)
     buddhapakṣa buddha-pakṣa (?), as, m., N. of a king.
     buddhapāla buddha-pāla, as, m., N. of a man.
     buddhapālita buddha-pālita, as, m., N. of a disciple of Nāgārjuna.
     buddhapurāṇa buddha-purāṇa, am, n. 'Buddha's Purāṇa', a term applied to the Laghulalita-vistara ascribed to Parāśara.
     buddhabhadra buddha-bha-dra, as, m., N. of a man.
     buddhabhūmi buddha-bhūmi, N. of a Buddhist Sūtra work.
     buddhamantra buddha-mantra, am, n. a Buddhist prayer or charm (= dhāraṇī).
     buddhamārga buddha-mārga, as, m. 'the path of Buddha', the doctrines of Buddha, Buddhism.
     buddhamitra buddha-mitra, as, m., N. of the ninth Buddhist patriarch (who was a disciple of Vasu-bandhu).
     buddharakṣita buddha-rakṣita, as, m. 'guarded by Buddha', N. of a man; (ā), f., N. of a woman.
     buddharāja buddha-rāja, as, m., N. of a king.
     buddhavacana buddha-vacana, am, n. 'the word of Buddha', a term applied to the Buddhist Sūtras.
     buddhavat buddha-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. containing a form of the rt. 1. budh.
     buddhavana buddha-vana, N. of a mountain.
     buddhaviṣaya bud-dha-viṣaya, as, m. = buddha-kṣetra, q. v.
     buddhaviṣayāvatāra buddhaviṣayāvatāra (-ya-av-), N. of a work.
     buddhasaṅgīti buddha-saṅgīti, is, f., N. of a work.
     buddhasiṃha bud-dha-siṃha, as, m., N. of a man.
     buddhasena buddha-sena, as, m., N. of a prince.
     buddhāgama buddhāgama (-dha-āg-), as, m. Buddha's Doctrine (personified).
     buddhāṇḍaka bud-dhāṇḍaka, a various reading for buddhaiḍūka, q. v.
     buddhānusmṛti buddhānusmṛti (-dha-an-), is, f., N. of a Buddhist Sūtra.
     buddhānta buddhānta (-dha-an-), as, m., Ved. waking state or condition, the being awake.
     buddhāvataṃsaka buddhāvataṃsaka (-dha-av-), N. of a work.
     buddhāvatāra buddhāvatāra (-dha-av-), as, m. 'Buddha's descent', N. of a chapter of the Khaṇḍa-praśasti, a poem ascribed to Hanu-mat and treating of the ten incarnations of Viṣṇu.
     buddhaiḍūka buddhaiḍūka (-dha-eḍ-), as, m. a temple in which relics of Buddha are preserved (= caitya).
     buddhoktasaṃsārāmaya buddhokta-saṃsārāmaya (-dha-uk-, -ra-ām-), as, m., N. of a Buddhist work.
     buddhopāsaka buddhopāsaka (-dha-up-), as, m. a worshipper of Buddha.

buddhi buddhi, is, f. perception, (of which five kinds are enumerated, or with manas six; cf. indriya, bud-dhīndriya); observation, intelligence, understanding, intellect, mind, wisdom, judgment, discernment; the power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions; (in the Sāṅkhya phil.) Intellect (= adhy-avasāya, ascertainment) as the second Tattva coming next to and proceeding from Mūlaprakṛti or A-vyakta [cf. buddhi-tattva]; comprehension, knowledge; presence of mind; an opinion, view, notion, idea, impression (e. g. etayā buddhyā, under this idea or impression); regarding, deeming; intention, purpose, plan, design (e. g. buddhyā, with a purpose, deliberately, purposely; a-buddhyā, unintentionally, undesignedly; anartha-buddhi, having evil designs, ill-intentioned; cf. hita-b-); Intelligence personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma and mother of Bodha; a kind of metre, the first line of which is [metrical sequence], and the second, third, and fourth [metrical sequence] &c.; buddhiṃ kṛ, to turn the attention to, fix the mind upon (with loc.); to form a purpose or design, resolve to do anything (with inf. or with dat. or loc. or with prati and acc.; cf. rt. 1. kṛ, p. 246, col. 1, kṛta-b-).
     buddhikāmā buddhi-kāmā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda.
     buddhikārī buddhi-kārī, f., N. of a princess.
     buddhigamya buddhi-gamya or buddhi-grāhya, as, ā, am, to be apprehended by the intellect, attainable by the reason or understanding, intelligible.
     buddhicintaka bud-dhi-cintaka, as, ā, am, thinking intelligently; [cf. cintayantī buddhyā, Nala V. 12.]
     buddhicchāyā buddhi-cchāyā, f. reflex action of the understanding on the soul.
     buddhicyuta buddhi-cyuta, as, ā, am, one who has lost his intellect.
     buddhijīvin buddhi-jīvin, ī, inī, i, subsisting by intelligence, employing the reason, possessed of life and intelligence, rational, intelligent (Manu I. 96).
     buddhitattva buddhi-tattva, am, n. the Tattva of intellect, the second Tattva or principle of the Sāṅkhya phil., (it is the second of the eight Prakṛtayaḥ or 'producers', coming next to and proceeding from Mūla-prakṛti or A-vyakta; it is described in the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi as proceeding from both Puruṣa and Prakṛti, q. q. v. v.)
     buddhitas bud-dhi-tas, ind. from the mind or understanding, by the mind.
     buddhipura buddhi-pura, am, n. the city of the intellect.
     buddhipuraḥsara buddhi-puraḥsara = buddhi-pūrva below.
     buddhipuramāhātmya buddhipura-māhātmya, am, n., N. of a section of the Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa.
     buddhipūrva buddhi-pūrva, as, ā, am, preceded by design, intentional, designed, purposed; (am), ind. intentionally, designedly, purposely.
     buddhipūrvaka buddhi-pūrvaka, as, ā, am, preceded by design; (am), ind. intentionally, designedly, purposely.
     buddhipūrvakatva buddhipūrvaka-tva, am, n. the being preceded by design, being intentional or designed.
     buddhiprabha buddhi-prabha, as, m., N. of a king.
     buddhibhṛt bud-dhi-bhṛt, t, t, t, possessing intelligence or understanding, wise, intelligent.
     buddhibhrama buddhi-bhrama, as, m. aberration of the mind or intellect.
     buddhimat buddhi-mat, ān, atī, at, endowed with understanding, intelligent, rational; wise, learned; sharp, acute, shrewd, sensible; humble, docile; famed, known ?; (ān), m. a rational being, man (?).
     buddhimatikā buddhima-tikā, f., N. of a woman.
     buddhimattara buddhimat-tara, as, ā, am, more intelligent, wiser; very intelligent, very wise.
     buddhimattā buddhimat-tā, f. or buddhimat-tva, am, n. the possession of intelligence or understanding, wisdom, sagacity.
     buddhimaya buddhi-maya, as, ī, am, consisting in intellect.
     buddhiyukta buddhi-yukta, as, ā, am, endowed with intelligence or understanding, intelligent.
     buddhiyoga buddhi-yoga, as, m. devotion of the intellect, intellectual union with the Supreme Spirit.
     buddhivara buddhi-vara, as, m., N. of a minister of Vikramāditya.
     buddhivināśa buddhi-vināśa, as, m. loss of understanding, deficiency of intellect.
     buddhivilāsa buddhi-vilāsa, as, m. play of the mind, sporting of the fancy.
     buddhivilāsinī bud-dhi-vilāsinī, f., N. of a commentary on the Līlāvatī.
     buddhivivardhana buddhi-vivardhana, as, ī, am, increasing the understanding.
     buddhiviṣaya buddhi-viṣaya, as, m. a matter apprehensible by the understanding.
     buddhivṛddhi bud-dhi-vṛddhi, is, f. growth of the understanding, increase of intellect; (is), m., N. of a pupil of Śaṅkara.
     buddhivṛddhikara buddhivṛddhi-kara, as, ī, am, causing increase of intellect, giving increase of wisdom.
     buddhivaibhava buddhi-vaibhava, am, n. strength or force of understanding.
     buddhiśakti buddhi-śakti, is, f. an intellectual faculty.
     buddhiśarīra buddhi-śarīra, as, m., N. of a man.
     buddhiśastra buddhi-śastra, as, ā, am, having intelligence for a weapon, armed with understanding.
     buddhiśālin buddhi-śālin, ī, inī, i, possessed of intelligence, intelligent.
     buddhiśuddha buddhi-śuddha, as, ā, am, pure in intention, honest in purpose or design.
     buddhiśrīgarbha buddhi-śrī-garbha, as, m., N. of a Bodhi-sattva.
     buddhisampanna buddhi-sampanna, as, ā, am, endowed with understanding, intelligent, rational.
     buddhisahāya buddhi-sahāya, as, m. a counsellor, a minister; [cf. dhī-sakha, dhī-saciva, prajñā-sa-hāya.]
     buddhisāgara buddhi-sāgara, as, m. 'ocean of wisdom', an epithet given to any very wise man; N. of a lexicographer.
     buddhistha buddhi-stha, as, ā, am, fixed in the mind, present to the mind.
     buddhihīna buddhi-hīna, as, ā, am, destitute of intelligence, void of understanding, ignorant, silly, foolish.
     buddhihīnatva buddhihīna-tva, am, n. want of understanding, ignorance, folly.
     buddhīndriya bud-dhīndriya (-dhi-in-), am, n. an organ of perception, a perceptive organ of sense, (of which five are enumerated, viz. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin, or the organs of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling; opposed to the karmendriyāṇi or organs of action, q. v.; manas, 'the mind', being both an organ of perception and of action, cf. indriya.)
     buddhyatīta buddhy-atīta, as, ā, am, beyond the reach of the understanding.
     buddhyavajñāna buddhy-avajñāna, am, n. disregard for or contempt of any one's understanding.

buddhvā buddhvā, ind. having perceived, having observed or marked; having deemed or supposed; having become awake, having waked.

budh 2. budh, bhut, t, t, wise, prudent [cf. a-b-]; waking, awaking [cf. uṣar-b-].

budha budha, as, ā, am, wise, intelligent, sensible, prudent, clever; waking, awaking [cf. uṣar-b-]; (as), m. any wise or learned man; N. of a descendant of Soma (and hence called saumya, saumāyana, author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 1, and father of Purū-ravas; he is identified with the planet Mercury, regarded as a son of Soma or the moon; he is also the reputed author of a law-book); N. of a descendant of Atri and author of the hymn Ṛg-veda V. 1; of a son of Vega-vat and father of Tṛṇabindu; of the author of the Kalpa-yukti, (in this sense also written buddha); (ā), f. Indian spikenard, Nardostachys Jatamansi; (e), ind. on a Wednesday (= budha-vāre).
     budhagupta budha-gupta, as, m., N. of a prince; (also written buddha-gupta.)
     budhacāra budha-cāra, as, m., N. of the seventh chapter of Bhaṭṭotpala's commentary on Varāha-mihira's Bṛhat-saṃhitā; of the twentieth chapter of the Mīna-rājajātaka ascribed to Yavaneśvara.
     budhajana budha-jana, as, m. a wise man.
     budhatāta budha-tāta, as, m. 'father of Budha or the planet Mercury', the moon.
     budhadarśanacāra budha-darśana-cāra, as, m., N. of the twelfth chapter of the Mīna-rāja-jātaka ascribed to Yavaneśvara.
     budhadina budha-dina, am, n. 'the day of Budha or the planet Mercury', Wednesday.
     budhadeśa budha-deśa, as, m., N. of a place.
     budhamanohara budha-manohara, N. of a work.
     budharatna budha-ratna, am, n. 'Budha's gem', an emerald.
     budhavāra budha-vāra, as, m. 'Budha's day', Wednesday; (e), ind. on a Wednesday.
     budhaśānti budha-śānti, is, f., N. of a chapter of Halāyudha's Purāṇasarvasva.
     budhasānu budha-sānu, us, m. = parṇa, q. v.; = yajña-puruṣa.
     buddhasuta buddha-suta, as, m. 'son of Budha', an epithet of Purū-ravas the first king of the lunar dynasty.
     budhāṣṭamī budhāṣṭamī (-dha-aṣ-), f. 'the eighth (day) of Budha', N. of a festival.
     budhāṣṭamīvrata bu-dhāṣṭamī-vrata, am, n., N. of the forty-seventh chapter of the Bhavishyottara-Purāṇa or second part of the Bhavishya-Purāṇa.

budhāna budhāna, as, ā, am, being awakened, waking (Ved.); knowing, wise, prudent; (as), m. a wise man, sage; a spiritual guide, holy teacher, a theologian; one who speaks kindly; [cf. bodhāna.]

budhita budhita, as, ā, am, known, understood.

budhila budhila, as, ā, am, wise, learned.

budhya budhya, as, ā, am, to be understood, to be observed or marked, observable, noticeable, noteworthy [cf. aśva-b-]; wakened; to be awaked, to be wakened.

budhyamāna budhyamāna, as, ā, am, awakening, waking.

bubudhāna bubudhāna, as, ā, am, having known &c.; (Ved.) wakening, waking, rousing (Sāy. = bodhayat).

bubodhayiṣu bubodhayiṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of Caus.), wishing or intending to restore to consciousness, wishing to rouse to attention, desirous of admonishing (with acc.; cf. bibodhayiṣu).

bubhutsā bubhutsā, f. (fr. the Desid.), wish to become acquainted with, desire to know, curiosity.

bubhutsu bubhutsu, us, us, u, wishing to know, eager to learn, desirous of knowing all things (said of the gods); curious.

budhna budhna, as, m. (said in Uṇādi-s. III. 5. to be fr. a form budh substituted for rt. bandh, but cf. rt. 1. budh), Ved. ground, base, basis [cf. adri-b-, aśva-b-]; depth, lowest part; the bottom of a vessel [cf. uccā-b-, ūrdhva-b-]; the foot or root of a tree; (according to Yāska) the sky; the body; an epithet of Śiva; a Rudra (for budhnya, q. v.); a wrong reading for bradhna = vradhna; [cf. Zend bu-na, 'bottom;' Gr. [greek] [greek] Lat. fundus; Old Iceland. bot-n; Angl. Sax. bytne, 'the bottom of a ship', bot-m; Old Germ. bodam.]
     budhnavat budhna-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. having a foot or basis.

budhniya budhniya, as, ā, am, Ved. = budhnya below.

budhnya budhnya, as, ā, am, Ved. being on the ground or at the base; being in the depth; at the foot; a Rudra often named in connection with ahi, (ahir budhnyaḥ, 'the serpent of the deep', is a being enumerated in the Nirukta among the divinities of the middle region, the depth in which he lives being that of the region of mist; Ahi Budhnya is also in the Veda allegorically identified with Agni Gārhapatya; cf. Gr. [greek] in later times Ahi Budhnya, often incorrectly written budhna, bra-dhna, vradhna, vṛdhnya, vradhnya, is regarded as a Rudra, or the name is used as an epithet of Śiva; cf. ahir-bradhna, ahir-budhna.)

bund bund or bud or bundh or cund (cf. rt. 1. budh), cl. 1. P. A. bundati, -te, bo-dati, -te, bundhati, -te, cundati, -te, &c., to perceive, apprehend, discern, descry, see; to hear; to reflect, understand.

bunda bunda, as, m., Ved. an arrow (according to Yāska and Sāy. = iṣu).

bundh 1. bundh, cl. 1. P. bundhati, = rt. bund above; cl. 10. P. bundhayati, yitum, to bind.

bubudhāna bubudhāna. See col. 2.

bubura bubura, as, m., Ved. (according to Yāska) water.

bubodhayiṣu bubodhayiṣu. See col. 2.

bubhukṣā bubhukṣā, f. (fr. the Desid. of rt. bhuj), desire of eating, appetite, hunger; the desire of enjoying anything.
     bubhukṣāpanaya bubhukṣāpanaya (-ṣā-ap-), as, m. 'that which takes away hunger', food.
     bubhukṣāpīḍita bubhukṣā-pīḍita, as, ā, am, pained by hunger.

bubhukṣita bubhukṣita, as, ā, am, hungered, hungry, starving, pinched with hunger, famishing, ravenous.

bubhukṣu bubhukṣu, us, us, u, wishing or longing to eat, hungry; longing to enjoy (with acc.), desirous of enjoyment; (opposed to mumukṣu, q. v.)

bubhutsā bubhutsā, bubhutsu. See col. 2.

bubhūrṣu bubhūrṣu, us, us, u (fr. Desid. of rt. bhṛ), wishing to nourish, desirous of supporting.

bubhūṣaka bubhūṣaka, as, ā, am (fr. Desid. of rt. 1. bhū), wishing to become, desiring to be of service (to another).

bubhūṣā bubhūṣā, f. wish to become, desire of being or living.

bubhūṣu bubhūṣu, us, us, u, wishing to become, desirous of being; wishing to become powerful or to prevail; desiring to be of service (to another).

buruḍa buruḍa, as, m. a basket-maker, a mat-maker.

bul bul, cl. 10. P. bolayati, -yitum, to cause to sink; to dip (intrans.), dive, sink, plunge into and emerge again.

bulila bulila, as, m., Ved. = buḍila.

bulla bulla, as, m., N. of a man.

bulva bulva, as, ā, am, Ved. (perhaps) oblique, transverse.

buśa buśa, buṣa, various forms for busa. See rt. bus, p. 687, col. 1.

bus bus, cl. 4. P. busyati, &c., to discharge, pour forth, emit, let loose; to divide, distribute (= rt. vyuṣ).

busa busa, am, n. (according to Yāska) water; chaff and other refuse of grain [cf. khale-busam, nirbusī-kṛta]; refuse, rubbish; (am), n. wealth; dry cowdung; the thick part of sour curds or coagulated milk; (ā), f. (in dramatic language) a younger sister (?).

busasa busasa, as, ā, am, Gaṇa Tṛṇādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

bust bust [cf. rt. pust], cl. 10. P. bus-tayati, -yitum, to honour, respect; to disregard, treat with disrespect; to bind.

busta busta, as, am, m. n. the burnt exterior of roast meat; the husk or shell of fruit; [cf. custa.]

būkka būkka, as, ā, am, m. f. n. the heart (= bukka).

būkkan būkkan = bukkan, q. v.

būbaśarman būba-śarman, ā, m., N. of a man; (also written vūva-śarman.)

būṣa būṣa, a various form for busa above.

bṛṃh bṛṃh, more commonly spelt vṛṃh, q. v.

bṛṃhana bṛṃhana, am, n. (see vṛṃhana), Ved. a means of maintaining or preserving, (according to a Scholiast = sandhāraṇa.)

bṛbaduktha bṛbad-uktha, as, m., Ved. an epithet of Indra, (according to Yāska = either ma-had-uktha, 'highly lauded', or vaktavyam asmā uktham, 'one to whom praise is to be ascribed.')

bṛbu bṛbu, us, m., Ved., N. of a man, (according to Sāy. he was the carpenter of the Paṇis.)

bṛbūka bṛbūka, am, n., Ved. (according to Yāska) water; (perhaps an adj.)

bṛṣī bṛṣī = vṛṣī, q. v.

bṛsaya bṛsaya, as, m., Ved., N. of a demon; (Sāy.) N. of Tvaṣṭṛ.

bṛh 1. bṛh, cl. 6. P. bṛhati, &c., to make effort, to raise, &c. See rt. 1. vṛh.

bṛh 2. bṛh (in the later literature written vṛh, see rt. 2. vṛh), cl. 6. P. bṛhati, bṛṃ-hati, barhitum, Ved. to grow, increase.

bṛh 3. bṛh in bṛhas-pati, col. 2.

bṛha bṛha in a-b-. See a-vṛha.

bṛhat bṛhat, an, atī, at (in the later language usually written vṛhat, q. v.; many compounds beginning with bṛhat will be found under vṛhat), Ved. thick, compact, massy, massive; wide, wide-spread, far extended; great, large, vast; ample, abundant; mighty, powerful (said of Indra, Varuṇa, Agni, Rudra, Ushas, and Soma); high, lofty; full-grown, mature, old; extended (as a luminous body), bright; clear, loud (said of sounds); (atī), f., N. of a particular metre of 36 (viz. 8 + 8 + 12 + 8) syllables; a term applied to particular bricks forming part of the sacrificial fire-place; the egg-plant, Solanum Indicum or S. Melongena and S. Jacquini; speech?; (at), n. (with or without sāman) a term applied to a Sāman composed in the Bṛhatī metre; (at, atā), ind. much, greatly, highly, mightily; clearly, brightly; [cf. probably Goth. bairgahei; Angl. Sax. beorh, beorg.]
     bṛhacchandas bṛhac-chandas (bṛhat + chandas = chadis, chadman), ās, ās, as, Ved. high-roofed, having a lofty ceiling.
     bṛhaccharīra bṛhac-charīra (bṛhat + śarīra), as, ā, am, Ved. having a vast body (said of Viṣṇu).
     bṛhacchravas bṛhac-chravas (bṛhat + śravas), ās, ās, as, Ved. loud-sounding, rattling (as a chariot); loudly extolled, highly lauded, far-famed; (Sāy. = prabhūtānna.) --bṛhaj-jāla (bṛhat + jāla), am, n., Ved. a large net or snare.
     bṛhajjyotis bṛhaj-jyotis (bṛ-hat + jyotis), is, is, i, Ved. bright-shining, brilliant.
     bṛhatkīrtti bṛhat-kīrtti, is, is, i, Ved. far-famed (said of Bṛhas-pati).
     bṛhatketu bṛhat-ketu, us, us, u, Ved. highly brilliant (said of Agni); (Sāy. = prabhūta-pra-jñāna.)
     bṛhattṛna bṛhat-tṛna, am, n., Ved. rank or coarse grass.
     bṛhatpalāśa bṛhat-palāśa as, ā, am, Ved. large-leafed, having great leaves.
     bṛhatpṛṣṭha bṛhat-pṛṣṭha, as, ā, am, Ved. having the Bṛhat-sāman as the basis of the Pṛṣṭha-stotra.
     bṛhatsāman bṛhat-sāman, ā, ā, a, Ved. having the Bṛhat-sāman for a Sāman; (ā), m., N. of an Āṅgirasa.
     bṛhatsumna bṛhat-sumna, as, ā, am, Ved. of great benevolence or kindness, very benevolent or gracious; (Sāy.) = prabhūta-dhana or prabhūta-sukha.
     bṛhatsphic bṛhat-sphic, see under vṛhat.
     bṛhadanīka bṛhad-anīka, as, ā, am, Ved. powerful-looking; having a great army; very radiant (said of Agni).
     bṛhadāraṇyaka bṛhad-āraṇyaka, am, n. or bṛhad-āraṇyakopaniṣad (-ka-up-), t, f., Ved., N. of a celebrated Upaniṣad forming the last five Prapāṭhakas or last six Adhyāyas of the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa.
     bṛhaduktha bṛhad-uktha, as, ā, am, Ved. loudly praised, (Sāy. = vṛhat-stotra, Mahī-dhara = mahānti śastrāṇi yasya); (as), m., N. of a man with the patronymic Vāmadevya, and author of the hymns Ṛg-veda X. 54-56.
     bṛhadukṣ bṛhad-ukṣ, Ved. sprinkling abundantly, shedding copiously (said of the clouds; Sāy. = prabhūta-sektṛ).
     bṛhadukṣa bṛ-had-ukṣa, as, ā, am, Ved. = bṛhad-ukṣ; (according to Mahī-dhara on Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā VIII. 8), an epithet of Prajā-pati (= mahāṃś-ca sektā ca).
     bṛhadukṣan bṛhad-ukṣan, ā, ā, a, Ved. one who has great oxen; an epithet of Agni; (Sāy.) = prabhūta-raśmi-yukta.
     bṛhadgiri bṛhad-giri, is, is, i, Ved. (according to Sāy.) = prabhūta-stuti, greatly praised, highly extolled; an epithet of the Maruts; (perhaps) calling or shouting loudly; (is), m., N. of a Yati.
     bṛhadgrāvan bṛhad-grāvan, ā, ā, a, Ved. like a huge stone.
     bṛhaddiva bṛhad-diva, as, ā, am, Ved. belonging to the lofty sky, heavenly, celestial; (Sāy.) = prabhūta-dyuti, prabhūta-dīpti, exceedingly splendid; (as), m., N. of a son of Atharvan and author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 120; an epithet of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 120; (ā), f., N. of a goddess associated with Iḷā, Sarasvatī, and others.
     bṛhaddevatā bṛhad-devatā, f., Ved., N. of a work which enumerates and explains the deities to which each hymn of the Ṛg-veda is addressed.
     bṛhaddharmapurāṇa bṛhad-dharma-purāṇa, am, n., N. of a work mentioned in the Śakti-ratnākara.
     bṛhadbhānu bṛhad-bhānu, us, us, u, Ved. shining brightly (said of Agni and Indra; Sāy. = prauḍha-raśmi, 'brilliant-rayed', or = mahā-dīpta, 'having great brilliance').
     bṛhadratha bṛ-had-ratha, as, ā, am, Ved. having a spacious chariot (said of Ushas; Sāy. = prabhūta-ratha); (as), m., N. of a man.
     bṛhadrayi bṛhad-rayi, is, is, i, Ved. having abundant possessions, a possessor of vast riches (said of Vāyu; Sāy. = mahā-dhana).
     bṛhadravas bṛ-had-ravas, ās, ās, as, Ved. loud-sounding, (Mahīdhara = mahān dhvanir yasya.)
     bṛhadri bṛhad-ri, is, is, i, Ved. = bṛhad-rayi, q. v.
     bṛhadreṇu bṛhad-reṇu, us, us, u, Ved. stirring up thick dust (in battle, said of Indra; Sāy. = mahataḥ pāṃsor utthāpakaḥ).
     bṛhadvat bṛ-had-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. one to whom the Bṛhatsāman is addressed, (Mahī-dhara = bṛhat-sāma-priya.)
     bṛhadvayas bṛhad-vayas, ās, ās, as, Ved. grown strong, very powerful, very vigorous (said of Agni and of the Maruts).
     bṛhadvasu bṛhad-vasu, us, m., Ved., N. of a man.
     bṛhannārāyaṇopaniṣad bṛhan-nārāyaṇopaniṣad, f., N. of an Upaniṣad.
     bṛhanmati bṛhan-mati, is, is, i, Ved. full of devotion, very pious (said of Soma); (is), m., N. of a descendant of Aṅgiras and reputed author of the hymns Ṛg-veda IX. 39, 40.

bṛhatikā bṛhatikā. See vṛhatikā.

bṛhaspati bṛhas-pati, is, m. (in the later language more usually written vṛhas-pati, q. v.; fr. bṛhas, gen. of 3. bṛh + pati), 'lord of prayer (?)', N. of a deity (who may be regarded as Piety and Religion personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers, the sacrificer, and priest who is said to intercede with the gods for men, and to protect the pious against the impious; hence he is the type of the priestly order, and is represented as the Purohita of the gods. He is invoked together with Indra in Ṛg-veda IV. 49, and in the Taittirīya-Upaniṣad associated with Indra and Prajā-pati. He is also called brahmaṇas-pati, q. v.); the regent of the planet Jupiter and preceptor of the gods; the name of a saint and law-giver, (in these senses more usually written vṛhas-pati, q. v.)
     bṛhaspatigupta bṛhaspati-gupta, as, m., Ved., N. of a man.
     bṛhaspatipurohita bṛhaspati-purohita, as, ā, am, Ved. having Bṛhas-pati for a Puro-hita.
     bṛhaspatipraṇutta bṛhaspati-praṇutta, as, ā, am, Ved. expelled or banished by Bṛhas-pati.
     bṛhaspatiprasūta bṛhaspati-prasūta, as, ā, am, Ved. ordered or enjoined by Bṛhas-pati; (Sāy.) = bṛhaspati-mitrābhimānin.
     bṛhaspatimat bṛhaspati-mat or bṛhaspati-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. accompanied by Bṛhas-pati.
     bṛhaspatiśiras bṛhaspati-śiras, ās, ās, as, Ved. 'Bṛhas-pati-headed', (probably) having the head shaved like Bṛhas-pati.
     bṛhaspatisava bṛhaspati-sava, as, m., N. of a festival lasting one day (said to confer the rank of a Puro-hita on those observing it).
     bṛhaspatistoma bṛhaspati-stoma, as, m., Ved., N. of an Ekāha.

bṝ bṝ. See rt. vṝ.

bekanāṭa bekanāṭa, as, m., Ved. (according to Yāska) a usurer.

bekurā bekurā, f., Ved. (probably connected with bakura), a kind of musical instrument (?), one who plays a particular musical instrument?; (according to the Nirukta) a voice, sound.

bekuri bekuri, is, f., Ved. = bekurā; (also written vekuri, bhekuri, bhākuri.)

beḍā beḍā, f. a boat; (written also veḍā.)

bebhiditavya bebhiditavya, Fut. Pass. part. of Intens. of rt. bhid, to be repeatedly broken &c.

beś beś (= rts. biś, pis, vis, pes, ves), cl. 1. P. beśati, &c., to go.

baijavāpa baijavāpa, as, m., Ved. a patronymic from Bīja-vāpa; [cf. vīja-vāpa.]

baijavāpāyana baijavāpāyana, as, m., Ved. a patronymic from Baijavāpa.

baijavāpi baijavāpi, &c. See vaijavāpi, &c.

baijika baijika. See vaijika.

baiḍāla baiḍāla, &c. See vaiḍāla.

baidala baidala, as, ī, am (fr. bidala, q. v.), made of split bamboos, made of cane; (as), m. a kind of pastry, a flat unleavened cake (= bidala, q. v.); a leguminous plant, pulse; (am), n. a vessel made of wicker-work, basket made of reeds; a basket; (more usually written vaidala.)

baidalika baidalika, as, ī, am, relating to pulse &c.

bainda bainda, as, m., Ved. (according to Mahī-dhara), N. of a degraded tribe, a Niṣāda.

baindava baindava, &c. See vaindava, &c.

bailāyana bailāyana, as, ī, am (fr. bila), Gaṇa Pakṣādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

bailya bailya, as, m., N. of a man; (a various reading for bailva.)

bailyāyana bailyāyana, as, m. a patronymic from Bailya.

bailva bailva, as, ī, am (fr. bilva), relating or belonging to the tree Aegle Marmelos, coming from the Bilva tree, made of Bilva wood; covered with Bilva trees; (as), m., N. of a man; (am), n. the fruit of the Bilva tree.

bailvaka bailvaka, as, ī, am (fr. bilva), Gaṇa Arīhaṇādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80.

bailvaki bailvaki, is, m. a patronymic from Bilvaka.

bailvaja bailvaja, as, ī, am (fr. bilva-ja), Gaṇa Rājanyādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 53.

bailvajaka bailvajaka, as, ī, am, inhabited by Bailvajas.

bailvamaya bailvamaya, as, ī, am (fr. bailva), Scholiast on Pāṇ. IV. 3, 155.

bailvavana bailvavana, as, ī, am (fr. bilva-vana), see Gaṇa Rājanyādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 53.

bailvavanaka bailvavanaka, as, ī, am (fr. bailvavana), inhabited by Bailvavanas.

bailvāyana bailvāyana, as, m. a patronymic from Bailva.

bailvayata bailvayata, bailvayatyā, see Gaṇa Krauḍy-ādi to Pāṇ. IV. 1, 80.

baihīnari baihīnari, is, m. a patronymic from Bahīnara; (also written vaihīnari.)

bokaḍī bokaḍī, f. the plant Argyreia Speciosa or Argentea (= bastāntrī).

bokaṇa bokaṇa, N. of a place.

boddhavya boddhavya, boddhṛ. See below.

bodha bodha, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 1. budh), knowing, understanding; (as), m. perception, apprehension, observation, conception, thought; knowledge, understanding, wisdom, intellect, sense, intelligence [cf. dur-b-, viparīta-b-]; waking, becoming awake, waking state, (bodham pra-yā, to become awake, wake up; said of a spell, i. e. to begin to take effect); the opening of blossom, bloom; making known, informing, instructing; awakening, arousing; a designation, epithet; Knowledge personified as the son of Buddhi; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; of a district.
     bodhakara bodha-kara, as, ī, am, causing knowledge; one who informs or teaches, a teacher; one who wakens or rouses; (as), m. 'an awakener', a minstrel who wakes a prince or chief in the morning with music.
     bodhagamya bodha-gamya, as, ā, am, attainable by the intellect, intelligible, within the compass of the understanding.
     bodhaghanācārya bodha-ghanācārya (-na-āc-), as, m., N. of a teacher.
     bodhacittavivaraṇa bodha-citta-vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a Buddhist work; (perhaps wrongly for bodhi-citta-vivaraṇa.)
     bodhatas bodha-tas, ind. through wisdom or understanding.
     bodhadhiṣaṇa bodha-dhiṣaṇa, as, m. one whose intellect is knowledge (an epithet of the Supreme Being ?).
     bodhapūrvam bodha-pūrvam, ind. knowingly, consciously; a-b-, unconsciously.
     bodhapṛthvīdhara bodha-pṛthvī-dhara, as, m., N. of a preceptor.
     bodhavāsara bodha-vāsara, as, m. 'the day of waking', the eleventh day in the light half of the month Kārttika (in which Viṣṇu awakes from his sleep; = bodhanī).
     bodhasudhākara bodha-sudhā-kara (-dhā-āk-), as, m., N. of a Vedānta work.
     bodhātīta bo-dhātīta (-dha-at-), as, ā, am, beyond the reach of the understanding.
     bodhātman bodhātman (-dha-āt-), ā, m. (with Jainas) the intelligent and sentient soul.
     bodhānandaghana bo-dhānanda-ghana (-dha-ān-), as, m., N. of a preceptor; [cf. bodha-ghanācārya.]
     bodhāraṇyayati bodhāra-ṇya-yati (-dha-ar-), is, m., N. of a preceptor.

boddhavya boddhavya, as, ā, am, to be observed or regarded, observable, to be attended to; to be perceived, perceptible, to be recognised; to be known or understood, intelligible; to be wakened or roused; to be enlightened, to be admonished; to be informed, one whose attention is to be called to anything.

boddhṛ boddhṛ, dhā, dhrī, dhṛ, one who knows or understands; an observer.
     boddhṛtva boddhṛ-tva, am, n. the being one who knows or understands, knowing, capacity for understanding.

bodhaka bodhaka, as, ikā, am (fr. the Caus.), causing to know, apprising, informing, instructing, explaining, teaching, an instructor, teacher [cf. bāla-b-]; denoting, indicating, signifying; arousing, awaking; (as), m. a spy, informer; N. of a man; (ās), m. pl., N. of his descendants.
     bodhakatva bodhaka-tva, am, n. the state of causing to know, giving information or instruction; capability of instructing.

bodhana bodhana, as, ī, am (fr. the simple rt. and fr. the Caus.), making known, informing, explaining, teaching, instructing, enlightening [cf. bāla-bodhanī]; wakening, rousing, exciting; kindling, inflaming; (as), m. the planet Mercury; N. of a mountain; (ī), f. intellect, understanding, knowledge; 'the day of awaking', an epithet of the eleventh day in the light half of the month Kārttika on which Viṣṇu awakes from his sleep [cf. utthānaikādaśī]; long pepper; (am), n. observing, marking, perceiving; causing to perceive or know, instructing, teaching; signifying, denoting, indicating; making attentive; waking, being awake; causing to wake, awakening, rousing, arousing; burning incense (regarded as the 'awakening' of a perfume); 'the awaking of Durgā', N. of a festival on the ninth day of the dark half of the month Bhādra.
     bodhanamantra bodhana-mantra, as, m., N. of a chapter of the Purāṇa-sarvasva.

bodhanīya bodhanīya, as, ā, am, to be known or understood, intelligible, to be apprehended; to be made known or explained.

bodhanmanas bodhan-manas, Ved. a various reading for bo-dhin-manas, q. v.

bodhayat bodhayat, an, antī, at, causing to know, informing, apprising, teaching; causing to wake, wakening, rousing.

bodhayitavya bodhayitavya, as, ā, am, to be caused to understand, to be made acquainted with, to be informed of (with acc.; cf. bodhitavya below).

bodhayitṛ bodhayitṛ, tā, m. one who causes to know, a teacher, preceptor; a waker, awakener.

bodhayiṣṇu bodhayiṣṇu, us, us, u (fr. the Caus.), wishing to awaken, intending to arouse.

bodhāna bodhāna, as, ā, am, prudent, clever; (as), m. a prudent man; an epithet of Bṛhas-pati; [cf. bu-dhāna.]

bodhāyana bodhāyana, as, m., N. of a teacher and author of the Brahma-sūtra-vṛtti, a philosophical work.

bodhi bodhi, is, m. (with Buddhists and Jainas) perfect wisdom (by which a man becomes a Buddha or Jina); the illuminated or enlightened intellect of a Buddha [cf. deva-b-]; the tree under which perfect wisdom is attained or under which a man becomes a Buddha, the sacred fig-tree, Ficus Religiosa [cf. bodhi-taru]; an epithet of Buddha; N. of one of the thirty-four Jātakas of Buddha; 'the wakener', a cock; (ayas), m. pl., N. of a people [cf. bodha, baudhi]; (is, is, i), wise, learned (?).
     bodhicittavivaraṇa bodhi-citta-vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a work mentioned in the Sarva-darśana-saṅgraha.
     bodhitaru bodhi-taru, us, or bodhi-druma, as, m. 'tree of wisdom', the sacred fig-tree under which perfect knowledge is obtained.
     bodhida bodhi-da, as, m. (with Jainas) an Arhat.
     bodhidhana bo-dhi-dhana, as, m., see the next.
     bodhidharma bodhi-dharma, as, m., N. of a Buddhist patriarch whose original name was Bodhi-dhana.
     bodhibhadra bodhi-bhadra, as, m., N. of a Buddhist teacher.
     bodhimaṇḍa bodhi-maṇḍa, N. of a seat which was said to have risen out of the earth under the sacred fig-tree when Śākya-muni attained to Bodhi or perfect wisdom; = bodhi-maṇḍala.
     bodhimaṇḍala bodhi-maṇ-ḍala, am, n., N. of the place where Śākya-muni attained to Bodhi or perfect wisdom.
     bodhivṛkṣa bodhi-vṛkṣa, as, m. = bodhi-taru.
     bodhisaṅghārāma bodhi-saṅghārāma (-gha-ār-), as, m., N. of a Buddhist monastery.
     bodhisattva bodhi-sattva, as, ā, am, one whose essence is wisdom; (as), m. (with Buddhists) 'one who has Bodhi or perfect wisdom as his essence', one who is on the way to the attainment of perfect knowledge when he has only one birth or certain births to undergo before obtaining the state of a supreme Buddha and then Nirvāṇa [cf. deva-b-]; a title of the Buddha [greek]
     bodhisattvacaryāvatāra bodhisattva-caryāvatāra (-ya-av-) and bodhi-sattva-pakṣanirdeśa, as, m. and bodhisattva-pi-ṭaka, N. of Buddhist works.
     bodhisattvatā bodhisattva-tā, f. the state of one who is on the way to attain perfect wisdom.
     bodhisattvabuddhānusmṛtisamādhi bodhisattva-buddhānusmṛti-samādhi (-dha-an-), is, m., N. of a Buddhist Sūtra work.
     bodhisattvabhūmi bodhi-sattva-bhūmi, is, f., N. of a Buddhist work.
     bodhisattvasamuccayā bo-dhisattva-samuccayā, f., N. of a Buddhist goddess.
     bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā bodhisattvāvadāna-kalpa-latā (-va-av-), f., N. of a collection of Buddhist legends.
     bodhyaṅga bodhy-aṅga, am, n. an element or condition of the state of Bodhi or perfect knowledge.

bodhita bodhita, as, ā, am (fr. the Caus.), made known, apprised, explained, informed, instructed.

bodhitavya bodhitavya, as, ā, am (fr. the Caus.), to be made known, to be imparted or communicated.

bodhin bodhin, ī, inī, i (fr. the simple rt. and fr. the Caus.), knowing, familiar with; causing to perceive or know; making known, teaching, revealing [cf. tattva-bodhinī]; arousing, awakening [cf. jñāna-bodhinī].

bodhinmanas bodhin-manas, ās, ās, as (according to the Padapāṭha fr. a form bodhit + manas), Ved. one whose mind is awake, watchful, attentive (Sāy. = budhya-māna-manaska).

bodhila bodhila, as, m. (fr. bodhi), N. of a man.

bodheya bodheya, ās, m. pl., N. of a school; [cf. addhā-b-, baudheya.]

bodhya bodhya, as, ā, am, to be known or understood, knowable; perceivable, intelligible, to be apprehended; to be informed or instructed, to be admonished; to be declared or explained; to be waked; (as), m., N. of a Ṛṣi.
     bodhyagītā bodhya-gītā, f., N. of the 178th chapter of the Śānti-parvan of the Mahā-bhārata.

bauddha bauddha, as, ī, am, relating to intellect or understanding; relating or belonging to Buddha; (as), m. a Buddhist, a follower of the religion of Buddha.
     bauddhadarśana bauddha-darśana, am, n., N. of a section of Mādhavācārya's Sarva-darśana-saṅgraha.
     bauddhadhikkāra baud-dha-dhikkāra, as, m., N. of a work by Udayana Ācārya, refuting Buddhist doctrines from a Vaiśeṣika point of view.
     bauddhadhikkāragādādharī bauddhadhikkāra-gādādharī, f. and bauddhadhikkāra-guṇānandī, f., N. of two commentaries on the following commentary.
     bauddhadhikkāradīdhiti baud-dhadhikkāra-dīdhiti, is, N. of a commentary on the Bauddha-dhikkāra.
     bauddhamatanibarhaṇa bauddha-mata-nibar-haṇa, am, n., N. of the twenty-eighth chapter of Anantānanda-giri's Śaṅkara-vijaya.

baudha baudha, as, ī, am, relating or belonging to the planet Mercury; (as), m. a patronymic of Purū-ravas son of Budha and grandson of Soma.

baudhāyana baudhāyana, as, m. (fr. budha or fr. bodha), a patronymic and N. of a teacher; (ās), m. pl., N. of a school; (as, ī, am), relating or belonging to Baudhāyana; baudhāyanaṃ sūtram, N. of a Sūtra work.
     baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga baudhāyana-darśa-pūrṇa-māsa-prayo-ga, as, m., N. of a work.

baudhāyanīya baudhāyanīya, as, ā, am, relating or belonging to Baudhāyana; (ās), m. pl., N. of a school.
     baudhāyanīyaprayogasāra baudhāyanīya-prayoga-sāra, N. of a work on domestic observances.

baudhi baudhi, is, m. (fr. bodha; but according to a Scholiast fr. budha), a patronymic from Bodha.

baudhīputra baudhī-putra, as, m. (baudhī probably f. of baudhya, q. v. + putra), Ved., N. of a teacher.

baudheya baudheya, ās, m. pl., N. of a school; [cf. bo-dheya.]

baudhya baudhya, as, m. a patronymic from Bodha; (as, dhī?, am), born in Bodha; (as), m., N. of a teacher.

borasiddhi borasiddhi, N. of a place.

baudhnya baudhnya, ās, m. pl. (fr. budhna), N. of a school.

baubhukṣa baubhukṣa, as, ī, am (fr. bubhu-kṣā), one who is always hungry, a starveling.

byus byus = rt. vyuṣ, to divide.

braṇ braṇ. See rt. 1. vraṇ.

bradhna bradhna, as, ā, am (perhaps fr. rt. vṛdh; said to be fr. bradh substituted for rt. bandh), reddish yellow (said of Soma, also called babhru, q. v., of the Puroḍāśa and of the sun; Sāy. = ādityarūpeṇāvasthitaḥ); bay (as a horse), fallow; (according to Naighaṇṭuka III. 3) great, mighty, large (= mahat, vṛhat); (as), m. a horse (according to Naighaṇṭuka I. 14); the sun; the root of a tree; a son (?), the body (?); a particular disease; N. of a man; of a son of Manu Bhautya; an epithet of Śiva; of Brahmā; (gender uncertain), lead; (in śata-b-, q. v., gender uncertain), the point or some other part of an arrow.
     bradhnatva bradhna-tva, am, n. (according to Sāy.) greatness, mightiness (= ma-hat-tva).

bradhnaśva bradhnaśva, as, m., N. of a prince; (probably wrongly for vadhryaśva.)

brahm brahm, cl. 1. P. brahmati, &c., Ved. to go or move.

brahma brahma. See p. 692, col. 3.

brahman brahman, a, n. (fr. rt. 2. bṛh = 2. vṛh; cf. rts. vṛṃh, vṛdh), religious devotion (regarded as an impulse or feeling gradually growing up and expanding so as to fill the soul), prayer or any pious expression in the worship of the gods, a hymn of praise (Ved., Sāy. = stotra); a sacred text (especially a Mantra used as a spell for averting evil influences, forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni, and yajūṃṣi; and hence the term brah-ma-veda, q. v., is sometimes applied to the collection of texts commonly called atharva-veda); the mystic syllable om [cf. Manu II. 83]; the sacred word or word of God (opposed to vāc, the word of man), the sacred text, the Veda; (in Atharva-veda X. 7, 32, X. 8, 1, there is an allusion to a jyeṣṭham brahma or original pre-aeval Veda or Deity? from which the existing Vedas have been drawn); sacred learning, divine science, religious knowledge, theology (speculative or theoretical, as opposed to practical religion, i. e. tapas, &c.); the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda [cf. brāhmaṇa and Manu IV. 100]; religious life, celibacy, chastity [cf. brahma-carya, col. 3]; the practice of austerity or penance (= tapas); the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal or in the abstract and divested of all quality and action; the highest object of religious knowledge, the Supreme all-pervading Spirit and Soul of the Universe, the divine essence and source of all being from which all created things emanate and to which they return, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (= paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pra-dhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva; Brahman as the Supreme Spirit is not an object of worship in the usual sense of the term, but is meditated upon by the devout with profound veneration; he appears in the Atharva-veda as the Supreme Deity, and in X. 7, 24, a highest divine essence or brahma jyeṣṭham is spoken of); = mokṣa, emancipation or liberation from mundane existence; the class occupied with religious knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body, the priestly or sacerdotal class (cf. Manu IX. 322; in one or two passages the neut. brahman appears to = ) a member of the Brāhmanical caste, a Brāhman; (according to the Nirukta) = anna, food; = dhana, wealth; (ā), m. one who prays, a devout man [cf. tuvi-b-]; one whose calling and business consist in praying, a priest, Brāhman [cf. oha-b-]; one versed in sacred texts or in spells, one conversant with sacred knowledge; an epithet of Bṛhas-pati; one of the four principal priests or ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, and Udgātṛ, q. q. v. v.; he had the supervision of the sacrifice and was required to know the three Vedas; as the most learned of the priests he had to set right any mistake or remedy any defect in the ritual; at a later period functions based especially on the Atharva-veda were assigned to him; his three Puruṣas or assistants were the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, Āgnīdhra, and Potṛ); Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, (in the later mythology he is held to be the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the world; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though a qualified reverence is paid to him in conjunction with other deities; the sapta brahmāṇaḥ, or seven Brahmās, are the seven Prajā-patis, viz. Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasiṣṭha); a lifetime of Brahmā (= brahmaṇa āyuḥ); the sun; an epithet of Śiva; the Veda (?); intellect (= buddhi); N. of a star, [greek] Aurigae; epithet of a particular astronomical Yoga; N. of the servant of the tenth Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī; N. of a magician; of the ninth Muhūrta; [cf. Zend bareśma. In giving the meaning of the following words compounded with brahman, the N. Brahman in the crude form will be used in all cases where the distinction between the neut. Brahma and the masc. Brahmā is not clearly determinable.]
     brahmaṛṣi brahma-ṛṣi, see brahmarṣi.
     brahmakanya brahma-kanya or brahma-kanyaka, Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; (kā), f. 'daughter of Brahmā', the goddess Sarasvatī.
     brahmakara brahma-kara, as, m. an impost paid to the priestly class.
     brahmakarman brahma-karman, a, n. the office of Brahman or presiding priest; the work or office of the Brāhmans, the religious duties of the priestly caste.
     brahmakarmaprakāśaka brahmakarma-prakāśaka, as, m. an epithet of Go-pāla (i. e. Kṛṣṇa).
     brahmakarmasamādhi brahma-karma-samādhi, is, is, i, occupied with and meditating upon the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmakalā brahma-kalā, f. an epithet of Dākṣāyaṇī who dwells in the heart of men.
     brahmakalpa brahma-kalpa, as, ā, am, like Brahman or the Supreme Being; (as), m. the age of Brahman, epithet of a particular period of time.
     brahmakāṇḍa brahma-kāṇḍa, am, n. = jñāna-kāṇḍa, that inner portion of the Veda which relates to spiritual knowledge or the knowledge of Brahma, (opposed to karma-kāṇḍa or the knowledge of rites and ceremonies); N. of a work or section of a work by Bhartṛ-hari.
     brahmakāya brahma-kāya, ās, m. pl., N. of a particular class of deities.
     brahmakāyika brahmakāyika, as, ī, am, belonging to the class of deities called Brahma-kāyas.
     brahmakāra brahma-kāra, as, ā, am, Ved. making prayers, offering prayers; (Sāy.) = annasya havir-lakṣa-ṇasya kartā, preparing sacrificial food.
     brahmakāṣṭha brahma-kāṣṭha, the plant Thespesia Populnea; a mulberry tree.
     brahmakileya brahma-kileya (?), as, m., N. of a man.
     brahmakilbiṣa brahma-kilbiṣa, am, n., Ved. an offence against Brāhmans.
     brahmakuṇḍa brahma-kuṇḍa, am, n., N. of a sacred pool.
     brahmakuśā brahma-kuśā, f. a species of plant (= aja-modā; cf. brahma-kośī).
     brahmakūṭa brahma-kūṭa, as, m., N. of a sacred mountain.
     brahmakūrca brahma-kūrca, a particular kind of penance.
     brahmakṛt brahma-kṛt, t, t, t, making or offering prayers, singing hymns of praise (Sāy. = stota-kṛt); one who prays, a devout worshipper (Ved.); (t), m. an epithet of Indra ('making pious or devout ?', Ved.); an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     brahmakṛta brahma-kṛta, as, m., N. of a man.
     brahmakṛti brahma-kṛti, is, f., Ved. the making of prayers, praying, devotion (Sāy. = kriyamāṇaṃ stotram).
     brahmaketu brah-ma-ketu, us, m., N. of a man.
     brahmakośa brahma-kośa, as, m. receptacle or treasury of the Brahman, i. e. of the sacred word or text, &c.; (ī), f. a species of plant (= aja-modā; cf. brahma-kuśā).
     brahmakṣetra brahma-kṣetra, am, n., N. of a sacred district.
     brahmakhaṇḍa brahma-khaṇḍa, am, n., N. of the first book of the Brahmavaivarta-Purāṇa.
     brahmagandha brahma-gandha, as, m., Ved. the odour or perfume of Brahman.
     brahmagarbha brahma-gar-bha, as, m. the embryo of a Brāhman (?); N. of a law-giver; (ā), f. a species of plant, Polanisia Icosandra.
     brahmagavī brahma-gavī, f., Ved. a cow belonging to a Brāhman.
     brahmagāyatrī brahma-gāyatrī, f., N. of a particular magical formula.
     brahmagārgya brahma-gārgya, as, m., N. of a man.
     brahmagiri brahma-giri, is, m., N. of a mountain.
     brahmagītā brahma-gītā, ās, f. pl., N. of particular verses ascribed to Brahmā (and given in Mahā-bh. Anuśāsana-p. 2146-2152); N. of a work forming chapters 6-9 of the Jñāna-khaṇḍa of the Śiva-Purāṇa and treating of the Vedānta and Yoga systems.
     brahmagītāvyākhyā brahmagītā-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commentary by Mādhava on the Brahma-gītā.
     brahmagītikā brah-ma-gītikā, f. 'the song of Brahmā', a N. of certain verses.
     brahmagupta brahma-gupta, as, m., N. of a son of Brahmā by the wife of the Vidyā-dhara Bhīma; of an astronomer born A. D. 598; of a chief of the Bhakta sect; of a Trigarta-ṣaṣṭha, (in this sense also read brāhmagupta); (ās), m. pl., N. of a race.
     brahmaguptīya brahmaguptīya, as, m. a prince of the Brahma-guptas.
     brahmagola brahma-gola, as, m. 'the globe of Brahman', the universe.
     brahmagaurava brahma-gaurava, am, n. the potency of the weapon given by the god Brahmā (Bhaṭṭi-kāvya IX. 76).
     brahmagranthi brahma-granthi, is, m. a term applied to a particular joint of the body.
     brahmagraha brahma-graha, as, m. = brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.
     brahmagrāhin brahma-grāhin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved. worthy to receive that which is holy; (also read brahmārgha.)
     brahmaghātaka brahma-ghātaka, as, m. the slayer or murderer of a Brāhman.
     brahmaghātin brahma-ghā-tin, ī, inī, i, slaying a Brāhman; (ī), m. (according to a Scholiast) an epithet of Bhṛgu; (inī), f. a woman on the second day of the menses.
     brahmaghoṣa brahma-ghoṣa, as, m. 'prayer-sound', the murmur arising from the recital of prayers; the sacred word, the text of the Veda; the reading or repeating of the Veda.
     brahmaghna brahma-ghna, as, ī, am, slaying a Brāhman; (as), m. the slayer or murderer of a Brāhman; (ī), f. the plant Aloe Perfoliata.
     brahmacakra brahma-cakra, am, n. the wheel of Brahman, circle of the universe (Ved.); epithet of a particular magical circle.
     brahmacarya brahma-carya, am, n. sacred study, religious studentship, the condition of a young Brāhman or student in the first period of his life [cf. āśrama, brahma-cārin]; religious self-restraint, pious austerity, the controlling of the senses, abstinence, chastity, sanctity; (as), m. a religious student; (ā), f. chastity.
     brahmacaryavat brahmacarya-vat, ān, atī, at, leading the life of a religious student, practicing chastity.
     brahmacaryavrata brah-macarya-vrata, am, n. a vow of chastity.
     brahmacaryaskhalana brah-macarya-skhalana, am, n. falling or deviating from chastity, incontinence.
     brahmacāraṇī brahma-cāraṇī, f. = bhārgī, Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; (a wrong form for brahma-cāriṇī.)
     brahmacārika brahma-cārika, am, n. religious studentship.
     brahmacārin brahma-cārin, ī, iṇī, i, studying sacred learning; practicing continence or chastity; (ī), m. a Brāhman who practices chastity, especially a religious student (or young Brāhman in the first āśrama or period of his life [cf. āśrama] from the time of his investiture with the sacrificial thread till he marries and becomes a householder, or one who remains with his spiritual teacher studying the Veda and observing the duties of a student, cf. Manu II. 219; the title of Brahma-cārin is also given to a particular class of ascetics, and to Pandits learned in the Veda, and by the Tantras to persons whose chief virtue is the observance of continence; in Atharva-veda XI. 5. great powers are ascribed to the Brahma-cārin; he appears in some particulars to be identified with the Supreme Being, and is even said to be the source of the brahma jyeṣṭham or primitive Veda); N. of a Gandharva; an epithet of Skanda; of Śiva; (ī), f. a woman observing a vow of chastity; an epithet of Durgā; N. of various plants, Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; = karuṇī; Thespesia Populnea.
     brahmacodana brahma-codana, as, ī, am, Ved. inciting or encouraging prayer; urging or inciting Brāhmans; (according to Mahī-dhara = brāh-maṇānāṃ yajñam prati prerakaḥ.)
     brahmaja brahma-ja, as, m. 'sprung from that which is holy', an epithet of Kārttikeya; (ās), m. pl. (with Jainas) N. of a class of divinities enumerated among the Kalpabhavas.
     brahmajajña brahma-ja-jña, as, ā, am, Ved. begotten by and knowing Brahman; knowing what is produced by Brahman, i. e. knowing all things (?).
     brahmajaṭā brahma-jaṭā or brahma-jaṭī, f. the plant Artemisia Indica.
     brahmajanman brahma-janman, a, n. divine or spiritual birth, the second birth effected by sacred study or knowledge, investiture with the sacred thread; (ā, ā, a), begotten by or sprung from Brahman (said of Prajā-pati).
     brahmajapa brahma-japa, as, m., Ved., N. of a particular form of prayer.
     brahmajāmala brah-ma-jāmala = brahma-yāmala, q. v.
     brahmajāyā brahma-jāyā, f., Ved. the wife of a Brāhman; (Juhū Brahma-jāyā is the reputed authoress of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 109.)
     brahmajāra brahma-jāra, as, m. the paramour of a Brāhman's wife.
     brahmajīvin brahma-jīvin, ī, inī, i, living by sacred knowledge, gaining a livelihood by religious learning; (ī), m. a mercenary Brāhman (who converts his religious duties into a trade, performing sacrifice, teaching the Veda &c. for hire).
     brahmajuṣṭa brahma-juṣṭa, as, ā, am, Ved. gratified by prayer or devotion.
     brahmajūta brahma-jūta, as, ā, am, Ved. urged on by prayer, incited by devotion; (Sāy.) = stotreṇākṛṣṭaḥ, attracted by a hymn of praise.
     brahmajña brahma-jña, as, ā, am, knowing sacred things, one who has spiritual wisdom or who knows Brahma as the one all-pervading Spirit, a sage; (as), m. an epithet of Viṣṇu; of Kārttikeya.
     brahmajñāna brahma-jñāna, am, n. divine knowledge, true knowledge of the Deity or of the Veda, knowledge of the universal permeation of one Spirit as taught by the Vedānta, spiritual wisdom.
     brahmajñānin brahmajñānin, ī, inī, i, possessing true knowledge of the Deity, having true spiritual knowledge; [cf. brahma-jñāna.]
     brahmajya brahma-jya, as, ā, am, Ved. annoying or using violence against a Brāhman, oppressing a Brāhman.
     brahmajyeya brahma-jyeya, am, n., Ved. the act of annoying or using violence against a Brāhman.
     brahmajyeṣṭha brahma-jyeṣṭha, as, m. the elder brother of Brahmā; (as, ā, am), Ved. having Brahman for the first or chief.
     brahmajyotis brahma-jyotis, n. the splendor of Brahman, brightness of the Deity, (also written brahma jyotis); an epithet of Śiva; (is, is, is), Ved. having the splendor of Brahman, having the splendor of the sacred office; (according to a Scholiast) having the splendor of a presiding priest. --1. brahmaṇ-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. accompanied by prayer, devout; having sacred acts; containing the word Brahman; including or representing the priesthood; (ān), m. an epithet of Agni; (atī), f. an epithet of Iṣṭakā.
     brahmaṇvat 2. brahmaṇ-vat, ind., Ved. like a Brāhman.
     brahmatattva brahma-tattva, am, n. the true knowledge of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmatarkastava brahma-tarka-stava, as, m., N. of a Vedānta work by Appayya-dīkṣita.
     brahmatarkastavavivaraṇa brahmatarkastava-vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a commentary on the Brahma-tarka-stava.
     brahmatas brahma-tas, ind. from the Brāhmanical caste, from the Brāhmans.
     brahmatā brahma-tā, f. the state or condition of a Brāhman, 'Brāhmanhood;' the state or nature of Brahma or of the Supreme Spirit, divine nature.
     brahmatāla brahma-tāla, as, m. (in music) N. of a particular measure of time.
     brahmatīrtha brahma-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place of pilgrimage on the Revā or Narmadā river; Costus Speciosus or C. Arabicus.
     brahmatuṅga brahma-tuṅga, as, m., N. of a mountain.
     brahmatejas brahma-tejas, as, n. the glory or power of Brahman; the glory or lustre supposed to surround a Brāhman, Brāhmanical splendor; (ās, ās, as), having the glory or power of Brahman or of a Brāhman; (ās), m., N. of a Buddha.
     brahmatejomaya brahmatejo-maya, as, ī, am, made or composed of the glory of Brahman or the Supreme Spirit, having divine splendor.
     brahmatva brahma-tva, am, n. the office of the Brahman or chief priest; the state or condition of a Brāhman, 'Brāhmanhood;' the state or condition of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit, identification with Brahma; godhead.
     brahmatvac brahma-tvac, k, the plant Alstonia Scholaris.
     brahmatvapaddhati brahmatva-paddhati, is, f. 'guide-book for the office of a chief priest', N. of a work by Rāma-kṛṣṇa.
     brahmada brahma-da, as, ā, am, imparting religious knowledge, a giver of sacred knowledge; (as), m. a spiritual teacher.
     brahmadaṇḍa brahma-daṇḍa, as, m. 'staff of Brahman', epithet of a mythical weapon; the curse of a Brāhman; an epithet of Śiva; a species of plant (= brahma-yaṣṭi); epithet of a particular Ketu; (ī), f. a species of plant (= aja-daṇḍī, kaṇṭa-pattra-phalā).
     brahmadaṇḍin brahma-daṇḍin, ī, m., N. of a sage.
     brahmadatta brahma-datta, as, ā, am, given by Brahmā; given by Brahma; (as), m., N. of a man; of a man with the patronymic Caikitāneya; of a king of the Pañcālas in Kāmpilya; of a king of the Śālvas; of a prince in Vārāṇasī; of a prince in Śrāvastī; of a prince in Campā; of a prince in Kusuma-pura; of the twelfth Cakra-vartin in Bhārata; of a Brāhman; of a merchant; of a king; (ās), m. pl. his descendants.
     brahmadarbhā brahma-darbhā, f. Ligusticum Ajowan.
     brahmadātṛ brah-ma-dātṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, = brahma-da.
     brahmadāna brahma-dāna, am, n. the gift of sacred knowledge.
     brahmadāya 1. brahma-dāya, as, m. [cf. 1. dāya], the gift of sacred knowledge, instruction in the Vedas; (as, ā, am), imparting or teaching sacred knowledge.
     brahmadāya 2. brahma-dāya, as, m. [cf. 2. dāya], sacred knowledge as an inheritance or portion; the earthly possession or portion of a Brāhman.
     brahmadāyahāra brahmadāya-hāra, as, ī, am, one who receives the gift of sacred knowledge.
     brahmadāyāda brahmadāyāda (-ya-āda), as, m. one who receives sacred knowledge as his inheritance, i. e. the son of a Brāhman.
     brahmadāru brahma-dāru, u, us, n. m. the Indian mulberry tree, Morus Indica.
     brahmadāsa brahma-dāsa, as, m., N. of the father of Nārāyaṇa-dāsa (author of the Praśnārṇava); of a king who reigned in the beginning of the fifteenth century.
     brahmadina brahma-dina, am, n. a day of Brahmā.
     brahmadeya brahma-deya, as, ā, am, given (in marriage) after the manner of Brāhmans, married according to the Brāhmo vivāha (see Manu III. 27).
     brahmadaitya brahma-daitya, am, n. a Brāhman changed into a Daitya.
     brahmadvāra brahma-dvāra, am, n. ingress into Brahma or the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmadviṣ brahma-dviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, or brahma-dveṣin, ī, iṇī, i, 'prayer-hating', hostile to devotion and holy acts, hating religion, godless, impious (said of men and demons; Sāy. = brāhmaṇānām mantrāṇāṃ vā dveṣṭā, a hater of Brāhmans or hating prayers; cf. brahma-vidviṣ); (according to Kullūka) hating Brāhmans.
     brahmadveṣa brahma-dveṣa, as, m. hatred of Brāhmans.
     brahmadhara brahma-dhara, as, ā, am, possessing holy knowledge.
     brahmadharmadviṣ brahma-dharma-dviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, one who hates the Veda and the duties prescribed by it.
     brahmadhātu brahma-dhātu, us, m. an essential portion of Brahman.
     brahmadhvaja brahma-dhvaja, as, m., N. of a Buddha.
     brahmanadī brahma-nadī, f. 'the river of Brahmā', an epithet of the Sarasvatī.
     brahmanābha brahma-nābha, as, m. 'having Brahmā on the navel', an epithet of Viṣṇu, (Brahmā having arisen from a lotus which sprang from the navel of Viṣṇu.)
     brahmanāla brahma-nāla, am, n., N. of a sacred bathing-place in Benares.
     brahmanirukta brah-ma-nirukta, am, n., N. of a work mentioned in Mādhava's Parāśara-smṛti.
     brahmanirvāṇa brahma-nirvāṇa, am, n. extinction in Brahma, absorption into the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmaniṣṭha brahma-niṣṭha, as, ā, am, abiding in Brahma, absorbed in the contemplation of the Supreme Spirit; (as), m. the mulberry tree.
     brahmanīḍa brah-ma-nīḍa, am, n. the resting-place of Brahman or of 'the holy.'
     brahmanutta brahma-nutta, as, ā, am, Ved. cast out through the efficacy of a sacred text.
     brahmapati brahma-pati, is, m., Ved. = brahmaṇas-pati, q. v.
     brahmapattra brah-ma-pattra, am, n. 'Brahman's leaf', i. e. the leaf of Butea Frondosa; [cf. brahma-pādapa.]
     brahmapatha brah-ma-patha, as, m. the way to Brahman or the Supreme Spirit; the way to Brahmā.
     brahmapada brahma-pada, am, n. the place of Brahman or the Supreme Spirit, the place or nature of spiritual being; the station or rank of Brahmā; the station or rank of a Brāhman.
     brahmapannaga brahma-pannaga, as, m., N. of a Marut; (also read bahu-pannaga.)
     brahmapariṣadya brahma-pariṣadya = brahma-pārṣadya, q. v.
     brahmaparṇī brah-ma-parṇī, f. a species of plant, Hemionitis Cordifolia (= pṛśni-parṇī).
     brahmaparvata brahma-parvata, am, n. 'mountain of Brahmā', N. of a place.
     brahmapalāśa brahma-palāśa, ās, m. pl., N. of a school of the Atharvaveda; (also written brāhmapalāśa.)
     brahmapavitra brahma-pavitra, as, m. Kuśa grass, Poa Cynosuroides.
     brahmapādapa brahma-pādapa, as, m. 'tree of Brahman', the tree Butea Frondosa.
     brahmapārṣadya brahma-pārṣadya, ās, m. pl. (with Buddhists) 'retinue of Brahmā', N. of a class of divinities.
     brahmapāśa brahma-pāśa, as, m. 'noose of Brahmā', N. of a mythical weapon, a weapon given by Brahmā (Bhaṭṭi-kāvya IX. 75).
     brahmapitṛ brahma-pitṛ, tā, m. 'father of Brahmā', Viṣṇu; [cf. brahma-nābha.]
     brahmapiśāca brahma-piśāca, as, m. = brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.
     brahmaputra brahma-putra, as, m. the son of a priest or Brāhman (Ved.); (Sāy.) = brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, q. v.; a son of Brahmā (as Sanat-kumāra, Manu, &c.); N. of a river (rising at the eastern extremity of the Himālaya in Thibet, flowing through Assam, where it is joined by the Sanpoo, and falling with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal); of a place of pilgrimage (probably the source of the Brahma-putra river); of a lake; N. of a sacred district; a kind of vegetable poison; (ī), f. 'daughter of Brahmā', an epithet of the river Sarasvatī [cf. brahma-nadī]; a kind of esculent root (= vārāhī).
     brahmaputratā brahmaputra-tā, f. the being a son of Brahman, divine sonship.
     brahmapura brahma-pura, am, n. 'city of Brahmā', N. of a city in heaven; of a city on earth; of a kingdom; a term applied to the heart (Ved.); a term applied to the body (Ved.); (ī), f. the city of Brahmā (in heaven), the capital of Brahmā on the mountain Kailāsa; N. of any city the inhabitants of which are mostly Brāhmans; an epithet of Benares; N. of a peak in the Himālaya range.
     brahmapuraka brahma-puraka, ās, m. pl., N. of a people.
     brahmapurāṇa brahma-purāṇa, am, n., N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas so called as revealed by Brahmā to Daksha, (this Purāṇa is sometimes placed first and therefore called Ādi-Purāṇa; its main object appears to be the promotion of the worship of Kṛṣṇa.)
     brahmapuruṣa brahma-puruṣa, as, m., Ved. an assistant of the Brahman or chief priest, see brahman; a minister of Brahman (said of the five vital airs); = brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.
     brahmapurogava brahma-purogava, as, ī, am, Ved. preceded by Brahman or 'the holy.'
     brahmapurohita brahma-purohita, as, m., Ved. having the sacerdotal class for a Puro-hita; (ās), m. pl. 'the high priests of Brahman', (with Buddhists) epithet of a class of divinities.
     brahmapuṣpi brahma-puṣpi, is, m., N. of a man; (probably wrongly for brāhmapuṣpa, a patronymic fr. brahma-puṣpa.)
     brahmapūta brahma-pūta, as, ā, am, Ved. purified by devotion; purified by Brahman (Brahma or Brahmā).
     brahmapralaya brahma-pralaya, as, m. the universal destruction that takes place at the end of every hundred years of Brahmā, in which even Brahmā himself is swallowed up.
     brahmaprasūta brahma-prasūta, as, ā, am, Ved. urged or requested by a Brāhman.
     brahmaprāpti brahma-prāpti, is, f. obtainment of Brahma, absorption of the soul into the divine essence.
     brahmapriya brahma-priya, as, ā, am, loving or delighting in devotion.
     brahmaprī brahma-prī, īs, īs, i, Ved. loving or delighting in devotion; (Sāy.) = somalakṣaṇenān-nena prītaḥ.
     brahmabadha brahma-badha, see brahma-va-dha.
     brahmabandhava brahma-bandhava, am, n., Ved. (probably) the office or occupation of a priest's assistant; (perhaps a wrong form for brāhmabandhava.)
     brahmabandhu brah-ma-bandhu, us, m. 'the kinsman of a Brāhman', an unworthy member of the Brāhmanical class, a contemptuous term for a Brāhman; a Brāhman only in name; (according to Sāy.) a Brāhman who does not perform his Sandhyā or devotions at sunrise and sunset.
     brahmabandhutā brahmabandhu-tā, f. the being a Brāhman only in name.
     brahmabala brahma-bala, as, m., N. of a man.
     brahmabali brahma-bali, is, m., N. of a teacher of the Atharva-veda.
     brahmabileya brahma-bileya (?), as, m., N. of a man; (also written brahma-vileya.)
     brahmabīja brah-ma-bīja, am, n. 'germ of religious knowledge', an epithet of the mystical syllable om; a mulberry tree.
     brahmabodhyā brahma-bodhyā, f., N. of a river; (also read brahma-vedhyā.)
     brahmabruvāṇa brahma-bruvāṇa, as, ā, am, calling one's self a Brāhman, professing or pretending to be a Brāhman; [cf. bruva.]
     brahmabhadrā brahma-bhadrā, f. a species of plant (= trāyamāṇā).
     brahmabhavana brahma-bhavana, am, n. the abode of Brahman.
     brahmabhāga brahma-bhāga, as, m., Ved. the share of a priest, the portion of a Brahman or chief priest; a mulberry tree.
     brahmabhāva brahma-bhāva, as, m. the becoming Brahma, entrance or re-absorption into the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmabhāvana brahma-bhāvana, as, ā, am, revealing or imparting religious knowledge.
     brahmabhid brahma-bhid, t, t, t, 'dividing Brahma', making many Brahmas out of the one Brahma.
     brahmabhuvana brahma-bhuvana, am, n. the world of Brahmā.
     brahmabhūta brahma-bhūta, as, ā, am, become (one with) Brahma or the universal spirit, entered into Brahma; (am), n. that which is identified with the universal spirit, condition of Brahma (?) .
     brahmabhūti brahma-bhūti, is, f. twilight.
     brahmabhūmijā brahma-bhū-mi-jā, f. 'growing in the land of Brahmā', N. of a species of plant.
     brahmabhūya brahma-bhūya, am, n. the becoming (one with) Brahma, identification or identity with Brahma, absorption into Brahma; final felicity, ultimate happiness; the state or rank of a Brāhman, 'Brāhmanhood.'
     brahmabhūyatva brahmabhūya-tva, am, n. the becoming one with Brahma; the condition of a Brāhman.
     brahmabhūyas brahma-bhūyas, ān, asī, as, becoming one with Brahma, being absorbed into Brahma; (as), n. absorption into Brahma.
     brahmamaṅgaladevatā brahma-maṅ-gala-devatā, f. an epithet of Lakṣmī.
     brahmamaṭha brahma-maṭha, as, m. 'the college of Brahman', N. of a college of theology in Kaśmīra.
     brahmamaṇḍūkī brahma-maṇḍūkī, f. Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; (also written brahma-māṇḍūkī; cf. brāhmī.)
     brahmamati brah-ma-mati, is, m. (with Buddhists) N. of a demon.
     brahmamaya brahma-maya, as, ī, am, consisting or made of Brahma, identified with Brahma, belonging or relating to the Veda, (according to Malli-nātha on Kumāra-s. V. 30 = vaidika); belonging to or fit for a Brāhman.
     brahmamaha brahma-maha, as, m. a feast in honour of the Brāhmans.
     brahmamāṇḍūkī brahma-māṇḍūkī = brahma-maṇḍūkī, q. v.
     brahmamitra brahma-mitra, as,  ā, am, having Brahman for a friend, befriended by Brahman; having the Brāhmans for friends; (as), m., N. of a Muni.
     brahmamīmāṃsā brahma-mīmāṃsā, f. 'investigation into Brahma or the spiritual doctrine of the Veda', N. of the Vedānta philosophy treating of the Supreme Spirit (= uttara-mīmāṃsā, śārīraka-mīmāṃsā, vedānta, q. q. v. v.).
     brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣya brahmamīmāṃ-sā-bhāṣya, am, n., N. of a commentary by Śaṅkarācārya.
     brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣyakāra brahmamīmāṃsā-bhāṣyakāra, as, m. 'commentator on the Brahma-mīmāṃsā', an epithet of Śaṅkarācārya.
     brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣyavivaraṇa brahmamīmāṃsābhā-ṣya-vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a commentary by Ānanda-tīrtha on Śaṅkarācārya's Brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣya.
     brahmamūrti brahma-mūrti, is, is, i, having the figure of Brahmā, in the form of Brahmā.
     brahmamūrdhabhṛt brah-ma-mūrdha-bhṛt, t, m. 'carrying the head of Brahmā', an epithet of Śiva (as having in a dispute cut off one of Brahmā's heads).
     brahmamekhala brahma-mekhala, as, m. the plant Saccharum Munjia (muñja), of which the sacred thread of a Brāhman is made.
     brahmamedhyā brahma-medhyā, f., N. of a river.
     brahmayajña brahma-yajña, as, m. 'the offering of prayer or of repeating the Veda', repeating by heart or recitation of a sacred text, teaching and repeating the Vedas (regarded as one of the five Mahā-yajñas or great sacrifices, see Manu III. 70, where Kullūka explains brahma-yajña by adhyāpana and adhyayana); N. of the thirty-first chapter of the Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa of the Padma-Purāṇa; [cf. brahma-sattra.]
     brahmayajñamāhātmya brahma-yajña-māhātmya, am, n., N. of a chapter of the Purāṇa-sarvasva.
     brahmayajñavidhi brahmayajña-vidhi, is, m., N. of a chapter of Mādhava's Parāśara-smṛti.
     brahmayajñādividhi brah-mayajñādi-vidhi (-ña-ād-), is, m., N. of a work.
     brahmayaśas brahma-yaśas, as, or brahma-yaśasa, am, n., Ved. the glory or majesty of Brahman.
     brahmayaśasin brahma-yaśasin, ī, inī, i, Ved. renowned for sanctity.
     brahmayaṣṭi brahma-yaṣṭi, is, or brahma-yaṣṭikā, or brahma-yaṣṭī, f. the plant Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; Ligusticum Ajowan.
     brahmayāya brahma-yāya, as, m. (probably) = brahma-yajña, q. v.
     brahmayātu brahma-yātu, us, m. epithet of a particular Yātu; [cf. deva-yātu.]
     brahmayāmala brahma-yāmala, N. of a Tantra; (also written brahma-jāmala.)
     brahmayuga brahma-yuga, am, n. the age of the Brāhmans, (opposed to kṣa-trasya yugam, the age of the Kshatriyas, Hari-vaṃśa 11808.)
     brahmayuj brahma-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. harnessed by prayer or devotion (i. e. bringing Indra in answer to the prayers of men, said of the horses of that deity; Sāy. = parivṛḍhena mantreṇa yujya-mānaḥ).
     brahmayoga brahma-yoga, as, m. use or employment of prayer, the binding power or efficacy of devotion (Ved.); cultivation of spiritual knowledge.
     brahmayoni brahma-yoni, is, f. original source in Brahma, home in Brahma; (is, is, i), having the original source or home in Brahma; descended or sprung from Brahmā; (is, ī), f., N. of a place of pilgrimage; (is), m., N. of a mountain (= brahma-giri).
     brahmayonistha brahma-yoni-stha, as, ā, am, intent on the means of attaining sacred knowledge or the supreme godhead, (according to Kullūka on Manu X. 74 = brahma-prāpti-kāraṇa-brahma-dhyāna-niṣṭha.)
     brahmarakṣas brah-ma-rakṣas, as, n., N. of a kind of evil demon (= brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.).
     brahmaratna brahma-ratna, am, n. a valuable present made to Brāhmans.
     brahmaratha brahma-ratha, as, m. the chariot or carriage of a Brāhman.
     brahmarandhra brahma-randhra, am, n. a suture or aperture in the crown of the head and through which the soul is said to escape on death.
     brahmarasa brahma-rasa, as, m., Ved. the savour of Brahman, the savour of divine knowledge.
     brahmarākṣasa brahma-rākṣasa, as, m. a kind of evil demon, a fiend of the Brāhmanical class, the ghost of a Brāhman who in his lifetime indulged a haughty and disdainful spirit; a species of plant commonly called Thorarohiḍā; (ī), f. epithet of one of the nine Samidhs.
     brahmarāja brahma-rāja, as, m., N. of a king; of a man.
     brahmarāta brahma-rāta, as, m. 'given by Brahmā', an epithet of Śuka; N. of the father of Yājñavalkya.
     brahmarātra brahma-rātra, as, m. 'the night of Brahmā', epithet of a particular hour of night.
     brahmarātri brahma-rātri, is, m. an epithet of Yājñavalkya; (an incorrect form for brāhmarāti.)
     brahmarāśi brahma-rāśi, is, m. the whole circle of sacred knowledge, whole mass of the sacred text; 'a mass of holiness', an epithet of Paraśu-rāma; a particular constellation, (according to a Scholiast = śravaṇa, q. v.)
     brahmarīti brahma-rīti, is, f. a kind of brass.
     brahmarūpiṇī brah-ma-rūpiṇī, f. a species of plant (commonly called Bādāṅgula).
     brahmarekhā brahma-rekhā, f. 'line of Brahmā', the lines or destiny written by Brahmā on the forehead of every creature, the predestined lot of a man.
     brahmarṣi brahmarṣi (-ma-ṛ-), is, m. 'Brāhmanical sage', epithet of a particular class of sages [cf. ṛṣi] supposed to belong to the Brāhmanical caste (as Vasiṣṭha, &c.; higher than Maharshi, q. v.; also written brahma-ṛṣi, see Grammar 38. h).
     brahmarṣitā brahmarṣi-tā, f. or brahmarṣi-tva, am, n. the being a Brahmarshi, the rank of a sage of the Brāhmanical class.
     brahmarṣideśa brahmarṣi-deśa, as, m. 'the country of the Brahmarshis', including Kuru-kshetra and the country of the Matsyas, Pañcālas, and Śūrasenakas (see Manu II. 19).
     brahmalakṣaṇavākyārtha brah-ma-lakṣaṇa-vākyārtha (-ya-ar-), N. of an abridgement of the Vedānta-sudhā-rahasya.
     brahmalikhita brah-ma-likhita, am, n. or brahma-lekha, as, m. 'Brahmā's writing', a man's destiny written on his forehead (= brahma-rekhā).
     brahmaloka brahma-loka, as, m. the world of Brahmā, i. e. the heaven or place of residence of Brahmā, (a division of the universe and one of the supposed residences of pious spirits.)
     brahmavaktṛ brahma-vaktṛ, tā, m. a proclaimer of religious truths, a teacher of the Veda.
     brahmavat 1. brahma-vat, ān, atī, at, possessed of Brahma; possessing religious learning.
     brahmavat 2. brahma-vat, ind. according to the sacred text, according to the Veda.
     brahmavada brahma-vada or brahma-vala, ās, m. pl., N. of a school; (probably an incorrect form.)
     brahmavadya brahma-vadya, am, n. knowledge or declaration of Brahma, = brahmodya, q. v.; (as, ā, am), in brahma-vadyā kathā, see Vopa-deva XXVI. 21.
     brahmavadha brahma-vadha, as, m. or brahma-vadhyā, f. the murder of a Brāhman.
     brahmavadhyākṛta brahmavadhyā-kṛta, am, n. an act of Brāhmanicide, the crime of killing a Brāhman.
     brahmavani brah-ma-vani, is, is, i, Ved. (according to Mahī-dhara) devoted to the Brāhmans.
     brahmavarcas brahma-varcas, see brahma-varcasa.
     brahmavarcasa brahma-varcasa, am, n. divine glory or splendor; eminence in holiness or in sacred knowledge, spiritual pre-eminence, holiness resulting from the study and observance of the Vedas; the sanctity or superhuman power of a Brāhman.
     brahmavarcasin brah-ma-varcasin or brahma-varcasvin, ī, inī, i, eminent in religious learning, holy; illumined by the Vedas; (ī), m. an illustrious priest, holy Brāhman, (Mahī-dhara = yajñādhyayana-śīlo brāhmaṇaḥ.)
     brahmavarcasya brahma-varcasya, as, ā, am, see Vārttika to Pāṇ. V. 1, 39.
     brahmavarta brahma-varta, as, m. = brahmā-varta, q. v.
     brahmavardhana brahma-vardhana, am, n. copper (which is considered peculiarly suitable for sacrificial utensils).
     brahmavala brahma-vala = brahma-vada, q. v.
     brahmavallī brahma-vallī, f. Brahmā's tendril or creeper.
     brahmavallīlipi brahmavallī-lipi, N. of a work.
     brahmavāṭīya brahma-vāṭīya, as, ā, am, epithet of a kind of Muni.
     brahmavāda brahma-vāda, as, m., Ved. speaking of sacred matters, declaring or teaching spiritual knowledge, citing the Vedas; (as, ā, am), = brahma-vādin.
     brahmavāditva brahmavādi-tva, am, n. the being an expounder of the Veda.
     brahmavādin brahma-vādin, ī, inī, i, one who recites the Veda, a defender or expounder of the Veda, a theologian, speaking of or discussing sacred matters; one who asserts that all things are Brahma, a follower of the Vedānta system of philosophy.
     brahmavādya brahma-vādya, am, n., Ved. rivalry in sacred knowledge or in magical power, (according to the commentator, also as, ā, am; cf. brahma-vadya, brahmodya.)
     brahmavāluka brahma-vāluka, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha.
     brahmavāsa brahma-vāsa, as, m. the abode of Brahmā, the heaven of Brahmā.
     brahmavāhas brahma-vā-has, ās, ās, as, Ved. one to whom prayers are offered (said of Indra); (Sāy.) = stotreṇa prāpya-māṇaḥ, obtained by prayer; = stotrasya vāhakaḥ, the accepter of prayer.
     brahmavittva brahmavit-tva, am, n. (fr. brahma-vid), knowledge of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmavid brahma-vid, t, t, t, or brahma-vida, as, ā, am, knowing Brahma or the Supreme Spirit, a theologian, philosopher, sage; skilled in sacred spells or magical charms.
     brahmavidyā brahma-vidyā, f. knowledge of 'the holy' or of Brahma; knowledge of the Supreme Spirit or Soul of the Universe; N. of an Upaniṣad.
     brahmavidyātīrtha brahmavidyā-tīrtha, as, m., N. of an author.
     brahmavidyābharaṇa brahmavidyābharaṇa (-yā-ābh-), am, n., N. of a commentary by Advaitānanda on the Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā-bhāṣya.
     brahmavidvas brahma-vid-vas, vān, uṣī, vas, Ved. one who knows Brahma, knowing the Supreme Spirit.
     brahmavidviṣ brahma-vidviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, = brahma-dviṣ, q. v.
     brahmavindu brahma-vindu, us, m. a drop of saliva sputtered while reciting the Veda; N. of an Upaniṣad connected with the Atharvaveda.
     brahmavivardhana brahma-vivardhana, as, m. 'increasing religious knowledge', an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     brahmaviśeṣacittaparipṛcchā brah-ma-viśeṣa-citta-paripṛcchā, f., N. of a Buddhist Sūtra work.
     brahmavṛkṣa brahma-vṛkṣa, as, m. 'the divine tree' or 'Brahma regarded as a tree;' the Palāśa tree, Butea Frondosa; the glomerous fig-tree, Ficus Glomerata.
     brahmavṛtti brahma-vṛtti, is, f. the livelihood or means of subsistence of a Brāhman.
     brahmavṛddha brahma-vṛddha, as, ā, am, Ved. become great by devotion, increased by prayer.
     brahmavṛddhi brahma-vṛddhi, is, m., N. of a man.
     brahmavṛnda brahma-vṛnda, am, n. a company or assemblage of Brāhmans; (ā), f., N. of the city of Brahmā.
     brahmaveda brahma-veda, as, m. 'the Veda of sacred spells or charms', a N. of the Atharva-veda; the Veda of the Brāhmans, (opposed to kṣatra-veda, q. v.); knowledge of Brahma, monotheism; knowledge of the Vedas.
     brahmavedamaya brahmaveda-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of the Brahma-veda.
     brahmavedi brahma-vedi, is, f. 'the altar of Brahmā', N. of the country between the five lakes of Rāma in Kuru-kshetra.
     brahmavedin brahma-vedin, ī, inī, i, = brahma-vid, knowing or acquainted with the Vedas or spiritual knowledge.
     brahmavedhyā brahma-vedhyā, another form for brah-ma-bodhyā, q. v.
     brahmavaivarta brahma-vaivarta or brahma-vaivartaka, am, n. 'changes of Brahman' (who is identified with Kṛṣṇa), N. of a Purāṇa, (this Purāṇa, which is one of the most modern of the eighteen, contains prayers and invocations addressed to Kṛṣṇa, descriptions of Vṛndāvana and Go-loka, with tedious narratives about Kṛṣṇa and his love for the Gopīs and Rādhā.)
     brahmavrata brahma-vrata, am, n., N. of a religious observance; a vow of chastity.
     brahmaśalya brahma-śalya, as, m. a species of plant (= soma-valka); the tree Mimosa Arabica.
     brahmaśāyin brahma-śāyin, ī, inī, i, resting or reposing in Brahma.
     brahmaśālā brahma-śālā, f. the hall of Brahmā; N. of a sacred place.
     brahmaśāsana brahma-śāsana, am, n. an edict addressed to the Brāhmans; a command of Brahmā; the command of a Brāhman, = dharma-kīlaka; (as), m., N. of a Grāma.
     brahmaśiras brahma-śiras, as, or brahma-śīrṣan, a, n. 'the head of Brahmā', N. of a mythical weapon.
     brahmaśumbhita brahma-śumbhita, as, ā, am, Ved. cleansed by prayer, adorned by devotion.
     brahmaśrī brahma-śrī, īs, f., N. of a Sāman.
     brahmaśrīmantra brahma-śrī-mantra, as, m., N. of a chapter of Kṛṣṇānanda's Tantra-sāra.
     brahmasaṃśita brahma-saṃśita, as, ā, am, Ved. sharpened by prayer or by a sacred text (Sāy. = mantreṇa tīkṣṇī-kṛtaḥ).
     brahmasaṃsad brahma-saṃsad, t, f. Brahman's hall of assembly or court.
     brahmasaṃstha brah-ma-saṃstha, as, ā, am, Ved. wholly devoted to Brahma or to religious knowledge, attaining to union with Brahma.
     brahmasaṃhitā brahma-saṃhitā, f. a collection of prayers; N. of a short treatise on the Vedānta system.
     brahmasaṃhitāvyākhyā brahmasaṃhitā-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commentary on the Brahma-saṃhitā.
     brahmasatī brahma-satī, f. a N. of the river Sarasvatī.
     brahmasattra brahma-sattra, am, n. the sacrifice or offering of devotion or abstract meditation, absorption in the holy one; study and teaching of the Vedas, the constant repetition of the Vedas or a particular portion of the Vedas which is constantly studied and repeated (Manu II. 106; cf. brahma-yajña) .
     brahmasattrin brahma-sattrin, ī, iṇī, i, offering the sacrifice of prayer, absorbed in the holy one.
     brahmasadana brah-ma-sadana, am, n. the seat of the Brahman or chief priest (Ved.); the abode or heaven of Brahmā; N. of a Tīrtha, (in this sense a various reading for veda-vadana.)
     brahmasadas brahma-sadas, as, n. the residence or court of Brahmā.
     brahmasabhā brahma-sabhā, f. the hall or court of Brahmā.
     brahmasambandha brahma-sambandha, as, m. = brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.
     brahmasambhava brahma-sam-bhava, as, ā, am, sprung from Brahman; coming from Brahmā; sprung or descended from Brāhmans; (as), m. (with Jainas) N. of the second black Vāsudeva; of the author of a law-book.
     brahmasaras brahma-saras, as, n. 'the lake of Brahmā', N. of a very sacred bathing-place.
     brahmasarpa brahma-sarpa, as, m. 'the serpent of Brahmā', a kind of snake.
     brahmasava brahma-sava, as, m. 'divine clarifying process', distillation of Soma, (Sāy. brahma = soma,) or the (Soma) distillation (performed) by Brāhmans; N. of a particular libation.
     brahmasāgara brahma-sāgara, as, m., N. of a place.
     brahmasāt brah-ma-sāt, ind. into the state of Brahma, with reference to Brahma.
     brahmasātkṛta brahmasāt-kṛta, as, ā, am, absorbed into the state of Brahma, performed with reference to Brahma.
     brahmasāma brahma-sāma, am, or brahma-sāman, a, n., Ved., N. of a Sāman (sung to a text recited by the Brahman or chief priest or by the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin).
     brahmasāyujya brahma-sāyujya, am, n. intimate union or identification with Brahma, entrance into Brahma.
     brahmasārṣṭitā brahma-sārṣṭitā, f. equality or identification with Brahma, union with the Supreme Spirit, (according to Kullūka = brah-maṇaḥ samāna-gati-tā.)
     brahmasāvarṇa brahma-sāvarṇa, as, m., N. of a particular Manu; (am), n., N. of his Manv-antara.
     brahmasāvarṇi brahma-sāvarṇi, is, m., N. of the tenth Manu; (also written brahmā-sāvarṇi.)
     brahmasiddhānta brahma-siddhānta, as, m., N. of various astronomical works.
     brahmasiddhi brahma-siddhi, is, m., N. of a Muni; (is), f., N. of a work by Maṇḍana-miśra.
     brahmasuta brahma-suta, as, m. 'the son of Brahmā', i. e. the Ketu Brahma-daṇḍa.
     brahmasuvarcalā brahma-suvarcalā, f. a species of plant (an infusion of which is drunk as a penance for eating anything left by a cat, crow, rat, &c., Manu XI. 159); Helianthus; Clerodendrum Siphonanthus (= brāhmī).
     brahmasū brahma-sū, ūs, m. 'the son of Brahmā', an epithet of A-niruddha, son of the god of love; N. of Kāma-deva, the god of love.
     brahmasūtra brahma-sūtra, am, n. the sacrificial or Brāhmanical thread worn over the shoulder; a Sūtra work treating of true divine knowledge or of the Vedānta philosophy; N. of a work containing the aphorisms of the Vedānta philosophy ascribed to Bādārāyaṇa or Vyāsa, also denominated Vedāntasūtra and Śārīraka-sūtra, q. q. v. v.
     brahmasūtraṛjuvyākhyā brahmasūtra-ṛju-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commentary on the Brahma-sūtras by Vijñāna-bhikshu or Vijñāna-yati.
     brahmasūtrabhāṣya brah-masūtra-bhāṣya, am, n., N. of a commentary by Śaṅkarācārya; of a commentary by Ānanda-tīrtha.
     brahmasūtravṛtti brahmasūtra-vṛtti, is, f., N. of a commentary by Bodhāyana; of a commentary by Bhairavadīkṣita-tilaka.
     brahmasūtrānubhāṣya brahmasūtrānubhāṣya (-ra-an-), am, n., N. of a commentary by Vallabhācārya.
     brahmasūtrin brahma-sūtrin, ī, iṇī, i, invested with the Brāhmanical cord.
     brahmasūnu brahma-sūnu, us, m. (with Jainas) a sovereign of the race of Ikṣvāku; N. of the twelfth king of Bhārata.
     brahmasṛj brahma-sṛj, ṭ, m. 'the creator of Brahmā', an epithet of Śiva.
     brahmasoma brah-ma-soma, as, m., N. of a sage.
     brahmastamba brahma-stamba, as, m. 'Brahman's post or prop', the world.
     brahmastambi brah-ma-stambi, is, m., N. of a man; (probably a wrong form for brāhmastambi, a patronymic fr. brahma-stamba.)
     brahmasteya brahma-steya, am, n. stealing that which is holy, stealing the Veda, obtaining a knowledge of the Veda by illicit means.
     brahmasthala brahma-sthala, am, n., N. of a city, (also read brahma-pura); N. of a village.
     brahmasthāna brahma-sthāna, am, n. 'place or abode of Brahmā', N. of a Tīrtha; (probably as, m.), a mulberry tree.
     brahmasphuṭasiddhānta brahma-sphuṭa-siddhānta, as, m., N. of an astronomical work by Brahma-gupta (whose name is frequently written Brāhma-gupta).
     brahmasva brahma-sva, am, n. Brāhmanical property, money or lands belonging to Brāhmans.
     brahmasvarūpa brahma-svarūpa, as, ā, am, of the nature of spirit, of the same essence as the godhead.
     brahmasvahārin brah-masva-hārin, ī, iṇī, i, carrying off or stealing the property of Brāhmans.
     brahmasvāmin brahma-svāmin, ī, m., N. of a man.
     brahmahatyā brahma-hatyā, f. killing a Brāhman, Brāhmanicide, or any crime equally heinous.
     brahmahan brahma-han, ā, ghnī, a, 'Brāhmanslaying', murdering a Brāhman, the murderer or slayer of a Brāhman.
     brahmahuta brahma-huta, am, n. the oblation or offering to Brāhmans, performance of the rites of hospitality (especially to twice-born guests, = nṛ-yajña, atithi-pūjana, one of the Mahā-yajñas, see Manu III. 74, and cf. brāhmya-huta).
     brahmahṛdaya brahma-hṛdaya, as, am, m. n. the star Capella.
     brahmahrada brahma-hrada, as, m., N. of a lake.
     brahmākṣara brahmākṣara (-ma-ak-), am, n. the sacred and mysterious syllable, the syllable om (regarded as a mystical name of the Deity).
     brahmākṣaramaya brahmākṣara-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of sacred syllables.
     brahmāgrabhū brahmāgra-bhū (-ma-ag-), ūs, m. a horse; [cf. brahmātma-bhū.]
     brahmāñjali brahmāñjali (-ma-añ-), is, m. 'homage to the divine', joining the hollowed hands together while repeating the Veda (either as an act of homage or to mark by the motion of the hands so placed the accentuation of the Sāma-veda; cf. Manu II. 71); obeisance to a spiritual preceptor at the beginning or end of a repetition of the Veda; [cf. añjali.]
     brahmāñjalikṛta brahmāñjali-kṛta, as, ā, am, one who has joined the hollowed hands in token of homage to the Veda.
     brahmāṇḍa brahmāṇḍa (-ma-aṇ-), am, n. 'the egg of Brahmā', the mundane egg, the universe, globe, world; N. of a Purāṇa and of an Upa-Purāṇa.
     brahmāṇḍapurāṇa brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa, am, n., N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas so called as revealed by Brahmā, and containing an account of the egg of Brahmā and the future Kalpas, (this Purāṇa is supposed to be only extant in a number of unauthentic fragments or Khaṇḍas.)
     brahmāṇḍabhāṇḍodara brahmāṇḍa-bhāṇḍodara (-ḍa-ud-), am, n. the interior of the vessel-like egg of Brahmā.
     brahmātithi brahmātithi (-ma-at-), is, m., N. of a Kāṇva (author of the hymn Ṛg-veda VIII. 5).
     brahmātmabhū brahmātma-bhū (-ma-āt-), ūs, m. a horse; [cf. brahmāgra-bhū.]
     brahmādanī brahmādanī (-ma-ad-), f. a species of plant (= haṃsa-padī).
     brahmādarśa brahmā-darśa (-ma-ād-), as, m., N. of a work by Vijñānācārya.
     brahmādijātā brahmādi-jātā (-ma-ad-), f. the river Godāvarī; (probably an incorrect form for brahmā-dri-jātā; also written brāhmādri-jātā.)
     brahmādiśīrṣa brah-mādi-śīrṣa (-ma-ād-), N. of a place; (probably for brahmādri-śīrṣa.) --1. brahmādya (-ma-ād-), as, ā, am (fr. brahma + 1. ādya, q. v.), beginning with Brahmā (Manu I. 50).
     brahmādya 2. brahmādya (-ma-ād-), as, ā, am (fr. brahma + 2. ādya, q. v.), Ved. to be eaten by priests or Brāhmans.
     brahmādrijātā brah-mādri-jātā, see brahmādi-jātā.
     brahmādhigama brahmādhi-gama (-ma-adh-), as, m. or brahmādhigamana, am, n. application or devotion to sacred study, repetition of the Veda.
     brahmādhigamika brahmādhigamika, as, ā, am, proceeding or derived from the study or repetition of the Veda.
     brahmānanda brahmānanda (-ma-ān-), as, m. 'joy in Brahma', the rapture of absorption into the Supreme Spirit, beatitude, bliss; N. of a man.
     brahmānandapañcaka brahmānanda-pañcaka, am, n., N. of the third part of Bhāratī-tīrtha's Pañca-daśī.
     brahmānandabhāratī brah-mānanda-bhāratī or brahmānanda-sarasvatī, īs, m., N. of the author of several commentaries.
     brahmānandavallī brahmānanda-vallī, f., N. of the second Vallī of the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.
     brahmāpeta brahmāpeta (-ma-ap-), as, m., N. of one of the seven Rākṣasas said to dwell in the sun during the month Māgha.
     brahmābhyāsa brahmābhyāsa (-ma-abh-), as, m. the study of the Veda.
     brahmāmṛtavarṣiṇī brahmāmṛta-varṣiṇī (-ma-am-), f., N. of a commentary by Śrī-rāmānanda on the Brahma-sūtras.
     brahmāmbhas brahmāmbhas (-ma-am-), as, n. 'holy water', the urine of a cow.
     brahmāyaṇa brahmāyaṇa or brahmāyana (-ma-ay-), as, m. 'refuge of Brahmā', resorted to by Brahmā, epithet of Nārāyaṇa; [cf. tridaśāyana.]
     brahmāyatana brahmāyatana (-ma-āy-), am, n., Ved. a temple of Brahmā.
     brahmāyus brahmāyus (-ma-āy-), us, m., N. of a Brāhman.
     brahmāraṇya brahmāraṇya (-ma-ar-), am, n. 'forest of religious knowledge', a grove in which the Vedas are read and explained; N. of a forest.
     brahmārambha brahmārambha (-ma-ār-), as, m. beginning to repeat the Veda (Manu II. 71).
     brahmārgha brahmārgha (-ma-ar-), as, ā, am, Ved. worthy of sacred knowledge; worthy of Brahma; (in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad I. 1, a various reading for brahma-grāhin, q. v.)
     brahmārpaṇa brahmārpaṇa (-ma-ar-), am, n. the offering or oblation of sacred knowledge; N. of a magical spell (see manu).
     brahmālaṅkāra brahmālaṅkāra (-ma-al-), as, m., Ved. the ornament of Brahmā, (according to a Scholiast = hiraṇyagarbha-yogyam maṇḍanam.)
     brahmāvarta brah-māvarta (-ma-āv-), as, m. 'the holy land', an epithet of the country situated between the rivers Sarasvatī and Dṛṣadvatī to the N. W. of Hastināpura (Manu II. 17); N. of a Tīrtha; N. of one of the sons of Ṛṣabha.
     brahmāvartatīrtha brahmāvarta-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha on the Revā or Narmadā river.
     brahmāvāsa brahmāvāsa (-ma-āv-), as, m., N. of a Vedānta philosophical work; (also called Avimukta-nirukti.)
     brahmāsana brahmāsana (-ma-ās-), am, n. the seat of the Brahman priest (Ved.); a particular posture suited to devout religious meditation.
     brahmāsananiviṣṭa brahmāsana-niviṣṭa, as, ā, am, seated in the posture called Brahmāsana.
     brahmāstra brahmāstra (-ma-as-), am, n. 'Brahmā's missile', N. of a fabled weapon (supposed to be the gift of Brahmā) which deals infallible destruction; 'the imprecation of a Brāhman', a term applied to a particular kind of incantation.
     brahmāsya brahmāsya (-ma-ās-), am, n. the mouth of a Brāhman.
     brahmāhuta brahmā-huta (-ma-āh-), as, ā, am, Ved. one to whom oblations of prayer or devotion have been made.
     brahmāhuti brahmāhuti (-ma-āh-), is, f. the offering of prayer or devotion; [cf. brahma-yajña, brahma-sattra.]
     brahmeddha brahmeddha (-ma-id-), as, ā, am, Ved. lighted or kindled during prayer.
     brahmeśaya brahme-śaya (brahme for brahmaṇi), as, m. 'reposing or resting in Brahman', an epithet of Kārttikeya; of Viṣṇu.
     brahmeśvaratīrtha brahmeśvara-tīrtha (-ma-īś-), am, n., N. of a Tīrtha on the Revā or Narmadā river.
     brahmojjhatā brah-mojjhatā (-ma-uj-), f. neglecting or forgetting the Vedas, (according to Kullūka on Manu XI. 56 = adhīta-vedasyānabhyāsena vismaraṇam.)
     brahmoḍumbara brahmoḍumbara, another form for brahmo-dumbara, q. v.
     brahmottara brahmottara (-ma-ut-), as, ā, am, treating particularly of Brahman [cf. bṛhad-brahmottara-khaṇḍa]; consisting chiefly of Brāhmans; (as), m., N. of a superhuman being; (ās), m. pl. 'mostly Brāhmans', N. of a people; (am), n., N. of a section of the Skanda-Purāṇa.
     brahmottarakhaṇḍa brah-mottara-khaṇḍa, am, n., N. of a section of the Skanda-Purāṇa.
     brahmottarapurāṇa brahmottara-purāṇa, am, n., N. of a supplementary section of the Brahma-Purāṇa.
     brahmodatīrtha brahmoda-tīrtha (-ma-ud-), am, n., N. of a Tīrtha mentioned in the Śiva-Purāṇa.
     brahmodumbara brahmo-dumbara (-ma-ud-), N. of a place of pilgrimage.
     brahmodya brahmodya (-ma-ud-), am, n. rivalry in sacred knowledge, playful discussion of theological problems or enigmas, reciting or explaining the Veda, speaking or treating of religious knowledge.
     brahmopadeśa brahmopa-deśa (-ma-up-), as, m. instruction in divine knowledge.
     brahmopaniṣad brahmopaniṣad (-ma-up-), t, f. mystical teaching concerning Brahma (Ved.); a mystical Brāhmanical treatise; N. of an Upaniṣad mentioned in the Tantra-sāra; of an Upaniṣad belonging to the Atharva-veda.
     brahmaudana brahmaudana (-ma-od-), as, m., Ved. boiled rice distributed to Brāhmans and especially to priests at a sacrifice.
     brahmaupagava brahmau-pagava (-ma-aup-), see Scholiast on Pāṇ. VI. 1, 88.

brahma brahma, am, n. = brahman, the Supreme Spirit, the Absolute; (brahma is also used for brahman at the end of certain compounds, cf. ku-brahma, mahā-brahma.)

brahmaṇaspati brahmaṇas-pati, is, m. (fr. brahmaṇas, gen. c. of brahman + pati), = bṛhas-pati, q. v.

brahmaṇya 1. brahmaṇya (fr. brahman), Nom. P. brahma-ṇyati, &c., Ved. to pray, be prayerful or devout, to be religious.

brahmaṇya 2. brahmaṇya, as, ā, am, relating or belonging to Brahma or Brahmā; devoted to sacred knowledge; fit for a Brāhman; friendly to Brāhmans; religious, pious; (as), m. an epithet of Kārttikeya; the planet Saturn; the mulberry tree, Morus Indica; the plant Saccharum Munjia; (ā), f. an epithet of Durgā; (Ved.) devotion, (in this sense fr. the Nom.; according to Sāy. n. pl. = brahmāṇi stotrāṇi havir-lakṣaṇāny annāni vā.)
     brahmaṇyatā brahmaṇya-tā, f. friendliness towards Brāhmans, piety.
     brahmaṇyatīrtha brahmaṇya-tīrtha, as, m., N. of a preceptor.
     brahmaṇyadeva brahmaṇya-deva, as, m. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
     brahmaṇyabhāskara brahmaṇya-bhāskara, as, m., N. of a man.

brahmaṇyat brahmaṇyat, an, antī, at (fr. the Nom.), Ved. praying, prayerful, devout; (Sāy.) = stotram icchat.

brahmāṇī brahmāṇī, f. the Śakti or personified female energy of Brahmā, the wife of Brahmā; an epithet of Durgā, (wrongly written brāhmāṇī, brāhmaṇī); a kind of perfume (= reṇukā); a kind of brass (= rāja-rīti); N. of a river, (in this sense also read brāhmaṇī.)

brahmin brahmin, ī, iṇī, i, belonging or relating to Brahma; (ī), m. an epithet of Viṣṇu (as possessing sacred knowledge).

brahmiṣṭha brahmiṣṭha, as, m. (superl. fr. brahman), a Brāhman in the highest degree (as an epithet of learned and pious Brāhmans or princes); an epithet of Bṛhas-pati (Ved.); N. of a prince; (ā), f. an epithet of Durgā.