a. [āyuḥ prayojanamasya, yat] Promoting long life, vital, pre- servative of life; idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣya- midaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ paraṃ Ms. 1. 106, 3. 106, 4. 13; M. 4. 4 v. l.; Dk. 158. ṣyaṃ 1 Vital power, abundance of life or vigour.

2 N. of a ceremony performed after the birth of a child.