eva

Dictionary meanings for eva from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Ved. 1 Going, moving.

2 Speedy, quick, evogaṃtā; ye ca evā marutaḥ Uṇ. 1. 150. vaḥ 1 A course, way; or a courser, a fleet horse; svebhirevaiścarataḥ Rv. 1. 62. 8; (pl.) mode of proceeding, custom, habit; or, according to Sāy., a desire or hymn. Comp. yā a. granting protection; or going in ways or courses. yāvan a. going with horses or granting desires, going quick- ly. ( m.) N. of Viṣṇu.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ind. 1 This particle is most frequently used to strength- en and emphasize the idea express- ed by a word: (1) Just, quite, exactly; evameva quite so, just so; (2) [Page0357-b+ 56] same, very, identical; arthoṣmaṇā vira- hitaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eva Bh. 2. 40 that very man; (3) only, alone, merely, (imply- ing exclusion); sā tathyamevābhihitā bhavena Ku. 3. 63 only the truth, nothing but the truth; so nāmnaiva, sa eva...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ind. (in the Sam2hita1 saṃhitā also ev/ā) (i Un2. i, 152; fr. pronom. base e BRD., probably connected with 2. /eva), so, just so, exactly so (in the sense of the later evam) RV.; AV. 232,2 40181 ind. indeed, truly, really (often at the beginning of a verse in conjunction with other particles, as id, hi) RV. 232,2 40181.1 ind. (in its most frequent use of strengthening the idea expressed by any word, eva must be...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. (i), going, moving, speedy, quick TBr. iii; Un2. 232,2 40183 m. course, way (generally instr. pl.) RV. 232,2 40184 m. the earth, world VS. xv, 4; 5 ([ Mahi1dh. ]) 232,2 40185 m. a horse RV. i, 158, 3 ([ Sa1y. ]) 232,2 40186

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