Sanskrit Word List

a. (kī f.) Connected with or peculiar to the Vedas; derived from the Vedas.

N. of the glossary of Ve- dic words (in five chapters) com- mented upon and explained by Yāska in his Nirukta.

a. (sī f.), naiḥśreyasika a. (kī f.) Leading to happiness or final beatitude.

Destitution, poverty, indigence.

a. (jī f.) Own, one's own.

a. (na-eka) Not one or alone; mostly in comp.; ºātman m., ºrūpaḥ, ºśṛgaḥ epithets of the Supreme Being. kaḥ An epithet of Viṣṇu. Comp. cara a. living in society, gregarious....

ind. In various ways, vari- ously.

ind. 1 In great numbers.

2 Repeatedly, often, frequently.

A demon, Rākṣasa.

a. (kī f.) Adjacent, near, contiguous. kaḥ An ascetic or Bhikṣu; Bk. 4. 12 (vide com- mentary).

Proximity, neighbour- hood.

a. (kī f.) 1 Dishonest, false (or perhaps cruel); Ms. 4. 196.

2 Low, vile, wicked.

3 Morose.

Blueness, dark-blue colour.

A banquet, feast.

A trader, merchant.

Barter, exchange.

a. (ṣī f.) Lasting for a ‘nimisha’ or twinkling, momentary, transient. ṣaṃ N. of a sacred forest celebrated as the residence of cer- tain sages to whom Sauti related the...

An inhabitant of the forest, called Naimiṣa.

a. (ttī f.) Relating to signs, marks &c.

a. (kī f.) 1 Produced by, connected with, or dependent on, any particular cause.

2 Unusual, occasional, accidental, produced by some cause (opp. nitya). kaḥ An astrologer,...

a. (lī f.) Produced in Nepāla. lī 1 Red arsenic.

2 The indigo plant.

3 The plant called na- vamallikā.

a. (kī f.) Produced in Nepāla. kaṃ Copper.

a. (kī f.) Mentioned incidentally or by the way.

1 Dexterity, skill, cleverness, proficiency; naipuṇonneyama- sti U. 6. 26; Śi. 16. 30.

2 Strict- ness, exactness.

3 Anything that requires skill, a delicate matter.

4...

1 Uninterruptedness, close succession, continuity.

2 Closeness, contiguity (in space).

Disregard, indifference.

Senselessness, nonsense.

1 Hopelessness, despair, despondency; taṭasthaṃ nairāśyāt U. 3. 13.

2 Absence of wish or expecta- tion; yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nairāśyamava- laṃbitaṃ H. 1. 144; Bv. 4. 20.

An inhabitant of hell.

a. Getting over dangerous or critical times.

A servant.

Pitilessness, cruelty; vaiṣamyanairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvāt tathā hi da- rśayati Br. Sūt. II. 1. 34.

1 Absence of qualities or properties.

2 Want of excellence, absence of good qualities; nairguṇyameva sādhīyo dhigastu guṇagauravaṃ Bv. 1. 88.

Shamelessness, impu- dence.

Cleanness, purity, spot- lessness, (physical as well as moral).

1 A demon; bhayamapralayodve- [Page0649-c+ 54] gādācakhyurnairṛtodadheḥ R. 10. 34; 11. 21; 12. 43; 14. 4; 15. 20.

2 The regent of the south-western direc- tion. taṃ The lunar...

1 An epithet of Durgā.

2 The south-western direction.

Health.

One who knows the etymology of words, an etymo- logist.

a. (kī f.) Conducting or leading out, carrying (as water &c.).

a. (śī f.), naiśika a. (kī f.) 1 Nocturnal, belonging to the night, nightly; tannaiśaṃ timiramapākaroti caṃdraḥ Ś. 6. 29; naiśasyārcirhutabhuja iva chinnabhūyi- ṣṭhadhūmā V. 1. 8;...

1 A king of the Niṣadhas.

2 Especially, an epithet of king Nala, q. v.

3 A native or inhabi- tant of Niṣadha.

4 N. of a Mahā- kāvaya by Śrīharṣa, treating of the adventures...

a. Relating to Nala; kā- vye cāruṇi naiṣadhīyacarite sargoyamādirgataḥ [Page0650-a+ 54] N. 1. 145.

a. (kī f.) Natural, inborn, innate, inherent; naisargikī surabhiṇaḥ kusumasya siddhā mūrdhni sthitirna musalairavatāḍanāni Māl. 9. 49; R. 5. 37, 6. 46.

Fixedness, immoveable- ness, fixity.

1 Determination, cer- tainty.

2 A fixed ceremony.

1 Idleness, inactivity.

2 Exemption from acts or their conse- quences; Bg. 3. 4, 18. 49.

3 The salvation obtained by abstraction (as opposed to the salvation obtain- ed by...

a. (kī f.) Worth a hundred Niṣkas.