āyur dṛḍhāyur aśvāyur dhanāyur dhṛtimānvasuḥ
āyu
a. [i-uṇ Uṇ. 1. 2] Ved. Living, going, moveable. --yuḥ 1 A living being, man. --2 Mankind, human race. --3 Living beings taken collectively. --4 The first man. --5 Life, duration...
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[apte] a. [i-uṇ Uṇ. 1. 2] Ved. Living, going, moveable. --yuḥ 1 A living being, man. --2 Mankind, human race. --3 Living beings taken collectively. --4 The first man. --5 Life, duration of life. --6 Wind. --7 A son, descendant, off- spring. --8 The son of Purūravas and Urvaśī. --Comp. --ṣak a. at- tached to; joined with men.
[mw] A1. (/ā-yuvate RV. ix, 77, 2; pf. -yuyuv/e RV. i, 138, 1; p. -yuv/amāna RV. i, 582, and -yuvāna S3Br. ix, 4, 1, 8) to draw or pull towards one's self; to seize, take possession of RV.; TBr.; S3Br.; to procure, provide, produce TS.; to stir up, agitate, mingle... n. a spoon (or similar instrument) for stirring AV. ix, 6, 17, &c 018551 148,3 25856 mfn. melted, mixed, mingled 148,3 25857 mfn. ifc. combined with MBh.;...
[mw] mfn. (fr. i Un2. i, 2), living, movable RV.; VS. 148,3 25860 m. a living being, man 148,3 25861 m. living beings collectively, mankind RV. 148,3 25862 m. son, descendant, offspring 148,3 25863
Corpus Profile
- Part of Speech
- NOUN
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- 141
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- 36
DCS: name of a man | Monier-Williams: Ayu/ ( u ), n. [and ( us ) m. , L. ] life, duration of life, RV. iii, 3
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aśuddhaṃ tālamāyughnaṃ kaphamārutamehakṛt
tavaiva pūrvaḥ pūrveṣām āyor vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ