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Entry अचिर

अचिरaciraNot long since, not long ago.
1. Not long since, not long ago.
2. Recently, lately.
3. Soon, quickly, not long hence.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अंशु, -आभा, -द्युतिः, -प्रभा, -भास्, -रोचिस्
  
  Feminine [अचिराः अंशवः, अचिरा आभा-प्रभा etc. यस्याः सा] lightning; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedशुविलासचञ्चला लक्ष्मीः Ki.2.19; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभासां तेजसा चानुलिप्तैः S.7.7., Ki.4.24, अचिरद्युतितेजसा 5.6. समुत्पफाल गगने मेघादचिरभा इव Parṇāl.5.98.
  
  (कर्म.) transitory lustre, short gleam.
- अचिर acira, Adjective
  
  न. त.
  
  Brief, transitory, of short duration; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedद्युति, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभास्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रभा etc. quod vide, which see
  
  Recent, late, new; अकरोदचिरेश्वरः क्षितौ R.8.2 the new lord. In compounds अचिर may be rendered by 'recently', 'just', `not long ago'; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रवृत्तं ग्रीष्मसमयमधिकृत्य Ś.1, just set in. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रसूता; अचिरप्रसूतया जनन्या विना विवर्धित एव Ś.4; having recently brought forth (who died not long after delivery, said of a doe) or a cow that has recently calved.
- -रम् Adverb (also अचिरेण, अचिराय, अचिरात्, अचिरस्य in the same senses)
In the Gita4·39

श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः ।

śraddhāvāṁ labhate jñānaṁ tatparaḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ, — Who has faith, who conquered and controlled the mind and senses, who has fixed his whole conscious being on the supreme Reality, he attains knowledge… 4·39
- अचिरेणacireṇainstrumental singular of the neuter form of the compound adjective acira used adverbially (swiftly, at once)
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