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• -दीः

  1. Beginning, commencement (Opposite of अन्त); अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु बीजमवासृजत् Ms.1.8; Bg.3.41; अनादि etc.; जगदादिरनादिस्त्वम् Ku.2.9; Often times at the end of comp. and translated by 'beginning with', 'et cætera', 'and others', 'and so on' (of the same nature or kind), 'such like'; इन्द्रादयो देवाः the gods Indra and others (इन्द्रः आदिर्येषां ते); एवमादि this and the like; भ्वादयो धातवः भू and others, or words beginning with भू, are called roots; Often times used by Pāṇini to denote classes or groups of grammatical words; अदादि, दिवादि, स्वादि etc.
  2. First part of portion.
  3. A firstling, first-fruits.
  4. Prime cause.
  5. Nearness.
  6. One of the seven parts of Sāma; अथ सप्तविधस्य वाचि सप्तविधं सामोपासीत यत्किंच वाचो हुमिति स हिंकारो यत्प्रेति स प्रस्तावो यदेति स आदिः Ch. Up.2.8.1.

• -अन्त

  1. Adjective
  2. having beginning and end.
  3. first and last. (-तम्) beginning and end. -denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedयमकम् Name of a figure in poetry. Compare Bk.1.21. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवत् having beginning and end, finite. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअन्तर्वर्तिन् Adjective having a beginning, end and middle; being all-in-all.

• -उदात्त Adjective having the acute accent on the first syllable.

• -उपान्तम् Indeclinable from first to last.

• -करः, -कर्तृ, -कृत् Masculine the creator, an epithet of Brahmā or Viṣnu; गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे Bg.11.37; विशेषणे द्वे य इहादिकर्तुर्वदेदधीती स हि कैयटीयः Śab. Kau.

• -कर्मन् Neuter the beginning of an action.

• -कविः 'the first poet', an epithet of Brahmā and of Vālmīki; the former is so called because he first produced and promulgated the Vedas; (तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत्सूरयः Bhāg.1.1.1.) and the latter, because he was the first to show to others 'the path of poets'; when he beheld one of a pair of Krauñcha birds being killed by a fowler, he cursed the wretch, and his grief unconsciously took the form of a verse (श्लोकत्वमापद्यत यस्य शोकः); he was subsequently told by Brahmā to compose the life of Rāma, and he thus gave to the world the first poem in Sanskrit, the Rāmāyaṇa; Compare Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2. Viṣkambhaka.

• -काण्डम् the first book of the Rāmāyaṇa.

• -कारणम्

  1. the first or primary cause (of the universe), which, according to the Vedāntins, is Brahman; while, according to the Naiyāyikas and particalarly the Vaiśeṣikas, atoms are the first or material cause of the universe, and not God.
  2. analysis.
  3. algebra.

• -काव्यम् the first poem; id est, that is the Rāmāyaṇa; see आदिकवि.

• -केशवः Name of Viṣṇu.

• -जिनः Name of Ṛiṣabha, the first तीर्थंकर.

• -तालः a sort of musical time or ताल; एक एव लघुर्यत्र आदितालः स कथ्यते.

• -दीपकम् Name of a figure in rhetoric (the verb standing at the beginning of the sentence). Compare Bk.1.23.

• -देवः

  1. the first or Supreme God; पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यं आदिदेव- मजं विभुम् Bg.1.12,11.38.
  2. Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu.
  3. Śiva.
  4. Brahmā; Mb.12.188.2.
  5. the sun.

• -दैत्यः an epithet of Hiraṇyakaśipu.

• -नाथः Name of Ādibuddha.

• -पर्वन् Neuter 'the first section or chapter', Name of the first book of the Mahābhārata.

• -पुराणम् the first Purāṇa, Name of the Brahma-Purāṇa. Name of a Jaina religious book.

• -पु

  1. (पू) रुषः the first or primeval being, the lord of the creation.
  2. Viṣṇu, Kṛiṣṇa, or Nārāyaṇa; ते च प्रापुरुदन्वन्तं बुबुधे चादिपूरुषः R.1.6; तमर्घ्यमर्घ्यादिकयादिपूरुषः Śi.1.14.

• -बलम् generative power; first vigour.

• -बुद्ध Adjective perceived in the beginning. (-द्धः) the primitive Buddha.

• -भव, -भूत

  1. Adjective produced at first.
  2. (वः, तः) 'the first-born', primeval being, an epithet of Brahmā; इत्युक्त्वादिभवो देवः Bhāg.7.3.22.
  3. also Name of Viṣṇu; रसातलादादि. भवेन पुंसा R.13.8.
  4. an elder brother. (-तम्) minute five elements (पञ्चमहाभूतानि); नष्टे लोके द्विपरार्धावसाने महा- भूतेष्वादिभूतं गतेषु Bhāg.1.3.25.

• -मूलम् first foundation, primeval cause.

• -योगाचार्यः 'the first teacher of devotion', an epithet of Śiva.

• -रसः the first of he 8 Rasas, id est, that is शृङ्गार or love.

• -राजः the first king पृथु; an epithet of Manu.

• -रूपम् Symptom (of disease).

• -वंशः primeval race, primitive family.

• -वराहः 'the first boar', an epithet of Visṇu, alluding to his third or boar-incarnation.

• -विद्वस् Masculine the first learned man; कपिल.

• -विपुला Feminine Name of an Āryā metre.

• -वृक्षः Name of a plant (Marâthî आपटा).

• -शक्तिः

  1. Feminine
  2. the power of माया or illusion.
  3. an epithet of Durgā. शरीरम् 1. the primitive body.
  4. ignorance.
  5. the subtle body.

• -सर्गः the first creation.

• आदि ādi

  1. दी dī नवः navḥ वम् vam, (दी) नवः वम् 1 Misfortune, distress.
  2. Hinderance; want of luck (in dice); आदिनवं प्रतिदीन्वे Av.7.19.4.
  3. Fault, transgression; Śi.2.22. see अनादीनव.
  4. An inflictor of distress; आदीनवः पुमान् दोषे परिक्लेशदुरन्तयोः Medinī.

• -दर्श Adjective having evil designs towards a fellow-player at dice (Vedic); अक्षराजाय कितवं कृतायादिनवदर्शम् Vāj.3.18.