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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आयुāyua.Ved. Living, going, movable.

    [इ-ठण् Uṇ.1.2]

    Vedic Living, going, movable.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -युः

      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, अहं केशरिणः क्षेत्रे वायुना जगदायुना Mb.
      7. A son, descendant, offspring.
      8. The son of Purūravas and Urvaśī.
    • -षक् Adjective attached to; joined with men; सोमः पवत आयुषक् Rv.9.25.5.

  2. आयुक्तāyuktap. p.Appointed, charged with (with gen. or loc.); ये तत्र ब्राह्मणाः संमर्शिनः युक्ता आयुक्ताः T. Up.1.11.4.…
    1. Appointed, charged with (with Genitive or Locative); ये तत्र ब्राह्मणाः संमर्शिनः युक्ता आयुक्ताः T. Up.1.11.4. कुशलोऽन्वेषणस्याहमायुक्तो दूतकर्मणि Bk.8.115.
    2. United, joined, obtained.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्तः

      1. A minister, an agent or deputy.
      2. Provincial governor, according to lexicons; possibly a treasury-officer, in inscriptions (GI. p. 6. ff. EI. XX. 61 ff., EI, XXIII, pp. 159 ff; etc.).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आयुāyu[ây-ú] a. active, lively; m. living being; man.
    1. [ây-ú] adjective active, lively; masculine living being; man.
    2. [ấy-u] neuter life.
  2. आयुःशेषāyuḥśeṣa[âyuh-sesha] m. remnant of life; a. having a remnant of life, still alive: -tâ, f. abst. n.

    [âyuh-sesha] masculine remnant of life; adjective having a remnant of life, still alive: -tâ, feminine; also equal for abstract neuter

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आयुāyu(in comp. for आयुस् below) .
    1. (in compound for आयुस् below) .
    2. Atmane-pada (/आ-युवते fg-veda ix, 77, 2; perfect tense -युयुव्/ए fg-veda i, 138, 1; page and participle -युव्/अमान fg-veda i, 582, and -युवान S3Br. ix, 4, 1, 8) to draw or pull towards one's self; to seize, take possession of fg-veda TBr. S3Br.; to procure, provide, produce TS.; to stir up, agitate, mingle Ma1nS3r. and Ma1nGr2S. : Intensive (page and participle -य्/ओयुवान fg-veda iv, 1, 11) to meddle with.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √इ Un2. i, 2), living, movable fg-veda VS.
    4. masculine gender a living being, man
    5. masculine gender living beings collectively, mankind fg-veda
    6. masculine gender son, descendant, offspring
    7. masculine gender family, lineage fg-veda
    8. masculine gender a divine personification presiding over life fg-veda x, 17, 4
    9. masculine gender Name of fire (as the son of Puru1ravas पुरूरवस् and Urvas3i1 उर्वशी) VS. MBh. Hariv. (confer, compare आयुस्)
    10. masculine gender Name of a man persecuted by Indra इन्द्र fg-veda
    11. masculine gender Name of several other men MBh. Hariv. etc.
    12. masculine gender Name of a king of frogs MBh.
    13. neuter gender ([and (उस्) masculine gender Lexicographers]) life, duration of life fg-veda iii, 3, 7; ix, 100, 1.
  2. आयुःपतिāyuḥpatimf(इनी)n. presiding over longevity A1pS3r. (cf. आयुष्पति .)

    mf(इनी)neuter gender presiding over longevity A1pS3r. (confer, compare आयुष्पति .)

  3. आयुःशेषāyuḥśeṣam. remainder of life Hit.
    1. masculine gender remainder of life Hit.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having still a short space of life left, not yet about to die
  4. आयुःशेषताāyuḥśeṣatāf. the state of being not yet about to die Pan5cat.

    feminine the state of being not yet about to die Pan5cat.

  5. आयुःष्टोमāyuḥṣṭomam. a ceremony performed to obtain longevity and forming - together with the Go गो and Jyotis ज्योतिस् - part…

    masculine gender a ceremony performed to obtain longevity and forming - together with the Go गो and Jyotis ज्योतिस् - part of the Abhi-plava अभि-प्लव ceremony (confer, compare /आयुस्) TS. S3Br. AitBr. Ka1tyS3r. etc.

  6. आयुकृत्āyukṛtmfn. making or giving long life A1pS3r.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective making or giving long life A1pS3r.