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Results for आयुष्य

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आयुष्यāyuṣyaa.Promoting long life, vital, preservative of life; इदं यशस्यमायुष्यमिदं निःश्रेयसं परम् Ms.1.16,3.16,4.13…
[आयुः प्रयोजनमस्य, यत्]
1. Promoting long life, vital, preservative of life; इदं यशस्यमायुष्यमिदं निःश्रेयसं परम् Ms.1.16,3.16,4.13; M.4.4 Vartious reading; Dk.158. ष्यम् Vital power, abundance of life or vigour.
2. Name of a ceremony performed after the birth of a child.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आयुष्यāyuṣyamfn. giving long life, vital, preservative of life, for the sake of life, relating or belonging to it S3Br.…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective giving long life, vital, preservative of life, for the sake of life, relating or belonging to it S3Br. Mn. MBh. R.
2. neuter gender vital power, abundance of life, longevity AV. VS. S3Br. Mn. Pan5cat. etc.
3. neuter gender a medicament Lexicographers
4. neuter gender "vivifying", Name of a ceremony performed after a child's birth Pa1rGr2.
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आयुष्यगणāyuṣyagaṇam. N. of a class of hymns for prolonging life, AV.Paris3.

masculine gender Name of a class of hymns for prolonging life, AV.Paris3.

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आयुष्यवत्āyuṣyavatmfn. long-lived BhP.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective long-lived BhP.

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आयुष्यहोमāyuṣyahomam. N. of a kind of oblation Ma1nGr2.

masculine gender Name of a kind of oblation Ma1nGr2.

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