Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अच्छ

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Apte Dictionary

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

अच्छacchaa.Clear pellucid, transparent, pure; मुक्ताच्छदन्तच्छविदन्तुरेयम् U.6.27; ˚स्फटिकविशदम् Me.51; ˚श्रमजलकणिका…
[न छयति दृष्टिम्; छो-क. न. त., निर्मले हि वस्तुनि दृष्टिः प्रसरति न तु समले आभ्यन्तरपर्यन्तं धावति Tv.]
1. Clear pellucid, transparent, pure; मुक्ताच्छदन्तच्छविदन्तुरेयम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.27; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्फटिकविशदम् Me.51; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedश्रमजलकणिका K.57; किं रत्नमच्छा मतिः Bv.1.86. च्छः A crystal.
2. [न छाति भक्ष- यति नाशितसत्त्वं; छा भक्षणे-क. न. त. Tv.] A bear; Compare also denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभल्ल.
3. Name of a plant.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उदन् Adjective (id est, that is अच्छोद्) अच्छम् उदकं यस्य having clear water. (-दा) Name of a river; एतेषां (अग्निष्वात्तानां) मानसी कन्या अच्छोदा नाम निम्नगा Harivaṁśa. (-दं) Name of a lake on the Himālaya (mentioned in Kādambarī अतिमनोहरम् आह्लादनं दृष्टेः अच्छोदं नाम सरो दृष्टवान् ।).
- -भल्लः 4a bear.
- अच्छ accha च्छा cchā, च्छा Indeclinable Vedic To, towards (with Accusative). It is a kind of separable preposition or prefix to verbs and verbal derivatives, especially to such as imply some kind of motion, or speaking; (अच्छ गत्यर्थवदेषु ParasmaipadaI.4.69); denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedइ or गम् to go to, attain, as अच्छ गत्य; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनश्-क्ष् to go near, approach; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनी to lead towards; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनु to call out to; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपत् to fly towards रघुः श्येनः पतयत् अन्धः अच्छ Rv.5.45.9. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवन्द् to salute; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवच् to invite Śabara interprets the word अच्छ in the text यूपमच्छेष्यता होतव्यम् to mean, 'in order to have'; अच्छशब्दो हि आप्तु- मित्यर्थे वर्तते । ŚB. on MS.1.1.9.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अच्छacchamfn. (fr. अ + छ for छद् or छय, √छद्), "not shaded", "not dark, pellucid", transparent, clear
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from अ plus छ for छद् or छय, √छद्), "not shaded", "not dark, pellucid", transparent, clear
2. masculine gender a crystal Lexicographers
3. masculine gender (corruption of ऋक्ष), a bear.
4. (so at the end of a pa1da पाद), or usually /अच्छा indeclinable, Vedic or Veda to, towards (governing accusative and rarely the locative). It is a kind of separable preposition or prefix to verbs and verbal derivatives, as in the following.
Source: Monier-Williams

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