Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[अयम् Masculine, इयम् Feminine, इदम् Neuter]

1. This, here, referring to something near the speaker; इदमस्तु संनिकृष्टं रूपम्); इदं तत् ... इति यदुच्यते Ś.5 here is the truth of the saying.
2. Present, seen; the nominative forms are used with verbs in the sense of 'here'; इयमस्मि here am I; so इमे स्मः; अयमागच्छामि here I come.
3. It often refers to something immediately following, while एतद् refers to what precedes; अनुकल्पस्त्वयं ज्ञेयः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितः Ms.3.147 (अयम् Equivalent to वक्ष्यमाणः Kull.); श्रुत्त्वै- तदिदमूचुः
4. It occurs connected with यत्, तत्, एतद्, अदस्, किम् or a personal pronoun, either to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, or sometimes pleonastically; कोऽयमाचरत्यविनयम् Ś.1.25; सेयम्, सोऽयम्, this here; so इमास्ताः; अयमहं भोः Ś.4 ho, here am I. -Indeclinable Vedic
5. Here, to this place.
6. Now.
7. There.
8. With these words, herewith.
9. In this manner; नैतदौपयिकं राम यदिदं परितप्यसे Rām.2.53.3.

1. अय्/अम्, इय्/अम्, इद्/अम् (from इद् Un2. iv, 156; gaRa सर्वा*दि Pa1n2. 1-1, 27 Vop.; a kind of neut. of the pronominal base 3. इ with अम् [confer, compare Latin is, ea, id, and idem]; the regular forms are partly derived from the pronominal base अ; see grammar 224; the Veda वेद exhibits various irregular formations exempli gratia, 'for example' from pronominal base अ, an inst. एन्/आ, अय्/आ [used in general adverbially], and genitive case locative case dual number अय्/ओस्, and perhaps also अव्/ओस्, in fg-veda vi, 67, 11; vii, 67, 4; x, 132, 5 [BRD.]; from the base इम, a genitive case singular इम्/अस्य, only fg-veda; the fg-veda has in a few instances the irregular accentuation /अस्मै, v, 39, 5, etc.; /अस्य, iv, 15, 5, etc.; /आभिस्, vi, 25, 2, etc. : the forms derived from अ are used enclitically if they take the place of the third personal pronoun, do not stand at the beginning of a verse or period, and have no peculiar stress laid upon them), this, this here, referring to something near the speaker
2. known, present
3. (opposed to अदस् exempli gratia, 'for example' अयं लोकः or इदं विश्वम् or इदं सर्वम्, this earthly world, this universe; अयम् अग्निः, this fire which burns on the earth; but असाव् अग्निः, that fire in the sky, id est the lightning: so also इदम् or इयम् alone sometimes signifies "this earth"; इमे स्मः, here we are.) इदम् often refers to something immediately following, whereas एतद् points to what precedes (exempli gratia, 'for example' श्रुत्वै*तद् इदम् ऊचुः, having heard that they said this) . इदम् occurs connected with यद्, तद्, एतद्, किम्, and a personal pronoun, partly to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, partly pleonastically (exempli gratia, 'for example' तद् इदं वाक्यम्, this speech here following Page165,3; सो यं विदूषकः, this Vidu1shaka विदूषक here) .
4. indeclinable ([Vedic or Veda and in a few instances in classical Sanskr2it Sanskrit]) here, to this place
5. indeclinable now, even, just
6. indeclinable there
7. indeclinable with these words fg-veda AV. S3Br. AitBr. ChUp.
8. indeclinable in this manner R. ii, 53, 31 S3ak. (varia lectio for इति in किम् इति जोषम् आस्यते, 202, 8) .