āyus
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[apte] n. [i-asi-ṇicca Uṇ. 2. 117] 1 Life, duration of life; dīrghamāyuḥ R. 9. 62, 12. 48; takṣakeṇā- pi daṣṭasya āyurmarmāṇi rakṣati H. 2. 16; āyurvarṣaśataṃ nṛṇāṃ parimitaṃ Bh. 3. 107; śatāyurvai puruṣaḥ Ait. Br.; prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ. tasmātsarvāyuṣamucyate. sarva- meva ta āyuryāṃti Tait. Up. --2 Vital pow- er. --3 Food. --4 N. of a ceremony called āyuṣṭoma performed to secure long life. (In comp. the final s of this...
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n. [i-asi-ṇicca Uṇ. 2. 117] 1 Life, duration of life; dīrghamāyuḥ R. 9. 62, 12. 48; takṣakeṇā- pi daṣṭasya āyurmarmāṇi rakṣati H. 2. 16; āyurvarṣaśataṃ nṛṇāṃ parimitaṃ Bh. 3. 107;...
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- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Total Occurrences
- 1,852
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DCS: Bombax Heptaphyllum | Monier-Williams: A/yus See col. 1.
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dvitīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ kṛtadāro gṛhe vaset
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brahmā smṛtvāyuṣo vedaṃ prajāpatim ajigrahat
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etan mahāpuṇyam alaṃ pavitraṃ dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ padam āyurāśiṣām