payas

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[apte] n. 1 Water. --2 Milk; payaḥ- pānaṃ bhujaṃgānāṃ kevalaṃ viṣavardhanaṃ H. 3. 4; R. 2, 36, 63; 14. 78 (where both senses are intended). --3 Semen vi- rile. --4 Food. --5 Ved. Night. --6 Vital spirit, power, strength (Ved.). (payas is changed to paṃyo before soft con-sonants). --Comp. --galaḥ, --ḍaḥ 1. hail. --2. an island. --ghanaṃ hail. --cayaḥ (payaścayaḥ) a reservoir or lake. --janman m. a cloud. --daḥ a cloud; Me....

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√paya पय

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · gatau

to go

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n. 1 Water. --2 Milk; payaḥ- pānaṃ bhujaṃgānāṃ kevalaṃ viṣavardhanaṃ H. 3. 4; R. 2, 36, 63; 14. 78 (where both senses are intended). --3 Semen vi- rile. --4 Food. --5 Ved. Night....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 1,437
Texts Appeared In: 123

DCS: grinding; rubbing; bruising; destroying

Semantic Classification

Food Substance Abstract

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Concordance (Sample)

Manusmṛti surface: payaḥ

āvikaṃ saṃdhinīkṣīraṃ vivatsāyāś ca goḥ payaḥ
Manusmṛti surface: payasaś

yavagodhūmajaṃ sarvaṃ payasaś caiva vikriyā
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: payasā

athaināṃ darbhaśulvena saṃnahyati saṃ tvā nahyāmi payasā pṛthivyāḥ saṃ tvā nahyā