{@A@} .{%or%} (before vowels) AN: .²I This article | has no equiv. in Sanskrit and is expressed | by the singular number alone: .{%there…is…a…|…large…silk-cotton…tree…on…the…banks…of…the…Godavari%} | {#asti…godAvarItIre…vizAlaH…zAlmalItaruH#} {@H.@} i.; .{%there…|…was…a…king…named…Cintamani%} {#abhUdrAjA…cintAmaNi-|-rnAma#} Va. .²II But {#kazcit#} ({#kAcit,…kin~cit#}) | should be added when special attention | is directed to the object: .{%a%} (certain) | .{%Yaksha%} {#kazcid…yakSaH,#} Me. I 1.; .{%A%} (certain) | .{%saint…named…Marichi%} {#kazcinmarIcirnAbha…bhaharSiH,#} {@D.@} | iii. .²III When it means a species of, {#vizeSaH,…|…bhedaH,#} etc. should be added: .{%Asoka…is…a…tree%} | {#azoko…vRkSavizeSaH.#} .²IV When used distribu-|-tively, (a) expr. by avy. comp. with {#prati,#} | .{%or,%} by the repetition of the word in proper | agreement with the verb: .{%give%} ({%me%}) .{%500…|…sovereign…a…day%} {#pratyahaM…suvarNapan~cazatAni…dehi,#} {@H.@} | iii; (b) the simple gen. may be used in | connection with num. adverbs: .{%dinner…|…twice…a…day%} {#dvirahno…bhojanam,#} V. In {@O.…E.@} some-|-times=on, in, for: q. v.: .{%the…world…runs…|…awheel%} {#*cakrairjagaddhAvati.#}

{@ABAFT:@} {#pazcAdbhAge#} (with gen.): .{%abaft…the…mast%} | {#*guNavRkSasya…pazcAdbhAge.#}

{@ABANDON:@} .³1 {#tyajati,…pari-,…saM-,#} ({#tyaj,#} c. l.); | .³2 {#jahAti,…vi-,…apa-,#} ({#hA,#} c. 3.); .³3 {#ujbhkati,…|…sam-,…pra-,#} ({#ujbhk,#} c. 6.); .³4 {#ut-sRjati,…vi-,#} | ({#sRj,#} c. 6.).

{@ABANDONED:@} .²I Lit. {#tyaktaH#} ({#ktA,…ktaM#}): v. To | abandon. .²II Fig.: extremely wicked: q. | v. .³1 {#bhraSTaH#} ({#STA,…STaM#}); .³2 {#khaNDitavRttaH#} ({#ttA,…ttaM#}) | (=of a character).

{@ABANDONMENT:@} .³1 {#tyAgaH;#} .³2 {#parityAgaH;#} | .³3 {#utsargaH;#} Ph: a. of wordly connexions: | {#sannpAsaH.#}

{@ABASE:@} .³1 {#abhi-bhavati#} ({#bhU,#} c. 1.); .³2 {#namayati#} | (c. of {#nam#}): v. To humble, to lower.

{@ABASEMENT:@} {#abhibhavaH:#} v. Humiliation.

{@ABASH:@} .³1 {#hepayati#} (c. of {#hrI#}); .³2 {#lajjayati#} | (c. of {#lajj#}).

{@ABATE@} (v. t.): .²I To lessen, diminish: q. v. | {#laghayati#} (nomi.). .²II Leg. t. t., To put down: | q. v.

{@ABATE@} (v. i.): .³1 {#kSIyate#} (Pass. of {#kSi#}); .³2 | {#pari-hIyate.#} (Pass. of {#hA#}); .³3 {#apa-cIyate#} (Pass. | of {#ci#}): v. To decrease.

{@ABATEMENT:@} .²I Decrease, diminution: | q. v.: {#hrAsaH.#} .²II Diminution of price: Ph. | .{%I…will…make…an…a.…of…five…per…cent%} {#*pan~cakaM…zataM…|…laghayAmi.#} .²III Leg. t. t.: v. Failure.

{@ABBESS:@} .³1 {#vihArapAlinI;#} .³2 {#maThAdhyakSA.#}

{@ABBEY:@} .³1 {#vihAraH;#} .³2 {#maThaH.#}

{@ABBOT:@} .³1 {#vihArapatiH;#} .³2 {#maThAdhyakSaH;#} .³3 | {#maThAdhIzaH.#}

{@ABBREVIATE:@} {#sam-kSipati#} ({#kSip#} c. 6.): v. To | contract, shorten.

{@ABBREVIATION:@} .³1 {#saMkSepaH;#} .³2 {#samAsaH;#} .³3 | {#saMgrahaH.#}

{@ABDICATE@} (v. i.): {#*rAjyaM…svAdhikAraM…vA…tyajati,…pari-|-tyajati.#}

{@ABDICATE@} (v. t.): {#tyajati,…pari-,#} ({#tyaj,#} c. i.): V. | To resign.

{@ABDICATION:@} .³1 {#tyAgaH,…parityAgaH#} (when the | sense is clear); .³2 {#rAjyatyAgaH#} (=a. of a | throne); .³3 {#padatyAgaH;#} (of an office).

{@ABDOMEN:@} .³1 {#vastiH;#} .³2 {#udaram:#} v. Belly.