Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aṃśu अंशु – a filament, especially of the Soma plant

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

aṃśú ·m. stem or juice of the Soma plant; ray of light.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Aṃśu, us, m. a filament, especially of the Soma plant; end of a thread; a minute particle; a point or end; a garment, decoration; a ray, light, the sun; N. of a Ṛṣi or of a prince.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

aṃśú m. 1〉 Faser, Schoss, Stengel (der Somapflanze) ṚV. 1,46,10. ṚV. 1,91,17. ṚV. 1,125,3. ṚV. 7,98,1. ṚV. 8,61,2. ṚV. 9,62,4. ṚV. 9,67,28. ṚV. 9,68,4. ṚV. 9,74,5. VS. 5,7. VS. 20,27. AV. 6,49,2. AV. 11,1,9. — 2〉 Strahl AK. 1,1,2,34. H. 99. MED. ś. 1. R. 1,7,17. somasūryāṃśu YĀJÑ. 1,194. Sonnenstrahl H. an. 2,542 (kiraṇe caṇḍadīdhiteḥ). — 3〉 Glanz MED. ś. 1. — 4〉 Sonne H. 95. VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. — 5〉 kleines Stückchen Faden u. s. w. (sūtrādisūkṣmāṃśe) H. an. 2,542. geringfügiges Ding, Bischen VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. — 6〉 Kleidung DHAR._im_ŚKDR.; vgl. aṃśuka und aṃśupaṭṭa. — 7〉 Nom. pr. a〉 eines Ṛṣi, ṚV. 8,5,26. — b〉 eines Fürsten VP. 423.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aṃśu 7〉 mit dem patron. Dhānaṃjayya Ind. St. 4,373.

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aṃśu 2〉 SŪRYAS. 7,19. SŪRYAS. 11,3. — Vgl. sumadaṃśu.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

aṃśú m. — 1〉 Soma-Stengel (KĀTY. ŚR. 9,4,20) und Soma-Saft. — 2〉 Strahl Chr. 93,5. Chr. 102,13. Chr. 170,27. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Mannes.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aṃśú 1〉 auch eine best. Soma-Libation ŚAT. BR. 4,1,1,2. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,1,1. fgg. aṃśuvat Adv. KĀTY. ŚR. 12,5,19. KĀTY. ŚR. 15,8,22. aṃśucamasa m. KĀTY. ŚR. 22,8,23. — 4〉 Faden CARAKA 4,1. [Nachtrag, Band 1]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aṃśu I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

aṃśuḥ [aṃś-mṛga˚ ku.] 1 A ray, beam of light; caṃḍa˚, gharma˚ hot-rayed, the sun; sūryāṃśubhirbhinnamivāraviṃdaṃ Ku. 1. 32; lustre, brilliance; ratna˚, nakha˚ &c. 2 A point or end. 3 A small or minute particle. 4 End of a thread. 5 A filament, especially of the Soma plant (Ved.) 6 Garment; decoration. 7 N. of a sage or of a prince. 8 Speed, velocity (vega). Comp. — jālaṃ a collection of rays, a blaze or halo of light. — dharaḥ, — patiḥ -bhṛt, -bāṇaḥ-bhartṛ. — svāmī the sun, (bearer of rays or lord of rays). — paṭṭaṃ a kind of silken cloth (aṃśunā sūkṣmasūtreṇa yuktaṃ paṭṭaṃ) Y. 1. 186, Ms. 5. 120. — mālā a garland of light, halo. — mālin m. [aṃśavaḥ māleva, tataḥ astyarthe ini] 1 the sun (wreathed with, surrounded by, rays). 2 the number twelve. 3 having a collection of rays. — hastaḥ [aṃśuḥ hasta iva yasya] the sun (who draws up water from the earth by ([Page 0002-b]) means of his 1000 hands in the form of rays).

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

aṃśú m. Somapflanze u. -saft; Strahl.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

aṃśu aṃśu m. (aṃś) morceau, petite portion; bout de fil. Rayon de lumière; lumière; soleil; éclat, ornement, parure.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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