Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

āyus आयुस् – lifespan

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

ā́yus ·n. life, vitality, longevity; world ( = living creatures).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Āyus, n. life, vital power, health, duration of life, long life, vital power; N. of a ceremony, commonly called Āyuṣṭoma, performed to obtain longevity and forming part together with the Go and Jyotis of the Abhi-plava ceremony; food; [cf. Dor. αἰές perhaps also αἰών]; (us), m. the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. āyus m. N. pr. ein Sohn des Purūravas und der Urvaśī MBH. 1,3151. MBH. 1,3760. VIKR. 145. VP. 398. VP. 406. — Vgl. 1. āyu 2,c.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. ā́yus n. Uṇ. 2,114. 1〉 Leben, sowohl Lebenskraft, Gesundheit als Lebensdauer; langes Leben AK. 2,8,2,88. H. 1369. ṚV. 1,10,11. pra ṇa̱ āyū̀ṃṣi tāriṣat ṚV. 25,12. ṚV. 34,11. viśvàṃ ci̱dāyùrjī̱vasè ṚV. 37,15. ṚV. 44,6. ṚV. 93,3. dī̱rghamāyùḥ ṚV. 96,8. ṚV. 113,17. ṚV. 23,24. ṚV. 24,11. ṚV. 66,1. vyàśema de̱vahìta̱ṃ yadāyùḥ ṚV. 1,89,8. tve viśvā̀ sarasvati śri̱tāyū̀ṃṣi de̱vyām ṚV. 2,41,17. ṚV. 2,27,10. ṚV. 2,38,5. trīṇyāyū̀ṃṣi̱ tavà jātavedaḥ ṚV. 3,17,3. ṚV. 4,4,7. na̱hi svamāyùściki̱te janèṣu ṚV. 7,23,2. āyu̱rvasā̀na̱ upà vetu̱ śeṣàḥ ṚV. 10,16,5. ṚV. 10,27,7. ku̱rmasta̱ āyùra̱jaràm ṚV. 10,51,7. puna̱rmana̱ḥ puna̱rāyùrma̱ āga̱npunàḥ prā̱ṇaḥ punàrā̱tmā ma̱ āgàn VS. 4,15. VS. 4,28. VS. 5,27. āyùṣe̱ varcàse̱ balā̀ya AV. 1,35,1. AV. 6,63,1. vi yakṣmèna̱ samāyùṣā AV. 3,31,1. udàhva̱māyu̱rāyùṣe̱ kratve̱ dakṣā̀ya jī̱vasè AV. 8,2,23. TS. 1,1,10,2. mā pā̱dyāyùṣaḥ pu̱rā TS. 5,1,5,7. tasmā̱dāyùḥ prā̱ṇānā̀mutta̱mam TS. 6,5,2,1. yāvadvevāsyeha mānuṣamāyuḥ ŚAT. BR. 1,8,3,16. sarvamāyureti ŚAT. BR. 2,1,3,4. CHĀND. UP. 2,11,2. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 2,1,10. āyurevendriyaṃ vīryamātmandhatte ŚAT. BR. 3,1,1,4. saṃspṛṣṭe hyāyuśca prāṇaśca ŚAT. BR. 8,7,3,11. prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ . tasmātsarvāyuṣamucyate . sarvameva ta āyuryānti TAITT. UP. 2,3. parastādāyuṣaḥ CHĀND. UP. 2,24,6. āyuṣe dīrghāyutvāya PĀR. GṚHY. 2,2. svasyāyuṣaḥ pāraṃ parācakhyau ŚAT. BR. 11,1,6,6. AIT. BR. 8,7. śatā́yus hundertfaches Leben habend oder verleihend, hundert Jahre lebend, — alt: kṣayàṃ śa̱tāyùṣam ṚV. 6,2,5. pa̱vitrèṇa śa̱tāyùṣā VS. 19,37. śa̱tāyu̱ḥ purùṣaḥ śa̱tendrìyaḥ TS. 3,2,6,3. ŚAT. BR. 13,1,1,4. śatāyuṣaḥ putrapautrānvṛṇīṣva KAṬHOP. 1,23. M. 3,186. (prajāpatiḥ) sahasrāyuryajñe ŚAT. BR. 11,1,6,6. — āyuḥ — sṛjyate garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ PAÑCAT. II, 82. arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthāścaturvarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ . kṛte tretādiṣu hyeṣāmāyurhrasati pādaśas (300, 200 und im Kaliyuga 100 Jahre) īī M. 1,83. varṣaśatapramāṇamāyuḥ PAÑCAT. 187,10. BHARTṚ. 3,50. MṚCCH. 1,18. caturthamāyuṣo bhāgam M. 4,1. M. 5,169. M. 6,33. MBH. 1,974. KATHĀS. 14,80. KATHĀS. 14,81. dīrghamāyuḥ M. 4,27. M. 4,76. M. 4,78. M. 4,94. M. 4,230. R. 3,75,25. R. 3,75,26 svalpaṃ tathāyuḥ PAÑCAT. Pr. 10. alpāyus SĀV. 2,25. M. 4,157. āyurvardhate M. 7,136. pravardhate M. 4,42. hīyate R. 2,105,19. prahīyate M. 4,41. kṣarati M. 4,237. vāṇaiḥ — āyuḥ — pītaṃ rudhiraṃ tu patatribhiḥ RAGH. 12,48. āyurādatte M. 4,218. hanti M. 11,40. oṣataḥ M. 4,189. āyūṃṣi kṣapayanti R. 2,105,18. prāpya varṣasahasrāṇi bahūnyāyūṃṣi jīvataḥ . jīrṇasyāsya śarīrasya viśrāntimabhirocaye .. R. 2,2,6. ācārāllabhate hyāyuḥ M. 4,156. yaśasā yojayātmānamāyuṣā cāpi vāndhavān R. 5,2,42. āyuḥśeṣatā PAÑCAT. 9,4. PAÑCAT. 52,15. āyurvṛddhi PAÑCAT. 187,7. āyuṣaḥ kṣaye RAGH. 3,69. āyuḥkṣaya PAÑCAT. 78,8. āyuḥparikṣaya R. 3,30,9. āyuṣkāraṇa SĀH. D. 13,9. āyuṣkaratva 11. āyurdāya Verz. d. B. H. No. 857 (255,8). 869. parimitāyus R. 3,55,20. gatā˚ R. 3,45,22. PAÑCAT. 24,18. HIT. I, 69. kṣīṇā˚ SĀV. 2,23. KATHĀS. 14,80. — 2〉 lebendige Kraft überhaupt: āyùra̱pām ṚV. 3,1,5. ya̱jñasyāyùṣe (tvā) gṛhṇāmi VS. 7,23. — 3〉 Lebensfeier (vollständig āyuṣṭoma), Name einer Begehung, welche neben go und jyotis einen Bestandtheil der sechstägigen Abhiplava Feier bildet, als deren drittes und fünftes Tagewerk: jyoti̱rgaurāyu̱ritì trya̱hā bhàvanti TS. 7,4,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 12,2,2,12. ŚAT. BR. 13,5,4,3. jyotirgaurāyuriti trikadrukāḥ KĀTY. ŚR. 24,1,9. svargakāmasyāyurāmayāvino vā KĀTY. ŚR. 23,1,16. āyurgṛhapatimaraṇe KĀTY. ŚR. 24,6,19. jyotirgaurāyuriti stomebhiryanti AIT. BR. 4,15. ĀŚV. ŚR. 9,1. ĀŚV. ŚR. 10,3. jyotiṣṭomāyuṣī R. 1,13,45. — 4〉 ein annanāman nach NAIGH. 2,7. — Vgl. 2. āyu und dīrghāyus.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. āyus Verz. d. Oxf. H. 50,a,5.

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2. āyus 1〉 bha̱radvā̀jo ha tri̱bhirāyùrbhirbrahma̱rcàyamuvāsa drei Menschenalter hindurch TBR. 3,10,11,3. uttara das Alter nach 50 Jahren, pūrva die Zeit vor 50 TBR. 1,3,10,7. Comm. — 3〉 vgl. WEBER, Nax. 2,282. In dieser Bed. als masc. behandelt, ausser in der Verbindung goāyuṣī und jyotiṣṭomāmuṣī, z. B. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,6,17. — 5〉 agnerāyuḥ N. eines Sāman Ind. St. 3,201,a. āyurnavastobham desgl. Ind. St. 206,a. — Vgl. citrāyus.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

ā́yus — 1〉 n. — a〉 Leben, Lebenskraft, Lebensdauer, Menschenalter, langes Leben. — b〉 lebendige Kraft. — c〉 Welt ṚV. 2,28,5. 7,90,6. — d〉 Lebenselement Chr. 217,3 (in einer Etymologie). — e〉 eine best. Begehung. Auch m. — f〉 agneḥ und navastobham Namen von Sāman. — g〉 das achte astrol. Haus Ind. St. 14,312. — h〉 *Speise. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Purūravas und der Urvaśī. Vgl. 1 āyu 2〉d〉β〉.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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āyus n. [i-asi-ṇicca Uṇ. 2. 117] 1 Life, duration of life; dīrghamāyuḥ R. 9. 62, R. 12. 48; takṣakeṇāpi daṣṭasya āyurmarmāṇi rakṣati H. 2. 16; āyurvarṣaśataṃ nṛṇāṃ parimitaṃ Bh. 3. 107; śatāyurvai puruṣaḥ Ait. Br.; prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ . tasmātsarvāyuṣamucyate . sarvameva ta āyuryāṃti T. Up. 2 Vital power. 3 Food. 4 N. of a ceremony called āyuṣṭoma performed to secure long life. (In comp. the final s of this word is changed to ṣ before ([Page 0252-c]) hard consonants, and to r before soft ones). Comp. — kara a. (rī f.) promoting long life; K. 351. — kāma a. wishing for long life or health. — kṛt a. giving or producing life. — dravyaṃ 1 a medicament. 2 ghee. — yogaḥ N. of a yoga in astronomy. — vṛddhiḥ f. long life, longevity. — vedaḥ [āyurasmin vidyate'nena vā āyurvidatītyāyurvedaḥ Suśr.] the science of health or medicine, counted as a sacred science, and regarded as a supplement to the Atharvaveda; it comprises 8 different departments; (1) śalyaṃ surgery; (2) śālākyaṃ diagnosis of diseases belonging to the head and its organs; (3) kāyacikitsā treatment of diseases of the whole body; (4) bhūtavidyā treatment of diseases of the mind supposed to be caused by the influence of evil spirits; (5) kaumārabhṛtyaṃ treatment of children; (6) agadataṃtraṃ doctrine of antidotes; (7) rasāyanataṃtraṃ doctrine of elixirs; and (8) vājīkaraṇataṃtraṃ treatment of remedies to increase generative power. — vedadṛś, -vedamaya, -vedika, -vedin a. 1 belonging to medicine. 2 acquainted with medical science, medical. ( — m.) a physician. — śeṣaḥ 1 remainder of life; ˚śeṣatayā Pt. 1; ˚jīvita Pt. 4. being destined to live longer. 2 end or decline of life. — stomaḥ (āyuṣṭomaḥ) a sacrifice performed to obtain long life.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

ā́yus n. Leben (oft im Pl.), Lebenskraft, Lebenselement, Welt.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

āyus āyus n. (ā-i- sfx. us) temps qui passe; durée; durée de la vie; âge. Gr. αἰών, ἀεὶ, dorien αἰές; lat. ævum, ætas.

Occurrences in source texts (8)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 84–86: Preserving Bindu 1 occurrence

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MAN 1 occurrence
Bhadram-Śānti-Mantra 1 occurrence

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  • MAN BS 2.2 Segment 5

    Attested form: āyuḥ Grammar of the segment: accusative singular

MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp Śānti: Peace invocation 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.12–14: The Karmic Store 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 2.32-2.34: Inneres Feuer 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.105-4.111: Śakticālana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.29-5.35: Pratīka-upāsanā 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 4.17-4.22: Knowledge and Protection 1 occurrence

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