acira अचिर – short; not lasting long

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acira ·a. not long (time); short, brief. °-- not long ago, recently, just (esp. before pp.); aci°rama, aci°reṇa, & aci°rāt in a short time, soon, directly.

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acira a-cira, as, ā, am, not of long dura- tion, brief; not of long date, recent.

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acira (3. a + cira) 1〉 adj. nicht lang, kurz (von der Zeit): acireṇaiva kālena in ganz kurzer Zeit R. 5,37,21. R. 6,38,22. BRĀHMAṆ. 3,7; vgl. aciradyuti, aciraprabha, acirabhās, acirarocis, acirāṃśu, acirābha. Am Anf. eines comp. vor einem partic.: seit Kurzem: acirodita M. 3,280. acirasthita M. 10,90. aciraprajāta R. 5,11,21. acirapravṛtta ŚĀK. 4,4. aciragata ŚĀK. CH. 45,3; vgl. aciram, acirāt, acireṇa. — 2〉 f. ˚rā N. pr. die Mutter Śāntiʼs, des 16ten Arhantʼs der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī, H. 40.

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acira — 1〉 Adj. nicht lang, kurz (von der Zeit). aciram (am Anf. eines Comp. acira) Adv. vor Kurzem; in Kurzem, bald; in kurzen Zwischenräumen, wiederholt Chr. 187,19. acireṇa und acirāt (Chr. 65,16. Chr. 124,23. Chr. 139,6. Chr. 320,24) nach kurzer Zeit, in Kurzem, bald. — 2〉 f. ā N. pr. einer Frau.

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acira, ˚tas = acirāt. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

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acira I. 2. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

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acira a. [na. ta.] 1 Brief, transitory, of short duration; ˚dyuṃti, ˚bhās, ˚prabhā &c. q. v. 2 Recent, late, new; akarodacireśvaraḥ kṣitau R. 8. 20 the new lord. In compounds acira may be rendered by ‘recently’, ‘just’, ‘not long ago’; ˚pravṛttaṃ grīṣmasamayamadhikṛtya Ś. 1 just set in; ˚prasūtā Ś. 4 having recently brought forth (who died not long after delivery, said of a doe); or a cow that has recently calved. — raṃ adv. (also acireṇa, acirāya, acirāt, acirasya in the same senses) 1 Not long since, not long ago. 2 Recently, lately. 3 Soon, quickly, not long hence. Comp. — aṃśu, -ābhā, -dyutiḥ, -prabhā, -bhās, — rocis f. [acirāḥ aṃśavaḥ, acirā ābhā-prabhā &c. yasyāḥ sā] lightning; ˚śuvilāsacaṃcalā lakṣmīḥ Ki. 2. 19; ˚bhāsāṃ tejasā cānuliptaiḥ Ś. 7. 7, Ki. 4. 24, Ki. 5. 6. 2 (karma.) transitory lustre, short gleam.

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acira nicht lang, kurz (zeitl). ˚—, aciram, ˚reṇa u. ˚rāt in Kurzem, eben, bald, gleich.

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acira acira a. (cira) qui n'est pas de longue durée, bref. aciram, acirāt, acireṇa adv. vite, bientôt. aciradyuti f. (dyuti éclat) éclair. aciraprabhā f. mms. acirarocis f. mms. acirābhā f. mms. (ā-bhā). acirāṃśu f. mms. (aṃśu).