Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dīrgha दीर्घ – long

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

dīrghá ·a. long (sp. & t.); n. adv.; abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

dīrgha dīrgha, as, ā, am (fr. rt. dṛh, origin- ally dargh; compar. drāghīyas or dīrgha-tara; superl. drāghiṣṭha or dīrgha-tama), long (as space or time), reaching far, lasting long; long (as the quantity of a vowel); lofty, high, tall; deep; (as), m. a long vowel; a camel; N. of several plants, = Saccharum Sara (= śara) or a similar kind of grass (= utkaṭa), = rāma-śara; Shorea Robusta (= latā-śāla); the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sign of the zodiac; a mystical N. of the letter a; N. of a prince of Magadha; (ā), f. a long lake or oblong tank [cf. dīrghikā]; a plant related to the Hemionitis Cordifolia (= dīrgha-pattrā); a mystical N. of the letter n; (am), n., N. of a Sāman; (am), ind. for a long time, long; far; deeply; [cf. Zend darĕgha: Gr. δολιχός, ἐν-δελεχής: Russ. dolog, ‘long;’ dolga = dīrghā: Lith. ilga-s, d being dropped; isz-drykens, isz-dryke†lis, ‘grown long:’ perhaps Lat. longus; Germ. lang.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dīrghá 1〉 adj. f. ā lang (im Raum und in der Zeit), weitreichend, langdauernd, δολιχός, длъгъ AK. 3,2,18. H. 1428. dī̱rghaṃ pṛ̱thu pàprathe̱ sadma̱ pārthivam ṚV. 5,87,7. ṚV. 1,37,11. adhvan ṚV. 1,173,11. M. 8,106. yojana ṚV. 5,54,5. āji ṚV. 4,24,8. sadhastha ṚV. 1,154,3. aṅkuśa ṚV. 8,17,10. ˚daṇḍa KAUŚ. 15. narān M. 7,93. R. 5,17,28. veṇī R. 5,26,2. MBH. 4,1261. MEGH. 36. AMAR. 40. RĀJA-TAR. 1,159. sudīrghaḥ parighārgalaḥ VID. 218. tapodīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā R. 1,25,18. dī̱rghāya̱ cakṣàse ṚV. 1,7,3. — kāla M. 8,145. M. 8,216. N. 18,1. SUND. 1,8. R. 1,51,17. HIT. I, 19. rātrayaḥ R. 3,68,36. MEGH. 107. āyus ṚV. 1,96,8. ṚV. 3,7,1. ṚV. 10,14,14 u. s. w. im AV. fast ausschliesslich in dieser Verbind. M. 4,27. M. 4,76. M. 4,78. R. 1,62,26. R. 1,65,19. tamas ṚV. 1,32,10. ṚV. 2,27,14. MBH. 1,4191. rayi ṚV. 4,2,5. agnyupasthāna ŚAT. BR. 2,4,1,2. karman ŚAT. BR. 7,2,3,7. yajña ŚAT. BR. 13,3,7,10. AIT. BR. 3,8. vyādhi KĀTY. ŚR. 22,2,17. RĀJA-TAR. 6,112. bandhana KATHĀS. 10,40. manyu MBH. 5,752. ˚roṣatā MĀLAV. 44,16. śoka SĀH. D. 74,8. viraha CAURAP. 6. — RAGH. 2,28. ŚĀK. 180. GIT. 5,17. BHĀG. P. 1,6,24. BHĀG. P. 4,20,4. RĀJA-TAR. 2,113. śvāsa YOGAS. 2,50. niḥśvāsa SĀH. D. 78,3. dīrghocchvāsam MEGH. 100. AMAR. 11. virutaiḥ R. 2,96,11. dīrghotkaṇṭhamanāḥ śvasan BHĀG. P. 4,9,43. lang von der Quantität eines Vocals; m. ein langer Vocal GOBH. 2,8,15. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 1,2,17. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 10,5,28. ṚV. PRĀT. 1,4. ṚV. PRĀT. 7,1. AV. PRĀT. 1,61. P. 1,2,27. P. 1,4,12. M. 2,33. ŚRUT. 3. dīrgham adv.: yenà dī̱rghaṃ śū̱śuvā̀ma ṚV. 1,166,14. a̱yama̱gnirdī̀dāyaddī̱rghame̱va AV. 3,8,3. ṚV. 4,23,9. dīrghamāghārayati Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,7. roditi SĀH. D. 57,5. dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasan R. 2,62,3. ŚĀK. 91,12. HIT. 22,14. BHĀG. P. 4,8,17. — compar. drā́ghīyaṃs P. 6,4,157. VOP. 7,56. āyus ṚV. 1,53,11. ṚV. 8,18,18. AV. 8,2,2. drāghī̀yāṃsa̱manù paśyeta̱ panthā̀m ṚV. 10,117,5. a̱ra̱tninā̀ pa̱kṣau drāghī̀yāṃsau bhavataḥ TS. 5,2,5,1. ŚAT. BR. 7,3,1,10. ṚV. PRĀT. 1,7. ṚV. PRĀT. 6,13. dīrghatara PAÑCAT. 209,1. — superl. drā́ghiṣṭha P. 6,4,157. VOP. 7,56. AK. 3,2,62. ma̱hnā dakṣàsya rājathaḥ . drāghìṣṭhābhiḥ (als adv.) śucivratā ṚV. 3,62,17. cintāṃ dīrghatamām BHĀG. P. 7,5,44. dīrghatamam adv. BHĀG. P. 3,1,37. — 2〉 m. a〉 Kameel RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — b〉 N. verschiedener Pflanzen: Saccharum Sara (śara) oder eine verwandte Grasart (utkaṭa) RATNAM._im_ŚKDR. = rāmaśara RĀJAN. = latāśāla Shorea robusta RATNAM._im_ŚKDR., nach unserer Hdschr. 211 dīrghalatādruma. — c〉 Bez. des 5ten, 6ten, 7ten und 8ten Zodiakalbildes JYOTIṢAT._im_ŚKDR. — d〉 myst. Bez. des Buchstabens a Ind. St. 2,316. — e〉 N. pr. eines Fürsten von Magadha MBH. 1,4451. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 ein länglicher See, — Teich (vgl. dīrghikā) R. 5,16,27. — b〉 = dīrghapattrā eine der Hemionitis cordifolia verwandte Pflanze RATNAM. 11. RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 myst. Bez. des Buchstabens na Ind. St. 2,316. — 4〉 n. N. eines Sāman LĀṬY. 6,11,4. Ind. St. 3,219. prajāpaterdīrgham ebend. — Man führt dīrgha allgemein auf darh (dṛh) wachsen zurück, aber diese Bed. der Wurzel ist nicht zu belegen. LEO MEYER hat in Z. f. vgl. Spr. 6,223 trahere und goth. dragan (vgl. schwed. draga) zur Vergleichung herbeigezogen. In der lateinischen Form würde alsdann eine unregelmässig eingetretene, in der goth. (und schwed.) eine unregelmässig ausgebliebene Lautverschiebung anzunehmen sein. Genauer entspricht russ. дергать, welches MIKLOSICH (Die Wurzeln des Altsl. p. 21) wohl mit Unrecht von съдръгати сѧ contremiscere (eig. sich zusammenziehen, zusammenfahren) trennt; vgl. auch съдръгнѫти сѧ abhorrere (eig. zusammenfahren) und судорога Krampf.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dīrghá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā́) — a〉 lang, weitreichend (im Raume). dīrghám Adv. — b〉 lang, lange dauernd. dīrghám und dīrghatamam Adv. — c〉 prosodisch lang. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Kamel RĀJAN. 19,21. — b〉 *Saccharum sara oder eine verwandte Grasart. — c〉 *Shorea robusta. — d〉 ein langer Vocal. — e〉 Bez. des 5ten, 6ten, 7ten und 8ten Zodiakalbildes. — f〉 mystische Bez. des Lautes a. — g〉 N. pr. eines Fürsten. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 ein länglicher See. — b〉 *eine der Hemionitis cordifolia verwandte Pflanze. — c〉 mystische Bez. des Lautes na. — 4〉 n. — a〉 *eine best. Grasart RĀJAN. 8,101. — b〉 Name eines Sāman. prajāpaterdīrghe Du. ĀRṢ. BR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dīrgha 1〉 tapodīrghaṃ cakṣuḥ ein in Folge der Busse weit sehendes —, prophetisches Auge R. 1,25,18. [Nachtrag, Band 6]

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dīrgha III. 6. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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dīrgha a. (Compar. drāghīyas, Superl. drāghiṣṭha) 1 Long (in time or space), reaching far; dīrghākṣaṃ śaradiṃdukāṃti vadanaṃ M. 2. 3; dīrghān kaṭākṣān Me. 35; dīrghāpāṃga &c. 2 Of long duration, lasting long, tedious; dīrghayāmā triyāmā Me. 108; V. 3. 4; Ś. 4. 15. 3 Deep (as a sigh); Amaru. 11; dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niśvasya. 4 Long (as a vowel), as the ā in kāma. 5 Lofty, high, tall. 6 Dilated, expanded; U. 3. 46. — rghaḥ 1 A camel. 2 A long vowel. 3 The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth signs of the zodiac. 4 A kind of grass or reed. — rghā A long lake or oblong tank. — rghaṃ ind. 1 Long, for a long time. 2 Deeply. 3 Far. Comp. — adhvagaḥ 1 a messenger, an express. 2 a camel. — ahan m. summer (grīṣma). — ākāra a. oblong. — āyu a. longlived. — āyus, -āyuṣya a. longlived. ( — m.) 1 a crow. 2 N. of Mārkaṇḍeya. — āyudhaḥ 1 a spear. 2 any long weapon. 3 a hog. — āsyaḥ an elephant. — kaṇā white cumin. — kaṃṭhaḥ, -kaṃṭhakaḥ, -kaṃdharaḥ the (Indian) crane. — kāya a. tall (in stature). — kāṣṭhaṃ a beam. — keśaḥ a bear. — kośā, -śī, -kośikā a cockle. — gatiḥ, -grīvaḥ, -ghāṭikaḥ a camel. — chadaḥ sugar-cane. — jaṃghaḥ 1 a camel. 2 a crane. — jihvaḥ a snake, serpent — tapas m. an epithet of Gautama, husband of Ahalyā; R. 11. 33. — taruḥ, -druḥ the palm tree. — tuṃḍī musk-rat. — daṃḍaḥ 1 the palm tree ([Page 0568-c]) 2 the castor-oil tree. — darśin a. 1 provident, prudent, far-seeing, longsighted; Pt. 3. 167. 2 sagacious, wise. ( — m.) 1 a vulture. 2 a bear. 3 an owl. — dṛṣṭi a. far-sighted, shrewd, prudent. — nāda a. making a long continued noise. — (daḥ) 1 a dog. 2 a cock. 3 a conchshell. — nidrā 1 long sleep. 2 the long sleep, sleep of death; R. 12. 81. — pakṣaḥ the fork-tailed shrike. — patraḥ the palm tree. — parvan m. a sugar-cane. — pavanaḥ an elephant. — pādaḥ, -pa (pā) d m. a heron. — pādapaḥ 1 the cocoa-nut tree. 2 the areca-nut tree. 3 the palm tree. — pṛṣṭhaḥ a snake. — prajña a. far-seeing, prudent, sagacious. — bālā a kind of deer (camarī) of whose tails chowries are made. — mārutaḥ an elephant. — mṛkhī the musk-rat. — raṃgā turmeric. — rataḥ a dog. — radaḥ a hog. — rasanaḥ a snake. — roman m. a bear. — lohitayaṣṭikā the red variety of sugar-cane. — vaktraḥ an elephant. — saktha a. having long thighs. — satraṃ a long-continued Soma sacrifice. — (traḥ) one who performs such a sacrifice; R. 1. 80. — surataḥ a dog. — sūtra, -sūtrin a. working slowly, slow, dilatory, procrastinating; dīrghasūtrī vinaśyati Pt. 4. — skaṃdhaḥ the palm tree.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dīrghá lang, weit (von Raum u. Zeit); n. adv.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

dīrgha dīrgha a. (? dṛh) long. — S. m. voyelle longue. Le śāla ou shorea robusta, bot. Gr. δολιχός; zd. daregha. dīghakaṇṭhaka m. esp. de grue, cf. vaka. dīrghakīlaka m. alangium hexapetalum, bot. dīrghakoṣī f. pétoncle [coquillage]. dīrghagrīva m. le chameau au long cou. dīrghaghāṭika m. mms. dirghajaṅgha a. qui a de longues jambes. — S. m. grue; chameau. dīrghajihva m. serpent [à la longue langue]. dīrghataru m. palmier. dīrghadaṇḍaka m. le ricin, bot. dīrghadarśin a. (dṛś) qui voit au loin; au fig. qui prévoit de loin. — S. m. vautour, Homme prévoyant. dirghadṛṣṭi a. et s. m. mms. dīrghadru m. palmier. dīrghanidrā f. le long sommeil, la mort. dīrghapatra m. ail. — F. esp. de jambu: dīrghapād m. le héron aux longs pieds. dīrghapṛṣṭha m. le serpent au long dos. dīrghaphala n. cassia fistula, la casse, bot. dīrghamāruta m. l'éléphant [qui souffle loin en respirant]. dīrghamūlā f. echites frutescens; hedysarum gangeticum, esp. de sainfoin. dīrgharata m. (rata union des sexes) cochon. dīrgharada m. le cochon aux longues dents. dīrgharasana m. le serpent à la langue longue. dirgharātra n. long temps. dīrgharūpa a. long, tg. dīrgharoman m. l'ours au long poil. [Page323-2] dīrghalocana a. aux longs yeux. dīrghavaktra m. éléphant. dīrghavacchikā f. alligator du Gange. dīrghavat a. (sfx. vat) qui ressemble à une lettre longue, tg. dīrghavṛnta m. bignonia indica, bot. dīrghavṛntikā f. mimosa octandra, bot. dīrghaśākha m. le çala ou shorea, bot. dīrghaśrut a. (śru) qui a longtemps écouté, instruit. dīrghasaktha a. (sakthi) aux longues cuisses. dīrghasatra n. le long-sacrilice, cérémonie religieuse de longue durée. Lieu de pèlerinage situé au loin. dīrghasurata m. (su; rata union des sexes) chien. dīrghasūtra et dīrghasūtrin a. qui traîne en longueur, lent, paresseux, qui n'avance pas. dīrghāgama m. le grand-âgama, np. d'un ouvrage buddhique. dīrghādhvaga a. (adhvan; gam) capable de faire une longue route. — S. m. courrier, messager; chameau. dīrghāyudha m. (āyudha) javeline, lance. Sanglier aux longues défenses. dīrghāyus a. qui vit longtemps. — S. m. corneille. Bombax heptaphyllum ou cotonnier. Surn. de Mārkaṇḍeya.

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 50–63: Three Locks 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.49-3.57: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.24–25*2: Karṣaka and Sahaja 2 occurrences

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 1.12–16: Abhyāsa and Vairāgya 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.49–51: Prāṇāyāma as Breath Suspension 1 occurrence

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 36–42: Sound and Bindu 1 occurrence

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VBT 146–155: Inner Rituals 1 occurrence

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