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iṣṭa इष्ट – desired

adjective · particle · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective · substantive neuter

adjective

desired

Derived from

  1. iṣ इष् verbal root — desire; seek; choose; recognize; pass for

substantive neuter

wish; desire

Derived from

  1. iṣ इष् verbal root — desire; seek; choose; recognize; pass for
Cappeller 1891 adjective

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iṣṭá1 ·a. sought, wished for, desired, liked, pleasant, dear; auspicious, happy; approved, settled, valid. m. favourite, lover, husband; n. wish, desire.

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iṣṭá2 ·a. sacrificed; m. n. sacrifice.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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1. iṣṭa, as, ā, am (for 2. see next page), sought; wished, desired; liked, beloved; agreeable; cherished; worshipped, reverenced, respected; regarded as good, approved; valid; (as), m. a lover, a husband; the plant Ricinus Communis; (ā), f., N. of a plant; (am), n. wish, desire; (am), ind. voluntarily.

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iṣṭa 2 . iṣṭa, as, ā, am (fr. rt. yaj; for 1. iṣṭa see last page), sacrificed, worshipped with sacrifices; (as), m. sacrifice; (am), n. sacrificing; sacred rite, sacrament.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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1. iṣṭá (von iṣ, icchati) 1〉 adj. a〉 gesucht: iṣṭaṃ ca vittaṃ ca ŚAT. BR. 1,9,1,20. — b〉 erwünscht, gewünscht, gern gesehen, beliebt, genehm, lieb AK. 2,9,57. AK. 3,4,29. AK. 3,4,97. TRIK. 3,3,91. H. 1505. H. an. 2,80 (īpsita, preyaṃs, pūjya). MED. ṭ. 2 (āśaṃsita, preyaṃs, pūjita). i̱ṣṭā hotrā̀ asṛkṣata ṚV. 8,82,33. iṣṭaḥ prītaḥ ŚAT. BR. 9,3,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 9,4,1,1. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,2,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 14,4,18. prajāmiṣṭām M. 4,229. N. 12,15. upapanno guṇairiṣṭaiḥ N. 1,1. yeneṣṭaṃ tena gamyatām ad HIT. I, 25. dveṣidveṣaparo nityamiṣṭānāmiṣṭakarmakṛt PAÑCAT. I, 66. iṣṭaṃ dharmeṇa yojayet PAÑCAT. 245,10. iṣṭena yujyasva ŚĀK. 64,16. ŚĀK. 16,28. aniṣṭādiṣṭalābhe HIT. I, 5. iṣṭo 'si me BHAG. 18,64. BHAG. 17,9. N. 12,12. N. 12,71. BRĀHMAṆ. 2,25. R. 1,19,18. R. 3,14,18. R. 3,25,23. R. 3,42,56. R. 3,14,58. R. 4,24,37. R. 5,18,26. yatheṣṭaṃ nṛpatestathā M. 9,228. yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyādgatim M. 12,126. na yatheṣṭāsano bhavet M. 2,198. m. der Geliebte ŚĀK. 78. iṣṭārtha etwas Erwünschtes, Angenehmes: iṣṭārthodyukta AK. 3,1,9. dessen Angelegenheiten einen erwünschten Ausgang haben: iṣṭārtho gaccha rāma yathāsukham R. 2,25,38. aniṣṭadarśanam HIT. 9,7. comparat.: jaṭāyuṣaṃ ko vadati prāṇairiṣṭataraṃ mama R. 4,56,21. superlat. in derselben Bed.: bhāryā prāṇairiṣṭatamā R. 5,34,16. DRAUP. 7,18. — c〉 für gut erachtet, angenommen, Geltung habend: tasmāddharmaṃ yamiṣṭeṣu saṃvyavasyennarādhipaḥ . aniṣṭaṃ cāpyaniṣṭeṣu taṃ dharmaṃ na vicālayet .. M. 7,13. yadveṣṭaṃ maṅgalaṃ kule M. 2,34. trividhaṃ pramāṇamiṣṭam SĀṂKHYAK. 4. sattvaṃ laghu prakāśakamiṣṭam gilt für leicht und erleuchtend SĀṂKHYAK. 13. P. 3,1,7, Kār. mit dem abl. der Autorität P. 7,2,10, Kār. (aus der SIDDH. K.) 10. iṣṭatama für den besten erachtet SUŚR. 1,155,12. — 2〉 m. N. einer Pflanze, Ricinus communis L., ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. iṣṭā N. einer Pflanze (s. śamī) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 n. Wunsch, Verlangen: stu̱vī̱ta dèvī̱ apyèbhiri̱ṣṭaiḥ ṚV. 4,55,6. ṚV. 1,164,15. i̱ṣṭasya̱ madhye̱ adìti̱rni dhā̀tu naḥ ṚV. 10,11,2. AV. 5,3,4. pibā̱tsomàṃ ma̱madàdenami̱ṣṭe AV. 7,14,4. iṣṭatas nach Wunsch R. 1,34,35. R. 6,1,26. = yatheṣṭatas HIḌ. 2,13. MBH. 3,51. i̱ṣṭaṃ pū̱rtaṃ AV. 9,5,13. AV. 9,6,31. AV. 11,7,9. AV. 12,5,18. AIT. BR. 7,21. KAUŚ. 3. śraddhayeṣṭaṃ ca pūrtaṃ ca nityaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ . śraddhākṛte hyakṣaye te bhavataḥ svāgatairdhanaiḥ .. M. 4,226. Die Erklärer führen iṣṭa in dieser Verbindung auf yaj zurück. Vgl. iṣṭāpūrta. — Vgl. auch 1. aniṣṭa.

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

2. iṣṭá (von yaj) 1〉 adj. a〉 geopfert: ameṣṭá VS. 10,20. kevalena naḥ paśu neṣṭamasat AIT. BR. 2,8. AIT. BR. 5,28. prathame prayāja iṣṭe ŚAT. BR. 1,5,4,12. iṣṭasviṣṭakṛt ŚAT. BR. 4,3,5,7. mayā ceṣṭaṃ kratuśatam VIŚV. 8,18. yajñairbahuvidhairiṣṭam 20. — b〉 mit Opfern verehrt: yā iṣṭā uṣaso yā aniṣṭāḥ ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,5; vgl. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,10,22. — 2〉 m. Opfer MED. ṭ. 2. — 3〉 n. a〉 das Opfern AK. 2,7,27. H. 834. H. an. 2,80. MED. CHĀND. UP. 8,5,1. Diese Bedeutung geben die Erklärer dem Worte, wenn es in Verbindung mit pūrta erscheint; vgl. oben u. 1. iṣṭa 4. und iṣṭāpūrta. — b〉 heilige Handlung, Sacrament (saṃskāra) H. an. MED. — c〉 = yoga H. an. — Vgl. 2. aniṣṭa.

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1. iṣṭa 1〉b〉 VS. 1,22. neben aniṣṭa unter den VS. 10 Arten von Tönen MBH. 14,1419. iṣṭārtha adj. das gewünschte Ziel erreichend MBH. 13,7606. von Vorzeichen und Erscheinungen = śubha günstig VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43,61. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,91. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,4; vgl. neṣṭa. Z. 7 streiche VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,28. — 4〉 pūrtamiṣṭam BHĀG. P. 7,15,29. hiṃsraṃ dravyamayaṃ kāmyamagnihotrādyaśāntidam . darśaśca paurṇamāsaśca cāturmāsyaṃ paśuḥ sutaḥ .. etadiṣṭaṃ pravṛttākhyaṃ hutaṃ prahutameva ca . pūrtaṃ surālayārāmakūpājīvyādilakṣaṇam .. BHĀG. P. 48. fg. also Opfer aller Art (vgl. 2. iṣṭa). Vgl. noch tasmādiṣṭaśca pūrtaśca dharmau dvāvapi naśyataḥ MĀRK. P. 13,15.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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1. iṣṭá — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 gesucht. — b〉 erwünscht, gewünscht, gern gesehen, beliebt, genehm, lieb. ˚tara und ˚tama lieber als (Instr.) ˚tama mit einem passivisch aufzufassenden [Page1-210-a] Inf. Chr. 224,32. — c〉 gütig, faustus. Tag Chr. 49,14. — d〉 für gut erachtet, angenommen, Geltung habend, erachtet für (Nom.) Chr. 252,23. ˚tama für den besten erachtet. — 2〉 *Ricinus communis. — 3〉 *f. ā Mimosa suma Roxb. RĀJAN. 8,33. — 4〉 n. Wunsch, Verlangen Chr. 96,2. Chr. 116,6.

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2. iṣṭá — 1〉 Adj. geopfert. — 2〉 m. Opfer MĀRK. P. 13,15. (vielleicht iṣṭañca pūrtañca zu lesen). — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Opfern, Opfer Chr. 329,7 (Pl.). — b〉 *= saṃskāra. — c〉 *= yoga.

Apte 1890 adjective · particle · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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iṣṭa p. p. [iṣ icchāyāṃ karmaṇi kta] 1 Wished, desired, longed for, wished for; upapanno guṇairiṣṭaiḥ Nala. 1. 1. 2 Beloved, agreeable, liked, favourite, dear; ˚ātmajaḥ Mu. 2. 8 fond of sons. 3 Worshipped, reverenced, 4 Respected. 5 Approved, regarded as good. 6 Desirable; see iṣṭāpūrta. 7 Valid. 8 Sacrificed, worshipped with sacrifices. 9 Supposed (kalpita); oft. used in Līlāvatī. — ṣṭaḥ 1 A lover, husband, beloved person; iṣṭapravāsajanitāni Ś. 4. 2. 2 A friend; Pt. 1. 57; Pt. 2. 167. 3 N. of a tree (eraṃḍa). 4 N. of Viṣṇu. 5 A sacrifice. — ṣṭā N. of a tree (śamī). — ṣṭaṃ 1 Wish, desire. 2 A holy ceremony or saṃskāra. 3 A sacrifice; see iṣṭāpūrta. — ind. Voluntarily. Comp. — arthaḥ desired object. ˚udyukta a. zealously engaged in gaining one's desired object. — āpattiḥ f. occurrence of what is desired; a statement by a debater which is favourable to his opponent also; iṣṭāpattau doṣāṃtaramāha Jag. — karman n. (In arith.) rule of supposition, operation with an assumed number. — kāpathaḥ the root of a fragrant grass (vīraṇamūla). — kāmaduh a. granting the desired objects, an epithet of the cow of plenty. — gaṃdha a. fragrant. — (dhaḥ) any fragrant substance. — (dhaṃ) sand. — janaḥ a beloved person (whether man or woman); U. 3. — devaḥ, -devatā a favourite god, one's tutelary deity. — yāman a. going according to one's desire. — vrata a. 1 performing desired vows. 2 obeying one's wish. 3 (food &c.) for the fulfilment of a vow. 4 that by which good works succeed.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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1. iṣṭá m. der Geliebte.

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1. iṣṭá gesucht, erwünscht, lieb, geliebt, angenehm, günscht, günstig, (für gut) erachtet, angenommen, geltend als. n. Wunsch Verlangen.

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2. iṣṭá geopfert; m. n. das Opfer.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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iṣṭa iṣṭa pp. de iṣ 6, et de yaj. — S. m. ricinus communis, bot. — S. n. l'offrande, le corps du sacrifice; par extension: ablution et autres cérémonies pieuses. — Adv. iṣṭam (iṣ 6) selon le désir de qqn., volontiers. iṣṭaka m. et iṣṭakā f. brique. iṣṭakāpatha n. racine de l'andropogon muricatum, qui croît dans les mauvais chemins (kāpatha). iṣṭakāmadhuk f. la vache d'abondance. iṣṭagandha a. (gandha) odoriférant. iṣṭatas adv. (sfx. tas) au gré de qqn., volontiers; ad libitum. iṣṭapūrta n. (pūrta) acte pieux de libéralité, ex.: planter un arbre, creuser un puits.

Derived words

  • aniṣṭa अनिष्ट adjective unwholesome; undesirable

Occurrences in source texts (2)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 122–123: Dhyāna 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 3.49–51: Omniscience or Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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