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īśvara ईश्वर – Īśvara; lord; ruler

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

Īśvara; lord; ruler

Derived from

  1. īś ईश् verbal root — rule; possess
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

īśvará ·a. powerful, supreme; able or liable to, capable of (loc. or inf., esp. in tos, then often w. nom. sg. m. īśvará for all genders & numbers). -- m. owner of (gen., loc., or --°); ruler, king, lord, a rich man, husband; E. of Brahman, Śiva, & other gods. f. īśvarī mistress, queen.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Īśvara, as, ā, am, able to do, capable of (with gen. of Vedic inf., or with common inf.), liable, ex- posed to; (as, ī), m. f. master, lord, prince, king, mis- tress, queen; (as), m. a husband; god, the supreme, especially Śiva, one of the Rudras, the god of love, the soul or supreme soul (ātman), N. of a prince; (ā or ī), f., N. of Durgā; of Lakṣmī or of any other of the Śaktis or female energies of the deities.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

īśvará (von īś) P. 3,2,175 (īśvára Uṇ. 5,57). VOP. 26,156. 1〉 adj. f. ā vermögend Etwas zu thun oder zu werden: mā mā̀ hiṃsiṣurīśva̱rāḥ AV. 7,102,1. mit folg. gen. des infin. (P. 3,4,13). vermögend, im Stande zu thun, — zu werden, d. h. ausgesetzt (einem Zufall u. s. w.); häufig steht im Veda der nom. m. sg. ohne Rücksicht auf genus und numerus des subst., zu welchem īśvara gehört. sainàmīśva̱rā pra̱dahàḥ TS. 2,1,1,1. ya ī̀śva̱ro vā̱co vadìto̱ḥ sanvāca̱ṃ na vadèt TS. 2,1,2,6. īśvaro sarvamāyuraitoḥ AIT. BR. 8,7. ŚAT. BR. 12,4,3,4. fgg. ŚAT. BR. 12,5,1,14. fgg. ŚAT. BR. 13,3,3,5. atha yaduccaiḥ kīrtayedīśvaro hāsya vāco rakṣobhāṣo janitoḥ AIT. BR. 2,7. te heta īśvaro gṛhā yajamānasya taṃ prayantamanu pracyotostasyeśvaraḥ kulaṃ vikṣobdhoḥ ŚAT. BR. 1,1,2,22. tasyeśvaraḥ prajā pāpīyasī bhavitoḥ ŚAT. BR. 5,1,1,9. yo 'gniṃ cinuta īśvara ārtimārtoḥ ŚAT. BR. 10,1,4,13. mit dat. des inf.: īśvarau janayitavai ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,13. fgg. mit dem inf. (auf tum): rājye vāpi mahārājo māṃ vāsayitumīśvaraḥ R. 2,101,21. HIT. II, 157. KUMĀRAS. 4,11. DEV. 1,64. mit yad: īśvaro ha yattathaiva syāt ŚAT. BR. 2,1,4,19. mit Auslassung von yad ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,4,2,4. ŚAT. BR. 12,4,1,4. — 2〉 m. f. (˚rī) Herr, Gebieter, Fürst, König AK. 3,1,10. TRIK. 3,3,330. H. 359. H. an. 3,523. MED. r. 117. mit gen. oder loc. P. 2,3,39. VOP. 5,29. gavām oder goṣu Sch. sarvàsyeśva̱raḥ AV. 11,4,1. AV. 19,6,4. AV. 19,53,8. lokeśvará ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,24. (brāhmaṇaḥ) īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānām M. 1,99. BHAG. 4,6. tvāmīśvaraṃ prāpya (laṅkā) R. 3,41,8. rājyamastamiteśvaram RAGH. 12,11. maṇḍalasya AK. 2,8,1,3. kośaleśvara RAGH. 3,5. haritām der Weltgegenden RAGH. 3,30. tridaśeśvara N. 4,31. rākṣase˚ HIḌ. 3,1. harī˚ R. 1,1,66. karī˚ PAÑCAT. II, 73. sarpe˚ HIT. 27,7. kacchape˚ VID. 194. lokānāṃ sarveṣāmīśvarī bhava R. 5,25,5. teṣāṃ tvamīśvarī sīte mama caiva bhaveśvarī R. 3,61,29. R. 6,7,17. ahaṃkāramabhimantāramīśvaram M. 1,14. tamīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaraṃ taṃ devatānāṃ paramaṃ ca daivatam . patiṃ patīnām ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,7. sidhyanti karmasu mahatsvapi yanniyojyāḥ saṃbhāvanāguṇamavehi tamīśvarāṇām ŚĀK. 163. Landesfürst, König M. 4,153. M. 9,278. ein hochstehender, vornehmer, reicher Herr RAGH. 3,46. īśvarāṇāṃ yatra nṛtyādikaṃ bhavati . sā saṃgītaśālā Sch. zu ŚĀK. 59,2. Gegens. daridra H. 357. MED. r. 117. PAÑCAT. II, 70. PAÑCAT. II,110,23. HIT. I, 13. — 3〉 m. Gemahl N. 4,2. N. 11,8. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 3,16131. MBH. 14,1940. — 4〉 m. die oberste Gottheit: tasyārthe sarvabhūtānāṃ goptāraṃ dharmamātmajam . vrahmatejomayaṃ daṇḍamasṛjatpūrvamīśvaraḥ .. M. 7,14. YĀJÑ. 3,34. SUŚR. 2,55,6. VP. 2 (Viṣṇu). PRAB. 9,9. PRAB. 110,10. fg. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 230. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I,244. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I,251. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I,381. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I,407. devā īśvarāḥ R. 6,101,11. N. 4,6. BURN. Lot. de la b. l. 3. Insbesondere heisst so: a〉 Śiva AK. 1,1,1,26. TRIK. 3,3,330. H. 196. H. an. 3,523. MED. r. 117. GṚHYASAṂGR. 1,7. SUŚR. 1,311,5. RAGH. 3,52. KATHĀS. 10,33. — b〉 ein Rudra MBH. 1,2567. MBH. 1,4826. HARIV. 14170. VĀYU-P._in_VP. 121, N. 17. — c〉 der Liebesgott TRIK. H. an. MED. — d〉 die Seele (ātman) TRIK. 1,1,114. — 5〉 N. pr. eines Fürsten MBH. 1,2701. LIA. I, Anh. N. 5. — 6〉 f. ˚rā und ˚rī ein Bein. der Durgā AK. 1,1,1,32. TRIK. 1,1,53. TRIK. 3,3,330. H. 204. H. ś. 55. H. an. 3,523. MED. r. 117. — Vgl. anīśvara.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

īśvara 1〉 Z. 6 füge hinzu TS. 3,1,1,3. AIT. BR. 1,25. AIT. BR. 3,48. Z. 7 lies īśvaro ha sarvama˚. vermögend, im Stande seiend; mit loc.: na kartā kasyacitkaścinniyoge nāpi ceśvaraḥ Spr. 1342. = āśukarman UṆĀDIS. 5,57. — 1〉a〉 am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā KATHĀS. 119,97. — e〉 Indra: varṣatīśvare BHĀG. P. 10,20,23. — 6〉 f. ā KIR. 5,33. — 7〉 m. Bez. des 11ten Jahres im 60jährigen Jupiter-Cyclus VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,33. WEBER, JYOT. 98. WEBER, JYOT. 101. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 331,b,5 v. u. — 8〉 f. ī Bez. einer best. übernatürlichen Kraft, = kuṇḍalinī Verz. d. Oxf. H. 235,a,26. — Das f. īśvarī kann auf dreifache Weise betont werden (vgl. AUFRECHT, UJJVALAD. S. 188). — Vgl. amareśvara, alakeśvara, avantīśvara, ātmeśvara, kavīśvara, kāvyadevīśvara (unter kāvyadevī), kṣitīśvara, gaṇeśvara, cakreśvara, caṇḍeśvara, jagadīśvara, janeśvara, jaleśvara, tuṅgeśvara, tridiveśvara, tripureśvara, dineśvara, divaseśvara, deveśvara, deheśvara, dvijeśvara, dhaneśvara, nandīśvara, nirīśvara, prāṇeśvara, bhūteśvara, matīśvara, maheśvara, yogeśvara, vijayeśvara, śūreśvara, sāmbeśvara, sureśvara.

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īśvara 4〉b〉 Bez. der Zahl eilf SŪRYAS. 2,23.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

īśvará — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) vermögend, im Stande zu thun, — zu werden, indem Falle seiend zu. Die Ergänzung ein Infin. auf as, tos, tavai oder tum, ein Nom. act. im Loc., oder ein Potent. mit oder ohne yad Beim Infin. auf tos steht häufig der Nom. m. Sg. ohne Rücksicht auf Genus und Numerus des Subst. — 2〉 m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 Besitzer, Eigenthümer von (Gen., Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) Chr. 126,18. — b〉 Gebieter, Fürst, König. — c〉 ein vornehmer —, reicher Herr Chr. 166,4. — d〉 Gemahl. — e〉 die oberste Gottheit. — f〉 Bein. — α〉 Brahmanʼs Chr. 55,33. — β〉 Śivaʼs Chr. 130,3. — γ〉 Indraʼs. — δ〉 *des Liebesgottes. — g〉 *die Seele. — h〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Rudra. — β〉 eines Sohnes Brahmanʼs VP.² 2,126. — γ〉 eines Fürsten MBH. 1,67,65. — i〉 Bez. der Zahl eilf. — k〉 das 11te Jahr im 60 jährigen Jupiter-Cyclus. — 3〉 f. īśvarā und *īśvarī Bein. der Durgā. — 4〉 f. īśvarī — a〉 Gebieterin, Fürstin. — b〉 eine best. übernatürliche Kraft. — c〉 *Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen NIGH. PR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

īśvara 4〉d〉 N. pr. einer Frau HEM. PAR. 13,182. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

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īśvara I. 2. die Sonne (Journ. Asiat. 8,7,205¹). *= vodhisattva MAHĀVY. 23. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

īśvara a. (rā-rī f.) [īś-varac P. III. 2. 175] 1 Powerful, able, capable of (with inf.); Ku. 4. 11; R. 15. 7. 2 Rich, wealthy; Pt. 2. 67. — raḥ 1 A lord, master; īśvaraṃ lokorthataḥ sevate Mu. 1. 14; so kapīśvaraḥ, kośaleśvaraḥ, hṛdayeśvaraḥ &c. 2 A king, prince, ruler; rājyamastamiteśvaraṃ R. 12. 11; Ms. 4. 153, Ms. 9. 278. 3 A rich or great man; tṛṇena kāṃrya bhavatīśvarāṇāṃ Pt. 1. 71; R. 3. 46; Bh. 3. 59; mā prayaccheśvare dhanaṃ H. 1. 15; cf. “To carry coals to Newcastle.” 4 A husband; neśvare paruṣatā sakhi sādhvī Ki. 9. 39. 5 The Supreme God (parameśvara); īśa evāhamatyarthaṃ na ca māmīśate pare . dadābhi ca sadaiśvaryamīśvarastena kīrtitaḥ ... 6 N. of Śiva; V. 1. 1. 7 The God of love, Cupid. 8 The Supreme soul; the soul. 9 The eleventh year (saṃvatsara) of the Śālivāhana era. — rā, -rī N. of Durgā; of Lakṣmī; or of any other of the saktis; īśvarīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvāmihopahvaye śriyaṃ. — rī N. of several plants and trees; liṃginīlatā, vaṃdhyākarkaṭī, kṣudrajaṭā and nākulīvṛkṣa. Comp. — adhīna a. subject to a lord or king, dependent on a lord or god. — niṣedhaḥ denial of the existence of god, atheism. — niṣṭha a. trusting in god. — pūjaka a. pious, devout. — pūjā worship of god. — prasādaḥ divine favour. — bhāvaḥ royal or imperial state. — vibhūtiḥ f. the several forms of the Supreme god; for a full ([Page 0284-b]) enumeration, see Bg. 10. 19-42. — sadman n. a temple. — sabhaṃ a royal court or assembly. — sevā worship of god.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

īśvará vermögend zu (Inf. o. Loc.; beim Inf. auf tos N. Sgl. m. für alle Genera u. Numeri).m. Besitzer (f. ī) von Gen., Loc. o. —˚), Fürst, Gebieter; reicher, vornehmer, trefflicher Mann, Herr, höchster Gott, Brahman, Śiva.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

īśvara a. (sfx. vara) puissant, capable de, inf. — S. m. souverain; maître; seigneur. Le Seigneur, Dieu. Ép. de Śiva, de Kāma. — S. f. īśvarī ép. de Durgā, de Lakṣmī, de Sarasvatī.

Derived words

  • īśvarapraṇidhāna ईश्वरप्रणिधान substantive neuter devotion to Īśvara
  • īśvaratā ईश्वरता substantive feminine lordship; supremacy; sovereignty
  • parameśvara परमेश्वर substantive masculine supreme lord

Occurrences in source texts (31)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 125–130: Liberation in Life 1 occurrence

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HP 5 occurrences
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 3.103-3.107*2: Conclusion of the Mudrā Teaching 1 occurrence

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HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HP 4.35*1-4.36: Signs of Samādhi 1 occurrence

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HP 4.47-4.55*4: Nāda Binds the Mind 1 occurrence

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MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

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PJH 2 occurrences
PJH 20: Everything Is Śiva 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 20 Segment 21

    Through: īśvaratā Attested form: īśvaratā Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 21.2 Segment 16

    Attested form: īśvara Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

PYS 5 occurrences
PYS 1.23–26: Īśvara 2 occurrences

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PYS 2.1–2: Kriyā-Yoga 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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SiSa 13 occurrences
SiSa 1.1-1.3: Das eine Wissen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.10-1.16: Lehrmeinungen 2 occurrences

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SiSa 1.45-1.50: Rückkehr zum Bewusstsein 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.51-1.64: Selbst als Licht 2 occurrences

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SiSa 1.82-1.90: Guṇas und Gegenstände 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.1-5.2: Hindernisse der Befreiung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.29-5.35: Pratīka-upāsanā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.234-5.252: Tripurā-Mantra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.253-5.260: Haushalter-Abschluss 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 6.7–6.13: Lord of All Lords 1 occurrence

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VBT 3 occurrences
VBT 1–3: Devī’s Question 1 occurrence

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VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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VBT 101–109: Śiva-Identity 1 occurrence

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