māsa मास – month
substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
mā́sa ·m. (adj. --° f. ī) moon (only --°), month.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Māsa, as, am, m. n. (but usually m.), the moon (cf. pūrṇa-m˚; in this sense occurring in Ved. in the comp. sūrya-māsā, sun and moon, see Ṛg-veda VIII. 83, 2, X. 64, 3, &c., where, however, māsā may be referred to 2. mās); a month or the twelfth part of the Hindū year, (usually a lunar month con- sisting of thirty Tithis; there may be also a Saura or solar month, equal to the sun's passage through a sign of the zodiac, a Sāvana month consisting of thirty risings and settings of the sun, a Nakṣatra month regulated by the lunar asterisms, and a Bār- haspatya month depending on the motions of the planet Jupiter; the lunar month being of two kinds, as reckoned from the new or full moon, completes six modes of monthly computation); (māse, after the lapse of a month); a symbolical expression for the number twelve; [cf. Lat. mensi-s; Hib. mios; Cambro-Brit. mis]
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
Māsa; for ‘sūrya-māsā’ read sūryā-māsā.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
1. mā́sa (= 2. mās) m.n. SIDDH. K. 249,b,7. TRIK. 3,5,11. TRIK. 3,5,14. Zu belegen nur m. 1〉 Mond; nur in der Verbindung sūryā̱māsā̀ ṚV. 8,83,2. ṚV. 10,64,3. ṚV. 10,68,10. ṚV. 10,92,12. ṚV. 10,93,5. Könnte auch zu 2. mās gestellt werden. — 2〉 Monat AK. 1,1,3,12. TRIK. 1,1,109. H. 152. HĀR. 28. HALĀY. 1,113. ṚV. 3,31,9. ṚV. 3,32,9. ṚV. 5,78,9. vardhā̱nmāsā̀ḥ śa̱rado̱ dyāva̱ indràm ṚV. 6,38,4. ṚV. 7,61,4. ṚV. 7,66,11. ṚV. 10,89,13. (?) yasmā̱nmāsā̱ nirmìtāstri̱ṃśadàrāḥ AV. 4,35,4. AV. 13,2,12. tra̱yo̱da̱śaṃ māsa̱ṃ yo ni̱rmimī̀te AV. 4,3,8. AIT. BR. 1,12. AIT. BR. 4,16. TS. 1,6,5,2. ŚAT. BR. 1,7,2,24. ŚAT. BR. 4,3,1,5. yāni pañcaviṃśatsa trayodaśo māsaḥ ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,43. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,1,18. ˚bhāj ŚAT. BR. 10,4,4,4. ˚loka ŚAT. BR.10,4,3,19. māse nach Ablauf eines Monats KĀTY. ŚR. 4,10,7. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,2,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,2,16. M. 1,66. M. 2,79. M. 3,250. ARJ. 3,15. MBH. 3,3030. MBH. 3,10669. SUŚR. 1,19,6. MEGH. 2. MEGH. 85. MEGH. 109. Spr. 1074. SŪRYAS. 1,12. SŪRYAS. 1,13. SŪRYAS. 1,35. SŪRYAS. 2,68. SŪRYAS. 12,5. VID. 115. VID. 140. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (II) 54,11. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (II) 56,10. HIT. 35,8. māgha˚ PAÑCAT. 169,6. ˚pāka adj. in einem Monate Folgen zeigend (von Naturerscheinungen) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,14. ˚phala dass. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,13. māsārdha HALĀY. 5,63. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. īḥ ekamāsī in einem Monate vorkommend MBH. 6,99. — 3〉 Bez. der Zahl zwölf SŪRYAS. 8,6. Ind. St. 8,167. — Vgl. ardha˚, garbha˚, puṣpa˚, pūrṇa˚, pratimāsam, malamāsa.
Original text · German · substantive masculine
2. māsa m. falsche Schreibart für māṣa BHAR._zu_AK. ŚKDR.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
1. mā́sa m. — 1〉 Monat. māsam einen Monat lang (Chr. 227,21). für die Dauer eines Monats (Chr. 227,22), māsamekam einen M. lang (Chr. 140,20); māsena im Laufe eines Monats (Chr. 227,27); māse nach Ablauf eines Monats. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ī. — 2〉 Bez. der Zahl zwölf.
Original text · German · substantive masculine
2. *māsa m. falsche Schreibart für māṣa.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive masculine
māsaḥ, -saṃ [mā eva aṇ] 1 A month; (it may be cāṃdra, saura, sāvana, nākṣatra or bārhaspatya); na māse pratipattāse māṃ cenmartāsi maithili Bk. 8. 95. 2 The moon (Ved.). 3 The number ‘twelve’. Comp. — anumāsika a. monthly. — aṃtaḥ the day of new moon. — avadhika a. lasting for or occurring in a month. — āhāra a. eating only once a month. — upavāsinī 1 a woman who fasts for a whole month. 2 a procuress, a lascivious or lewd woman (ironically). — kālika a. monthly, lasting for a month. — jāta a. a month old, born a month ago. — jñaḥ a kind of gallinule. — deya a. to be paid in a month. — pramitaḥ the new-moon, — praveśaḥ the beginning of a month — mānaḥ a year.
Original text · English · substantive neuter
māsaḥ, -saṃ [mā eva aṇ] 1 A month; (it may be cāṃdra, saura, sāvana, nākṣatra or bārhaspatya); na māse pratipattāse māṃ cenmartāsi maithili Bk. 8. 95. 2 The moon (Ved.). 3 The number ‘twelve’. Comp. — anumāsika a. monthly. — aṃtaḥ the day of new moon. — avadhika a. lasting for or occurring in a month. — āhāra a. eating only once a month. — upavāsinī 1 a woman who fasts for a whole month. 2 a procuress, a lascivious or lewd woman (ironically). — kālika a. monthly, lasting for a month. — jāta a. a month old, born a month ago. — jñaḥ a kind of gallinule. — deya a. to be paid in a month. — pramitaḥ the new-moon, — praveśaḥ the beginning of a month — mānaḥ a year.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
mā́sa m. (adj. —˚ f. ī) Monat.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
māsa m. mois lunaire [soit lunaison, soit révolution sidérale]; qqf. mois solaire de 30 jours ou bien de 1/12 de l'année; mois compté d'après les mouvements de la planète Jupiter. (pour māṣa) poids de 1 gr. 166.
Occurrences in source texts (15)
DYS 3 occurrences
HP 4 occurrences
SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 3.68-3.80: Vāyusādhana 3 occurrences
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