Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

payas पयस् – milk; water

substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

milk; water

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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páyas ·n. juice, fluid, esp. water or milk; semen virile, strength, vital power; pl. drops, floods, streams.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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payas payas, as, n. (fr. rt. 1. pī or rt. pinv; but said to be fr. rt. 1. pā, to drink), juice, fluid, vital spirit, power, strength (Ved.); water, rain; milk; semen virile; N. of a Sāman; N. of a Virāj; night (Ved.).

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

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páyas (von pī, pinv) n. UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 4,189. VS. PRĀT. 2,39. Euphonisches Verhalten eines vorangehenden gen. im Veda P. 8,3,53. P. 8,3,54. Das sa erhält sich im comp. vor mehreren mit ka und pa anlautenden Wörtern 46. Am Ende eines adj. comp. payaska gaṇa uraādi zu P. 5,4,151. aber auch ohne Suffix: gāvaḥ prabhūtapayasaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 31,29. 1〉 Saft, Flüssigkeit, Feuchtigkeit; Lebenssaft, Kraft: oṣàdhīnām AV. 3,5,1. AV. 10,1,12. AV. 13,1,9. VS. 17,1. VS. 18,36. AIT. BR. 5,27. payàsā̱ pinvàmānaḥ (somaḥ) ṚV. 9,97,14. tadā̀ha̱nā àbhavatpi̱pyuṣī̱ payàḥ strotzend von Saft ṚV. 2,13,1. ūrj, payas AV. 2,29,5. AV. 9,6,32. bhū̱to bhū̱teṣu̱ paya̱ ā dàdhāti AV. 4,8,1. AV. 1,35,4. AV. 6,78,2. saṃ varcàsā̱ payàsā̱ saṃ ta̱nūbhìraganmahi VS. 2,24. VS. 12,70. pṛthivyāḥ AV. 14,2,70. yenendrā̀ya sa̱mabhàra̱ḥ payā̀ṃsyutta̱mena̱ brahmàṇā jātavedaḥ AV. 1,9,3. AV. 5,26,10. ya̱jñasyà AV. 6,69,3. payas = anna NAIGH. 2,7. Im Besonderen gebraucht für a〉 Wasser (NAIGH. 1,12. AK. 1,2,3,3. AK. 3,4,30,235. H. 1069. H. an. 2,585. MED. s. 27. HALĀY. 3,26); Fluthen ṚV. 1,22,14. di̱vaḥ payàsā na ukṣatam ṚV. 5,63,5. bhūmìṃ pinvanti̱ payàsā ṚV. 1,64,5. ṚV. 1,166,3. ṚV. 3,33,1. ṚV. 3,33,4. ṚV. 4,57,5. payòbhirji̱nva a̱pāṃ javā̀ṃsi ṚV. 21,8. ṚV. 6,61,14. ṚV. 7,36,6. ra̱sāyā̱ḥ payā̀ṃsi ṚV. 10,108,1. AV. 4,15,6. payasi payasāṃ patyuḥ BHARTṚ. 2,29. Spr. 197. Spr. 789. MEGH. 13. MEGH. 25. MEGH. 41. RAGH. 1,67. secanaghaṭairbālapādapebhyaḥ payo dātum ŚĀK. 8,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 31,17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,71. payasāṃ bhramaḥ HALĀY. 3,46. ghanodayaḥ prāktadanantaraṃ payaḥ Regen ŚĀK. 189. — b〉 Milch AK. 2,9,51. AK. 3,4,30,235. TRIK. 2,9,17. H. 404. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 2,119. yebhyò mā̱tā madhùma̱tpinvàte̱ payàḥ ṚV. 10,63,3. āpò ghṛ̱taṃ payā̀ṃsi̱ bibhràtī̱rmadhū̀ni ṚV. 10,30,13. tāṃ pī̀payata̱ payàseva dhe̱num ṚV. 10,64,13. mimā̀ti mā̱yuṃ payàte̱ payòbhiḥ ṚV. 1,164,28. ṚV. 2,14,10. ṚV. 4,3,9. ṚV. 5,85,2. AV. 4,11,4. AV. 12,1,10. VS. 4,3. ŚAT. BR. 2,5,1,6. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,4. AIT. BR. 1,1. AIT. BR. 3,40. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,13,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,15,21. M. 2,107. M. 3,82. M. 3,226. M. 3,257. M. 3,271. M. 4,250. SUŚR. 1,15,3. SUŚR. 1,174,21. SUŚR. 1,175,18. RAGH. 2,36 (pl.). RAGH. 2,63 (pl.). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 21,34. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 75,4. fgg. HIT. I, 15. BHĀG. P. 9,4,33. DHŪRTAS. 79,16. payaāhuti ŚAT. BR. 2,2,4,4. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,6,4. payobhojana ŚĀṄKH. BR. 13,2. payobhakṣa ŚR. 4,13,6. viṣakumbhaṃ payomukham HIT. I, 71. — c〉 der männliche Same: pi̱tuḥ paya̱ḥ pratì gṛbhṇāti mā̱tā ṚV. 7,101,3. śukraṃ payaḥ ṚV. 1,160,3. ṚV. 9,54,1. payàḥ pra̱tnasya̱ retàso̱ dughā̀nāḥ ṚV. 3,31,10. ṚV. 4,3,10. — 2〉 N. eines Sāman KĀTY. ŚR. 26,5,9. LĀṬY. 1,6,30. payaḥsāman Ind. St. 3,222. — 3〉 N. einer Virāg ṚV. PRĀT. 17,4. — 4〉 Nacht NAIGH. 1,7.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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páyas n. — 1〉 Saft, Flüssigkeit, Feuchtigkeit. — 2〉 Lebenssaft, Kraft. — 3〉 Milch. — 4〉 Wasser, Regen. — 5〉 der männliche Same. — 6〉 eine Art Andropogon BHĀVAPR. 3,101. — 7〉 Name eines Sāman. — 8〉 eine best. Virāj — 9〉 *Nacht.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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payas n. 1 Water. 2 Milk; payaḥpānaṃ bhujaṃgānāṃ kevalaṃ viṣavardhanaṃ H. 3. 4; R. 2. 36, R. 2. 63; R. 14. 78 (where both senses are intended). 3 Semen virile. 4 Food. 5 Ved. Night. 6 Vital spirit, power, strength (Ved.). (payas is changed to paṃyo before soft con-sonants). Comp. — galaḥ, -ḍaḥ 1 hail. 2 an island. — ghanaṃ hail. — cayaḥ (payaścayaḥ) a reservoir or lake. — janman m. a cloud. — daḥ a cloud; Me. 7; R. 14. 37. ˚suhṛd m. a peacock. — dharaḥ 1 a cloud. 2 a woman's breast; padmāpayodharataṭī Gīt. 1; vipāṃḍubhirmlānatayā payodharaiḥ Ki. 4. 24 (where the word means ‘a cloud’ also); R. 14. 22. 3 an udder; R. 2. 3. 4 the cocoa-nut tree. 5 the backbone or spin (kaśeruka). — dhas m. 1 the ocean. 2 a pond, lake, a piece ([Page 0665-c]) of water. 3 a rain-cloud. — dhārāgṛhaṃ a bath-room with flowing water. — dhiḥ, -nidhiḥ the ocean; Rs. 2. 7; N. 4. 50. — pūraḥ a pool, lake. — muc m. a cloud; R. 3. 3; R. 6. 5. — rāśiḥ the ocean. — vāhaḥ a cloud; R. 1. 36. — vrataṃ subsisting on mere milk (as a vow).

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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páyas n. Feuchtigkeit, bes. Wasser o. Milch; Saft, Kraft; der männliche Same; Pl. Tropfen, Ströme.

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páyas n. penis.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

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payas payas n. (pī) eau; lait. Une des 21 virāṭs de la gāyatrī. payaścaya m. (ci) pièce d'eau, amas d'eau. payasa n. eau; lait. payaspa m. (pā) chat [buveur de lait]. payasya a. (sfx. ya) de lait, laiteux. — S. f. sorte de drogue. Toute plante produisant un suc laiteux. payasyāmi (dén.) être ou devenir liquide, s'étendre comme de l'eau. payasvinī f. (sfx. vin) rivière; nuit. Vache à lait. Chèvre. payogaḍa m. goutte d'eau; grêle. — N. île. payoghana m. grêle. payejanman m. nuage. payoda m. (dā) nuage. payodhara m. (dhṛ) nuage. Sein, mamelle; canne à sucre; diverses plantes laiteuses. payodhas et payodhi m. (dhā) pièce d'eau; mer. Nuage. payomuc m. nuage pluvieux. payora m. mimosa catechu, bot. payovrata n. pénitence oû l'on s'impose de vivre de lait pendant un mois. payoṣṇī f. (snā) np. d'une rivière qui descend du mont Vindhya.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

HP 3 occurrences
HP 2.69-2.71: Three Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 4.12-4.19: Path of Nāda 2 occurrences

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 1 occurrence

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