setu सेतु – bridge

Original text · English · adjective

sétu ·a. binding, fettering; m. band, fetter; dam, weir, bridge, boundary, barrier, limit.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

setu setu, us, m. (according to Uṇādi-s. I. 70. fr. rt. si, ‘to bind’), a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a pas- sage during inundations); a landmark; a bridge; a pass, defile, mountain road or track; a boundary, limit; a barrier or obstruction of any kind; an estab- lished institution, fixed rule or law; epithet of the Praṇava or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be mantrāṇāṃ setuḥ); the tree Cratæva Roxburghii or Tapia Cratæva (= varaṇa, varuṇa); N. of a king; of a place.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Setu, setṛ, setra, &c. See under setu, p. 1134.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sétu (von 1. si) UṆĀDIS. 1,70. 1〉 adj. bindend, fesselnd; m. Fesseler: tā bhūrìpāśā̱vanṛ̀tasya̱ setū̀ ṚV. 7,65,3. mā na̱ḥ setùḥ siṣeda̱yam ṚV. 8,56,8. pāśin ṚV. 9,73,4. — 2〉 m. SIDDH. K. 248,b,13. a〉 Band, Fessel: tiṣṭhàntī̱ranṛ̀tasya̱ setaù ṚV. 10,67,4. — b〉 (Verbindung) Damm, Brücke AK. 2,1,14. TRIK. 2,1,18. H. 965. H. an. 2,209. MED. t. 74. HĀR. 129. HALĀY. 3,49. su̱vi̱tasyà ṚV. 9,41,2. tvaṃ na̱stantùru̱ta setùragne̱ tvaṃ panthā̀ bhavasi deva̱yānàḥ TBR. 2,4,2,6. taṃ setuṃ kṛtvā tarati AIT. BR. 3,35. TS. 3,2,2,1. TS. 6,1,4,9. zum Himmel TS. 5,3,3. TS. 7,5,8,5. KĀṬH. 28,4. ŚAT. BR. 13,2,10,1. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,24. KAṬHOP. 3,2. CHĀND. UP. 8,4,1. CHĀND. UP. 8,4,2. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,19. YĀJÑ. 2,151. YĀJÑ. 2,156. bhāgīrathyāṃ setuṃ bālukābhiścakāra MBH. 3,10722. fg. bandhiṣye setunā gaṅgām MBH. 3,10727. MBH. 3,16310. MBH. 8,732. adhāryā setunā gaṅgā MBH. 13,2161. R. 1,1,78 (R. 1,1,83 GORR.). (tvayā) dhāryate sādhuvṛttena setuneva (das dammartige Ufer) mahodadhiḥ R. 5,76,21. KĀM. NĪTIS. 5,78. RAGH. 13,2. RAGH. 16,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,12. ˚pṛthvī KATHĀS. 69,26. RĀJA-TAR. 1,157. fg. RĀJA-TAR. 3,344. RĀJA-TAR. 3,354. fg. RĀJA-TAR. 5,120. saikata MBH. 12,6480. Spr. (II) 2945. sikatā˚ Spr. (II) 6515, v. l. KATHĀS. 40. KATHĀS. 12. vālukā˚ HARIV. 8089. vāluka˚ Spr. (II) 6515. kedāra˚ der Damm, nach dessen Durchstechung das Wasser zwischen die Beete des Feldes einströmt: nahyabhinne kedārasetau palvalapraseko 'sti CARAKA 3,3. setuṃ bandh R. 5,71,13. R. 5,71,15. R. 5,94,20. R. 6,2,16. RAGH. 12,70. Spr. (II) 7548. KATHĀS. 40,18. RĀJA-TAR. 1,156. RĀJA-TAR. 5,103. BHĀG. P. 9,10,4. BHĀG. P. 9,10,15. setorbandhaḥ Spr. (II) 6471. sainyairbaddhadviradasetubhiḥ RAGH. 4,38. bhinna MBH. 3,891. R. 2,105,3 (R. 2,117,8 GORR.). R. 6,112,7. KUMĀRAS. 7,53. ambhasā bhidyate setuḥ Spr. (II) 541. seturdvividho jñeyaḥ kheyo bandhyastathaiva ca MIT. 244,14. — c〉 die Adamsbrücke (vgl. nala˚, rāma˚) oder Bez. einer der Inseln dieser grossen Gruppe BHĀG. P. 7,14,31. LA. (III) 92,9. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 258,a,17. vollständiger sāmudra BHĀG. P. 10,79,15. setuṃ gatvā samudrasya gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame Spr. (II) 7165. — d〉 Grenzzeichen: suprakāśeṣu setuṣu M. 8,245. M. 8,263. — e〉 Damm in übertr. Bed. so v. a. Schranken: taistu pūrvamayaṃ setuḥ śatadhā bidalīkṛtaḥ MBH. 10,193. duṣyeyuḥ sarvavarṇāśca bhidyeransarvasetavaḥ Spr. (II) 2897. BHĀG. P. 3,21,54. bhinna˚ adj. BHĀG. P. 1,18,35. BHĀG. P. 4,2,13. ātmakṛtasetuparīpsā BHĀG. P. 3,9,19. setuṃ vidhāraṇaṃ puṃsām BHĀG. P. 4,2,30. tvayaiva loke 'vasitāśca setavaḥ BHĀG. P. 6,44. sveṣu setuṣu sthāpitā BHĀG. P. 21,21. paribhūta˚ adj. BHĀG. P. 7,8,48. satāṃ setuvidhānam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 21,a,22. dharmasya setuṃ badhnāmi MBH. 14,1578. dharmeṇa dharmaḥ (N. pr.) paripāti setum BHĀG. P. 3,1,36. yatkṛtasetupāla BHĀG. P. 14,28. setuṃ satyasya bhetsyāmi R. 2,109,17 (R. 2,118,17 GORR.). samayaseturakṣā BHĀG. P. 5,4,5. seturyo lokasetūnām HARIV. 2174. HARIV. 3155. jagatsetu PAÑCAR. 4,3,40. — f〉 eine Brücke zum Verständniss eines Textes (vgl. Eselsbrücke), Commentar Verz. d. Oxf. H. 134,b, No. 250. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 198,a, No. 466. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 261,a,28. Verz. d. B. H. No. 465. — g〉 Bez. bestimmter heiliger Silben, die vor einer mystischen Formel ausgesprochen werden, Verz. d. Oxf. H. 102,b,37. = praṇava (die Silbe om): mantrāṇāṃ praṇavaḥ setustatsetuḥ praṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ . sravatyanoṃkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ parastācca vidīryate .. KĀLIKĀ-P. 55_im_ŚKDR. Vgl. unter aum. — h〉 Crataeva Roxburghii R. Br. AK. 2,4,2,5. MED. — i〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Druhyu und Bruders des Babru HARIV. 1837. eines Sohnes des Babhru VP. 443. BHĀG. P. 9,23,14. — Vgl. dharma˚ (in der 1ten Bed. auch MBH. 13,2477. MBH. 13,4594. MBH. 14,970. PAÑCAR. 4,3,40. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,28, Śl. 3), nala˚ (auch R. 1,3,32). mathurā˚, mahā˚, rāma˚, vivādārṇava˚, śaila˚, sīmā˚.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sétu — 1〉 Adj. bindend, fesselnd; m. Fesseler. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Band, Fessel. — b〉 Damm, Brücke. Am Ende eines Comp. die zu — führende Brücke in übertragener Bed. JĀTAKAM. 10,4. — c〉 die Adamsbrücke oder Bez. einer der Inseln dieser Gruppe. — d〉 Grenzzeichen. — e〉 Damm in über tragener Bed. so v. a. Schranken. — f〉 eine Brücke zum Verständniss des Textes (vgl. Eselsbrücke), Commentar BURNELL, T. — g〉 Bez. bestimmter heiliger Silben, die vor einer mystischen Formel ausgesprochen werden. — h〉 Crateva roxburghii. — i〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Druhyu und Bruders des Babhru oder eines Sohnes des Babhru oder eines Sohnes des Babhru.

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setuḥ [si tun Uṇ. 1. 69] 1 A ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dam; naliṃnīṃ kṣatasetubaṃdhano jalasaṃghāta ivāsi vidrutaḥ Ku. 4. 6, R. 16. 2. 2 A bridge in general; vaidehi paśyāmalayādvibhaktaṃ matsetunā phenilamaṃburāśiṃ R. 13. 2; sainyairbaddhadviradasetubhiḥ R. 4. 38, R. 12. 70; Ku. 7. 53. 3 A land-mark; Ms. 8. 245. 4 A defile, pass, a narrow mountain-road. 5 A boundary, limit. 6 A barrier, limitation, obstruction of any kind; dvaṣyeyuḥ sarvavarṇāśca midyeran sarvasetavaḥ Subhāṣ. 7 A fixed rule or law, an established institution. 8 The sacred syllable om; maṃtrāṇāṃ praṇavaḥ setustatsetuḥ praṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ . sravatyanoṃkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ parastācca vidīryate Kālikā P. Comp. — baṃdhaḥ 1 the forming or construction of a bridge, cause-way &c.; vayogate kiṃ vanitāvilāso jale gate kiṃ khalu setubaṃdhaḥ Subhāṣ.; Ku. 4. 6. 2 the ridge of rocks extending from the southern extremity of the Coromandel coast towards Ceylon (said to have been built for Rāma's passage to Laṅkā by Nala and the other monkeys). 3 any bridge or cause-way. — bhedin a. 1 breaking down barriers. 2 removing obstructions. ( — m.) N. of a tree (daṃtī).

Original text · German · substantive masculine

sétu m. dass., auch Damm, Brücke, Grenzzeichen, Schranke.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

setu setu m. (si; sfx. tu) pont; chaussée; banque de terre entre les propriétés; défilé de montagne. Tapia cratœva, bot. setuka m. tapia cratœva, bot. setubandha m. digue, môle. La ligne de rochers et d'îlots qui va du cap Komorin à Ceylan et qui est appelée Pont-de-Râma. setuvṛkṣa m. tapia cratœva, bot.