Andhas: 9 definitions
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Andhas (अन्धस्).—n. [ad-asun num dhaśca; adernumdhau ca Uṇādi-sūtra 4.25]
1) Food; द्विजातिशेषेण यदेतदन्धसा (dvijātiśeṣeṇa yadetadandhasā) Kirātārjunīya 1.39; सशेष एवान्धसि असावतृप्यत् (saśeṣa evāndhasi asāvatṛpyat) Daśakumāracarita 133,157 Viś. Guṇa.11; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.193.34. (supposed to have in the Veda the senses of Soma, the herb itself, or its juice; juice, ghee or boiled rice, but usually taken to mean 'food' only by Indian lexicographers and commentators.
2) Grassy ground उभे यत्ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः (ubhe yatte mahinā śubhre andhasī adhikṣiyanti pūravaḥ) Ṛgveda 7.96.2. [cf. Gr. andhos.]
Andhas (अन्धस्).—n.
(-ndhaḥ) Boiled rice. E. ada to eat, nam inserted, and asun Unadi affix, da changed to dha.
Andhas (अन्धस्).—n. The sacrificial food (ved.),
Andhas (अन्धस्).—1. [neuter] darkness.
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Andhas (अन्धस्).—2. [neuter] herb, juice, [especially] of the Somaplant, juice or food i.[grammar]
1) Andhas (अन्धस्):—[from andh] 1. andhas n. darkness, obscurity, [Ṛg-veda]
2) 2. andhas n. ([Greek] ἄνθος), a herb
3) the Soma plant
4) Soma juice, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
5) juice, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
6) grassy ground, [Ṛg-veda vii, 96, 2]
7) food, [Mahābhārata iii, 13244; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Andhas (अन्धस्):—n.
(-ndhaḥ) 1) (ved.) Food in general.
2) Food as offered in sacrifice, Soma or Ghee.
3) Boiled rice. Comp. anna. [vo andhasaḥ in the Ṛg-V. 8. 92. 1. is noticed by the Ṛgv. Prātiśākhya on account of the preservation of a after o.] E. ad, uṇ. aff. asun with num āgama and dh instead of d. For the etym. of this word see the Preface.
Andhas (अन्धस्):—(ndhaḥ) 5. n. Boiled rice.
Andhas (अन्धस्):—1. n. Dunkel, Finsterniss: rātryāści.andho.ati deva paśyasi [Ṛgveda 1, 94, 7. 62, 5. 7, 88, 2.] — Vgl. andha 1,b.
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Andhas (अन्धस्):—2. Speise: yāvato hyandhasaḥ piṇḍānaśnāti [Mahābhārata 3, 13244.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 14, 14.] — Vgl. āndhasika .
Andhas (अन्धस्):—1. n. Finsterniss.
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Andhas (अन्धस्):—2. n. —
1) Kraut , insbes. Soma-Kraut und der daraus gepresste Saft. —
2) Rasenufer. —
3) Saft , Flüssigkeit. —
4) Speise [Mahābhārata] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] [Indische sprüche 7826,N.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Amdhashraddhe, Amdhasura, Amdhasurabhedi, Amdhasuramtaka, Andhasa, Andhasata, Andhashraddha, Andhasika, Andhasvara.
Full-text: Amritandhas, Nirandhas, Devandhas, Andhasika, Gorijika, Prishthya, Kukura, Anas, Sudaksha, Somya, Andhaka, Shubhra.
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Search found 25 books and stories containing Andhas; (plurals include: Andhases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.65.2 < [Sukta 65]
Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
3. Indian Culture in the light of Sanskrit Language < [Volume 7 - Society and Culture]
Nirukta and the Vedic interpretation (study) (by Shruti S. Pradhan)
Page 201 < [Chapter 1 - Group “A”]
Page 33 < [Chapter 4 - Group “D”]
Page 11 < [Chapter 5 - Group “E”]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 20.1 < [Chapter 20 - Houses]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XIX < [Udyoga Parva]
A brief account of the fractions of soma < [Volume 9 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1990]