अन्धस्

{ andhas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अन्धस्  n.  1. n. darkness, obscurity, [RV.]
अन्धस्  n.  2. n. ( Gk. ἄνθος), a herb
the सोम plant
सोम juice, [RV.]; [VS.]
juice, [ŚBr.]
grassy ground, [RV. vii, 96, 2]
food, [MBh. iii, 13244]; [BhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अन्धस् [andhas]  n. n. [अद्-असुन् नुम् धश्च; अदेर्नुम्धौ च [Uṇ.4.25] ]
Food; द्विजातिशेषेण यदेतदन्धसा [Ki.1.39;] सशेष एवान्धसि असावतृप्यत् [Dk.133,157] [Viś. Guṇa.11;] [Mb.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.
Grassy ground उभे यत्ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः [Rv.7.96.2.] [cf. Gr. andhos.]

Shabda-Sagara

अन्धस्  n.  ( -न्धः) Boiled rice.
E. अद to eat, नम् inserted, and असुन् Unādi affix, द changed to ध.

ROOTS:

अद नम् असुन् द ध