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आदि [ādi] a. First, primary, primitive; निदानं त्वादिकारणम् [Ak.] Chief, first, principal, pre-eminent; oft. at the end of comp. in this sense; see below. First in time existing before. दीः Beginning, commencement (opp. अन्त); अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु बीजमवासृजत् [Ms.1.8;] [Bg.3.41;] अनादि &c.; जगदादिरनादिस्त्वम् [Ku.2.9;] oft. at the end of comp. and translated by 'beginning with', 'et cætera', 'and others', 'and so on' (of the same nature or kind), 'such like'; इन्द्रादयो देवाः the gods Indra and others (इन्द्रः आदिर्येषां ते); एवमादि this and the like; भ्वादयो धातवः भू and others, or words beginning with भू, are called roots; oft. used by Pāṇini to denote classes or groups of grammatical words; अदादि, दिवादि, स्वादि &c. First part of portion. A firstling, first-fruits. Prime cause. Nearness. One of the seven parts of Sāma; अथ सप्तविधस्य वाचि सप्तविधं सामोपासीत यत्किंच वाचो हुमिति स हिंकारो यत्प्रेति स प्रस्तावो यदेति स आदिः [Ch. Up.2.8.1.] -Comp. having beginning and end. first and last. (-तम्) beginning and end. -˚यमकम् N. N. of a figure in poetry. cf. [Bk.1.21.] ˚वत् having beginning and end, finite. ˚अन्तर्वर्तिन् a. having a beginning, end and middle; being all-in-all. -उदात्त a. a. having the acute accent on the first syllable. -उपान्तम् ind. from first to last. -करः, -कर्तृ, -कृत् m. m. the creator, an epithet of Brahmā or Viṣnu; गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे [Bg.11.37;] विशेषणे द्वे य इहादिकर्तुर्वदेदधीती स हि कैयटीयः Śab. [Kau.] -कर्मन् n. n. the beginning of an action. -कविः 'the first poet', an epithet of Brahmā and of Vālmīki; the former is so called because he first produced and promulgated the Vedas; (तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत्सूरयः [Bhāg.1.1.1.] ) and the latter, because he was the first to show to others 'the path of poets'; when he beheld one of a pair of Krauñcha birds being killed by a fowler, he cursed the wretch, and his grief unconsciously took the form of a verse (श्लोकत्वमापद्यत यस्य शोकः); he was subsequently told by Brahmā to compose the life of Rāma, and he thus gave to the world the first poem in Sanskrit, the Rāmāyaṇa; cf. [U.2.] Viṣkambhaka. -काण्डम् the first book of the Rāmāyaṇa.-कारणम् the first or primary cause (of the universe), which, according to the Vedāntins, is Brahman; while, according to the Naiyāyikas and particalarly the Vaiśeṣikas, atoms are the first or material cause of the universe, and not God. analysis. algebra.-काव्यम् the first poem; i. e. the Rāmāyaṇa; see आदिकवि. -केशवः N. N. of Viṣṇu. -जिनः N. N. of Ṛiṣabha, the first तीर्थंकर. -तालः a sort of musical time or ताल; एक एव लघुर्यत्र आदितालः स कथ्यते. -दीपकम् N. N. of a figure in rhetoric (the verb standing at the beginning of the sentence). cf. [Bk.1.23.] देवः the first or Supreme God; पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यं आदिदेव- मजं विभुम् [Bg.1.12,11.38.] Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu. Śiva. Brahmā; [Mb.12.188.2.] the sun.-दैत्यः an epithet of Hiraṇyakaśipu. -नाथः N. N. of Ādibuddha. -पर्वन् n. n. 'the first section or chapter', N. of the first book of the Mahābhārata. -पुराणम् the first Purāṇa, N. of the Brahma-Purāṇa. N. of a Jaina religious book. पु (पू) रुषः the first or primeval being, the lord of the creation. Viṣṇu, Kṛiṣṇa, or Nārāyaṇa; ते च प्रापुरुदन्वन्तं बुबुधे चादिपूरुषः [R.1.6;] तमर्घ्यमर्घ्यादिकयादिपूरुषः [Śi.1.14.] -बलम् generative power; first vigour. -बुद्ध a. a. perceived in the beginning. (-द्धः) the primitive Buddha. -भव, -भूत a. a. produced at first. (वः, तः) 'the first-born', primeval being, an epithet of Brahmā; इत्युक्त्वादिभवो देवः [Bhāg.7.3.22.] also N. of Viṣṇu; रसातलादादि. भवेन पुंसा [R.13.8.] an elder brother. (-तम्) minute five elements (पञ्चमहाभूतानि); नष्टे लोके द्विपरार्धावसाने महा- भूतेष्वादिभूतं गतेषु [Bhāg.1.3.25.] -मूलम् first foundation, primeval cause. -योगाचार्यः 'the first teacher of devotion', an epithet of Śiva. -रसः the first of he 8 Rasas, i. e. शृङ्गार or love. -राजः the first king पृथु; an epithet of Manu. -रूपम् Symptom (of disease).-वंशः primeval race, primitive family. -वराहः 'the first boar', an epithet of Visṇu, alluding to his third or boar-incarnation. -विद्वस् m. m. the first learned man; कपिल. -विपुला f. f. N. of an Āryā metre. -वृक्षः N. N. of a plant (Mar. आपटा). -शक्तिः f. f. the power of माया or illusion. an epithet of Durgā. शरीरम् 1. the primitive body. ignorance. the subtle body.-सर्गः the first creation. आदि [ādi] दी [dī] नवः [navḥ] वम् [vam] (दी) नवः वम् 1 Misfortune, distress. Hinderance; want of luck (in dice); आदिनवं प्रतिदीन्वे [Av.7.19.4.] Fault, transgression; [Śi.2.22.] see अनादीनव. An inflictor of distress; आदीनवः पुमान् दोषे परिक्लेशदुरन्तयोः Medinī. -Comp. -दर्श a. a. having evil designs towards a fellow-player at dice (Ved.); अक्षराजाय कितवं कृतायादिनवदर्शम् [Vāj.3.18.]
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