आयुस्

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

ĀYUS I   Son of Purūravas and father of Nahuṣa.
1) Genealogy.
Descending in order from Viṣṇu Brahmā- Candra-Budha-Purūravas-Āyus. Āyus was born to Purūravas of Urvaśī. To Āyus was born of his wife Svarbhānavī Nahuṣa. [Śloka 24, Chapter 7, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .
2) Birth of the son.
See under Nahuṣa.
3) Other details.
Āyus was a king who had acquired great power by penance. [Śloka 15, Chapter 296, Śānti Parva, M.B.] .
ĀYUS II   One who was the king of frogs. Suśobhanā was the daughter of this frog-king. Suśobhanā was married to King Parīkṣit. For the interesting story of the marriage of a king with a frog see under Parīkṣit II.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आयुस्  n.  a n. life, vital power, vigour, health, duration of life, long life, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
   active power, efficacy, [RV.]; [VS.]
   the totality of living beings [food, [Sāy.]] [RV. ii, 38, 5 and vii, 90, 6]
आयुः-ष्टोम    N. of a particular ceremony (= q.v.)

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आयुः ष्टोम

    N. of a सामन्
   of the eighth lunar mansion
   food, [L.]
आयुस्  m.  m. the son of पुरूरवस् and उर्वशी ( cf. आयु), [MBh.]; [Vikr.]; [VP.]
   ([ cf. Dor. αἰές; perhaps also αἰών.])
आयुस्    b See col.1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आयुस् [āyus]  n. n. [इ-असि-णिच्च [Uṇ.2.117] ]
   Life, duration of life; दीर्घमायुः [R.9.62,12.48;] तक्षकेणापि दष्टस्य आयुर्मर्माणि रक्षति [H.2.16;] आयुर्वर्षशतं नृणां परिमितम् [Bh.3.17,] शतायुर्वै पुरुषः Ait. Br.; प्राणो हि भूतानामायुः । तस्मात्सर्वायुषमुच्यते सर्वमेव त आयुर्यान्ति [Tait. Up.2.3.1]
   Vital power.
   Food.
  N. N. of a ceremony called आयुष्टोम performed to secure long life, together with the गो and ज्योतिस् part of the अभिप्लव ceremony. (In comp. the final स् of this word is changed to ष् before hard consonants, and to र् before soft ones). -Comp.
-कर a.  a. (-री f.) promoting long life; [K.351.]
-काम a.  a. wishing for long life or health.
-कृत् a.  a. giving or producing life.
   द्रव्यम् a medicament.
   ghee.
-योगः  N. N. of a योग in astronomy.
-वृद्धिः  f. f. long life, longevity.-वेदः [आयुरस्मिन् विद्यतेऽनेन वा आयुर्विंदतीत्यायुर्वेदः Suśr.] the science of health or medicine, counted as a sacred science, and regarded as a supplement to the Atharvaveda; (it comprises 8 different departments; (1) शल्यम् surgery; (2) शालाक्यम् diagnosis of diseases belonging to the head and its organs; (3) कायचिकित्सा treatment of diseases of the whole body; (4) भूतविद्या treatment of diseases of the mind supposed to be caused by the influence of evil spirits; (5) कौमारभृत्यम् treatment of children; (6) अगदतन्त्रम् doctrine of antidotes; (7) रसायनतन्त्रम् doctrine of elixirs; and (8) वाजीकरणतन्त्रम् treatment of remedies to increase generative power); [Śukra.4.277.]
-वेददृश्, -वेदमय, -वेदिक, -वेदिन्   a.
   belonging to medicine.
   acquainted with medical science, medical. m. a physician.
   शेषः remainder of life; ˚शेषतया [Pt.1;] ˚जीवित Pt.4 being destined to live longer.
   end or decline of life.
-स्तोमः (आयुष्ठोमः)   a sacrifice performed to obtain long life.

Shabda-Sagara

आयुस्  n.  ( -युः) Age, duration of life.
    E. इ to go, उसि Unādi affix, the pen. lengthened.

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इ उसि