वायु

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Contents 1 Sanskrit 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Adjective 1.1.1.1 Declension 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Declension 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Declension 1.4 References

[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Etymology 1

From root √vai.

[edit] Adjective

वायु (vāyú)

1. tired, languid

[edit] Declension

[edit] Etymology 2

From root √vī.

[edit] Adjective

वायु (vāyú)

1. desirous, covetous, greedy (for food, applied to calves)
2. desirable, desired by the appetite

[edit] Declension

[edit] Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁yu- (“‘wind, air’”). Cognates include Lithuanian vejas and Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬎 (vaiiu).

[edit] Noun

वायु (vāyú) m.

1. wind
   • RV 6.45.32a

   यस्य वायोरिव दरवद भद्रा रातिः सहस्रिणी |

   सद्यो दानाय मंहते ||

   yasya vāyoriva dravad bhadrā rātiḥ sahasriṇī |

   sadyo dānāya maṃhate ||

   He whose good bounty, thousandfold, swift as the rushing of the wind,

   Suddenly offers as a gift.

2. air (as one of the 5 elements)
3. the god of the wind: Vayu
   • RV 7.91.3c

   पीवोन्नान रयिव्र्धः सुमेधाः शवेतः सिषक्ति नियुतामभिश्रीः |

   ते वायवे समनसो वि तस्थुर्विश्वेन नरः सवपत्यानि चक्रुः ||

   pīvoannān rayivṛdhaḥ sumedhāḥ śvetaḥ siṣakti niyutāmabhiśrīḥ |

   te vāyave samanaso vi tasthurviśven naraḥ svapatyāni cakruḥ ||

   Wise, bright, arranger of his teams, he. seeketh men with rich food whose treasures are abundant.

   They have arranged them of one mind with Vāyu: the men have wrought all noble operations.

4. breathing, breath
5. the wind of the body, a vital air
6. (medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it
7. the wind as a kind of demon producing madness
8. (astronomy) name of the fourth muhurta
9. a mystical name of the letter ya
10. name of Vasu
11. name of Daitya
12. name of a Marut
13. (in plural) the Maruts

[edit] Declension

[edit] References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0942
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 277
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 752
• Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 485