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आ 1. the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far.
आ n. 2.ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. 1-1, 14]; [Pat.]
आस् also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. q.v. ], and of assent, [L.] ([This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1.), [Pāṇ. 1-1, 14.]])
आ m. 3.m.N. of शिव, [L.]
grandfather, [L.]
आ f. f.N. of लक्ष्मी, [L.]
आ 4. (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (See आ-√ क्रम् &c.; in the वेद, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11 and v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like गम्, या, and इ, ‘to go’, and 1. दा, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. आ-गच्छति, ‘he comes’; आ-दत्ते, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc. ) near to, towards, to, [RV.]
जोषम् (with a preceding noun in the acc. , as or व॑रम्) for, [RV.]
(with a following acc. ) up to.... exclusively, [AitBr.]
(with a preceding abl. ) from, [RV.]; [AV.]
बहुभ्य आ out of, from among (e.g. , ‘from among many’), [RV.]
अस्मद् आ towards (only in , ‘towards us’), [RV.]
(with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. 2-1, 13 & 3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
from, [RV. i, 30, 21]
त्रिर् आ दिवस् (with a preceding loc. ) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. , ‘quite or fully three times a day’; महिमा॑ वाम् इ॑न्द्रा-ग्नी प॑निष्ठ आ॑,, ‘your greatness, O इन्द्र and अग्नि, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.]
(after a subst. or adj. ) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.]
आतश् च (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1 and x, 75, 5]]; See also s.v. ) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv. ) e.g. आ-मरणम् or आ-मरणात्, ‘till death’ [Pañcat.] (cf. आ-मरणा-न्त &c.)
आ-गोपाला द्विजातयः , ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’ [MBh. ii, 531]
आ-समुद्रम् or आ-समुद्रात्, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it)
आ-कुमारम् , ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403]
आ-कुमारम् यशः पाणिनेः , ‘the fame of पाणिनि extends even to children’
आ mfn. आजानु-बाहुmfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’ [R. i, 1, 12]
आ (See also आकर्ण- and आजन्म-)
आ mfn. (cf. आ-जरस॑म्, आ-व्युष॑म्, आ-सप्तम, ओ-त्सूर्य॑म्.) Prefixed to adj. ([rarely to subst. ; cf. आ-कोप]) it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. 2-2, 18]Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. आ-पिञ्जरmfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51]
आ (See also आ-पक्व, ओ-ष्ण, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to आ in this application the meaning समन्तात्, ‘all through, completely’, as आ-नील, ‘blue all round.’
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