इदम्

{ idam }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

इदम्    1 अय॑म्, इय॑म्, ( fr. इद्, [Uṇ. iv, 156]; g. सर्वा-दि, [Pāṇ. 1-1, 27]; [Vop.]; a kind of neut. of the pronom. base 3. इ with अम् [ cf. Lat. is, ea, id, and idem]; the regular forms are partly derived from the pronom. base अ; See Gr. 224; the वेद exhibits various irregular formations e.g. fr. pronom. base अ, an inst. एना॑, अया॑ [used in general adverbially], and gen. loc. du. अयो॑स्, and perhaps also अवो॑स्, in [RV. vi, 67, 11; vii, 67, 4; x, 132, 5] [ [BRD.]]; fr. the base इम, a gen. sing. इम॑स्य, only, [RV.]; the [RV.] has in a few instances the irregular accentuation अ॑स्मै, v, 39, 5, &c.; अ॑स्य, iv, 15, 5, &c.; आ॑भिस्, vi, 25, 2, &c. : the forms derived fr. अ are used enclitically if they take the place of the third personal pronoun, do not stand at the beginning of a verse or period, and have no peculiar stress laid upon them), this, this here, referring to something near the speaker
known, present
अदस्   (opposed to e.g. अयं लोकः or इदं विश्वम् or इदं सर्वम्, this earthly world, this universe; अयम् अग्निः, this fire which burns on the earth; but असाव् अग्निः, that fire in the sky, i.e. the lightning: so also इदम् or इयम् alone sometimes signifies ‘this earth’; इमे स्मः, here we are.) इदम् often refers to something immediately following, whereas एतद् points to what precedes ( e.g. श्रुत्वै-तद् इदम् ऊचुः, having heard that they said this). इदम् occurs connected with यद्, तद्, एतद्, किम्, and a personal pronoun, partly to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, partly pleonastically ( e.g. तद् इदं वाक्यम्, this speech here following ; सो ऽयं विदूषकः, this विदूषक here).
इदम्  n.  2. ind. ([Ved. and in a few instances in classical Sanskṛt]) here, to this place
now, even, just
there
with these words, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [ChUp.]
इति   in this manner, [R. ii, 53, 31]; [Śak.] ( v.l. for in किम् इति जोषम् आस्यते, 202, 8).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

इदम् [idam] pron. a.pron. a.  pron. a. [अयम् m., इयम् f., इदम् n.]
This, here, referring to something near the speaker; इदमस्तु संनिकृष्टं रूपम्); इदं तत् ... इति यदुच्यते Ś.5 here is the truth of the saying.
Present, seen; the nominative forms are used with verbs in the sense of 'here'; इयमस्मि here am I; so इमे स्मः; अयमागच्छामि here I come.
It often refers to something immediately following, while एतद् refers to what precedes; अनुकल्पस्त्वयं ज्ञेयः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितः [Ms.3.147] (अयम् = वक्ष्यमाणः Kull.); श्रुत्त्वै- तदिदमूचुः
It occurs connected with यत्, तत्, एतद्, अदस्, किम् or a personal pronoun, either to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, or sometimes pleonastically; कोऽयमाचरत्यविनयम् [Ś.1.25;] सेयम्, सोऽयम्, this here; so इमास्ताः; अयमहं भोः Ś.4 ho, here am I. -ind. Ved.
Here, to this place.
Now.
There.
With these words, herewith.
In this manner; नैतदौपयिकं राम यदिदं परितप्यसे [Rām.2.53.3.] -Comp.
-कार्या   The plant Hedysarum Alhagi (Mar. कांटे धमासा, यवासा).
-प्रथम a.  a. doing anything for the first time.
-प्रकारम्   ind. in this manner.
-युगम्   the present Yuga.
-रूप a.  a. of this shape.
-वसु a.  a. Ved. rich in this and that.

Shabda-Sagara

इदम्   pron.
 mfn.  ( -अयं-इयं-इदं) This.
E. इन्द् to have power, कमिन् Unādi affix, and the radical न rejected.

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इन्द् कमिन् न