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.]