añc 1 . añc (connected with ac, q. v.), cl. 1. P. A. añcati, -te, ānañca, -e, añci-ṣyati, -te, añcitum, to bend, curve, incline, curl; to reverence (with inclined body), to honour; to tend, move, go, wander about; to request: cl. 10. or Caus. añcayati, -yitum, to unfold, make clear, produce: Desid. P. A. añciciṣati, -te, to be desirous of bend- ing: Pass. añcyate or acyate, to be bent.
2. añc (at the end of compounds), turned to, going or directed towards; see akudhryañc, avāñc, udañc,devadryañc, &c. It may also mean honouring, see prāñc.
añc,as vbl at end of cpds [see 407-9], turning, directed; e. g.úd-añc, directed upward. [for mg, cf. Eng. -ward (in to-ward, etc.), which is akin w. √vṛt, ‘turn.’]
1.añc (connected with √ ac, q.v.) cl. 1. Ā. P. áñcati, °te, ānañca, °ce, añci-ṣyati, °te, añcitum, to bend, curve, incline, curl; to reverence (with inclined body), to honour; to tend, move, go, wander about; to request, L. : cl. 10. or Caus. añcayati, to unfold, make clear, produce. Desid. Ā. P. añciciṣati, °te, to be desirous of bending: Pass. añcyate or acyate, to be bent.
añc1 U. (añcu) (añcati-te, ānañca-ñce, -añcituma, acyāt or añcyāt, akta or añcita) 1 To bend, incline, curl, curve; śiro'ñcitvā Bk.9.40. -2 To go, move, tend towards; svatantrā kathamañcasi Bk.4.22; also in avāñc; tending downward; prāñc, udañc; viśvagañcati, sahāñcati, tiro'ñcati &c. tasminnadya rasālaśākhini daśāṃ daivāt kṛśāmañcati Bv.1.48. having gone, being reduced to, &c.; tvaṃ cedañcasi lobham 46, art greedy; saṃkocamañcati saraḥ 17. -3 To worship, honour, reverence; bhīmo'yaṃ śirasāñcati Ve.5.28. salutes; to adorn, grace; See añcita below. -4 To request, ask or call for, desire. -5 To murmur, speak indistinctly. -Caus. or 10 U. To manifest, unfold; mudamañcaya Gīt.10. [cf. Zend anku. Gr.ankulos; L. uncus.] With apa to put away, drive away; (intr.) to run away. -ā to bend; dakṣiṇaṃ jānvācya; jānvāka with bent knees. -upa to draw or raise (water). -pari to cause to revolve, whirl; twist. -vi to draw or bend asunder; to extend, stretch out. -sam to crowd or drive together, to bend together, See samakna also; to go properly.
2. añc adj. am Ende von Zusamm. gehend, gerichtet P. 3, 2, 59; vgl. akudhryañc, avāñc, udañc, devadryañc, nyañc, parāñc, pratyañc, prāñc, viśvadryañc, sadhryañc, samyañc u. s. w.